"Nigerian government failed to ensure Shell cleaned up Niger Delta oil spills: campaigners", 3 Nov 2015: Nigeria’s government is ultimately responsible for failing to hold oil multinational Shell accountable for failing to properly clean up oil spills in the Niger Delta region, according to Amnesty International and Nigerian activists...A damning report by...[Amnesty] and Nigeria’s Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development accuses Shell of failing to clean up oil spills in Ogoniland and then making “blatantly false” claims about having dealt with pollution and contamination...In response to the allegations about the clean-up in Ogoniland, a spokesman for the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria said that “without access to the full report it is difficult to verify and respond to the detailed claims made by this organisation”. The statement from Shell seen by RFI said it is “committed to cleaning up all spills from its facilities, irrespective of cause”.