This Day (Lagos)
19 August 2008
Oil giant, Chevron Nigeria Limited, will stand trial in the United States (US) in September, after exhausting all appeals meant to stop the company from being tried for the alleged murder of villagers in the Niger Delta region in two separate incidents between 1998 and 1999.
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The indigenous peoples of these oil rich areas in Nigeria hopefully will finally see justice.Chevron Nigeria Limited has to own up. This has been going on for so long and many communities have been uprooted and so many people killed. I hope they pay damages equal to all the oil profits and windfalls they make so they can declare banckruptcy to have a feel what it means to commit such heinous acts. They should not be able to appeal the verdict so that traditional people can finally have dignity.