Shell was reported to have claimed that it conducts its business in Nigeria responsibly.
The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has called on the Nigerian government to consider a review of its petroleum industry laws to strengthen the operational guidelines to prioritise the protection of the people and environment as well as punish oil companies whose activities hurt the residents.
The President of MOSOP, Fegalo Nsuke, who made the demand during a meeting of the Federation of Ogoni Women's Association (FOWA), on Sunday, in Ebubu, Eleme Kingdom of Ogoni, however, described the activities of Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) allegedly as ethnic cleansing.
Shell was reported to have claimed that it conducts its business in Nigeria responsibly.
A statement on Monday signed by MOSOP Secretary-General, Alex Akori, quoted Nsuke to have called Shell's activities while addressing the women as "brutal and irresponsible".
Nsuke maintained that Shell's comments on nine oil spills that had occurred in Ogoni over the past year and some months suggest that Shell had not changed its dirty tactics and the ecological war on Ogoni land, adding that it was a clear testament that the company would never change nor support the people.
He asked Shell authorities to bury their heads in shame over its unprecedented records of oil spill cases and the overall Ogoni pollution levels which he said had been acknowledged the world over as one of the most devastating ecosystems.
He, however, called on the Nigerian government to heed the calls of MOSOP for the operationalisation of an Ogoni Development Authority.
The President said that the operationalisation of ODA would guarantee the hope of the Ogoni people while describing it as a win-win situation for all stakeholders including the government, the people, and the oil industry.