Bonga Oil Spills: FG institutes N1.3trn suit against Shell

The Federal Government  has dragged Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company before a  Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, claiming N1.3 trillion against the  oil firm for the December 20, 2011, Bonga oil spills, which created  ecological and environmental challenges for coastal communities in Delta  and Bayelsa states.


The suit is protecting the interest of fishermen and persons, numbering  about 285,000 from 350 communities and satellite villages, affected by  the Bonga crude oil spillage.  The government, in the suit, is demanding N884 billion as compensation  for the oil spill that destroyed the affected communities. Oil spill in the river Oil spill in the river  Nigerian government is also demanding another N495 billion as  restitution and restoration of the devastation of the economic zone of  the Nigeria territorial waters and N50 million as cost of the legal  action