DAY 3: Itsekiri youths mount blockade at Shell facility

Protesting Itsekiri host communities of Ugborodo in Warri Southwest Local Government Area of Delta State on Sunday imposed a blockade on Shell Petroleum Development Company’s Ogidigben flow station in the area.

Despite the presence of security operatives around the company, the protest, which started on Friday, continued on Sunday.

According to some youths, the soldiers were brought to subdue the protest by all means.

One of the protesters explained that the soldiers were deployed by the oil and gas major, who were intimidating and threatening to deal with them if they do not vacate the company’s premises by the end of Sunday.

They claimed that the purported threat by security agents was capable of causing crisis in the area.