http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=02/08/10/4020832 Apparently buoyed by the earlier success in the take over of oil facilities, Itsekiri women yesterday in Warri marched against three multinational oil companies namely Shell, Chevron and Texaco, disrupting their operations. At least one woman was shot dead in the scuttle that ensued between the protesters and security operatives drafted to ward off the women from advancing beyond the gates of Shell main office, situated opposite the Federal Government College, Warri. The women protest coincided with the commencement of the strike by the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) branch of the Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) in response to the lock-out of some members of the union by Shell management. But the women, who sealed off the gates to the operational bases of the three oil companies simultaneously, said their action was to demand for scholarships and jobs for their children and wards, micro credit schemes for the women and the aged as well as the immediate end to gas flares, acid rains, oil spillage and other forms of environmental degradation plaguing their communities. Hows yer SUV goin' sport?
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