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A non-governmental organization filed a lawsuit against the company Shell Nigeria Exploration & Production, SNEPCO, due to the oil spill in Nigeria in the Delta Niger region.
A non-governmental organization, Vanguard for oil spill victims, filed the case on 21 September at the TTC High Court of Justice in London on behalf of the victims of Bong's oil spill.
The projection, which is said to have been caused by the SNEPCO operating error, had about 40,000 barrels of crude oil released into the Atlantic Ocean and hit at least 350 communities in Delta and Bayelsa.
“The pollution from this discharge which covered a distance of 185 killometres along the Nigeria coastline compelled fishermen to desert the sea and the polluted farmlands,” the group said.
About 168,000 people were said to have been affected directly by the spill.
Royal Dutch Shell PLC, which is a parent company to SNEPCO, is joined as a co-defendant in the case.
Harrison Jalla, the Executive Director of the Oil Spills Victims Vanguard, is the lead plaintiff in the case.
Mr. Jalla, in a press statement, said SNEPCO has “completely refused” to pay the $5 billion fine imposed on it by the Nigerian government.
Mr. Jalla said his NGO wants to use the court case to compel Shell to pay compensation to the victims and the affected communities, as well as clean up the environment.
The NGO, represented by the law firm, Johnson and Steller, Mayfair, London, is asking for a preliminary court order that would compel Shell to tender reports and all other documents related to the Bonga oil spill.
No date has been fixed yet for the hearing.
Shell could not reached immediately for its comment.
The oil company in the past denied any wrongdoing, claiming that it responded to the oil spill “with professionalism and acted with the consent of the necessary authorities at all times to prevent environmental impact as a result of the incident,” according to a report published by Reuters.
The Nigerian government was said to have filed a similar suit in 2016 against Shell at a federal high court, Abuja, demanding N1.3 trillion as compensation on behalf of the victims and communities affected by the Bonga oil spill. ❤ ❤ 2348050417551 available for a good time ... spill TEA.... Easy on Shade #jaiyeorie
“The pollution from this discharge which covered a distance of 185 killometres along the Nigeria coastline compelled fishermen to desert the sea and the polluted farmlands,” the group said.
About 168,000 people were said to have been affected directly by the spill.
Royal Dutch Shell PLC, which is a parent company to SNEPCO, is joined as a co-defendant in the case.
Harrison Jalla, the Executive Director of the Oil Spills Victims Vanguard, is the lead plaintiff in the case.
Mr. Jalla, in a press statement, said SNEPCO has “completely refused” to pay the $5 billion fine imposed on it by the Nigerian government.
Mr. Jalla said his NGO wants to use the court case to compel Shell to pay compensation to the victims and the affected communities, as well as clean up the environment.
The NGO, represented by the law firm, Johnson and Steller, Mayfair, London, is asking for a preliminary court order that would compel Shell to tender reports and all other documents related to the Bonga oil spill.
No date has been fixed yet for the hearing.
Shell could not reached immediately for its comment.
The oil company in the past denied any wrongdoing, claiming that it responded to the oil spill “with professionalism and acted with the consent of the necessary authorities at all times to prevent environmental impact as a result of the incident,” according to a report published by Reuters.
The Nigerian government was said to have filed a similar suit in 2016 against Shell at a federal high court, Abuja, demanding N1.3 trillion as compensation on behalf of the victims and communities affected by the Bonga oil spill. ❤ ❤ 2348050417551 available for a good time ... spill TEA.... Easy on Shade #jaiyeorie
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