VIDEO: Residents Protest ExxonMobil Oil Spill In Nigeria

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Residents of  Esit Eket local government area of Akwa Ibom at the weekend staged a peaceful protest following the oil spill reported at the Qua Iboe Oil field operated by ExxonMobil in Nigeria.

The protesters comprising representative of fishermen, youths and several other groups affected by the oil spill carried placards and sang solidarity songs as they marched on the  local government secretariat in Uquo, Esit Eket.

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