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<span>The President conferred the Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) on Saro-Wiwa and the Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) on Saturday Dobee, Nordu Eawo, Daniel Gbooko, Paul Levera, Felix Nuate, Baribor Bera, Barinem Kiobel, and John Kpuine during the Democracy Day commemoration.</span

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The President conferred the Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) on Saro-Wiwa and the Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) on Saturday Dobee, Nordu Eawo, Daniel Gbooko, Paul Levera, Felix Nuate, Baribor Bera, Barinem Kiobel, and John Kpuine during the Democracy Day commemoration.

<span>The Ogoni Nine were executed after a military tribunal convicted them of murdering four pro-government Ogoni chiefs during intra-communal riots in 1994, charges widely condemned as politically motivated due to their environmental activism against oil companies.</span

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The Ogoni Nine were executed after a military tribunal convicted them of murdering four pro-government Ogoni chiefs during intra-communal riots in 1994, charges widely condemned as politically motivated due to their environmental activism against oil companies.

<span>Saro-Wiwa founded the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People in 1990 to protest environmental degradation of Ogoniland and marginalization by oil companies and the Nigerian state, leading a nonviolent campaign that put them at odds with the Abacha regime.</span

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Saro-Wiwa founded the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People in 1990 to protest environmental degradation of Ogoniland and marginalization by oil companies and the Nigerian state, leading a nonviolent campaign that put them at odds with the Abacha regime.

<span>The executions drew widespread international condemnation and led to sanctions against Nigeria, including suspension from the Commonwealth, despite pleas for clemency from global leaders including Nelson Mandela, Bill Clinton, and the United Nations.</span

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The executions drew widespread international condemnation and led to sanctions against Nigeria, including suspension from the Commonwealth, despite pleas for clemency from global leaders including Nelson Mandela, Bill Clinton, and the United Nations.

<span>Niger Delta leaders including the Ijaw National Congress and Pan Niger Delta Forum welcomed the gesture as promoting healing and reconciliation, while some Ogoni activists rejected the pardon, demanding exoneration instead since they maintained the activists committed no crimes.</span

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Niger Delta leaders including the Ijaw National Congress and Pan Niger Delta Forum welcomed the gesture as promoting healing and reconciliation, while some Ogoni activists rejected the pardon, demanding exoneration instead since they maintained the activists committed no crimes.

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Nigeria: Tinubu grants posthumous pardon to Ken Saro-Wiwa, others

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A state pardon implies guilt when these leaders were innocent victims of judicial murder who deserve complete exoneration, not forgiveness for crimes they never committed. The Ogoni people expected the President to clear their names entirely rather than grant clemency.

<span>A state pardon implies guilt when these leaders were innocent victims of judicial murder who deserve complete exoneration, not forgiveness for crimes they never committed. The Ogoni people expected the President to clear their names entirely rather than grant clemency.</span>

Tinubu Grants Posthumous Pardon to Ogoni Nine Activists

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