Egot, who is Indigenous Ekuri, helped establish the Ekuri Initiative, an organization dedicated to protecting parts of the rainforest. The Ekuri eco-guards confiscated the company’s logging equipment, but their actions caused army personnel to enter the village, firing their weapons. Here's HowThe violence that Ekuri environment and land defenders face isn’t uncommon. Since the organization began tracking violence against land and environment defenders in 2012, there have been a total of 2,253 cases. “We are calling on international communities to continue to talk to our state, our government, because Nigeria signs to a whole lot of environmental treaties,” he said.