The Supreme Court has dismissed an application filed by Shell Petroleum Development Company to request a review of the January 11, 2019 judgment that ordered it to pay N17bn to some Ogoni communities in Rivers State.
The communities were affected by an oil spill from Shell’s operations in 1970.
A five-man panel of justices led by Justice Olabode Rhodes-Vivour unanimously dismissed the application after upholding the preliminary objection filed by the Ogoni communities.
The case lasted about 31 years from when it started at the High Court.
The Supreme Court had issued the N17bn order in favour of Ejama-Ebubu in Tai Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State, represented by Chief Isaac Agbara and nine other persons.
Counsel to the Ogoni communities, Lucius Igwe, said on Friday that the judgment sum with the accrued interests for the 32 years period stood at about N182bn.
During a hearing on the matter on September 22, 2020, Nwosu had urged the apex court not to only dismiss the application, but to also make an order against all the senior lawyers in Shell’s legal team for the filing of the judgment review application.
Nwosu maintained that the application was aimed at ridiculing the integrity and finality of the decisions of the Supreme Court.
Shell’s legal team was led by Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN).
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