AlJazeeraEnglish | December 09, 2010
The petrol giant Shell has thoroughly infiltrated the Nigerian government, newly leaked WikiLeaks documents show.
The multinational corporation inserted its employees into every key government ministry to gain unparalleled influence in policy-making in the oil rich Niger Delta.
Al Jazeera's Jesse Mesner-Hage reports on how the revelation fits into the decades-long troubled relationship between Royal Dutch Shell and Nigeria.