Description

Protesters on Monday dumped a red coffin at the entrance of a residential estate belonging to the American oil giant, Mobil Producing Nigeria, in Eket, Akwa Ibom State.

A similar coffin was also dumped at the entrance of Mobil Air Strip in Eket.
Another was kept at a major junction – Marina Junction – in the city.

The protesters, mostly youth, were drawn from the company’s host communities of Eket, Esit-Eket, Onna, and Ibeno.