By Samuel Oyadongha
Yenagoa—An activist, Mr. Osteen Igbapike, yesterday, expressed concern over the Bonga oil spill on the Atlantic fringe of Bayelsa State, saying that Nigeria has learnt nothing from the recent Gulf of Mexico oil spillage, and the response from the regulatory agency, the USELPA.

Igbapike, who is also the lawyer to Odimodi, Isiayei-Gbene, Beniboye and Samayin-Gbidipou communities in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State,  said since the Bonga oil spill was a point source and a third tier spill, it ought to have been a national emergency and as such,  the response cannot be led by the polluter itself (Shell).

He said: “What is happening now from the Bonga spill is that the polluter is in charge of the regulators because the regulators do not have helicopters, vessels, dispersants, booms and the expertise to manage oil spill response.”