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Shell Appealed Against Court Ruling on Bonny Terminal Ownership

10-17-2008

Shell Nigeria has appealed the decision of the River state high court ruling to hand over the bonny island terminal to the community. The court in Rivers State of Nigeria ruled in July that the site of the Bonny lifting terminal belonged to the local community, not the oil multinational.

The community of River State accused Shell of acquiring ownership certificate from the government illegally.

According to the community leaders, the Bonny terminal was rented by Shell from the local population in 1958, but at some point in the more recent past the company got hold of a certificate saying they owned the land.

The terminal is Africa's largest, with the capacity to dock several tankers at once.