LAGOS, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell said onWednesday it was checking a claim by a group of Nigerianprotesters that they had shut down an Escravos oil facility inthe Niger Delta operated by its joint-venture partner SPDC.
Shyne Edema, a youth leader in the restive region, saidearlier his group was staging a protest at the facility,shutting down power and water supplies as well as crudeproduction.
(Reporting by Libby George, Ananamesere Igboeroteonwu, UlfLaessing and Alexis Akwagyiram; Editing by Adrian Croft)