"Protesters in Akwa Ibom dump coffins at entrance to Mobil’s facilities", 12 Sept 2017 

Protesters...dumped a red coffin at the entrance of a residential estate belonging to the American oil giant, Mobil Producing Nigeria, in Eket, Akwa Ibom State. A similar coffin was also dumped at the entrance of Mobil Air Strip in Eket. Another was kept at a major junction – Marina Junction – in the city. The protesters, mostly youth, were drawn from the company’s host communities of Eket, Esit-Eket, Onna, and Ibeno...[T]he youths were protesting Mobil’s refusal to relocate its head office from Lagos to Akwa Ibom State...Most of the IOCs [International Oil Companies] in Nigeria have their headquarters in Lagos, South-west of the country, hundreds of kilometers away from the oil-rich Niger Delta region where they make their revenue. The Niger Delta people have long complained that while oil exploration activities have polluted their environment, the IOCs were paying taxes and other benefits to another state...Mobil, however, some 12 years ago had said that it “was not practical for a number of reasons” for it to relocate its headquarters to Akwa Ibom...Mobil has three businesses in Nigeria which are managed by one Lead Country Manager. It is essential that the headquarters of each of those businesses be consolidated in one office where support services can be shared,” said ExxonMobil...