Uduaghan lauds UK court's decision on Ogoni oil spill

The Nation

6 August 2011

Uduaghan lauds UK court's decision on Ogoni oil spill

Delta State governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, on Friday, commended a British High Court, which ordered Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria to pay compensation to Bodo community in Ogoniland of Rivers, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.

He said that the court’s decision was a signal to other oil companies whose activities in the Niger Delta region had, over the years, denied the owners of the land, their means of livelihood through devastation of the environment.

In a statement in Asaba, by Mr. Paul Odili, his Communication Manager, Uduaghan said that the London court’s verdict was an indication that justice is gradually being done to the people of the region after decades of neglect and protracted litigation.