Published on : 30/11/2020 – 21:15
Nigerian justice has confirmed the conviction of the Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell to 467 million dollars in damages, for an oil spill caused in 1970.
This may be the final end of a long trial. It comes after several years of legal battle. A victory for the Ejama-Ebubu community in Rivers State in Nigeria, which will thus be compensated to the tune of nearly 400 million euros, for an oil spill that occurred 50 years ago.
The Nigerian Supreme Court has therefore just rejected a request by Shell to quash the judgment reached in 2010, after nine years of trial. The Anglo-Dutch multinational had been found entirely responsible for the oil spill which destroyed the livelihoods of the Ejama-Ebubu community and polluted the waters, which resulted in numerous diseases. Shell still disputes and hammers that she cleaned the area.
Accused of several oil spills in the Niger Delta, the company faces numerous legal proceedings in Nigeria, before British courts and in the Netherlands, such as this Tuesday, December 1, where environmental NGOs accuse the Anglo-Dutch giant of hydrocarbons for non-compliance with the Paris climate agreement.
But Shell often does. Last year, for example, a British court blocked the application of damages against the company in another case of a similar nature to that of the Rivers State oil spill in 1970.
► To read also: An oil spill caused by Shell threatens the coast of Nigeria
rfi
These were the details of the news Justice upholds Shell’s conviction to compensate the Ejama-Ebubu community for this day. We hope that we have succeeded by giving you the full details and information. To follow all our news, you can subscribe to the alerts system or to one of our different systems to provide you with all that is new.
It is also worth noting that the original news has been published and is available at en24 news and the editorial team at AlKhaleej Today has confirmed it and it has been modified, and it may have been completely transferred or quoted from it and you can read and follow this news from its main source.
