Ugborodo Community in Warri South-West, Delta State, has locked down Chevron Nigeria Limited's EGTL facility and other assets, accusing the oil giant of gross neglect, job exclusion, and flouting the Petroleum Industry Act's Host Community Development Trust mandates despite billions flowing from their oil-rich lands.
Hundreds of indigenes, led by youth groups and women traders, occupied yards since December 15, 2025, vowing no retreat until Chevron's management and NNPC GCEO intervene with open-camp hiring, HCDT operationalization, and infrastructure like roads, water, power, and clinics demands unmet amid claims of imported labor sidelining locals.
This escalation echoes Olero Creek's threats and Ilaje spills, spotlighting IOCs' pattern of resource extraction without reciprocity, as protesters decry federal/Delta government complicity in ignoring PIA protections fueling unrest in Nigeria's Niger Delta tinderbox.