Ogoni king: Shell oil is killing my people

King Emere was in a London court last week for the case that he hopes will allow him to sue Shell in the UK for polluting his tribal land

His Royal Highness Emere Godwin Bebe Okpabi, the paramount ruler and hereditary king of the Ogale community in the oil-rich Niger delta, is ready to explode.

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