The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has described as frightening and condemnable, the Nigerian Government’s tacit endorsement of abuses against the Ogoni people by Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria. Publicity Secretary of MOSOP Fegalo Nsuke, made this known while speaking to participants of the Ogoni Peace Match in Bori on Thursday October 26.Nsuke said the situation in Ogoniland is degenerating with lots of people being endangered without a voice to speak out to the world.
Citing the incident of Thursday where soldiers dispersed a crown of peaceful protestors in Tai, Nsuke said he was assaulted by one of the soldiers simply because he took photographs. He said a female reporter for The Nation newspaper was also assaulted by another soldier for recording a speech by the media aide to the MOSOP President, Bari-ala Kpalap.
The MOSOP spokesman however assured that the Ogoni people led by MOSOP will not give up on the struggle for a free Ogoniland neither will the battle to secure a future for the Ogoni people be lost.
“The Nigerian Government thinks that by inflicting hardship and hunger on us, we will give up the struggle for freedom but I will assure you that no matter the strength and might of the Nigerian soldiers, Shell and her collaborators, we will never give up our struggle for a free Ogoni neither shall we loose in this fight for our rights to be respected by the Nigerian state: Nsuke said.
He further stated that Shell has sponsored the killing of thousands of Ogonis in military repression and we hold them responsible for the killing of 9 Ogoni leaders including Mr. Ken Saro-Wiwa in 1995.
Nsuke re-iterated that the Ogoni people completely reject Shell because they have caused the people unforgettable pain, they have destroyed livelihood sources, they are inhuman and do not deserve to return to Ogoni for any reason whatsoever.
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