Shell won the oil spill case in Nigeria After the oil spill more than ten years ago, the British Supreme Court ruled that it was too lat...
Shell won the oil spill case in Nigeria
After the oil spill more than ten years ago, the British Supreme Court ruled that it was too late for residents of Nigeria's Niger Delta to protest Shell, a massive energy firm, about environmental degradation.
According to a statement from the Supreme Court, five of its judges dismissed the 2011 oil leak lawsuit since it was brought before the announced law went into effect.
According to Nigerian prosecutors, the malfunction at the Bonga oil well, which resulted in the release of 40,000 barrels of crude oil into the Gulf of Guinea, has gravely damaged their coastline.
The complainants said that the oil leak continued to be a cause of stress and wanted to reverse the rulings of two lower courts.
The Supreme Court disagreed and stated that more information must be found about the incident.
After the Supreme Court ruled in February 2021 that more than 50,000 residents of the Niger Delta region can file pollution claims in English courts, Shell is now facing a separate trial in Britain.
The ruling overturns the judgment rendered in 2017 against the residents of Ogale and Bille, who filed lawsuits to demand environmental remediation and restitution for decades of crimes committed in the oil-rich territory.
