Monarch files multibillion-dollar lawsuit against oil giant Shell over allegedly harmful practices: 'Cannot be a sacrificial zone'

Monarch files multibillion-dollar lawsuit against oil giant Shell over allegedly harmful practices: 'Cannot be a sacrificial zone'

A Nigerian monarch has taken to the Federal High Court of Nigeria to demand reparations from oil and gas giant Shell before the company fully divests from its assets in the country. Several civil rights and environmental groups have formed a coalition to back King Bubaraye Dakolo, Agada IV of the Ekpetiama Kingdom, in this lawsuit, according to Business Day Nigeria. After almost nine decades of operating business in Nigeria — including pumping o…