Some Civil Society Organizations, community leaders and activists are demanding that the Nigerian government declare an immediate environmental state of emergency following the Nembe oil spill. 

They delegation visited the Santa Barbara River to confirm the capping of the leaking well but were prevented by security operatives who cordoned off the area.

The team included representatives of Environmental Right Action (ERA), Health of Mother Earth Foundation, Community Leaders from Nembe, Civil Liberties Organisation and some Niger Delta activists. 

Here are the activists on their impressions of the situation.