June 2005
Nigeria’s lucrative oil reserves may have enriched its politicians but they’ve brought little but misery to ordinary people. Now, a rebel group is fighting for a share of the profits. “I need help. I need help,” begs a woman, clutching her young children in despair. Her home has just been demolished to create luxury housing for foreign oil workers. “The oil boom has turned into the oil doom!” laments Pastor Lekia. Across the Niger Delta, there’s growing resentment at the oil industry. “Corruption pervades the whole place, starting with the way contracts are awarded,” complains lawyer Ledum Mittee. “There seems to be some sort of collusion between the oil companies and those in power.” But militia leader Asari Dokubo has vowed to sever that link. He’s fighting to seize control of the oil and give it back to the people. “We own the oil!” he proclaims. “The thieves are the people in Abuja.” And across Nigeria, young men are flocking to his call. Last September, he spooked the international markets and forced the price of oil to $50 a barrel by threatening to attack foreign oil companies. The government was forced to agree a truce but he’s threatened to rearm unless oil companies leave. Nigerians no longer expect help from their own government. It’s militia leaders like Asari who are winning their trust.
Produced by ABC Australia
Distributed by Journeyman Pictures
Duration : 0:22:38
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August 9th, 2009 at 5:40 am
we all know that …
we all know that millitary people are corrupted and we need prayer, patient and voice to fight these our poverty. Im sure God don’t sleep he knows what we are going through in our daily life. violence will always bring loss of life and more poverty to mankind>
August 9th, 2009 at 5:40 am
this is wild! Oil …
this is wild! Oil corporations have no soul
August 9th, 2009 at 5:40 am
Best bet is …
Best bet is Education and ownership for the people by the people.
I honestly think all the old leaders of the world just need to die already because they Fd up royally…
August 9th, 2009 at 5:40 am
Same problem we …
Same problem we have in Ethiopia Ogaden region. At least in Nigeria the oil is there.
August 9th, 2009 at 5:40 am
As you heard in the …
As you heard in the interview,many non violent activists and intellectuals like Saro Wiwa tried, but then got killed by the corporation like Shell.
August 9th, 2009 at 5:40 am
The God of the poor …
The God of the poor will one Day will the cry of my People of Africa, and our own African Brothers who betrayed their Lands for few priviliges will be brought to Justice!
August 9th, 2009 at 5:40 am
why disable …
why disable embedding? You still get the view counts and people can share the video easier/raise awareness
August 9th, 2009 at 5:40 am
this is the saddest …
this is the saddest thing ever….we are letting this people destroy our own people because of oil…@zappasoul you forget one …fuck obasanjo.
August 9th, 2009 at 5:40 am
Companies should …
Companies should not have rights as human beings have and deserve. But actually they can kill, destroy, steal more than nobody on earth with impunity.
August 9th, 2009 at 5:40 am
You’re the only one …
You’re the only one keeping yourself from getting to that place in the world. Stop wishing and do it. Yeash.
August 9th, 2009 at 5:40 am
And thats Capitalism
And thats Capitalism
August 9th, 2009 at 5:40 am
Another thing I …
Another thing I noticed, they can “shell” out the money to build nice roads to their plants and refineries but they can’t do it anywhere else? GTFOH
Take it back. Cause the price to sky rocker , cripple them and make them dependent like they have done to you.
I say “them” as in the money hungry, soul stealing companies. SHAME ON YOU
I wish I was somebody big enough in the world to make a real difference.
August 9th, 2009 at 5:40 am
I forget what woman …
I forget what woman I saw talking about the rebuilding of Africa but she was so on point. You suck out the resources and leave nothing to make it better. The people are left with no benefits of losing their commodities and the foreign companies make top dollar because what they are losing on making the bullies pockets fatter is nothing compared to theirs.
August 9th, 2009 at 5:40 am
These rebels are …
These rebels are working for them, killing their own in the name of money. If they are fault of anything its greed; but how can you blame them, they are trying to live as well. These companies know what they are doing that’s why they hire the people of the country they inhabit instead of supplying their own troops.
August 9th, 2009 at 5:40 am
This video helps …
This video helps motorist understand the problem in Nigeria and by the looks of it, it is likely that the problem will not be easy to solve whether through arms or diplomacy. As long as oil will be a major commodity it will be a source of fight and contension as it is a symbol of power.
August 9th, 2009 at 5:40 am
“After its 2nd …
“After its 2nd embly in Portharcourt, Rivers State, the 150 delegates of Niger Delta leaders in a statement issued yesterday by a prominent monarch, King Alfred Diette-Spiff and Alabo Tonye Graham-Douglas, declared the military operation a “genocide.”..expressing dismay at the condemnable call for the extermination of the 20 million Niger Deltans by Representative Bala Ibn N’Allah of Kebbi State.” —– Guardian Newspapers. Thursday May 28, 2009.
August 9th, 2009 at 5:40 am
“The people of …
“The people of war-ravaged Gbaramatu in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State on Friday counted their losses arising from the seven-day military operation in the area. A prominent leader of the area, Chief Bello Oboko, told Saturday Punch that more than 2,000 indegenes of the various communities in the kingdom had been killed in the past seven days…president Umaru Yar’Adua had ordered a military operation in the area…” — Punch Newspapers. Saturday May 23, 2009.
August 9th, 2009 at 5:40 am
Fuck oil, …
oil, fossil fuels, governments, Caucasians and Blacks, you, me, or love your brother, or kill him. humanity, God, Jesus, Allah, Buda, M. Jackson. the stupid cracker talking ’bout blacks, America, Europe. We ALL it up. ALL it up, in eather a way or another. …the the . the …
August 9th, 2009 at 5:40 am
nigaria
nigaria
August 9th, 2009 at 5:40 am
Alex shut baggot …
Alex shut baggot before i behead you accatta.its hard to find jobs idiot
August 9th, 2009 at 5:40 am
The subtitles are …
The subtitles are unnecessary.
August 9th, 2009 at 5:40 am
Free Biafra and …
Free Biafra and give them their dues.
August 9th, 2009 at 5:40 am
fucking s, …
ing s, uncivilised at all.
Barbarians – the right thing to call them, you even need subtitles to understand them.
August 9th, 2009 at 5:40 am
STUPID S! …
STUPID S! THEIR LIFE IS RAP GANGSTA DRUGS. they dont want to WORK, because they think that work is SLAVERY.
August 9th, 2009 at 5:40 am
Blood will for sure …
Blood will for sure, give better life for your future generations. If your so called governer is killing you for oil, get up and kill him for your right and families and generations to come. Don’t die see him doing all this to u.Better die with respect.