A Dutch Appeal Court sitting in The Hague, has begun hearing in an appeal filed by four Nigerian farmers, in a case against Royal Dutch Shell, the parent company of Shell Petroleum Development Company over pollution of the environment and destruction of their farmlands and other sources of livelihood in the Niger Delta region.
Speaking with newsmen shortly after the Court adjourned proceedings, Nigerian counsel to the farmers and acting executive director, Environmental Rights Action and Friends of the Earth Nigeria , Williams said: “The case is about oil spill caused by facilities of SPDC, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell in Ikot Ada Udo in Akwa Ibom State, Oruma in Bayelsa State and Goi in Ogoniland in Rivers State, which affected properties of the plaintiffs.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
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