Blood and Oil (2013) s01e01 Episode Script
Part One
This programme contains some strong language and some violent scenes.
Morning, Joseph! Morning, sir! How are you? Fine, sir.
Good.
Mark, how you doing? Good.
Where we off too? The Rondu.
What, again? Communication systems down.
That's odd.
I know.
HORNS BLARE HORNS BLARE WOMEN SCREAM MAN: Watch out! Crazy man! HELICOPTER OVERHEAD Morning, sir.
Morning.
Welcome! It was working yesterday morning then it just stopped.
Any idea what happened? No, sir.
We tried to get the technicians working on it, but no way.
OK, let's take a look.
Four coffees.
Yes, sir! Who discovered this wasn't working? Me, sir.
UNIT BEEPS This has been put out of action deliberately.
No, sir.
That is not possible.
How? You tell me.
I don't know, sir.
Well, somebody's been tampering with it.
No, sir.
I'm not saying it was you.
Look, this kind of thing just doesn't happen on its own.
It's sabotage.
I want a list of everybody you have working here.
Them they come.
The boys done come.
The boys done come! PANICKED SHOUTING RAPID FIRE Open fire! Down, stay down! I'm going out.
You stay right here.
HE FIRES GUN Please don't shoot! Don't shoot.
How many of you are in there? There are four of us.
We surrender.
Kneel for floor.
We have been set up.
Come.
What are you doing with them? Huh? You damn fool.
HE SUCKS HIS TEETH Go! THEY CHAN MEN CHAN CHANTING: We now go free! We now go free! We now go free! We now go free! We now go free! We now go free! PHONE RINGS Hello? Yes, it is.
He has been taken by a group called The Movement For The Emancipation Of The Niger Delta.
Negotiations for his release are already under way.
So that's happening now, is it? Yes.
So he'll be released when? I can't give you a day but Well, when do you think, I mean? It can be days .
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it can be weeks, months.
Months? Welcome, everybody to this, the 65th birthday of a not very retiring man.
In fact, when I asked him about how life has changed for him now he has reached this grand old age, he said, "Dearest child! "Only one change! "I have thrown my alarm clock away.
"Now, when it is time to work, it is my bladder that wakes me up.
" The proud recipient of the CBE And don't worry, Daddy, the knighthood is on its way! LAUGHTER But you know more important than any of that, my father's house has been open to Nigerians coming here, offering them refuge, help, advice, putting them on their feet, giving others the helping hand that he never had himself.
APPLAUSE AND CHEERING I have an image of him, at 11 years old Port Harcourt, Nigeria, in the Abonnema Wharf slums where he was born and raised.
There he is on the roadside in ragged clothes, no mother and no father.
And he's selling dried fish with the women to look after his little brothers and sisters.
Let me tell you, I am the luckiest woman in the world to be the daughter of that 11-year-old boy! But no way is he the luckiest father in the world because I can be a very difficult girl! LAUGHTER But where was I at 11 years old? Where was I? I was in this wonderful city.
I was in our wonderful home, and I was going to a VERY fine school.
I owe my wonderful father everything! MAN: Hallelujah! LOUD APPLAUSE I promised myself I wasn't going to get emotional cos I don't know what he is going to say next.
Thank you all very much.
I hand you over 'Hello, darling.
'38 degrees in the creeks today, 'humidity over 90.
'It's days like that you just want a quiet beer and go to bed 'and then I come back to this '.
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soulless place and I just 'just wish I was with you.
Yeah.
That's what I wish.
'Just to be with you.
' Dad, it's a business trip.
We go where our clients need us.
Alice, this is the Delta! It is a fantastically dangerous place.
Pipeline and facility sabotage are increasing, kidnapping is increasing.
That's why I am going out there.
All employees of oil service companies are at the highest risk! I know how to look after myself.
No, you don't.
Why are they sending you? We've been commissioned by Krielson to improve their public relations.
No, no, I want to know why you.
Well, because I'm the only Nigerian in any of our offices.
And I'm good.
Well, I don't like it.
I've already said yes, Dad.
Oh I'm going.
You see you knew I wouldn't change my mind.
I'm just like my father! Oh, eh! THEY LAUGH How are you, madame? Very good, thank you.
We have orange juice or champagne.
I'll have some champagne.
Thank you.
THEY ARGUE LOUDLY STEWARDESS: Soon, sir, thank you.
MAN: What is happening over there?! Please just wait Please be patient.
Just calm down, sir.
Hello.
Julius Sogunro.
Welcome to Nigeria, madame.
Thank you.
LOUD HUBBUB Passport.
Into the office, please.
You don't have Yellow Fever certificate.
No, I haven't.
You can't come into the country without one.
25 dollars.
LOUD COMMOTION WOMAN SHOUTS Yes, all right, thank you, is that enough? Hey, you pay me too.
Don't encourage them.
Wind up your window.
Sorry, I haven't got any more.
HE SIGHS Madame, I will let them know that you have arrived safely.
Thank you.
TV: '.
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and the third largest reserves of natural gas in the world.
'And the militant attacks are already disrupting production 'to an extent that the oil companies have been forced to close 50%' MAN 'We own the oil.
'The thieves are the people in Abuja.
' Oh, thank you.
Hotel rooms can be a little cheerless.
Ed Daly.
Oh, how do you do? HE LAUGHS Thank you so much, they're really gorgeous.
Have they brought you up to speed on what is happening here? Yeah.
How much have they told you about MEND? That they are responsible for most of the kidnappings, more political than the other groups, well armed, becoming more effective, not bad with their PR.
But I think they could do better.
THEY LAUGH We're not putting this out there, but they are a lot more than that.
They are getting close to shutting down our operations here for good.
We've already lost 50% of facilities, two-thirds of production, but this is just the beginning.
My assessment? This is the most dangerous crisis since the Biafran War 40 years ago and that cost a million lives.
And your assessment is not to be reported, right? No.
OK.
But you need to know.
So you see, we have all the conditions now for civil war.
A disaster for us, for Nigeria, for the whole of Africa.
PHONE RINGS Excuse me, I've been waiting for this one.
Hey, Matthew.
OK, when did that happen? Right, great.
OK, well I'll call you as soon as I can.
Thank you.
I'm sorry.
I have to go.
Erwe're right in the middle of negotiations.
Not only that, the wife of one of our hostages has just arrived, which I am also going to have to deal with.
Can I call you later? Sure, but do you want me to deal with that? No, you've only just arrived.
It's OK, just tell me what you want me to do.
DOOR OPENS Mrs Unwin? Who are you? I'm Alice Omuka.
I'm working for your husband's company.
Is he here? Who? Mark.
Mark, no I'm Then was it you? I'm sorryme? In here.
Have you just been in here? No, I've just arrived.
So what's this about? I'm sorry, I don't know what you're He's been burgled! Are you sure? Do you want me to call someone? Mrs Unwin? Let me call someone.
So what's going on? Where? In here! I He must've been here when I came in.
Is there a manager here I can call? I got undressed, I had a shower.
I'll call the manager for you.
I undressed in there having a shower.
Were the cupboards like this when you arrived? Of course they weren't.
Oh, God.
Oh, God.
What's going on? Someone's been in here.
Would you like me to put you up in the Rivers Hotel? I don't want to stay in a hotel.
It's where I'm staying.
It's very nice.
Is there any news? My husband he's been kidnapped, is there any news? Not yet, but I understand that everything's going very well.
What does that mean? Oh, well, with the negotiations for their release.
Everyone's feeling very confident.
That's That's what they told me.
It's because the gangs take the oil contractors so that they can trade them.
A ransom is negotiated, the money is handed over and the men are then released.
Yeah.
I'm sorry, who are you again? I don't expect that will take another two days or so, you know, something like that.
I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry about that! I completely understand.
It's just such a shock.
Everything is a total shock.
Is that my drink? Yeah.
Thank you.
Thanks.
Oh, that's good! THEY LAUGH Oh, God! Thank you for rescuing me.
No, it's the least I can do.
I'm so anxious and, you know, it's terrible, sitting on that plane thinking the worst.
Yeah, it must be.
This is nice.
Yeah, it's a bit of a haven, isn't it? I'm exhausted! He does say it's nice.
He sends me video messages, you see.
Right.
But he still hates being away.
It's just so we can put down a deposit on a home.
Welcome to Sun Executive! My name is Charles Meribe.
I am the owner.
Oh! Pleased to meet you.
May I take this opportunity to offer you my personal attention during your stay here.
That's very kind.
Thank you.
Your husband is without question my best resident.
Well, I just want him back.
I have a resident kidnapped every month here, sometimes every two weeks, but they always come home.
That's good to know.
Alice Omuka, how do you do? Omuka.
Maybe the daughter of Justice Omuka.
Yes.
See! THEY LAUGH In Port Harcourt there is nothing I do not know! You see I was Governor of this State once upon a time here and your father was my most faithful supporter.
Here.
Thank you.
If you need anything here, you must just ask for me.
All right? See you.
Enjoy.
Mrs Unwin? Yes? Ed Daly.
President of External Affairs for Krielson International.
I have some good news.
Your husband is to be released tomorrow.
Oh, my God! That's wonderful.
Is that really true? Yes.
Absolutely.
Oh, my God.
We were pretty close yesterday, but negotiations have now been successfully concluded.
When tomorrow? First thing.
Dawn.
Where? The pick-up's Isolo.
It's on the river.
Will that be all four of them? Yes.
A ransom has been paid, although we never admit this officially.
And is he well? Yes, they're all well.
I'll say this for them, they tend to look after their hostages.
I better tell his mum and dad! I knew if I came out here everything would be all right! Well, that is good news! Yeah.
Frankly, we were not that concerned.
A deal is always made.
What we don't expect is one of their wives to come out here.
So what happens when you go to pick them up? Well, first of all, they are released to intermediaries.
Who are they? A group from the negotiators.
In this case, a couple of guys from the Ijaw community, someone from the Governor's office, one of our guys.
The intermediaries then keep them safe until we come along and take them back here.
So there's no risk once they are with the intermediaries? No, MEND are long gone by then.
So it would be safe to travel with you when you pick them up? We don't usually allow Yeah, but it's safe? Yes, but It would be great for me if I could take her, Ed.
As she's come all this way, it would be a pity not to use the opportunity.
This is exactly the kind of story you guys could use.
I mean, all we see of the Delta are rebels with guns, leaking oil, sabotaged pipelines, angry villagers.
Let's see her greeting her husband! I'm sure we can make something out of that, the government and the oil companies working together.
A happy ending.
Let me organise it, Ed.
And if you don't like what you see, we don't have to use it.
It just seems like such an opportunity She's right here! OK.
I'll see if I can clear it with the guys doing our pick-up.
Thank you! Claire, how about you and me going out with their crew to pick up your husband? Can I do that? Yes, you can be the first person to greet him.
Oh, thank God.
THEY LAUGH When we come round the corner you will see the wellhead, where they will be with the intermediaries waiting for us.
OK.
Banji, I want you to get the other side of Claire, OK? I want to see her reaction as soon as she sees her husband.
Yeah.
And then I want you to keep the camera on her and then, as soon as we get close enough, I want to see Mark.
And then the two of them together.
OK.
All right, come through.
This is the wellhead.
MAN SHOUTS We should stop here.
Listen, I don't think this is We should stop here.
Can we stop this boat? No You can stop this one.
We must stay together in case of ambush.
Oh, my God! Claire, Claire Oh, my God! No! No! Stop the boat, stop the boat! No! No! No! Please, no! No! Don't see this.
Please! Oh, my God! Can we take this boat back?! No! We must stay together.
Come on, let's go.
No, no, no! No, no, please! No! Please, God, no! No! Mrs Unwin, I am Lieutenant Commander Tunde Tayo, Joint Task Force.
I want to stay with my husband! We will bring your husband to you as soon as you are out of the boat.
Please.
Let me help you.
I promise you I will hunt down every man who did this.
Pleasegive it to me.
I need to take your film for my investigation.
Thank you.
No, no, no! I want to stay with my husband.
Claire, my name's Sally I want to stay with my husband! It's all right, Alice, I'll take over.
Let's get you back to the hotel.
Please, please, be careful with him.
Pleasebe careful with him.
What's going on? We don't know.
You have no idea? Trying to find out.
Be careful with him.
Alice, I'm taking you back to the hotel.
You told me they had been released to the intermediaries.
Yes, yes, and that's what we were told.
I mean, I took this poor woman out to greet her husband! Alice, we're doing everything we can to find out what went wrong.
We're talking to the government now.
You know if I'd known that there was any risk any risk at all of this happening, I would never have taken her.
And I would never have let you go.
We've never had this situation before.
Take it off him! Once hostages are released to intermediaries And? They're being taken to the hospital.
What are people saying? The situation, as far as I know it, is that our negotiations were successful.
Careful! Their release was agreed and a ransom was paid.
Please! So what's happened to the fourth guy they took, you know, the black guy? I don't know.
This guy, have we got his film? We don't want it getting into the wrong hands.
The man from the Task Force took it off me.
Who was that, Tayo? Yeah.
OK.
Excuse me.
Hello, I'm Matthew Howell, Foreign Office.
Alice Omuka.
How do you do? Pleasure.
Who is that with Mrs Unwin? She is a trained counsellor.
I want to know how Mrs Unwin is, so ask her to call me, will you? Yes, of course.
Here.
Drink lots of water.
You're coming with us, right? Yes, I'll be there in a second.
No, please don't do that to him! Please don't do that to him, please! Please don't do that to him.
Oh, God, oh, God! You're going to be all right.
It's a statement from MEND.
Taking responsibility for the executions.
Lieutenant Commander Tayo has called in to say that they had all been shot before being hung up.
A lot of the gangs kidnap for money, Alice, but these guys are political and it now looks like they're stepping up their game to something much more sinister.
We'll be needing to set up a press conference this afternoon, do you feel able to take that for us? Yeah, 'course I will, as long as I have time to sort myself out and I'm properly briefed.
Thank you.
The British position, Alice, should the question come up, is that our Prime Minister has, in the past, taken a firm position behind the Nigerian Government, offering military assistance against the militants.
And we must also be seen as 100% in support of the Nigerian Government.
If MEND get any stronger, then we have war.
Claire! Claire! Please go away! I want to be on my own! Claire! Madam? Madam, sorry! I just heard the news.
May God grant Oga rest.
Thank you for your kindness.
Thank you, madam.
SHE CRIES Good afternoon, everyone.
At 6.
45 this morning, representatives of Krielson International recovered the bodies of Stephen Woodley, Philip Edbrooke, and Mark Unwin, ten kilometres north west of Isolo.
All three men were employees of the company here in Nigeria.
Stephen Woodley, aged 36, South African, and unmarried, a helicopter pilot.
Philip Edbrooke, 46, South African, divorced with two children, a security consultant.
And Mark Unwin, 29, British and married, a telecommunications engineer.
Our first thoughts go to their bereaved families to whom we extend our heartfelt condolences on this terrible day.
A fourth man, Mr Lucky Karima, a personal security officer, is missing.
MEND have threatened to carry out, and I quote, "further executions of oil industry employees "until the revenue from the oil comes to the people.
" The President has been in contact with our CEO in Lincoln, Nebraska, and has assured us that he and his government will do whatever needs to be done to bring the killers to justice.
We support him and thank him for that.
Thank you.
BELL RINGS You told me he was being freed! I'm sorry.
You told me! Why did you tell me that? You liar! You fucking liar! Claire Go away! Get away from me! They killed my husband! They killed my husband.
SHE SOBS We want to make sure that the investigation is carried out to the highest possible standard in order to track down the perpetrators and bring them to justice.
So we are bringing out our own team from London, including a pathologist who will assist in the post mortem.
However, this will take some time.
So I suggest that Sally accompanies you home.
We have booked a flight tomorrow which No, I'm not going.
Claire I'm not going home without him.
Mrs Unwin, it will be possibly several weeks before they can release your husband's body.
That's OK.
I can wait.
It would be a long and very distressing That's OK.
A very distressing time if you stay, I really do recommend I'm not going home until he comes home.
You do know they were released alive.
Do you? What? When your employees left the MEND camp, they were alive.
They were fit and healthy and looking forward to going home to their families.
I don't know you.
Noel Ijeoma.
Six men took your hostages by boat to the hand-over.
The men have disappeared, their boat has disappeared.
Who's telling you that? MEND.
Oh, well, they would! I have their own statement.
The statement you read out was not from them.
It's a fraud.
Your men were ambushed on their way to the intermediaries.
Where's your evidence? MEND's actual statement is backed up by a reliable, independent source.
Who? Keme Tobodo.
He's misinformed.
He's extremely well-informed.
Then he's being mischievous.
Do you know who he is? No.
One of your negotiators.
I don't know him.
Wellyou should.
He's wrong.
Can I quote you on that? Yes, you can.
Are you lying, or are you being lied to? You've had your quote and now, if you will excuse me, it's been a long day.
Three of your men died.
I'd hope that it would matter to you whether you are being lied to.
Their families will certainly be expecting the truth from They have the truth, so have another quote from me.
We consider the allegations of MEND to be offensive.
End quote.
OK? Has it occurred to you to wonder why you are here? Is that an existential question? Oil contractors are kidnapped in the Delta every week of every year.
No-one reports it when they are taken and no-one reports it when they are released.
So why, on this occasion, did Krielson hire a top PR consultant to fly over here from London, unless they knew this was going to happen? I'm here to cover the worsening situation, not this.
Also a coincidence that you are Justice Omuka's daughter? I work for Shawcross and Stevens, and we have no connection whatsoever to my father.
What are you implying? Just asking questions.
Well, you've had your answer.
You should be worried about this.
Once the families become aware of the situation If you contact any of the families, and Mr Unwin's widow in particular, you will realise I can be a pretty fucking tough person to deal with.
How are you doing? '38 degrees in the creeks today, humidity over 90.
'It's days like that you just want a quiet beer and go to bed.
'Then I come back to this 'soulless place and I just, I just wish I was with you.
'Yeah.
That's what I wish.
'Just to be with you.
' My name is Alice Omuka, I'm a public relations officer in London but working out here in Port Harcourt for Krielson International.
I am staying at the Rivers Hotel, my mobile number is 44 7700 900834.
And I would very much like to meet up with Mr Keme Tobodo.
'Can't you come and stay for a week? 'I want you here, Claire.
'It's 19 days before my leave, 'how am I supposed to cope for 19 days? 'Just keep thinking about the money, darling.
'There's only two years, two months and one week to go.
'I know it seems a long time now, 'but, well, it'll soon be over then, and then we'll know that this has been worth it.
'Just keep thinking about the money, darling.
' Yes, the gentleman in purple.
Do you agree that corporate activity in the Delta is a cause of the unrest but no part of the solution? No, I don't.
As an international company, we do more community work here than anywhere else.
When a majority don't have access to proper water We put more resources in every year and we already have an 18 million community project.
With the greatest respect, it's pretty good, considering we're a business, not a government.
The information's in here.
Go and visit these places.
Where we have our community projects, we make a difference.
Were your employees released alive? No, they were not.
MEND have told us that they were released alive Yeah I'm aware of what MEND have said.
Yes, sir.
One of your negotiators, Keme Tobodo, has also said that they were released alive.
Mr Tobodo has no special knowledge, he is merely reiterating the claims made by MEND.
Yes, sir.
Was a ransom agreed for their release? No it was not.
It was not? Now we all know that a ransom is always paid.
I am taking another question.
So if you can lie to us about that, then why should we believe you about this? Now I have taken three questions from you, and I am telling you that a ransom was not agreed, that our employees were murdered by MEND and were not released alive.
I'm sorry.
Yes, sir, your question.
'All right, darling.
'There's something I should tell you.
'I've been meaning to, you know, 'tell you this for some time now.
'You know the pub, 'the one all the guys go to? 'I met someone there a few weeks ago.
Ex-soldier.
'Well, he works for this local businessman, well, kind of businessman.
'ClaireI've got into something really bad.
'I mean really bad.
'It's something I can't get out of.
' Miss Omuka? Yes? My name is Andrew Utibe.
I have come to take you to Keme Tobodo.
Take me to him? Yes, lady.
He said you wanted to meet him so he has sent me here to pick you up and take you to him.
What, now? 'All right, darling.
There's there's something I should tell you.
'I've been meaning to, you know, 'tell you this for some time now.
'I've got into something really bad.
'I mean really bad.
'It's something I can't get out of.
' I know what you are thinking.
Another politician come to our village.
Another man come to talk to us.
Then to steal from us.
But this is different, this is different.
When corruption becomes so deep in a society, when it is practised by every politician, every government official and every village chief, when it is the heartbeat of every business deal, what then happens to us? What do you think happen, when greed chopped the soul out of your country? Eh? We have all the riches of the world right here under our feet, right here, and look how poor we are.
We haven't even got our own water.
This is what happens when corruption seeps into the very soul of a country.
There comes a moment in history when a government is so painful to its people, so hurtful to the very soul of its people, that it reaches its moment of destiny.
And from every village, a cry goes up, and I hear it, oh.
Where is the person who will take us out of this politics of violence and corruption? Where is this person who will rise up at this moment of destiny and take us to a situation in which the riches under our feet become the riches in our hands? Where is this person who will put those riches into the hands of our children, who will give us schools and water and hospitals and electricity? Where is the person who can take us to this place? CROWD: Yes! This is why I am asking you to join with me today.
But I'm not offering you a gun.
I am not offering you ammunition.
I am not offering you the chance for revenge, a way to get rid of your hurt, your anger and your frustration.
No, if you want that, you join the militants in the creeks.
Revenge is not in my language.
What I offer to you is dignity and pride in yourself as good people.
Join with me today and you will be joining men and women who are strong enough and proud enough to carry respect and to demand respect for the other.
For the other! Join with me today and you will carry those principles with confidence and pride.
And everyone, in every village, will see you as so strong that they will want to be a part of you and a part of this movement.
And then we will all change our land together.
Yes! The Ogonis took on Shell and the military and they won.
Yes! It took 14 years and lives were lost but they won! Yes! And now they are taking on this government for the rights to their oil and they will win again.
YES! If you are prepared for this, then join with us today, and we WILL win.
HE RALLIES THEM IN THEIR LANGUAGE CROWD SHOUTS BACK Thank you! Thank you.
Thank you.
Join us.
Join us.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Hello.
Welcome.
Keme Tobodo.
Alice Omuka.
Thank you so much for taking the time to see me.
I'm sorry about the transport, it was the only way of getting you here without you being followed.
Oh, no, no, I was very well looked after.
It's so beautiful and quiet here after Port Harcourt.
I loved hearing what you said, by the way.
Village by village we are putting down the roots.
So, where are you from? London.
But my father was born here in Port Harcourt.
So you know your way around? Ah, no, this is my first visit actually.
And now you have come, it is for Krielson? Yes.
Come, let me show you something.
No civic society has ever been set up here.
That is the problem.
Before independence, Nigeria's only purpose was to fuel the British Empire.
After independence, instead of our politicians setting up a civic society, they did exactly what the British had been doing.
Started taking all the riches out of the country.
But this time, it was for their own private empires.
They were stealing from their own people, just as the British had before them.
Corruption is now so deep inside us.
This is why I am saying that if we are to set up a civic society, first of all we have to lay down rules for our own behaviour.
I think I know this building.
It's on the front of the PR brochure you've been promoting.
The Community And Us.
Come.
Your company built this medical centre for this village as part of a deal, so that your pipelines could cross their land and be laid in their creeks.
As you can see, it's never been used, except for the front of your brochure.
Not a single person has been treated here.
The money your company paid to supply the furniture, the medicines and the doctor - it never arrived.
What happened to it? It was taken by everyone along the way who made the deal.
Each man takes a cut for himself until there is nothing left.
That is why nothing ever makes its way down to the people.
All they have in exchange for the pollution of their creeks is this useless building.
And it was my father who brokered their deal, and took their money.
When I discovered that I was part of the problem, I realised that because I'd been educated on that money, I had to be part of the solution.
But I don't suppose that is why you have come to see me.
No, but .
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did they release our hostages alive? They tried to.
Yes.
You know that? Yes, I know that.
I have been assured, told, promised categorically and absolutely that they were not released alive.
You can never believe what you are told here.
You can only use your instinct to decide what to believe.
I negotiated the release of all four men with a MEND leader called Ebi.
When he heard the news that one man was missing and the other three were found executed, he called me up.
He was furious, wanting to know what had happened, who had allowed the government to kill his men, take his boat and kill his hostages.
"MEND will be blamed, there will be reprisals, I will never trust you again!" On and on, acting like I'd betrayed him.
This was not a man in control of the situation, this was a man who had been outmanoeuvred.
So I know he was going to release those men alive.
MAN: Keme! All right.
All right.
We have to go.
Why don't you come with us to the next village? No, II have a press meeting.
But thank you.
I would otherwise.
OK.
Andrew will make sure you get back safely.
Why on earth would the government set about killing them when we're working WITH the government? Ebi thinks it's the justification the government needs to wipe them out, without attracting unwelcome attention from the rest of the world.
We have to go now.
OK, OK.
We have What do YOU think? I only know that you are being lied to.
Come and see us again.
Yeah, I will.
Thank you for meeting me.
It's my pleasure.
Beware who you talk to.
Are you speaking to me? Don't go out to the villages again.
Who are you? I'm looking after you.
Be careful.
What were you doing to my husband? Nothing.
What were you doing to him? Claire This! What? He was terrified! OK, Claire, listen He was terrified for his life! What were you making him do? Come to my room.
Let's go to my room.
I don't want to go to your fucking room! You killed my husband.
What were you doing to him? There has to be a misunderstanding, Claire.
Get off me! Let's go somewhere we can talk.
Get your fucking hands off me.
Clairelisten to me.
There are people here.
There are reporters You killed him! You made him do those things! What things? I don't know! I don't know what things, YOU know what things! I don't know.
I arrived here on the same flight as you.
How can I help you if I don't understand what you're saying? Now stand still, stop shouting at me, look me in the eye, and tell me what you want to say.
Start talking sense, Claire.
I found his computer.
It was hidden in the wardrobe.
I think this is what they were looking for.
OK So come up to my room, and show me what you've found, all right? You're trying to send me home.
Claire, I'm not trying to You.
Your company.
All of you.
I think they're just worried about you.
No.
They want to get rid of me.
Fact.
Don't argue it.
Something was happening to him! He was being forced to do something, and now he's dead.
He er he always sent me video messages, two or three times a week.
And er this one, he he started it, and then he didn't finish it.
And this is why.
'Hello, darling.
'There's something I should tell you.
' His messages, all his messages werejust really sweet and .
.
you know, lovely.
'You know the pub, the one all the guys go to? 'I met someone there a couple of weeks ago.
'Ex-soldier, so we became mates.
'He works for this er local businessman.
'Well, I think businessman.
'There's not a lot I should say about this That I CAN say.
'Claire '.
.
I've got into something really bad.
'I mean, really bad.
'And it's something I can't get out of.
'I'm in real trouble.
I mean, I'm really in trouble.
'And erI can't see my way out.
'It's not just the other guys 'Er Fuck!' Claire? Claire? Do you know what he's talking about? Has he said anything else about it? What, nothing? Nowhere else does he mention this person he met? No.
Have you shown it to anyone, Claire? He was being forced to do something against his will.
And I'm not going to leave this country until I know what it was.
And you will help me.
You said I could trust you.
Yeah.
You can trust me.
So you will help me.
FAINT SCREECH OF BRAKES SHOUTING HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRR GUNFIRE AND SHOUTING GUNFIRE ED: '80 million Nigerians live in abject poverty.
' So my husband was released alive? Somethingwent wrong.
'And we don't know what.
' Oil towns are tough places.
And this is one of the toughest.
The whole of Nigerian business is oil bunkering.
Send my regards to your father, huh? Yeah, I will do.
Mark left me that message because he wants me to find out what was happening to him.
You won't get away with this! OK.
It's all set up.
Where the hell did they get that film from, Ed? I handed it over to Lieutenant Commander Tayo.
You cannot divorce yourself from the politics of the country you are profiting from.
It's men like him that got Mark killed.
You are wicked people to say I killed your husband.
You have no right! GUNFIRE GUNFIRE He is a slob, and he deserves to be shot!
Morning, Joseph! Morning, sir! How are you? Fine, sir.
Good.
Mark, how you doing? Good.
Where we off too? The Rondu.
What, again? Communication systems down.
That's odd.
I know.
HORNS BLARE HORNS BLARE WOMEN SCREAM MAN: Watch out! Crazy man! HELICOPTER OVERHEAD Morning, sir.
Morning.
Welcome! It was working yesterday morning then it just stopped.
Any idea what happened? No, sir.
We tried to get the technicians working on it, but no way.
OK, let's take a look.
Four coffees.
Yes, sir! Who discovered this wasn't working? Me, sir.
UNIT BEEPS This has been put out of action deliberately.
No, sir.
That is not possible.
How? You tell me.
I don't know, sir.
Well, somebody's been tampering with it.
No, sir.
I'm not saying it was you.
Look, this kind of thing just doesn't happen on its own.
It's sabotage.
I want a list of everybody you have working here.
Them they come.
The boys done come.
The boys done come! PANICKED SHOUTING RAPID FIRE Open fire! Down, stay down! I'm going out.
You stay right here.
HE FIRES GUN Please don't shoot! Don't shoot.
How many of you are in there? There are four of us.
We surrender.
Kneel for floor.
We have been set up.
Come.
What are you doing with them? Huh? You damn fool.
HE SUCKS HIS TEETH Go! THEY CHAN MEN CHAN CHANTING: We now go free! We now go free! We now go free! We now go free! We now go free! We now go free! PHONE RINGS Hello? Yes, it is.
He has been taken by a group called The Movement For The Emancipation Of The Niger Delta.
Negotiations for his release are already under way.
So that's happening now, is it? Yes.
So he'll be released when? I can't give you a day but Well, when do you think, I mean? It can be days .
.
it can be weeks, months.
Months? Welcome, everybody to this, the 65th birthday of a not very retiring man.
In fact, when I asked him about how life has changed for him now he has reached this grand old age, he said, "Dearest child! "Only one change! "I have thrown my alarm clock away.
"Now, when it is time to work, it is my bladder that wakes me up.
" The proud recipient of the CBE And don't worry, Daddy, the knighthood is on its way! LAUGHTER But you know more important than any of that, my father's house has been open to Nigerians coming here, offering them refuge, help, advice, putting them on their feet, giving others the helping hand that he never had himself.
APPLAUSE AND CHEERING I have an image of him, at 11 years old Port Harcourt, Nigeria, in the Abonnema Wharf slums where he was born and raised.
There he is on the roadside in ragged clothes, no mother and no father.
And he's selling dried fish with the women to look after his little brothers and sisters.
Let me tell you, I am the luckiest woman in the world to be the daughter of that 11-year-old boy! But no way is he the luckiest father in the world because I can be a very difficult girl! LAUGHTER But where was I at 11 years old? Where was I? I was in this wonderful city.
I was in our wonderful home, and I was going to a VERY fine school.
I owe my wonderful father everything! MAN: Hallelujah! LOUD APPLAUSE I promised myself I wasn't going to get emotional cos I don't know what he is going to say next.
Thank you all very much.
I hand you over 'Hello, darling.
'38 degrees in the creeks today, 'humidity over 90.
'It's days like that you just want a quiet beer and go to bed 'and then I come back to this '.
.
soulless place and I just 'just wish I was with you.
Yeah.
That's what I wish.
'Just to be with you.
' Dad, it's a business trip.
We go where our clients need us.
Alice, this is the Delta! It is a fantastically dangerous place.
Pipeline and facility sabotage are increasing, kidnapping is increasing.
That's why I am going out there.
All employees of oil service companies are at the highest risk! I know how to look after myself.
No, you don't.
Why are they sending you? We've been commissioned by Krielson to improve their public relations.
No, no, I want to know why you.
Well, because I'm the only Nigerian in any of our offices.
And I'm good.
Well, I don't like it.
I've already said yes, Dad.
Oh I'm going.
You see you knew I wouldn't change my mind.
I'm just like my father! Oh, eh! THEY LAUGH How are you, madame? Very good, thank you.
We have orange juice or champagne.
I'll have some champagne.
Thank you.
THEY ARGUE LOUDLY STEWARDESS: Soon, sir, thank you.
MAN: What is happening over there?! Please just wait Please be patient.
Just calm down, sir.
Hello.
Julius Sogunro.
Welcome to Nigeria, madame.
Thank you.
LOUD HUBBUB Passport.
Into the office, please.
You don't have Yellow Fever certificate.
No, I haven't.
You can't come into the country without one.
25 dollars.
LOUD COMMOTION WOMAN SHOUTS Yes, all right, thank you, is that enough? Hey, you pay me too.
Don't encourage them.
Wind up your window.
Sorry, I haven't got any more.
HE SIGHS Madame, I will let them know that you have arrived safely.
Thank you.
TV: '.
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and the third largest reserves of natural gas in the world.
'And the militant attacks are already disrupting production 'to an extent that the oil companies have been forced to close 50%' MAN 'We own the oil.
'The thieves are the people in Abuja.
' Oh, thank you.
Hotel rooms can be a little cheerless.
Ed Daly.
Oh, how do you do? HE LAUGHS Thank you so much, they're really gorgeous.
Have they brought you up to speed on what is happening here? Yeah.
How much have they told you about MEND? That they are responsible for most of the kidnappings, more political than the other groups, well armed, becoming more effective, not bad with their PR.
But I think they could do better.
THEY LAUGH We're not putting this out there, but they are a lot more than that.
They are getting close to shutting down our operations here for good.
We've already lost 50% of facilities, two-thirds of production, but this is just the beginning.
My assessment? This is the most dangerous crisis since the Biafran War 40 years ago and that cost a million lives.
And your assessment is not to be reported, right? No.
OK.
But you need to know.
So you see, we have all the conditions now for civil war.
A disaster for us, for Nigeria, for the whole of Africa.
PHONE RINGS Excuse me, I've been waiting for this one.
Hey, Matthew.
OK, when did that happen? Right, great.
OK, well I'll call you as soon as I can.
Thank you.
I'm sorry.
I have to go.
Erwe're right in the middle of negotiations.
Not only that, the wife of one of our hostages has just arrived, which I am also going to have to deal with.
Can I call you later? Sure, but do you want me to deal with that? No, you've only just arrived.
It's OK, just tell me what you want me to do.
DOOR OPENS Mrs Unwin? Who are you? I'm Alice Omuka.
I'm working for your husband's company.
Is he here? Who? Mark.
Mark, no I'm Then was it you? I'm sorryme? In here.
Have you just been in here? No, I've just arrived.
So what's this about? I'm sorry, I don't know what you're He's been burgled! Are you sure? Do you want me to call someone? Mrs Unwin? Let me call someone.
So what's going on? Where? In here! I He must've been here when I came in.
Is there a manager here I can call? I got undressed, I had a shower.
I'll call the manager for you.
I undressed in there having a shower.
Were the cupboards like this when you arrived? Of course they weren't.
Oh, God.
Oh, God.
What's going on? Someone's been in here.
Would you like me to put you up in the Rivers Hotel? I don't want to stay in a hotel.
It's where I'm staying.
It's very nice.
Is there any news? My husband he's been kidnapped, is there any news? Not yet, but I understand that everything's going very well.
What does that mean? Oh, well, with the negotiations for their release.
Everyone's feeling very confident.
That's That's what they told me.
It's because the gangs take the oil contractors so that they can trade them.
A ransom is negotiated, the money is handed over and the men are then released.
Yeah.
I'm sorry, who are you again? I don't expect that will take another two days or so, you know, something like that.
I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry about that! I completely understand.
It's just such a shock.
Everything is a total shock.
Is that my drink? Yeah.
Thank you.
Thanks.
Oh, that's good! THEY LAUGH Oh, God! Thank you for rescuing me.
No, it's the least I can do.
I'm so anxious and, you know, it's terrible, sitting on that plane thinking the worst.
Yeah, it must be.
This is nice.
Yeah, it's a bit of a haven, isn't it? I'm exhausted! He does say it's nice.
He sends me video messages, you see.
Right.
But he still hates being away.
It's just so we can put down a deposit on a home.
Welcome to Sun Executive! My name is Charles Meribe.
I am the owner.
Oh! Pleased to meet you.
May I take this opportunity to offer you my personal attention during your stay here.
That's very kind.
Thank you.
Your husband is without question my best resident.
Well, I just want him back.
I have a resident kidnapped every month here, sometimes every two weeks, but they always come home.
That's good to know.
Alice Omuka, how do you do? Omuka.
Maybe the daughter of Justice Omuka.
Yes.
See! THEY LAUGH In Port Harcourt there is nothing I do not know! You see I was Governor of this State once upon a time here and your father was my most faithful supporter.
Here.
Thank you.
If you need anything here, you must just ask for me.
All right? See you.
Enjoy.
Mrs Unwin? Yes? Ed Daly.
President of External Affairs for Krielson International.
I have some good news.
Your husband is to be released tomorrow.
Oh, my God! That's wonderful.
Is that really true? Yes.
Absolutely.
Oh, my God.
We were pretty close yesterday, but negotiations have now been successfully concluded.
When tomorrow? First thing.
Dawn.
Where? The pick-up's Isolo.
It's on the river.
Will that be all four of them? Yes.
A ransom has been paid, although we never admit this officially.
And is he well? Yes, they're all well.
I'll say this for them, they tend to look after their hostages.
I better tell his mum and dad! I knew if I came out here everything would be all right! Well, that is good news! Yeah.
Frankly, we were not that concerned.
A deal is always made.
What we don't expect is one of their wives to come out here.
So what happens when you go to pick them up? Well, first of all, they are released to intermediaries.
Who are they? A group from the negotiators.
In this case, a couple of guys from the Ijaw community, someone from the Governor's office, one of our guys.
The intermediaries then keep them safe until we come along and take them back here.
So there's no risk once they are with the intermediaries? No, MEND are long gone by then.
So it would be safe to travel with you when you pick them up? We don't usually allow Yeah, but it's safe? Yes, but It would be great for me if I could take her, Ed.
As she's come all this way, it would be a pity not to use the opportunity.
This is exactly the kind of story you guys could use.
I mean, all we see of the Delta are rebels with guns, leaking oil, sabotaged pipelines, angry villagers.
Let's see her greeting her husband! I'm sure we can make something out of that, the government and the oil companies working together.
A happy ending.
Let me organise it, Ed.
And if you don't like what you see, we don't have to use it.
It just seems like such an opportunity She's right here! OK.
I'll see if I can clear it with the guys doing our pick-up.
Thank you! Claire, how about you and me going out with their crew to pick up your husband? Can I do that? Yes, you can be the first person to greet him.
Oh, thank God.
THEY LAUGH When we come round the corner you will see the wellhead, where they will be with the intermediaries waiting for us.
OK.
Banji, I want you to get the other side of Claire, OK? I want to see her reaction as soon as she sees her husband.
Yeah.
And then I want you to keep the camera on her and then, as soon as we get close enough, I want to see Mark.
And then the two of them together.
OK.
All right, come through.
This is the wellhead.
MAN SHOUTS We should stop here.
Listen, I don't think this is We should stop here.
Can we stop this boat? No You can stop this one.
We must stay together in case of ambush.
Oh, my God! Claire, Claire Oh, my God! No! No! Stop the boat, stop the boat! No! No! No! Please, no! No! Don't see this.
Please! Oh, my God! Can we take this boat back?! No! We must stay together.
Come on, let's go.
No, no, no! No, no, please! No! Please, God, no! No! Mrs Unwin, I am Lieutenant Commander Tunde Tayo, Joint Task Force.
I want to stay with my husband! We will bring your husband to you as soon as you are out of the boat.
Please.
Let me help you.
I promise you I will hunt down every man who did this.
Pleasegive it to me.
I need to take your film for my investigation.
Thank you.
No, no, no! I want to stay with my husband.
Claire, my name's Sally I want to stay with my husband! It's all right, Alice, I'll take over.
Let's get you back to the hotel.
Please, please, be careful with him.
Pleasebe careful with him.
What's going on? We don't know.
You have no idea? Trying to find out.
Be careful with him.
Alice, I'm taking you back to the hotel.
You told me they had been released to the intermediaries.
Yes, yes, and that's what we were told.
I mean, I took this poor woman out to greet her husband! Alice, we're doing everything we can to find out what went wrong.
We're talking to the government now.
You know if I'd known that there was any risk any risk at all of this happening, I would never have taken her.
And I would never have let you go.
We've never had this situation before.
Take it off him! Once hostages are released to intermediaries And? They're being taken to the hospital.
What are people saying? The situation, as far as I know it, is that our negotiations were successful.
Careful! Their release was agreed and a ransom was paid.
Please! So what's happened to the fourth guy they took, you know, the black guy? I don't know.
This guy, have we got his film? We don't want it getting into the wrong hands.
The man from the Task Force took it off me.
Who was that, Tayo? Yeah.
OK.
Excuse me.
Hello, I'm Matthew Howell, Foreign Office.
Alice Omuka.
How do you do? Pleasure.
Who is that with Mrs Unwin? She is a trained counsellor.
I want to know how Mrs Unwin is, so ask her to call me, will you? Yes, of course.
Here.
Drink lots of water.
You're coming with us, right? Yes, I'll be there in a second.
No, please don't do that to him! Please don't do that to him, please! Please don't do that to him.
Oh, God, oh, God! You're going to be all right.
It's a statement from MEND.
Taking responsibility for the executions.
Lieutenant Commander Tayo has called in to say that they had all been shot before being hung up.
A lot of the gangs kidnap for money, Alice, but these guys are political and it now looks like they're stepping up their game to something much more sinister.
We'll be needing to set up a press conference this afternoon, do you feel able to take that for us? Yeah, 'course I will, as long as I have time to sort myself out and I'm properly briefed.
Thank you.
The British position, Alice, should the question come up, is that our Prime Minister has, in the past, taken a firm position behind the Nigerian Government, offering military assistance against the militants.
And we must also be seen as 100% in support of the Nigerian Government.
If MEND get any stronger, then we have war.
Claire! Claire! Please go away! I want to be on my own! Claire! Madam? Madam, sorry! I just heard the news.
May God grant Oga rest.
Thank you for your kindness.
Thank you, madam.
SHE CRIES Good afternoon, everyone.
At 6.
45 this morning, representatives of Krielson International recovered the bodies of Stephen Woodley, Philip Edbrooke, and Mark Unwin, ten kilometres north west of Isolo.
All three men were employees of the company here in Nigeria.
Stephen Woodley, aged 36, South African, and unmarried, a helicopter pilot.
Philip Edbrooke, 46, South African, divorced with two children, a security consultant.
And Mark Unwin, 29, British and married, a telecommunications engineer.
Our first thoughts go to their bereaved families to whom we extend our heartfelt condolences on this terrible day.
A fourth man, Mr Lucky Karima, a personal security officer, is missing.
MEND have threatened to carry out, and I quote, "further executions of oil industry employees "until the revenue from the oil comes to the people.
" The President has been in contact with our CEO in Lincoln, Nebraska, and has assured us that he and his government will do whatever needs to be done to bring the killers to justice.
We support him and thank him for that.
Thank you.
BELL RINGS You told me he was being freed! I'm sorry.
You told me! Why did you tell me that? You liar! You fucking liar! Claire Go away! Get away from me! They killed my husband! They killed my husband.
SHE SOBS We want to make sure that the investigation is carried out to the highest possible standard in order to track down the perpetrators and bring them to justice.
So we are bringing out our own team from London, including a pathologist who will assist in the post mortem.
However, this will take some time.
So I suggest that Sally accompanies you home.
We have booked a flight tomorrow which No, I'm not going.
Claire I'm not going home without him.
Mrs Unwin, it will be possibly several weeks before they can release your husband's body.
That's OK.
I can wait.
It would be a long and very distressing That's OK.
A very distressing time if you stay, I really do recommend I'm not going home until he comes home.
You do know they were released alive.
Do you? What? When your employees left the MEND camp, they were alive.
They were fit and healthy and looking forward to going home to their families.
I don't know you.
Noel Ijeoma.
Six men took your hostages by boat to the hand-over.
The men have disappeared, their boat has disappeared.
Who's telling you that? MEND.
Oh, well, they would! I have their own statement.
The statement you read out was not from them.
It's a fraud.
Your men were ambushed on their way to the intermediaries.
Where's your evidence? MEND's actual statement is backed up by a reliable, independent source.
Who? Keme Tobodo.
He's misinformed.
He's extremely well-informed.
Then he's being mischievous.
Do you know who he is? No.
One of your negotiators.
I don't know him.
Wellyou should.
He's wrong.
Can I quote you on that? Yes, you can.
Are you lying, or are you being lied to? You've had your quote and now, if you will excuse me, it's been a long day.
Three of your men died.
I'd hope that it would matter to you whether you are being lied to.
Their families will certainly be expecting the truth from They have the truth, so have another quote from me.
We consider the allegations of MEND to be offensive.
End quote.
OK? Has it occurred to you to wonder why you are here? Is that an existential question? Oil contractors are kidnapped in the Delta every week of every year.
No-one reports it when they are taken and no-one reports it when they are released.
So why, on this occasion, did Krielson hire a top PR consultant to fly over here from London, unless they knew this was going to happen? I'm here to cover the worsening situation, not this.
Also a coincidence that you are Justice Omuka's daughter? I work for Shawcross and Stevens, and we have no connection whatsoever to my father.
What are you implying? Just asking questions.
Well, you've had your answer.
You should be worried about this.
Once the families become aware of the situation If you contact any of the families, and Mr Unwin's widow in particular, you will realise I can be a pretty fucking tough person to deal with.
How are you doing? '38 degrees in the creeks today, humidity over 90.
'It's days like that you just want a quiet beer and go to bed.
'Then I come back to this 'soulless place and I just, I just wish I was with you.
'Yeah.
That's what I wish.
'Just to be with you.
' My name is Alice Omuka, I'm a public relations officer in London but working out here in Port Harcourt for Krielson International.
I am staying at the Rivers Hotel, my mobile number is 44 7700 900834.
And I would very much like to meet up with Mr Keme Tobodo.
'Can't you come and stay for a week? 'I want you here, Claire.
'It's 19 days before my leave, 'how am I supposed to cope for 19 days? 'Just keep thinking about the money, darling.
'There's only two years, two months and one week to go.
'I know it seems a long time now, 'but, well, it'll soon be over then, and then we'll know that this has been worth it.
'Just keep thinking about the money, darling.
' Yes, the gentleman in purple.
Do you agree that corporate activity in the Delta is a cause of the unrest but no part of the solution? No, I don't.
As an international company, we do more community work here than anywhere else.
When a majority don't have access to proper water We put more resources in every year and we already have an 18 million community project.
With the greatest respect, it's pretty good, considering we're a business, not a government.
The information's in here.
Go and visit these places.
Where we have our community projects, we make a difference.
Were your employees released alive? No, they were not.
MEND have told us that they were released alive Yeah I'm aware of what MEND have said.
Yes, sir.
One of your negotiators, Keme Tobodo, has also said that they were released alive.
Mr Tobodo has no special knowledge, he is merely reiterating the claims made by MEND.
Yes, sir.
Was a ransom agreed for their release? No it was not.
It was not? Now we all know that a ransom is always paid.
I am taking another question.
So if you can lie to us about that, then why should we believe you about this? Now I have taken three questions from you, and I am telling you that a ransom was not agreed, that our employees were murdered by MEND and were not released alive.
I'm sorry.
Yes, sir, your question.
'All right, darling.
'There's something I should tell you.
'I've been meaning to, you know, 'tell you this for some time now.
'You know the pub, 'the one all the guys go to? 'I met someone there a few weeks ago.
Ex-soldier.
'Well, he works for this local businessman, well, kind of businessman.
'ClaireI've got into something really bad.
'I mean really bad.
'It's something I can't get out of.
' Miss Omuka? Yes? My name is Andrew Utibe.
I have come to take you to Keme Tobodo.
Take me to him? Yes, lady.
He said you wanted to meet him so he has sent me here to pick you up and take you to him.
What, now? 'All right, darling.
There's there's something I should tell you.
'I've been meaning to, you know, 'tell you this for some time now.
'I've got into something really bad.
'I mean really bad.
'It's something I can't get out of.
' I know what you are thinking.
Another politician come to our village.
Another man come to talk to us.
Then to steal from us.
But this is different, this is different.
When corruption becomes so deep in a society, when it is practised by every politician, every government official and every village chief, when it is the heartbeat of every business deal, what then happens to us? What do you think happen, when greed chopped the soul out of your country? Eh? We have all the riches of the world right here under our feet, right here, and look how poor we are.
We haven't even got our own water.
This is what happens when corruption seeps into the very soul of a country.
There comes a moment in history when a government is so painful to its people, so hurtful to the very soul of its people, that it reaches its moment of destiny.
And from every village, a cry goes up, and I hear it, oh.
Where is the person who will take us out of this politics of violence and corruption? Where is this person who will rise up at this moment of destiny and take us to a situation in which the riches under our feet become the riches in our hands? Where is this person who will put those riches into the hands of our children, who will give us schools and water and hospitals and electricity? Where is the person who can take us to this place? CROWD: Yes! This is why I am asking you to join with me today.
But I'm not offering you a gun.
I am not offering you ammunition.
I am not offering you the chance for revenge, a way to get rid of your hurt, your anger and your frustration.
No, if you want that, you join the militants in the creeks.
Revenge is not in my language.
What I offer to you is dignity and pride in yourself as good people.
Join with me today and you will be joining men and women who are strong enough and proud enough to carry respect and to demand respect for the other.
For the other! Join with me today and you will carry those principles with confidence and pride.
And everyone, in every village, will see you as so strong that they will want to be a part of you and a part of this movement.
And then we will all change our land together.
Yes! The Ogonis took on Shell and the military and they won.
Yes! It took 14 years and lives were lost but they won! Yes! And now they are taking on this government for the rights to their oil and they will win again.
YES! If you are prepared for this, then join with us today, and we WILL win.
HE RALLIES THEM IN THEIR LANGUAGE CROWD SHOUTS BACK Thank you! Thank you.
Thank you.
Join us.
Join us.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Hello.
Welcome.
Keme Tobodo.
Alice Omuka.
Thank you so much for taking the time to see me.
I'm sorry about the transport, it was the only way of getting you here without you being followed.
Oh, no, no, I was very well looked after.
It's so beautiful and quiet here after Port Harcourt.
I loved hearing what you said, by the way.
Village by village we are putting down the roots.
So, where are you from? London.
But my father was born here in Port Harcourt.
So you know your way around? Ah, no, this is my first visit actually.
And now you have come, it is for Krielson? Yes.
Come, let me show you something.
No civic society has ever been set up here.
That is the problem.
Before independence, Nigeria's only purpose was to fuel the British Empire.
After independence, instead of our politicians setting up a civic society, they did exactly what the British had been doing.
Started taking all the riches out of the country.
But this time, it was for their own private empires.
They were stealing from their own people, just as the British had before them.
Corruption is now so deep inside us.
This is why I am saying that if we are to set up a civic society, first of all we have to lay down rules for our own behaviour.
I think I know this building.
It's on the front of the PR brochure you've been promoting.
The Community And Us.
Come.
Your company built this medical centre for this village as part of a deal, so that your pipelines could cross their land and be laid in their creeks.
As you can see, it's never been used, except for the front of your brochure.
Not a single person has been treated here.
The money your company paid to supply the furniture, the medicines and the doctor - it never arrived.
What happened to it? It was taken by everyone along the way who made the deal.
Each man takes a cut for himself until there is nothing left.
That is why nothing ever makes its way down to the people.
All they have in exchange for the pollution of their creeks is this useless building.
And it was my father who brokered their deal, and took their money.
When I discovered that I was part of the problem, I realised that because I'd been educated on that money, I had to be part of the solution.
But I don't suppose that is why you have come to see me.
No, but .
.
did they release our hostages alive? They tried to.
Yes.
You know that? Yes, I know that.
I have been assured, told, promised categorically and absolutely that they were not released alive.
You can never believe what you are told here.
You can only use your instinct to decide what to believe.
I negotiated the release of all four men with a MEND leader called Ebi.
When he heard the news that one man was missing and the other three were found executed, he called me up.
He was furious, wanting to know what had happened, who had allowed the government to kill his men, take his boat and kill his hostages.
"MEND will be blamed, there will be reprisals, I will never trust you again!" On and on, acting like I'd betrayed him.
This was not a man in control of the situation, this was a man who had been outmanoeuvred.
So I know he was going to release those men alive.
MAN: Keme! All right.
All right.
We have to go.
Why don't you come with us to the next village? No, II have a press meeting.
But thank you.
I would otherwise.
OK.
Andrew will make sure you get back safely.
Why on earth would the government set about killing them when we're working WITH the government? Ebi thinks it's the justification the government needs to wipe them out, without attracting unwelcome attention from the rest of the world.
We have to go now.
OK, OK.
We have What do YOU think? I only know that you are being lied to.
Come and see us again.
Yeah, I will.
Thank you for meeting me.
It's my pleasure.
Beware who you talk to.
Are you speaking to me? Don't go out to the villages again.
Who are you? I'm looking after you.
Be careful.
What were you doing to my husband? Nothing.
What were you doing to him? Claire This! What? He was terrified! OK, Claire, listen He was terrified for his life! What were you making him do? Come to my room.
Let's go to my room.
I don't want to go to your fucking room! You killed my husband.
What were you doing to him? There has to be a misunderstanding, Claire.
Get off me! Let's go somewhere we can talk.
Get your fucking hands off me.
Clairelisten to me.
There are people here.
There are reporters You killed him! You made him do those things! What things? I don't know! I don't know what things, YOU know what things! I don't know.
I arrived here on the same flight as you.
How can I help you if I don't understand what you're saying? Now stand still, stop shouting at me, look me in the eye, and tell me what you want to say.
Start talking sense, Claire.
I found his computer.
It was hidden in the wardrobe.
I think this is what they were looking for.
OK So come up to my room, and show me what you've found, all right? You're trying to send me home.
Claire, I'm not trying to You.
Your company.
All of you.
I think they're just worried about you.
No.
They want to get rid of me.
Fact.
Don't argue it.
Something was happening to him! He was being forced to do something, and now he's dead.
He er he always sent me video messages, two or three times a week.
And er this one, he he started it, and then he didn't finish it.
And this is why.
'Hello, darling.
'There's something I should tell you.
' His messages, all his messages werejust really sweet and .
.
you know, lovely.
'You know the pub, the one all the guys go to? 'I met someone there a couple of weeks ago.
'Ex-soldier, so we became mates.
'He works for this er local businessman.
'Well, I think businessman.
'There's not a lot I should say about this That I CAN say.
'Claire '.
.
I've got into something really bad.
'I mean, really bad.
'And it's something I can't get out of.
'I'm in real trouble.
I mean, I'm really in trouble.
'And erI can't see my way out.
'It's not just the other guys 'Er Fuck!' Claire? Claire? Do you know what he's talking about? Has he said anything else about it? What, nothing? Nowhere else does he mention this person he met? No.
Have you shown it to anyone, Claire? He was being forced to do something against his will.
And I'm not going to leave this country until I know what it was.
And you will help me.
You said I could trust you.
Yeah.
You can trust me.
So you will help me.
FAINT SCREECH OF BRAKES SHOUTING HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRR GUNFIRE AND SHOUTING GUNFIRE ED: '80 million Nigerians live in abject poverty.
' So my husband was released alive? Somethingwent wrong.
'And we don't know what.
' Oil towns are tough places.
And this is one of the toughest.
The whole of Nigerian business is oil bunkering.
Send my regards to your father, huh? Yeah, I will do.
Mark left me that message because he wants me to find out what was happening to him.
You won't get away with this! OK.
It's all set up.
Where the hell did they get that film from, Ed? I handed it over to Lieutenant Commander Tayo.
You cannot divorce yourself from the politics of the country you are profiting from.
It's men like him that got Mark killed.
You are wicked people to say I killed your husband.
You have no right! GUNFIRE GUNFIRE He is a slob, and he deserves to be shot!