Environmentalist calls for probe into Okrika deaths, action on gas leaks
” He also cited the fire at the Ororo-1 oil well, offshore Awoye in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State, which began in May 2020.
PREMIUM TIMES reported in June that gas has been bubbling from abandoned oil and gas infrastructure in Bille for nearly a year, threatening residents’ health and livelihoods.
Related incidents Mr Bassey linked the Okrika deaths to the ongoing methane gas seepage in Bille, a fishing community in the Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State.
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