A combined 13,652 claims are asking Shell to take responsibility for the loss of their livelihoods.
" that London-listed Shell was legally responsible for the systemic pollution caused by its Nigerian subsidiary, the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria.
"It appears that Shell is seeking to leave the Niger Delta free of any legal obligation to address the environmental devastation caused by oil spills from its infrastructure over many decades," Leader said. He told CNBC's Steve Sedgwick, "A lot of the spills have been caused by theft and sabotage. And even when we have tried to go back in to be able to remedy those leaks, which were caused by third parties, we haven't been able to sometimes access it because of security concerns."
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