Nigeria, Feb. 6 -- Some Nigerians from Niger Delta on Monday called on President Bola Tinubu to compel Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo) to pay $3.6 billion awarded to them as compensation for the 2011 Bonga oil spill.

The group staged a protest at the Federal Ministry of Justice in Abuja, demanding the enforcement of the award.

The protesters led by Federal Johnson implored the government to intervene and ensure Shell was made to fulfil financial obligations before leaving the country.

The Bonga oil spill occurred on 20 December 2011, during Shell's exploration activities in OML 118, located 120 kilometres off Nigeria's coast in the Gulf of Guinea.

The rupture of Shell's export line connected to the Fl...