Nigerian king takes Shell to court in London over polluted water
By AFP
22 November 2016 |
2:27 pm
King Emere Godwin Bebe Okpabi holds up a plastic bottle containing contaminated water from his community in Nigeria, proof of oil pollution that he blames on Royal Dutch Shell and on which he hopes a London court will deliver justice.
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