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Youths seize oil firm's premises

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    Youths in Delta State in southeast Nigeria on Wednesday occupied and closed down the operational base of an oil prospecting firm at Ubogo, 'The Guardian' reported on Friday.

    Some 1,000 youths stormed the base of United Geophysical Nigeria Limited/Integrated Data Services Limited (UGNL/IDSL) in six buses and two cars and shut down the company after the workers fled the premises. They claimed to be representing the Udu Oil Fields Development Association. Their leader, Benson Karika, said they had shut down the plant because UGNL/IDSL had
    refused to compensate the families of their five comrades who had died in an accident involving the company's lorry, 'The Guardian' said.

    Karika also said that the firm had slighted their monarch by not getting his approval before exploring in new areas of the kingdom. Meanwhile the monarch has intervened in the dispute by inviting the youths and company officials to his palace for a discussion, according to 'The Guardian.'

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