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Friends of the Earth supporters unfold a banner on Friday outside the district court in The Hague, Netherlands, where the court delivered its judgment in a long-running case in which four Nigerian farmers are seeking compensation and a cleanup from energy giant Shell for pollution caused by leaking oil pipelines in the Niger Delta. Mike Corder/AP
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Friends of the Earth supporters unfold a banner on Friday outside the district court in The Hague, Netherlands, where the court delivered its judgment in a long-running case in which four Nigerian farmers are seeking compensation and a cleanup from energy giant Shell for pollution caused by leaking oil pipelines in the Niger Delta.
A Victory for Farmers in a David-and-Goliath Environmental Case
An appeals court said a small group of farmers in the Niger Delta region whose livelihoods were affected by oil spills in 2006 and 2007 should receive payouts.
The Bonny oil terminal, operated by Shell, in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The ruling found that a subsidiary of the company had acted unlawfully by allowing the leaks to occur.Credit.Ron Bousso/Reuters
Jan. 29, 2021
A Dutch court ruled on Friday that a subsidiary of the British-Dutch multinational Royal Dutch Shell was liable for oil spills in the Niger Delta in Nigeria in 2006 and 2007, ordering the company to compensate a small group of residents in the region and to start purifying contaminated waters within weeks.
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The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited and the Environmental Rights Action/ Friends of the Earth Nigeria have disagreed over Friday’s judgment of the Dutch court which asked Shell to pay compensation to farmers in Goi, Oruma, and Ikot Ada Udo communities in Rivers, Bayelsa and Akwa Ibom states as a result of oil spills and pollution.
While Shell expressed disappointment over the court’s ruling, the ERA/FoEN applauded the decision in their separate reactions.
The Media Relations Manager of SPDC, Bamidele Odugbesan, in a statement, contended that the oil spills at Goi and Oruma were caused by sabotage, stressing that most leaks from the company’s operations were perpetrated by vandals in the Niger Delta.