Following a disagreement on the amount
to be paid as compensation over the 2009 major oil spill that devastated
their environment, the people of Bodo community in Gokana Local
Government Area of Rivers State have again dragged Shell Petroleum
Development Company (SPDC) Limited before a London Court.
The action was as a result of the failure of an out-of-court settlement between the community and Shell.
Former Secretary of Bodo Council of Chiefs and Elders, Chief Saint Pii,
told journalists in Port Harcourt that the community decided
to return to court because Shell refused to pay the 500 million pounds
they demanded as compensation as part of the out-of-court settlement. He accused Shell of trying to pay peanuts as compensation to the over
10,000 indigenes of Bodo community as well as organisations that were
affected by the oil spill, which occurred as a result of equipment
failure in the oil giant’s facilities located in the community.
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