Movement for Survival of Ogoni People president Ledum Mitee says the court’s decision sends a message that Shell must be held to account
James Butty
The president of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People [MOSOP] said his group welcomes the U.S. Supreme Courts decision to hear a dispute between the Ogoni people and Royal Dutch Shell Oil Company.
The high court justices agreed Monday to hear a federal appeal by a group of Nigerians who alleged that shell was complicit in torture, wrongful deaths and other human rights abuses committed by Nigerian authorities against environmental campaigners during the 1990s.
MOSOP President Ledum Mitee said the decision sends the right message that Shell must be held to account.