The Supreme Court has dismissed an application filed by Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited ( SPDCNL) seeking to set aside its January 11, 2019 judgment on which it upheld a N17 bilion damages awarded against the oil company.
The Supreme Court had, in the January 11, 2019 decision, upheld an earlier judgment by the Court of Appeal, which affirmed a June 14, 2010 judgment of the Federal High Court in the matter.
The Court of Appeal had awarded the damages against Shell over an oil spill at Ejam-Ebulu in Tai Eleme Local Government Area of River State in the early 1970.
On Friday, Justice Samuel Osuji, who read the lead judgment of the Supreme Court’s panel, prepared by Justice Census Nweze, held that the application by Shell, asking it to revisit its earlier judgment, was unmeritorious.
Reacting to the Supreme Court’s decision on Friday, Lucius Nwosu (SAN), who led the legal team of the community, said the judgment sum, with interest, “now stands in the region of N160billion.”
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