<P> According to the World Bank, most of Nigeria's oil wealth gets siphoned off by 1% of the population . Corruption in the government is rampant, in fact since 1960 it is estimated that 300 to 400 billion dollars has been stolen by corrupt government officials . The corruption is found at the highest levels as well . For example, a former inspector general of the national police was accused of stealing 52 million dollars . He was sentenced to six years in prison for a lesser charge . </P> <P> Nigerians have on many occasions engaged in protests against oil - related corruption and environmental concerns in the past, but have been met with harsh suppression by government forces . For example, in February 2005 at a protest at Chevron's Escravos oil terminal, soldiers opened fire on the protestors . One man was killed and 30 others were injured . The soldiers claimed that the protestors were armed, which the protestors denied . Another, more extreme example happened in 1994 . The Nigerian military moved into a region called Ogoniland in force . They razed 30 villages, arrested hundreds of protestors, and killed an estimated 2,000 people . </P> <P> One of the protestors they arrested was a man named Ken Saro - Wiwa, a Nigerian TV producer, writer and social activist . In 1990 he founded the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP). Ken wrote and spoke out about the rampant corruption in the Nigerian government and he condemned Shell and British Petroleum . He was arrested by the Nigerian government and imprisoned for 17 months . Then in a show trial he and eight others were condemned to death . He and the others were hung in 1995 and he was buried in an unmarked common grave . </P> <Table> Previous pipeline explosions in Nigeria <Tr> <Th> City </Th> <Th> Date </Th> <Th> Casualties </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lagos </Td> <Td> 26 December 2007 </Td> <Td> at least 40 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lagos </Td> <Td> 26 December 2006 </Td> <Td> at least 260 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lagos </Td> <Td> 12 May 2006 </Td> <Td> at least 150 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lagos </Td> <Td> December 2004 </Td> <Td> at least 20 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lagos </Td> <Td> September 2004 </Td> <Td> at least 60 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Abia </Td> <Td> June 2003 </Td> <Td> at least 105 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Warri </Td> <Td> July 2000 </Td> <Td> at least 300 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Abia </Td> <Td> March 2000 </Td> <Td> at least 50 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jesse </Td> <Td> October 1998 </Td> <Td> at least 1000 </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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