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Nigerian President Tinubu's pardon of 'Ogoni Nine' draws ethnic group's rejection
- President Bola Tinubu pardoned nine Ogoni environmental activists and gave them posthumous national honors on June 13, 2025, in Rivers State.
- The activists were convicted and executed in 1995 by a military tribunal under General Sani Abacha for alleged murder during protests against oil pollution in Ogoniland.
- Known as the Ogoni Nine, these activists spearheaded efforts to challenge Shell and other oil companies over the pollution of land essential to the local communities' way of life.
- Legal battles continue, including 2025 court cases in London where Shell denies liability, blaming sabotage, though it paid $15.5 million in a 2009 settlement.
- Although MOSOP welcomed the pardon as courageous, activists and Amnesty International stated it falls short of full justice, urging formal exoneration and accountability for environmental harm.
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Nigeria has posthumously pardoned nine activists who were executed after criticizing Shell. Supporters call this deception, because it would imply that the men did something wrong. They are nine environmental activists known as the Ogoni Nine, including the renowned writer Ken Saro-Wiwa. Together they fought against the polluting oil industry in the Niger Delta, in particular against the then partly Dutch Shell. In 1995, under the regime of Gene…
Ken Saro-Wiwa Receives Pardon 30 Years After Hanging
Three decades after his execution by Nigeria's military regime, Ken Saro-Wiwa has been pardoned. President Bola Tinubu conferred national honors Thursday on Saro-Wiwa, who had been convicted of murder, and the eight activists he was hanged with in 1995. There were suspicions that the Ogoni Nine were killed for leading...
Nigerian President Tinubu's pardon of 'Ogoni Nine' draws ethnic group's rejection
Nigeria's Ogoni activists on Friday rejected a posthumous pardon for nine members executed three decades ago by a military dictatorship, criticising President Bola Tinubu's move as inadequate and perpetuating injustice.
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Nigerian leader's pardon of executed Ogoni activists draws criticisms
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu posthumously pardoned nine environmental activists executed 30 years ago by the military junta ruling the country at the time.
Tinubu Grants Posthumous Pardon to Ogoni Nine Activists, 30 Years After Execution
On Wednesday, Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu granted a posthumous pardon to Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other activists known as the Ogoni Nine, marking 30 years since their execution by the military government of the time. The group had been convicted of murder and executed in 1995, a move that ignited international condemnation. The Ogoni Nine were found guilty by a secret military tribunal for allegedly killing four pro-government Ogoni chiefs d…
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