July 28, 2008...5:52 am

Niger Delta Crisis: Women and Children of the Creeks Pay High Price for Nigeria’s Oil

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by Remi Adeoye (Nigeria) – The WIP – Monday 28 July, 2008


A woman tends her plot near a Shell gas flare in Rumuekpe.
Photo: Peter Roderick, courtesy of Friends of the Earth International

The line of battle has been drawn between the federal government and the militants, with tensions increasing after the deployment of more soldiers and two naval warships to the oil-rich Delta, which militants described as a “callous, wicked attempt to wipe the Ijaw nation from the face of the earth.”

But the problems in the Niger Delta are taking on a new dimension. It is now becoming more and more dangerous for the area’s women and children to live and work in peace. Their lives are defined by poverty; from afar they watch as the rich expatriates live comfortably from the proceeds of their land. They watch as their village heads collect bribes from both the oil companies and the government while they get nothing. They watch as their men become militants, kidnapping the rich and making money for the struggle. . .

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