On November 10th 1995, Ken Saro-Wiwa and 8 other MOSOP leaders were executed by Nigerian military personnel.
Their deaths led to a national and international outcry and resulted in Nigeria’s suspension from the Commonwealth Nations for four years.
MOSOP (Movement for the Survivial for the Ogoni People) fought against the unregulated and illegal activities of oil companies such as Shell.
The activities of these oil companies resulted in severe environmental degradation of the Niger Delta region among other things.
In 1993, Saro-Wiwa and 8 other MOSOP chiefs were arrested and tried for the murder of 4 Ogoni chiefs.
Ken Saro-Wiwa and the other 8 men continuously denied their involvement and 2 years later, while in prison, they were woken in their sleep and hanged.
The secret trial and conviction of Saro-Wiwa and his colleagues, the failure to allow an appeal and the subsequent murders of the 9 men showed the many flaws of our then military-regime.
Today, 20 years later, Nigerians all over the world remember the legend of Ken Saro-Wiwa.
Saro-Wiwa was known as an environmental activist, Ogoni leader, poet and writer who campaigned against the pollution caused by the oil industry in the Niger Delta region. For his heroic activism he was awarded the Goldman environmental prize.
It is NOT ENOUGH to remember Ken Saro Wiwa & other 8 #OgoniLeaders today. YOU, how are you viewing matters of present SUFFERING of OTHERS?
But because of the great work and heroism of Ken Saro-Wiwa and others, these unfortunate crimes against the Niger Delta people have not gone unnoticed.
Ken Saro-Wiwa (October 10, 1941 – November 10, 1995), a true Nigerian hero.
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