An oil spill from June 2012 has left the ground covered in a dark sludge and the trees are all blackened by fire. Environmentalists believe local contractors often pay youths to set fire to the area where the spill has occurred. This can reduce the spread of the oil but has other detrimental effects on the environment...Running through this area is an underground pipeline belonging to Nigeria AGIP Oil Company - which is partly owned by the Italian oil giant, Eni. It says numerous leaks near Taylor Creek were all caused by people breaking into the pipe - sabotage...The pollution is having a terrible impact on the environment. "There is oil here. We are suffering," said Jeti Matikmo, carrying a pole on his shoulder on which bundles of fish were tied. "Many of our crops are not growing well because of the oil spill and we are not killing fish in the ponds anymore. "So we have to trek for more than two hours to where it is clean and where there is no oil."