The report, Nigeria: Lifting the Lid, analyses internal Shell emails, audits, presentations and confidential reviews disclosed in UK legal proceedings, revealing a wider human rights scandal than previously reported. “Shell has long blamed oil theft and sabotage for pollution in the Niger Delta. Isa Sanusi, Director of Amnesty International Nigeria“The scandal was not simply illegal ‘bunkering’ or oil theft. BackgroundIn 2015, the Ogale and Bille communities filed UK legal action against Shell Plc and SPDC over serious oil pollution. ‘Nigeria: Lifting the Lid’ expose ‘basket’ pipeline, ‘missing’ wells and US$10.9bn decommissioning costs as pollution scandal grows.