Heavy shooting at chevron, escravos, Delta state

There heavy gunfire early this morning at a Chevron facility this morning.

The Nation reports that there was panic in the Escravos in Warri area of Delta State this morning as armed troops stormer the Escravos Gas to Liquid facility to break the week long industrial action by aggrieved workers.

It was learnt that that armed troops shoot their way into the camp, which has been shut down by the angry workers since Monday morning.
Panic workers at the facility told our reporter “The soldiers came yesterday and gave us ultimatum to open up the premises or face the consequences. They waited till about 5 pm and left. That was yesterday (Friday).

“But they came back this morning and shot their way in. They cut the wire fence and started beating everybody with whips and the butts of the guns. They were firing teargas and shooting sporadically,” our source added.

Workers had grounded activities at the $8.4bn EGTL over disagreement with management and alleged poor working conditions.

They complained about the health hazard of their jobs at the favility, lack of proper remuneration and poor quality food since Chevron took over the facility from the builders.

Some workers were fleeing the facility in boats at the time of this report (6am) on Saturday morning.