"Italian Oil Giant ENI Appears in Court Over Oil Pollution in Nigeria", 9 Jan 2018

...[T]he Italian oil and gas corporation ENI appeared in front of the Tribunal of Milan to answer for its record of oil pollution in Nigeria. The plaintiff is the Ikebiri community of Bayelsa State in the Niger Delta, represented by their leader Chief Francis Ododo, whose land was polluted by an oil spill in 2010. If successful, this will be the first case of an Italian corporation being held accountable by an Italian court for environmental and human rights abuses overseas. The people of Ikebiri are seeking adequate clean-up and compensation from ENI for the pollution of the creek, ponds and trees caused by its subsidiary’s equipment [1]. Friends of the Earth Europe and Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria are supporting the community in bringing the case to court. The king of the Ikebiri community, Chief Francis Ododo said: “After over seven years of struggle to get ENI to clean up its oil pollution, I welcome the start of the case and hope to finally see justice for my community.”