Tuesday 24 April 2012

Ogoni communities demand N121.7billion from SPDC for oil spill


 Omotola Jalade Ekeinde joined Amnesty International’s campaign calling on Shell to clean oil polluted areas across the Niger Delta.

Why didn’t Shell Petroleum Development Company maximize their production and enhance safety measures before carrying out their production and as Joint Venture is it not what the FG was meant to look into to avoid this in the first place or reduce the spillage to minimum?

Six families in four communities in Ogoni, Rivers State, have dragged Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, before the state high court sitting in Port Harcourt over an oil spill in 2009 at its Bomu manifold facility in K Dere.

The plaintiffs are demanding compensation of N121.7 billion for what they said was the severe hardship imposed on them and their local population by the spill.

The case has been adjourned till May 10, for hearing.

Bariaria Kpalep, spokesperson for the families, said the communities affected by the oil spill were Kegbara Dere, Kpor, Biara and Deken, while the plaintiffs are  Gberebeedom, Keenom, Dugbor, Keregbor, Biradee and Nkoo/Gbienga Nbe.
In another development, Shell is to collaborate with Discovery channel global education partnership and the Rivers State Government to set up educational video learning centres for pupils in Rivers State.

5 comments:

Osa said...

Shell is just greedy, they shld compensate big time, produced so much that the they didnt take appropriate measures for safety, can they try this in their own country?

Anonymous said...

Govt shld be blamed to allow them cause this so much harm

Anonymous said...

Is SHELL d oil company in this country, abeg they shld pay big time

Anonymous said...

Omotola, pls go do ur rearch bf you com campainning

Anonymous said...

The FG, SHELL,local govt shld join forces and help these dwellers,this is simple, but human being so wicked will keep draging this till thy kingdom comes