Ondo community sues company (SEE DETAILS)

Ondo state communities in Okitipupa Local Government have reported a company known as Wee-Wood Industries Nigeria Limited to the state High Court for environmental pollution.

The communities explained that the waste products of the company had polluted their water and land, making life difficult for the residents.

The claimants, Oloja Emmanuel and Mr Fagbohun Olakunle, who filed the suit on behalf of the communities through their lawyer, Mr Busayo Oroyo, claimed a sum of N200million damages from the defendant.

According to a statement of claim, the claimants sought the order of the court to direct “the defendant to abate the nuisance caused by her wrongful disposal of her industrial waste and discharge of harmful effluent into the claimants land, water and environment.”