Our correspondent gathered from a close source that the oil spill happened at Dio community in Tai.
Details are still sketchy, as our correspondent is making efforts to establish the circumstance of the oil spill and the threat posed to the surrounding environment.
But the Paramount Ruler of Dio community, Chief FIDELIS NKERELO confirmed the development in a telephone interview with our correspondent.
Chief NKERELO said the community has been devastated by the oil spill, while response by the authorities has been slow.
Chief FIDELIS NKERELO is the Paramount Ruler of Dio community in Tai Local Government Area of Rivers State, which is at the centre of an oil spill which happened in the early hours of today.
