•Representative says natives have not lost case against oil giant
By Charles Kumolu, Deputy Editor
On December 20, 2011, while an oil tanker was being loaded at Bonga Oil Field, there was an oil spill from about 40, 000 barrels of crude oil.
The incident, which happened 120 kilometers off the Delta coast, resulted in the devastation of the environment. The search for justice took the victims, 27,800 persons and 457 communities, to the UK Supreme Court. Last Wednesday, the court ruled that it was late for the victims under the auspices of Oil Spill Victims Vanguard, OSPIVV, to sue Shell over the matter.
The judgment was assumed to have foreclosed the matter, but the Executive Director of the platform, Mr. Harrison Jalla, a lead claimant in the case, in this interview, says the last hasn’t been heard of the matter. He provides details into the ruling by the UK court and its implication on the pursuit of justice by impacted persons.
There were reports that the Supreme Court in the UK ruled in favour of Shell in Bonga Oil Spill case, brought before it by 27,800 persons and 457 communities in the Niger Delta. As one of the arrowheads of the case, what is your take?
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