More Reasons To Be Unsure Of Shell?

Revelations made by controversial website Wikileaks are still coming thick and fast. And one company less than happy about a particular cable it’s recently unearthed is oil giant, Shell.

Viewers of our film “Can You Be Sure Of Shell” will already have seen the dark history of Shell’s involvement in Nigeria. Here the execution of famous protestor Ken Saro-Wiwa was called “blood on Shell’s hands”. 

Now a secret diplomatic cable published by Wikileaks confirms many people’s suspicions of the extent of the company’s influence over the Nigerian government.  The cable quotes the executive vice president of Shell as saying that it has people in “all the relevant ministries” of the Nigerian government and “access to everything being done in those ministries.” 

Shell, of course, denies any charge that it has infiltrated the Nigerian government. Watch Can You Be Sure Of Shell? and see what you think. 

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