Italy is not in charge of Nigeria’s justice system. The judges in Nigeria must be allowed to hear the cases and to judge them on the basis of Nigerian law.”
Officials said Mr. Ahmad, a presidency social media surrogate, was gleeful about his new appointment at DPR, despite lacking vital training in hydrocarbon regulations.
Nigeria oil spill response agency, NOSDRA had slammed a $3.6 billion fine on Shell for a 2011 spill on Bonga oilfield.
The amount of damages to be paid to the farmers have not been determined.
The case was initiated in 2008, facing delays as Shell argued that courts in the Netherlands did not have the jurisdiction to hear the matter. In this time, two of the farmers had died.
The government said it paid $150 million to buy Shell’s 45 percent stake in OML 11.
