Dutch Court Orders Shell Company To Pay Nigerian Farmers Over Oil Spills | Sahara Reporters

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Dutch Court Orders Shell To Pay Nigerian Farmers Over Oil Spills | Sahara Reporters The four farmers, who reside in the Niger Delta region, alongside their allies, the Friends of the Earth campaign group, had in 2008, filed the case against... READ MORE:

L A Dutch Appeal Court has ordered multinational oil company, Shell, to pay compensation to four farmers in the Niger Delta for alleged widespread pollution on their farmland.According to the farmers, oil spillage from the pipelines owned by Shell had destroyed their farmland, leading to huge losses in their products and returns in revenue.

Shell had argued that saboteurs were responsible for leaks in underground oil pipes that had polluted the region. However, in its ruling delivered today, January 29, the Dutch appeal court ruled that Shell Nigeria must pay the demanded compensation.

 

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Shell And is Nigeria still a sovereign country now that a Dutch court has jurisdiction in Nigeria from the faraway Denmark or is it Holland? And they say it is Atiku that will sell Nigeria. What is Buhari now doing?

Shell Who are the people to receive the money na there wahala dey start oh.

Shell If it was in a Nigerian court they would have loss the case to shell, I heard another man won a case against dem too but he took the case outside Nigeria.

Shell Pay to who? Another inter communal war brewing or looting in the offing.

Shell No bi today we don dey hear about cases like this

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Shell Deltans are smarter for pointing fingers at the right direction.

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