Shell Agrees To Pay $15.5 Million Compensation Over The Killing Of Ken Saro-Wiwa

Date: 02-12-2015 12:50 pm (8 years ago) | Author: CLARA JANCITA
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World oil giant, Shell has agreed to pay $15.5 million (£9.6 million) in settlement of a legal action in which it was accused of having ­collaborated in the execution of activist and writer, Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other leaders of the Ogoni tribe in Rivers state, Nigeria.
The settlement which was reached on the eve of the trial in a federal court in New York, was one of the largest payouts agreed by a ­multinational corporation charged with human rights violations.
The scale of the payment was being seen by experts in human rights law as a step towards international businesses being made accountable for their environmental and social actions.
A lawyer with the Center for Constitutional Rights, Jennie Green, who initiated the lawsuit in 1996, said:
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"This was one of the first cases to charge a multinational corporation with human rights violations, and this settlement confirms that multinational corporations can no longer act with the impunity they once enjoyed."

The deal follows three weeks of ­intensive negotiation between the 10 plaintiffs, mainly drawn from relatives of the executed Ogoni nine, and Shell. The oil giant, and its Nigerian subsidiary Shell Petroleum Development Company, continue to dismiss all the claims made against them, saying they played no part in the violence that swept southern Nigeria in the 1990s.
Malcolm Brinded, a Shell director, said the company was making the payment in recognition of the tragic turn of events in Ogoni land.
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"While we were prepared to go to court to clear our name, we believe the right way forward is to focus on the future for Ogoni people."

The settlement marks the end of a 14-year personal journey for Ken Wiwa Jr, son of the executed leader.
Out of the $15.5m settlement, $5m will be used to set up a trust called Kiisi - meaning
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"progress"
in the Ogoni Gokana language, to support educational and other initiatives in the Niger delta.


Posted: at 2-12-2015 12:50 PM (8 years ago) | Hero
- DMG17 at 2-12-2015 01:17 PM (8 years ago)
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AFTER HOW MANY YEARS? INHUMANE PEOPLE. WILL THE MONEY BRING HIM BACK TO LIFE? WHAT ABOUT JUSTICE FOR HIS FAMILY? WHY NOT MENTION ALL THE CULPRITS INVOLVED IN HIS DEATH? ABACHA IS LATE BUT HIS CRONIES ARE STILL ALIVE. WHY NOT ARRESTED THEM AND TAKE THEM TO THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (ICC) TO STAND TRIAL FOR THE MURDER OF KEN SARO WIWA? MONEY IS NOT EVERYTHING. THERE IS NO PEACE WITHOUT JUSTICE.
Posted: at 2-12-2015 01:17 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- winace at 2-12-2015 01:37 PM (8 years ago)
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Dis money will end up in some so called elders hand instead of to develop their land wit it. I don't like anythg monetary compensation for community cus it will cause confusion and division among them. Beside I never knew shell join in d northern military assassination of d OGONI 9 o. Hmmm na wa o. Finally justice is coming to them.   
Posted: at 2-12-2015 01:37 PM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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- Oworen25 at 2-12-2015 01:51 PM (8 years ago)
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Finally, if this will make the ogoni stop killing, stealing because most of them use the killing of Ken sarowiwa am an excuse.
Posted: at 2-12-2015 01:51 PM (8 years ago) | Hero
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- deboalabi262 at 2-12-2015 01:54 PM (8 years ago)
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The late abacha regime should had been held responsible.... not SHELL

Posted: at 2-12-2015 01:54 PM (8 years ago) | Hero
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- Oways at 2-12-2015 02:01 PM (8 years ago)
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Very good step of Justice
Posted: at 2-12-2015 02:01 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- gogoman at 2-12-2015 02:05 PM (8 years ago)
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na wa ooooooooo
Posted: at 2-12-2015 02:05 PM (8 years ago) | Grande Master
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- dastan902 at 2-12-2015 02:06 PM (8 years ago)
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Kk let's c where d money goes
Posted: at 2-12-2015 02:06 PM (8 years ago) | Upcoming
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- benny0047 at 2-12-2015 02:29 PM (8 years ago)
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who will be the beneficiaries?
Posted: at 2-12-2015 02:29 PM (8 years ago) | Upcoming
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- Dondube at 2-12-2015 02:42 PM (8 years ago)
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Britain.  Want. To. Develop. The. Area.  And.  Shell.   Agree. To. Pay. , is. All. Because.  Of.  Ipob.  And. Radio.  Biafra. They. Are. Afraid.   That. Biafra. Will. Break.  Away. From. Nigeria. But. Is. Too. Late. , Buhari.  Have. Give. Order.   To. Kill.  Biafra. In.  Onitsha.  As. I'm. Writhing.  This.  Massage. Right.  Now. , all. Hail. Biafra
Posted: at 2-12-2015 02:42 PM (8 years ago) | Upcoming
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- Ladyhap at 2-12-2015 04:27 PM (8 years ago)
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Opportunity to make the greedy ones rich the more cos, this said money wont get to the right pple's hand but to the greedy ones.
such a petty that the deads are lying 6ft below while they are been compensated for their killing.
My Question is: Are they aware of the $15.5 million (£9.6 million) paid to them?
Posted: at 2-12-2015 04:27 PM (8 years ago) | Upcoming
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- Ayodun1 at 2-12-2015 04:51 PM (8 years ago)
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As lot as the money is.... It cannot bring back the life that has been taken.

Posted: at 2-12-2015 04:51 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- nwaafoigbo at 2-12-2015 05:18 PM (8 years ago)
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to who?
Posted: at 2-12-2015 05:18 PM (8 years ago) | Upcoming
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- gloryeyo at 2-12-2015 05:24 PM (8 years ago)
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thats good
Posted: at 2-12-2015 05:24 PM (8 years ago) | Upcoming
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- dickieponga at 2-12-2015 06:07 PM (8 years ago)
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It should be more dan dat....
Posted: at 2-12-2015 06:07 PM (8 years ago) | Hero
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- Ayodun1 at 2-12-2015 06:16 PM (8 years ago)
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Haba... @dickieponga" we are talking about $15.5 million here.

Posted: at 2-12-2015 06:16 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- Mopera at 2-12-2015 07:58 PM (8 years ago)
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hmmmm...am waiting for my own shell.
Posted: at 2-12-2015 07:58 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- koboko1 at 2-12-2015 08:30 PM (8 years ago)
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To me, what i am seeing is buying justice with money, while the reason in which Ken Saro wiwa died for will be buried.
Posted: at 2-12-2015 08:30 PM (8 years ago) | Upcoming
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- Wikigenius at 2-12-2015 09:34 PM (8 years ago)
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No b abacha kill saro wiwa ni
Posted: at 2-12-2015 09:34 PM (8 years ago) | Upcoming
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- botlex at 3-12-2015 01:52 AM (8 years ago)
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Nice one, but I hope this money won't end up in the coffers of the chiefs of ogoni land because such occurrence is very common in the Niger Delta
Posted: at 3-12-2015 01:52 AM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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