The National Civil Society Council of Nigeria (NCSCN) has rejected the divestment deal being planned by the Shell Petroleum Development Corporation (SPDC) without first resolving the pending cases of pollution and degradation against it by the victimised residents and communities of the Niger Delta region. The civil society council at a press conference in Abuja on Tuesday said it would mobilise the Nigerian people to embark on nationwide protests against Shell Company as well as the occupation of all its offices if it sees the divestment deals as an “escape route.”