Swamp-buggy Carterpillar Caused Oil Spillage In Rivers State On November 22, 2014.

Shell Petroleum Development Company has described the oil spill in Okolo launch community in Bonny Local Government as an act of sabotage.

SPDC stated that contrary to the claim in some quarters that the spill, which occurred on November 22, 2014, was caused by a swamp-buggy caterpillar belonging to one of its (Shell) contractors, the leak was as a result of sabotage.

The Organization of Fishermen, Seafood Dealers and Farmers in the Niger Delta had alleged that the oil firm intentionally decided not to own up to the oil spill in order to avoid paying compensation.

The union insisted that the swamp buggy machine operator handling Shell’s project in the community had hit the 24-inch Trans-Niger Pipeline, a development that caused huge oil spill in Okolo launch.