INEC also revealed that a boat conveying election materials and 12 election officials capsized in Southern Ijaw LGA.
He assured the state government would embark on a 1.5km shore protection project to check the ocean surge that had submerged about 250 buildings in the last 10 years.
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“The facility was shut to protest the oil firm’s insensitivity to its social obligations to the people.”
He said that Chevron had deployed several helicopters to apply chemical dispersants to dissolve the oil deposits.
“But we noticed some helicopters hovering around the facility by today,’’ he said.
