Martyn Day, the
lawyer representing Bodo community of Rivers in settlement negotiation with
Shell, said on Saturday that his clients had rejected an offer made by the oil
company.
Day is a senior
partner at the London-based Leigh Day law firm while Bodo is in Gokana Local
Government Area of Rivers.
No fewer than
15,000 claimants from the community had been negotiating with Shell over a
massive oil spill which affected the area in 2008.
Day said in a
statement issued in Port Harcourt that the community unanimously rejected an
offer for compensation from the oil company.
He said Shell’s
offer to pay N300, 000 per fishing family affected by the spill was rejected.
Day said Bodo
community described Shell’s offer as “derisory and insulting”.
Day said claimants
from Bodo were interested in being paid a fair amount for the losses caused by
the 2008 spill in their area.
Reacting to the
development in a statement in Port Harcout, Precious Okolobo, Shell’s
spokesman, said the company could not reach an agreement with the community for
compensation.
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