Ogoni Seeks Posthumous Honour For Saro-Wiwa, Others

The Ogoni ethnic nationality has called on the Federal Government to declare every November 10 as a public holiday in honour of their executed hero, Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight others.
The President, Ogoni Youth Federation, Legbrosi Yamaabana, who spoke in Port Harcourt, Rivers State in commemoration of the killing of Saro-Wiwa and eight others, said they were not in support of the proposal by President Muhammadu Buhari to grant pardon to their slain heroes.
Yamaabama said activists, who were unjustly treated and died while undertaking a similar course like Saro-Wiwa had been granted posthumous honours, by the Federal Government.
He said: “We are still seeking justice 26 years after. Justice has not been done to our slain hero, Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight others also known as the Ogoni nine.
“We need a posthumous recognition to be bestowed on Ken Saro-Wiwa. We need his name and those of his colleagues to be exonerated. We want every November 10 to be declared a public holiday in Nigeria. We believe what is good for the goose is also good for the gander.
“Is it because we are of the minority that they are treating us like this? Just recently some Ogoni leaders visited the President. To our surprise, Mr. President was talking about a pardon. We rejected it in its entirety.
“That is not the yearning of the Ogonis or Niger Delta. Pardon is given to criminals. Ken Saro-Wiwa is a hero. He committed no crime to be given a pardon. Instead he should be exonerated. The Nigerian state will not know true peace until this is done”.