Nigerian oil spill still damaging livelihoods 17 years later, court hears

The Bodo community are seeking a court injunction that would compel clean-up action (M-A Ventoura/Amnesty International UK/PA) -

Two “massive” oil spillages in Nigeria 17 years ago are still contaminating human health and the environment, with the oil company responsible failing to clean up the pollution adequately, the High Court has heard.

People living in the Bodo area of the Niger Delta allege that an oil company previously owned by Shell is not doing enough to clean up the contamination from two ruptured pipelines that led to “massive devastation” of mangrove forest habitats, lawyers representing the Bodo community said.