A
Reuters
reporter
visiting
several
parts
of
Akwa
Ibom
state
saw
a
rainbow-tinted
oil
slick
stretching
for
32
kilometres
from
a
pipeline
that
ExxonMobil
had
shut
down
because
of
a
leak
a
week
ago.
Locals
scooped
it
into
jerry
cans.
The
managing
director
of
ExxonMobil's
local
unit,
Mark
Ward,
told
Reuters
a
cleanup
had
been
mobilised,
and
he
apologised
to
affected
communities
for
the
spill.
"Mobil
Producing
Nigeria
(MPN)
regrets
this
incident.
Our
teams
are
being
mobilised
to
clean
up
the
area,"
Ward
said
in
a
statement
emailed
to
the
news
agency.
"We
apologise…
