Hi Archos,
We are in complete agreement on this one. The environment of the Delta has suffer far to many oil spills. I thing all groups have to share some of the responsibility for the sad state of affairs. I do mean ALL, not just the companies and government, but those that damage pipelines and spill oil while bunkering. The people of the Delta do have many old and legitimate complaints. This gets back to my original point of something more than just a few criminals being the cause of this problem.
I doubt the villagers will want money from the Navy. They will probably expect Shell to pay. Since extracting money from Shell will be much easier than the Navy.
I just hope there will be a peaceful long term solution found before things really get out of hand.
Cheers