The protesting community says the company was "insensitive to its social obligations to the people."
A crude production flow station operated by Conoil Production at Ango field in Koluama, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa, has been shut by the host community.
The aggrieved members of the community had besieged the facility and told the oil workers to shut the facility and leave the site of the 30,000 barrels per day capacity flow station.
Young Fabby, a Community leader in Koluama 1, a rural settlement along the
He said the aggrieved community shut operations at the flow station on Monday and sacked oil workers deployed to run the oil facility following
"The Koluama clan was compelled to take the action following the refusal of the oil company to dialogue on several outstanding issues amongst which is the MoU which expired for more than one year.
"All entraties through established channels have been rebuffed. Secretary of Koluama kingdom Oil/Gas Committee,
All efforts to get the reaction of the oil firm by e-mail, short message services and telephone calls also remained unanswered.
Christiana Abiakam-Omanu, the Commandant of Nigeria Security and civil
Mrs Abiakam-Omanu told NAN that members of
NAN
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