Akwa Ibom residents raise fresh alarm as abandoned oil wells wreak havoc

The people of Ikono and Ibiono Ibom Local Government Areas of Akwa Ibom State have again raised fresh concerns over the hazards of oil spills in their communities from the abandoned wells. Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, in the 1950s was said to have drilled and capped the oil wells after declaring them commercially unviable. […] Akwa Ibom residents raise…