Some farmers affected by the April 15 oil leak from Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC's Kolo Creek oil fields in Otuasega, Bayelsa, have complained over alleged neglect by the company.
They told the News Agency of Nigeria in Otuasega on Sunday that the team on a Joint Investigation Visit, JIV, to the oil spill sites did not visit their farms affected by the oil spill.
According to the farmers, they made efforts to draw the attention of the team to their farms but to no avail.
Florence Ako, whose plantain farm is near the Kolo Creek manifold, said that the crude oil from the manifold spread into her farm and damaged the crops,.
"The damage caused by the oil on our farmlands, is visible for all to see and this is happening so close to the harvest time," she said.
"It is on this farm that I and my husband depend, to feed and train our children in school; my husband's farm on the other side was equally affected.
(Premium Times)
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