Supreme Court dismisses appeal by energy company against eight Rivers communities

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The host communities had, in October 2020, sued the firm at the High Court of Rivers State, in Port-Harcourt.

The communities had prayed the court to, among others, compel the firm to negotiate with them and “pay forthwith to their attorney/legal representative all agreed accruals, benefits and compensation that is due to the claimants communities by reason of the defendant’s activities, operations and facilities within the lands of the claimants communities.”The parties later agreed to terms of settlement, which Justice A. Enebeli adopted as the court’s consent judgment in the case on 2 June.

They are also entitled to “compensation, environmental clean-up, scholarships and economic empowerment projects undertaken by all companies including the defendant for their host communities in Abonnema Kingdom in Akuku Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State of Nigeria.” The firm was ordered to negotiate with the communities through their lawyers “and pay forthwith to their attorney/legal representative all agreed accruals, benefits and compensation that is due to the claimants communities by reason of the defendant’s activities, operations and facilities within the lands of the claimants communities in Abonnema Kingdom, Akuku Toru Local Government an of Rivers State of Nigeria.

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