Nigeria: Saro-Wiwa, Others Deserve Exoneration, Not Pardon - Saro-Wiwa Foundation

26 October 2021

"Ken Saro-Wiwa and the other eight Ogonis were not criminals. They were innocent activists unjustly murdered for fighting for a just cause on behalf of their oppressed community."

The consideration for a state pardon for Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other Ogoni leaders, who were executed in 1995 by the Sani Abacha-led military administration, has been rejected by the Ken Saro-Wiwa Foundation.

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