Lagos — Ken Saro-Wiwa Jnr, son of the late writer Saro Wiwa, has applauded Monday's decision by Royal Dutch Shell to pay compensation to his family and those of the other eight Ogoni leaders executed along with his father in 1995 by the late General Sani Abacha military junta.
He gave a breakdown of how the $15.5 million (N2.3 billion) Shell agreed to pay would be utilised.
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