On April 25, 2013 youths and elders of five oil-producing communities in Delta State protested at the National Assembly, alleging that the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison Madueke, and the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) Limited, were involved in a N58.9 trillion shady oil deal, not few people were worried.
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Their worry was based on the timing and the motive behind such allegation. The allegation came at a time when the Minister had ensured that discipline, transparency, fairness and a level playing field as the norm rather than the exception in the nation's oil and gas industry.
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The five communities comprised Itsekiri Ethnic Nationality (led by Emami Ayirimi); Ijaw, (Aribogha Johnny); Urhobo (Jaro Egbo), Isoko (Zino Onaemor); and Ndokwa (Emmanuel Orwti), under the aegis of "Restoration Niger Delta".