A NIGERIAN group representing 61 communities hit by an oil spill last year, has given the Mobil Oil company an ultimatum to pay up US$22 million today.
Nigeria’s Vanguard newspaper reports that the group has warned Mobil that it will “take appropriate steps to make operation difficult or impossible for all oil companies in the Niger delta,” if the money is not paid over today. The group’s initial demand to Mobil was issued last month.
There was no comment from Mobil — Monday is a public holiday in Nigeria.