Shell Agrees To Pay Ogoni People N45.9B Compensation For Oil Spills 11 Years After | PLUS POLITICS
Channel: Plus TV Africa
Date: 2021-08-16

The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has agreed to pay the N45.9 billion awarded to the Ogoni people of Rivers state as compensation for oil spills in their communities. The lawyer to Shell, A.O Ejelamo, said the company has resolved to pay the monetary compensation awarded in 2010. In 2001, the Ogoni people had instituted the suit against the oil company for the losses allegedly caused by the oil spills. Ibrahim Buba, then of Port Harcourt division of the federal high court, in June 2010 gave judgment in favour of the Ogoni people awarding N17 billion as compensation. SPDC appealed against the judgment up to the supreme court, however, it lost.

Nnimo Bassey, An Environmental Activist, Celestine Akpobari, National Coordinator, Ogoni Solidarity Forum-Nigeria joined us to discuss.
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