President Muhammadu Buhari said he would consider granting state pardon for Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other Ogoni leaders executed by the Sani Abacha-led military administration on November 10, 1995.
Mr Buhari on Friday spoke about Mr Saro-Wiwa’s execution, the need for “clemency and national integration as part of this administration’s bid to lay the foundation for genuine reconciliation and bring closure to the issues of Ogoni land”. “In spite of the grievous circumstances, the federal government will consider the request for the grant of pardon to finally close the Ogoni saga,” President Buhari said to the Ogoni leaders.
“Accordingly, NNPC is hereby directed to engage all host communities, particularly Ogoni people to ensure inclusive processes of oil and gas exploration and production is anchored on optimum involvement of host communities. The President of the Supreme Council of Ogoni Traditional Rulers, Godwin Giniwa, thanked Mr Buhari for the various interventions of the federal government in Ogoni land, particularly on clean-up exercise.
Saro wiwa and co should be the ones forgiving the Nigerian government
MBuhari honors the dead and suffer the leaving. Who did this to Nigeria.
Someone that ought to be in jail is considering pardoning the innocent. Talk of anim*l wan dash them human right.
It's well and long-deserved after 26 years coming from the only REFORMER of our time. Zik abandoned Mausoleum built. Biafra pensioners got reimbursed. Abiola got honored for self-sacrifice for democracy to flourish..... History can only but be kind to PMB.
Wey don die?
State pardon for what? Oniranu
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