{"id":942,"date":"2013-03-25T08:41:01","date_gmt":"2013-03-25T08:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/polluted-river-kills-3-kids-in-bayelsa\/"},"modified":"2013-03-25T08:41:01","modified_gmt":"2013-03-25T08:41:01","slug":"polluted-river-kills-3-kids-in-bayelsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/polluted-river-kills-3-kids-in-bayelsa\/","title":{"rendered":"Polluted river kills 3 kids in Bayelsa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By <em><strong>Citizens Platform<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Tragedy struck at the weekend as three children in Lotugbene community of Bayelsa State died after allegedly drinking water from a river polluted by the rig operations of an oil company in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Reports attribute the death of the affected children, Osumayin Eniye, 7; Kpegbolo Oyadonbenfa, 5 and Boroyegha, 10, who were vomiting and stooling for a while, to cholera.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently angered by the development, the chiefs and youths of the community have handed down a seven-day ultimatum to the company to dialogue with it or quit the area, as\u00a0it could not guarantee the safety of its officials in the area afterwards.<\/p>\n<p>It is alleged that the quality of water in Lotugbene was affected since October 6, 2011 when the oil company started drilling a rig and allegedly polluted the entire river in the process.<\/p>\n<p>According to the leaders of the community, Chief Noel Babazouwei and Wilfred Ikere, all efforts to reach the company authorities had proved abortive, as the company had remained incommunicado.<\/p>\n<p>They said they had also petitioned the Presidency, National Assembly, the state Governor\u00a0 Henry Dickson \u00a0and the Ministry of Niger\u00a0 Delta Affairs on their plight, but no respite yet.<\/p>\n<p>The river is the only source of drinking water to the community.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/> Posted in <a href=\"http:\/\/nigeria-news.disnaija.com\/\">Nigeria News. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Not an original publication of <a href=\"http:\/\/disnaija.com\">DisNaija.Com<\/a> network.<br \/> To visit the source, click <a href=\"http:\/\/citizensplatform.net\/2013\/03\/polluted-river-kills-3-kids-in-bayelsa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">here <\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>DisNaija.Com<\/b> publishes regular posts on <a href=\"http:\/\/nigeria-news.disnaija.com\/\">Nigeria News,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/nigerian-newspapers.disnaija.com\/\">Nigerian Newspapers,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/online-nigeria.disnaija.com\/\">Online Nigeria Gist.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dis_Naija\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DisNaija\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-like-box\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DisNaija\" data-width=\"292\" data-show-faces=\"false\" data-stream=\"false\" data-header=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-href=\"http:\/\/disnaija.com\" data-send=\"true\" data-width=\"200\" data-show-faces=\"false\" data-action=\"recommend\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dis_Naija\" class=\"twitter-follow-button\" data-show-count=\"false\" data-size=\"large\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Follow @Dis_Naija<\/a><br \/>\n<script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,\"script\",\"twitter-wjs\");<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Your Opinion Counts. 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