APOLOGIES SOUGHT FOR
MURDER OF OGONI NINE
On the 10th of November, the fourth
anniversary of the murder of Ken Saro-Wiwa
and eight other Ogoni people, FoE Nigeria
called for the trial of all those linked
with their deaths. This includes the
members of the tribunal who passed the
death sentence on the basis of false
evidence and the military parliament that
approved the verdict. The group also
demanded a public apology from the
government and Shell Nigeria to the Ogoni
people for the pain visited upon them and
their land, and the immediate payment of
the compensation recommended by a United
Nations fact finding team for the families
of the dead.
"Nigeria's new democracy remains heavily
tainted if the murderers of Ken Saro-Wiwa
and the rest are not brought to the book,"
remarked FoE Nigeria's Nnimmo Bassey. "We
are not part of those who think that we
should forget our recent past. We insist
that those who raped the land and its
people and maimed and murdered their fellow
citizens should have their day in
court."
FoE Nigeria
