The Council of Ogoni Professionals International, a United States-based organisation, has given the federal government a thumb-up for slamming $5 billion fine on Shell over Bonga oil spill of December 2011.
Reacting to the judgement in a press statement made available to Journalists in New York on Thursday, Anslem D. John-Miller, the President of the Ogoni group, commended the federal government of Nigeria for finally deciding to bring Shell Oil to justice by slamming the fine on it.
the statement reads: “The Council of Ogoni Professionals in the US calls on the Nigerian Government to not only ensure Shell pays the $5bn fine but to also ensure that the money is spent judiciously on development projects that will benefit the impoverished communities of Southern Nigeria affected by the said oil spill.
