Jan 26, 2017
Niger Delta villagers lose UK court bid to sue Shell over pollution
The two communities in the Niger Delta - the Ogale and Bille - claim decades of oil spills have ruined their homes. Igo Weli, a spokesman for the multinational's subsidiary, the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria, told the BBC it was a "Myth" that the communities could not get justice in their home country while welcoming the High Court decision as "Common sense". "It's about claims by Nigerians about the operations of a Nigerian company in Nigeria and I think the Nigerian court is the best place to handle that," he said. "It's about incidents related to sabotage, illegal refining and crude thefts. Bille and Ogale are two communities that have been severely impacted by those activities which is a major source of pollution in the Niger Delta." In 2015 another community in the delta - the Bodo - won $84m in damages from Shell, at the High Court.
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