SELF determination seeking Ogoni ethnic nationality in Rivers State has said it would drag Shell Petroleum Development Company, 2 court to stop the oil multinational from selling its assets in the area.
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Shell, whose vast oil exploration operations in Ogoniland had been shut since the 90s following Ogoni struggle against the Nigerian State as a result of the killing of Ken Saro- Wiwa, is believed to be secretly selling off the idle assets in furtherance of its divestments from Nigeria.
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At a rally by thousands of Ogonis in Bori, to protest two years of Federal Government's non- implementation of the United Nations Environmental Programme, UNEP, report on Ogoniland, the people vowed to stop Shell from selling any Ogoni assets till all contentious issues were resolved.
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Celestine Akporbari of the Ogoni Solidarity Forum, who led the protest, said "Nothing is working in Ogoni because of the evil destruction of our land by Shell, which is now secretly selling all its assets to private companies.
I think Nigerian courts really have so much work to do right about now because there are so many cases to resolve.... Let's see how it will all go.