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BREAKING: Dutch Court Orders Shell To Pay Nigerian Farmers, Blames Oil Coy For Niger Delta Oil Spills
The energy giant will have to pay four Nigerian farmers compensation and start a cleanup over pollution caused by leaking oil pipelines in the Niger Delta.
An Appeal Court in the Netherlands on Friday ordered Royal Dutch Shell to pay compensation to Nigerian farmers over oil pollution in the Niger Delta.
The court delivered its judgment at the end of a long-running civil case.
The farmers were seeking financial compensation and a clean-up by Shell for pollution caused by pipelines leaking oil into the Niger Delta.
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“Shell Nigeria is sentenced to compensate farmers for damages,” the court said.
The bench added that parent company Royal Dutch Shell was also liable to install equipment that could prevent future damage.
At the heart of the case is the principle of whether multinationals in the Netherlands can be held responsible for the actions of their subsidiaries abroad.
The decision can be appealed in the Dutch Supreme Court.
However, it represents a step forward for the plaintiffs in a case that is breaking new legal ground.
The company claimed that saboteurs are responsible for leaks in underground oil pipes that have polluted the Delta.
Shell also argued that it should not be held legally responsible for the actions of a foreign subsidiary.
AFP
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