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Also, in the related case Shell settled out-of-court to avoid further evidence becoming public:

One of the key witnesses due to testify was Boniface Ejiogu, who later testified to standing guard as victims were raped and tortured while Lt-Col Okuntimo was in command. Asked if he ever saw his commander receive money from Shell, he said he witnessed it on two occasions.

Mr Ejiogu described in detail how, just days before the Ogoni elders were murdered, he drove with Lt-Col Okuntimo to Shell's base in Port Harcourt, where the officer received seven large bags of money. On another occasion, Mr Ejiogu witnessed four bags being given by a Shell security official to Lt-Col Okuntimo at the official's house late at night.

Hi, thanks for doing this AmA. I've always wondered: did you actively choose to ignore all the human rights abuses your corporation was doing or did you get some kind of sick pleasure out of it?

Also, since you were a managing director during the time of Ken Saro-Wiwa's execution, how can you live with yourself knowing that nine innocent people were hanged because of Shell's lawyers and other Shell workers?

Wow! This has to be the most embarrassing example of PR ever! Your account exists only for this one question, which promotes his book and gives him a chance to lie about his corporation trying hard not to be evil.

I asked him about the same thing. Here's his excuse for it.

Yeah, as a journalist, I think PR students should study his answer in class. He basically said the same thing that the standard, lame PR statement says (nothing), but in a more personal tone. And I'm pretty sure some people bought it. I kinda lost some faith in humanity.