Buried Voices Of B-Dere Demand for Accountability.
Katherine Abayomi. Years of spills have left soil and mangrove forests saturated with hydrocarbons and heavy metals, and 5–10 % of Nigeria’s mangroves have already been destroyed by oil contamination and settlement. The Trans Niger pipeline ruptured on May 6, 2025, releasing thousands of barrels of crude into B-Dere community in Ogoniland—marking the second major spill…

