Abila Idoukumo [says that]...in Bayelsa State...a knee-deep oily swamp the size of several football fields...[was caused by] "...crude...spilled here [in January] and it has not been cleaned... [E]verything here has been damaged...and there is no way to utilize this place for our own farming system again." Villagers say the oil seeped from underground pipelines operated by...Shell. Shell officials in Nigeria refused to comment, saying they were too busy dealing with threats by militants... Idoukumo...says children initially got skin infections, measles, and coughs, while adults got headaches.