The Niger Delta region has been thrown into mourning following the death of Ken Saro-Wiwa Jr.


According to Sahara Reporters, Saro-Wiwa Jr died on Tuesday, October 18.

The son of the late Ogoni activist served as an adviser to former president, Goodluck Jonathan.

His father, Ken Saro-Wiwa was a member of the Ogoni people, an ethnic minority in the Niger Delta. Due to his activism against the degradation of the land and waters of the Ogoni people by oil companies.

In 1992, Saro-Wiwa was imprisoned for several months, without trial, by the Nigerian military government. In June 1993, Saro-Wiwa was arrested again and detained by Nigerian authorities but was released after a month.

Saro-Wiwa was again arrested and accused of inciting the death of 6 Ogoni chiefs. He denied the charges but was imprisoned for over a year before being found guilty and sentenced to death by a specially convened tribunal.

On November 10 1995, he was killed along with 8 other that came to be known as the Ogoni Nine by the Gen. Sani Abacha regime.


https://www.naij.com/1013821-breaking-ken-saro-wiwa-jr-dead-niger-delta-mourns.html

Nnah ehn, e pain me no be small, we are from the same town.

SAD

Chai, painful painful, may he RIP, my heartfelt sympathy to those he left behind.

That one wey Faze take sing?

Rip

RIP but wetin kill am?

No body is mourning anybody. How come nobody heard of him before now?

Wizzyblack3:
That one wey Faze take sing?

Yea

Oma307:
RIP but wetin kill am?

I no know oh but I guess he might have been sick, he chatted last with me on may 14th, and ever since, he doesn't reply me again (Facebook)

lofty900:
No body is mourning anybody. How come nobody heard of him before now?

Hey, I won't let you talk ill of him in death, if you haven't heard of him, that doesn't mean others haven't also... He is a public figure and my state governor and government have identified with his family.

Eyor1:

Hey, I won't let you talk ill of him in death, if you haven't heard of him, that doesn't mean others haven't also... He is a public figure and my state governor and government have identified with his family.

he's not a public figure, his father was. It's normal for wike to send his condolences but don't come and tell me niger delta is thrown into mourning.

Eyor1:


I no know oh but I guess he might have been sick, he chatted last with me on may 14th, and ever since, he doesn't reply me again (Facebook)

great loss

lofty900:
he's not a public figure, his father was. It's normal for wike to send his condolences but don't come and tell me niger delta is thrown into mourning.

Dude, he is also a public figure who rose to fame through his father's achievements.
He countlessly contributed to Invitations by the state government.
He was born and raised in the U.K,He seldomly visits home and that's why you know little or nothing of him.

Bari a torh aloo a wuga..... Farewell!!!

lofty900:
he's not a public figure, his father was. It's normal for wike to send his condolences but don't come and tell me niger delta is thrown into mourning.

Don't drag what you don't know @ sabinus.

" Recall that Ken Saro Wiwa Jnr served as Special Assistant on peace, conflict resolution and reconciliation to former President Olusegun Obasanjo . He also served former President Umaru Yar'Adua as the Special Assistant on International Affairs and to former President Goodluck Jonathan as the Senior Special Assistant on Civil Society and International Media.
He was a renowned international journalist and editor of the UK Guardian ′s New Media Lab where he developed content for the paper's online edition.
Ogonis on social media have massively expressed sadness over his sudden demise.
May His Soul Rest In Peace "