By Peter Uzoho
Oil communities in Ohaji, Imo State, have threatened to embarked on a non-violent mass protest against alleged negligence and injustice melted out to them by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), Seplat Petroleum Development Company, Waltersmith Petroman Oil Limited, and Sterling Global-four oil producing companies operating in the area.
The Ohaji Development Initiative (ODI), a transformation driver in the area, disclosed the planned protest in a letter written to the four operators, which was signed by its Chairman, Mr. Tony Ogbonnan, and four other officers of the group.
ODI, in the letter made available to THISDAY, which contained its charter of demand to the operators, said the protest would take effect on May 17, 2021, if the operators refused to call for an alignment meeting between their cluster boards and the ODI executives to iron out the grievances of the communities.