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After much shouting match and physical harassment, courage and commitment won. We got in. But many journalists considered unfriendly were barred from proceeding and many Ogoni were brutalised and arrested.
During trial, especially when it became obvious that the tribunal had a clear mandate to convict and execute, Saro-Wiwa issued a statement in his defence. That statement blamed the Federal Government for the crisis in Ogoni and the rest of the Niger Delta.
We can all argue whether the Ogoni struggle was non-violent as Saro-Wiwa claimed. But we cannot argue that the Niger Delta struggle after Saro-Wiwa became extra violent, resulting in multiple kidnappings, razing down of many villages like Odi; and the growth of a criminal industry in the Niger Delta that continues to threaten economic growth and national security.
Clearly, the judicial murder of Saro-Wiwa and his colleagues and the brutal suppression of the Ogoni struggle have yielded a harvest of a far more violent and unmanageable conflict in the Niger Delta. Thinking back on the events of the failed trial of Kanu last Monday and the restrictions and suppressions by the DSS, I wonder if there are already many haunting similarities with what happened at Moscow Road during the trial and in the Niger Delta after.All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.
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