Oil Production Resumption: Protests Rock Ogoni Community As Youths Demand Dialogue, Committee’s Overhaul

Protests on Wednesday rocked parts of Ogoniland as residents of Korokoro Community in Tai local government area of Rivers State and members of the Coalition of Ogoni Youths (COY) took to the streets to demand greater inclusion, transparency, equitable development and a change in the leadership of the Ogoni Dialogue Committee (ODC) in the ongoing process for the proposed resumption of oil production in Ogoniland.
The protests took place simultaneously at Korokoro Community and Bori, the traditional headquarters of Ogoniland, with protesters insisting that their opposition was not to the resumption of oil production but to what they described as shortcomings in the ongoing dialogue, parti...