The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has filed a lawsuit against the government of President Muhammadu Buhari over the failure to probe the operations of illegal oil pipelines between 2001 and 2022, to name and prosecute those suspected to be involved, and to recover proceeds of crime.
The suit was filed by SERAP following recent reports of the discovery of at least 58 illegal oil pipelines used to steal the country's oil wealth.
The plaintiffs are also seeking an order directing and compelling the Buhari government to fully recover any proceeds of crime, and to respect, protect, and fulfill the human rights of the people of the Niger Delta that have continued to suffer the effects of oil theft by non-state actors.