NIGERIAN WIDOWS CLAIM COMPENSATION FROM SHELL FOR HUSBANDS’ EXECUTION
Shell will defend itself in court. “The executions carried out at that time by a military government affected us deeply”, a spokesperson said to RTL Nieuws. “The Shell Group, alongside other organizations and individuals, appealed to the Nigerian president to grant leniency at the time. To our great regret, this was ignored.” The company denies the accusations made against it. “SPDC [Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria] did not cooperate with the authorities to suppress the unrest, in no way encouraged or requested violence in Nigeria, and had no role in the arrest, the trial and the execution of the nine Ogoni men. We believe that the evidence shows that Shell is not responsible for these sad events.”
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