Hundreds of indigenes of communities in Ogoniland on Tuesday made good their threat to disrupt operations of oil companies in Rivers State as they blocked all routes leading to major oil facilities in the area.
Following the United Nations Environmental Programme, UNEP, report on the environment in Ogoniland released in 2011, the people demanded the immediate implementation of the recommendations of a review committee, within 90 days.
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