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Abstract
The investigation into the origin, challenges and effects of oil exploitation in the Niger Delta region has reached its crossroad. Prior to the discovery of crude oil, the people of the region, like other parts of Nigeria, were traditionally, farmers. The Ogoni people were traditionally farmers and fishermen. However, with the discovery of oil in the 1958 in Ogoni land, agricultural activities that were the mainstream of the people were eventually replaced with oil exploration. It was hoped that with this new discovery of oil and its sudden resumption of exploration, human and environmental development will become the order of the day. Unfortunately, this expectation turns elusive, as oil exploration turns into a cause to the people. The only evidences today are cases of destructions of human lives, ecosystems, the aquatic lives, the ozone layers and the daily occurrences of environmental degradation. Shell and other oil giant oil companies have failed to implement their agreement as contained in their Corporate Social Responsibility. These myriads of problems call for ethical and critical concern. Thus, it is against this sad situation that this research was embarked upon to ethically examine the implications of environmental degradation in Ogoniland. To undertake this task, the method of critical reflection was used to X-rayed the problem.
