Nigerian ‘political and environmental refugee Barry Wuganaale, a member of the Ogoni people from Niger Delta in Nigeria, opposes Shell’s fracking plans. Photo: Michael Walker
April 6 2011
Melanie Gosling
and Grace Huang
WHEN Nigerian political refugee Barry Wuganaale heard on television that Shell would be fracking for gas in the Karoo, he nearly choked on his dinner.
I was shocked. I didnt need to think twice about opposing this. South Africa has no experience of Shell operating upstream. You know them at the pumps here, but not drilling, Wuganaale said yesterday. I am from the Ogoni people in the Nigeria. We know Shell. What Shell has done to the Ogoni people and to the Nigerian state, I dont wish to be repeated on anyone.