Abba999:



The fate of his own calamity befell him!

Fulani used him as an intrument and later executed him as a sacrifice and deterrent of occupation.

Please share. How?

sol2galay:
Goodmorning Ken Saro Wiwa!

Let no one qoute me.

Sorry for quoting you bros, but you took the words right out of my mouth, the man that made that quote actually saw all that was about to happen more than 29years before it did, but Ken and others didn't believe him and at the end of the day he was vindicated.
History always repeats itself, but we will never learn.
Na amadioha go strike the anuofia that will quote me

zendy:


He fought against his Igbo brothers to please his northern pay masters. The northerners then thanked him by hanging him. It's so unfortunate for Ken Saro-Wiwa. Abacha was a no nonsense General who was ready to mow down anybody who was slowing down the flow of oil and Ken was his hit-list.

1025:
HE WAS LUCKY TO HAVE LAST WORDS AS MANY OF THE IGBOS THEY BETRAYED DURING THE BIAFRAN CIVIL WAR HAD NO TIME TO SAY THEIR LAST WORDS.

SO WRONG MY FRIENDS.
Ojukwu got it all wrong. In the first place, what was Ojukwu's plan with the South South and South - West before going to war with Nigeria. What was his plan for the entire East - Igbo. I can tell you from all available facts that even some igbo elite were only conscripted into his Biafra war, were not taken to confidence, briefed for his tactical war plans or allowed to have a say on how to go about the war and win. All he needs to win the war was to create strong ties with the West (Awolowo) and at least captured Lagos. But no, he was so angry and in a hast that he can not wait for the Yorubas and the Niger Delta. Hence the failure and defeat. He never carried them along but wanted them to fight/defend for what they know nothing about. One person alone cannot plan, fight and win war without allies (especially a civil war as it were).

Ken Saro wiwa believed in the oneness of Nigeria, fought to defend its unity. Same with Awolowo. They were not a traitor or betrayers. Ojukwu disrespected elders advice from Awolowo and co. How then do you expect the same people to support him??

Ken Saro Wiwa in his none violent quest to righting the wrongs of inequality, marginalization, ecological war, environmental degradation, pollution of air and waters, constant oil spillage, destruction of the eco system, etc, he sell the idea to the entire people of Ogoni to have a platform called MOSOP - Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People. He coordinated their efforts, sought for international support. But Gen. Abacha was bent on destroying anything that would interrupt his petro-dollar.

Ogoni oil have been locked up since 1993 till date. They might not have achieved much but they're perfect example of how we need to take our destiny into our hands. And achieve it none violently even in the face of increasing intimidation.

LIVE ON, KEN SARO WIWA

LONG LIVE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA!!!

Saro Wiwa was learned as learned can be; but he was also unwise, untactical and did not know when to stop. Compare his life and lot to those of other Niger Delta activists like Adaka Boro and Tompolo. If he was wise, he lacked the quantum of foolishness that should have balanced and directed his wisdom. Only a fool will aspire to catch a lion with bare hands. Only a fool will expect those benefitting from an injustice to fight against it. Only a fool will....... May his gentle simpleton spirit rest in perfect Peace, Amen!

The tragic-irony of ken saro-wiwa is that the very oppressors he helped to truncate an equaly just Biafran struggle bcs philip Effiong was made secretary to the govt of biafra instead of him,turned around and murdered him.ojukwu warned him that they plan to waste him when he started his ogoni struggle.

Ymodulus:
Ken Saro wiwa is an epitome example of how a country and its government should not let a foreign company exploit them all in the name of Oil , money. Its a trajectory case of an economic prophet seeing the harm a non indeginous company can wreck on indigenes of the location where the company So-Sits.



While I never knew Ken saro wiwa. Having x-rayed his non-violent campaign and struggle for light for his people and the way he his not been imortalised. I am soo worried and had to ask myself several questions about PDP , APC, Nigerian Masses

1. Has Jonathan read about Ken's history?
2. If yes then why has he not used this opportunity to effect change and actualize that goal Ken Saro Wiwa wanted. Why has he failed to realized that this is the time he needs to look beyond Umbrellized covering, so as to do something great for his nation
3. Why has the People Democratic Party not made shell face up for its crimes? Even the united state in 2009 made shell faced for the court for ken saro wiwa killings



Looking at ken saro wiwa struggle and the way he was killed, coupled with the fact that the Nigerian leaders had Saro Wiwa and his movement sentenced to death without option of Appeal all for money, I am troubled that A PROGRESSIVE WILL NEVER RULE THIS NATION

KEN SARO WIWA was a true progressive like GENERAL MUHAMMAD BUHARI. Ken was recognized, valued and cherished by the international community at larged, same way General Muhammad Buhari, Tinubu, Fashola have been worshipped and valued by the international communities.

For a country whose oil resources could have lead it to become one of the wealthiest in Africa, the Niger Delta region remains an impoverished conflict zone and is still dominated by the transnational oil companies which continue to pollute the area’s water and resources.

The memory and the courageous efforts of Ken Saro-Wiwa would live on. I know if he was alive he would have been a member of the All Progressive Congress. Sir Ken, i would like to tell you that even at your death you are already a member. Saro wiwa I love you. But the APC Progressives love you most.


Fellow Nairalanders, the story of ken saro wiwa is a valid reason as to why we need to vote APC to power come 2015. Let me live you with the modified words of a heroic progressive by name Chinua Nkelom Achebe

[size=18pt]"There was a progressive" [/size] - Albert Chinualumogu Achebe.

Ymodulus

U were making good sense till u decided 2 mention Buhari nd Tinubu

BADNEAT:
For a man who's headquarters operated from a house which was seized and stolen from the igbo after the civil war (chief obi) in portharcourt to have cried about injustice before being executed is a clear reflection of the fact that Nigeria still wallows in a state of colossal parakpoism, kangaroo chauvinism, nepotism and tribalism. ..may his soul remain where it belongs...igbo hater crying for justice

Old boy all that big grammar for persons wey don die... Shia naija. Anyway the man do not deserve to die the way he died even duo he's not a saint.

erico2k2:

How do you know if BIfra (NIGER delta INCLUSIVE) Would not be a worse place to live in modern days, What has the Igbo leaders done to rejuvenate the Igbo nation?

Saro Wiwa wanted autonomy and resource control for Ogonis, common sense would have told him that it would have been easier to get that from a Christian Igbo controlled Biafra, than from an Islamic Northern controlled Nigeria.

I mean, whatever made Wiwa to believe that it would be easier to negotiate autonomy and resource control from the far away and relatively unknown North than from Ndiigbo,who had shared common boundary with Ogoni,at Ndoki for ages, Wiwa was blinded by hate to see the truth, just from the way Biafra was structured into provinces, Ogoni already had more autonomy than Gowon could ever offer him.


Wiwa didn't just help the North to drown Biafra, he gloated over it, and partook in the spoils of the war by helping himself with Igbo property in Ph,the Igbo nation was down,and Wiwa was happily kicking her with glee, he never saw his Karma coming.

Wiwa was a man of erudite and wisdom. He's a true progressive and nationalist that remained focus to the emancipation of ogoniland. It is a shame that he hanged by Military dispot Sani Abacha, convicted by Justice Auta (Who is the Present Chief Judge of the Federal High Court) and prosecuted by a former NBA President. Shamefully, Mr. Ebele Jonathan have not thought it wise to implement UNEP Report on Ogoniland neither have Shell been called to question.

May God help us all

All these words were his last words

He was once a Commissioner for Education in Rivers State; he sent a lot of Ogonis abroad on schorlarship.

They shd come back to continue d struggle where he stopped.

Even though he is no more, he voice cannot be stifled.

All these words were his last wordsthose that executed him must have had enough patience.

Mbediogu:
Saro Wiwa was learned as learned can be; but he was also unwise, untactical and did not know when to stop. Compare his life and lot to those of other Niger Delta activists like Adaka Boro and Tompolo. If he was wise, he lacked the quantum of foolishness that should have balanced and directed his wisdom. Only a fool will aspire to catch a lion with bare hands. Only a fool will expect those benefitting from an injustice to fight against it. Only a fool will....... May his gentle simpleton spirit rest in perfect Peace, Amen!

Well stated he's well educated, wise but failed to apply wisdom.

akereconfi:



Neebueh, olu Khana?

Eehn. Mane, mkana a mua a deede. Kerewo wa doo kor pia nyor-ue a sua.

nairaarea:
Yes he did. What is making you to doubt?

this...those where his last words.

Ymodulus:
Ken Saro wiwa is an epitome example of how a country and its government should not let a foreign company exploit them all in the name of Oil , money. Its a trajectory case of an economic prophet seeing the harm a non indeginous company can wreck on indigenes of the location where the company So-Sits.



While I never knew Ken saro wiwa. Having x-rayed his non-violent campaign and struggle for light for his people and the way he his not been imortalised. I am soo worried and had to ask myself several questions about PDP , APC, Nigerian Masses

1. Has Jonathan read about Ken's history?
2. If yes then why has he not used this opportunity to effect change and actualize that goal Ken Saro Wiwa wanted. Why has he failed to realized that this is the time he needs to look beyond Umbrellized covering, so as to do something great for his nation
3. Why has the People Democratic Party not made shell face up for its crimes? Even the united state in 2009 made shell faced for the court for ken saro wiwa killings



Looking at ken saro wiwa struggle and the way he was killed, coupled with the fact that the Nigerian leaders had Saro Wiwa and his movement sentenced to death without option of Appeal all for money, I am troubled that A PROGRESSIVE WILL NEVER RULE THIS NATION

KEN SARO WIWA was a true progressive like GENERAL MUHAMMAD BUHARI. Ken was recognized, valued and cherished by the international community at larged, same way General Muhammad Buhari, Tinubu, Fashola have been worshipped and valued by the international communities.

For a country whose oil resources could have lead it to become one of the wealthiest in Africa, the Niger Delta region remains an impoverished conflict zone and is still dominated by the transnational oil companies which continue to pollute the area’s water and resources.

The memory and the courageous efforts of Ken Saro-Wiwa would live on. I know if he was alive he would have been a member of the All Progressive Congress. Sir Ken, i would like to tell you that even at your death you are already a member. Saro wiwa I love you. But the APC Progressives love you most.


Fellow Nairalanders, the story of ken saro wiwa is a valid reason as to why we need to vote APC to power come 2015. Let me live you with the modified words of a heroic progressive by name Chinua Nkelom Achebe

[size=18pt]"There was a progressive" [/size] - Albert Chinualumogu Achebe.

Ymodulus

I thought this guy committed suicide?

Who's posting with his moniker?

okpamson15:
If i be judge, if i hear somebody of this nature i wil reveas the case and set him free of execution. Look for better job for him. BUT MY FEAR IS THAT THE GUY IS A MUSLEM and all muslem are BOKOHARAM.

^^^@Bolded: Let's put it this way......with a remorseless maniac sitting in Aso Rock at the time, it was either his neck of the Judges!

fr3do:


abeg, most of your so called progressives were also under the umbrella.
Could they have changed some much since they left the pdp?

They have seen the light.

Sadly, the community leaders in the Niger Delta are contented with collecting bribes from these greedy oil companies. This is why they still struggle for justice.

nairaarea:


In my innocence of the false charges I face Here, in my utter conviction, I call upon the Ogoni people, the peoples of the Niger delta, and the oppressed ethnic minorities of Nigeria to stand up now and fight fearlessly and peacefully for their rights. History is on their side. God is on their side. For the Holy Quran says in Sura 42, verse 41: "All those that fight when oppressed incur no guilt, but Allah shall punish the oppressor." Come the day.

Kenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa

Those where his last words

Did ken saro wiwa have these convictions during the Nigerian Biafran War ?

nairaarea:
My lord,

We all stand before history. I am a man of peace, of ideas. Appalled by the denigrating poverty of my people who live on a richly endowed land, distressed by their political marginalization and economic strangulation, angered by the devastation of their land, their ultimate heritage, anxious to preserve their right to life and to a decent living, and determined to usher to this country as a whole a fair and just democratic system which protects everyone and every ethnic group and gives us all a valid claim to human civilization, I have devoted my intellectual and material resources, my very life, to a cause in which I have total belief and from which I cannot be blackmailed or intimidated. I have no doubt at all about the ultimate success of my cause, no matter the trials and tribulations which I and those who believe with me may encounter on our journey. Neither imprisonment nor death can stop our ultimate victory.

I repeat that we all stand before history. I and my colleagues are not the only ones on trial. Shell is here on trial and it is as well that it is represented by counsel said to be holding a watching brief. The Company has, indeed, ducked this particular trial, but its day will surely come and the lessons learnt here may prove useful to it for there is no doubt in my mind that the ecological war that the Company has waged in the Delta will be called to question sooner than later and the crimes of that war be duly punished. The crime of the Company's dirty wars against the Ogoni people will also be punished.

On trial also is the Nigerian nation, its present rulers and those who assist them. Any nation which can do to the weak and disadvantaged what the Nigerian nation has done to the Ogoni, loses a claim to independence and to freedom from outside influence. I am not one of those who shy away from protesting injustice and oppression, arguing that they are expected in a military regime. The military do not act alone. They are supported by a gaggle of politicians, lawyers, judges, academics and businessmen, all of them hiding under the claim that they are only doing their duty, men and women too afraid to wash their pants of urine.

We all stand on trial, my lord, for by our actions we have denigrated our Country and jeopardized the future of our children. As we subscribe to the sub-normal and accept double standards, as we lie and cheat openly, as we protect injustice and oppression, we empty our classrooms, denigrate our hospitals, fill our stomachs with hunger and elect to make ourselves the slaves of those who ascribe to higher standards, pursue the truth, and honour justice, freedom, and hard work. I predict that the scene here will be played and replayed by generations yet unborn. Some have already cast themselves in the role of villains, some are tragic victims, some still have a chance to redeem themselves. The choice is for each individual.

I predict that the denoument of the riddle of the Niger delta will soon come. The agenda is being set at this trial. Whether the peaceful ways I have favoured will prevail depends on what the oppressor decides, what signals it sends out to the waiting public.

In my innocence of the false charges I face Here, in my utter conviction, I call upon the Ogoni people, the peoples of the Niger delta, and the oppressed ethnic minorities of Nigeria to stand up now and fight fearlessly and peacefully for their rights. History is on their side. God is on their side. For the Holy Quran says in Sura 42, verse 41: "All those that fight when oppressed incur no guilt, but Allah shall punish the oppressor." Come the day.

Kenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa

Those where his last words

Gallant people.

But the man that came from their region and became the president is too clueless to achieve anything meaningful.

What a shame.

Ymodulus:
Ken Saro wiwa is an epitome example of how a country and its government should not let a foreign company exploit them all in the name of Oil , money. Its a trajectory case of an economic prophet seeing the harm a non indeginous company can wreck on indigenes of the location where the company So-Sits.



While I never knew Ken saro wiwa. Having x-rayed his non-violent campaign and struggle for light for his people and the way he his not been imortalised. I am soo worried and had to ask myself several questions about PDP , APC, Nigerian Masses

1. Has Jonathan read about Ken's history?
2. If yes then why has he not used this opportunity to effect change and actualize that goal Ken Saro Wiwa wanted. Why has he failed to realized that this is the time he needs to look beyond Umbrellized covering, so as to do something great for his nation
3. Why has the People Democratic Party not made shell face up for its crimes? Even the united state in 2009 made shell faced for the court for ken saro wiwa killings



Looking at ken saro wiwa struggle and the way he was killed, coupled with the fact that the Nigerian leaders had Saro Wiwa and his movement sentenced to death without option of Appeal all for money, I am troubled that A PROGRESSIVE WILL NEVER RULE THIS NATION

KEN SARO WIWA was a true progressive like GENERAL MUHAMMAD BUHARI. Ken was recognized, valued and cherished by the international community at larged, same way General Muhammad Buhari, Tinubu, Fashola have been worshipped and valued by the international communities.

For a country whose oil resources could have lead it to become one of the wealthiest in Africa, the Niger Delta region remains an impoverished conflict zone and is still dominated by the transnational oil companies which continue to pollute the area’s water and resources.

The memory and the courageous efforts of Ken Saro-Wiwa would live on. I know if he was alive he would have been a member of the All Progressive Congress. Sir Ken, i would like to tell you that even at your death you are already a member. Saro wiwa I love you. But the APC Progressives love you most.


Fellow Nairalanders, the story of ken saro wiwa is a valid reason as to why we need to vote APC to power come 2015. Let me live you with the modified words of a heroic progressive by name Chinua Nkelom Achebe

[size=18pt]"There was a progressive" [/size] - Albert Chinualumogu Achebe.

Ymodulus

may the soul of ken saro wiwa hunt you for puting his name with the man who served and was part of the system that murdered him. buhari served in abachas administration that killed ken. While well meaning nigerians and members of the international community pleaded with his boss abacha to free him buhari kept quiet and allowed his boss. Murder him.

dein77:
A man of uncommon vision and courage! He prized his values above his very life. Only a life lived for higher ideals is worth living.

Ken will always have my honour anyday, anytime.

same here

I am not one of those who shy away from protesting injustice and oppression,
This man did not see the injustice in taking over the property and sweat of another man from the same country without paying a dime and citing same as abandoned property. Injustice to one is injustice to all.

The best thing for Nigeria is division!
We have never been one and we would never be...
I hate it when 83% of what belong to me in my State are own by few poeple from other side of the Country.
They are somehow closer to Niger, Chad and Cameroun morethan they are to me, they love people of these three mentioned Country more than they love me.
They hate me with passion, and loved the resources in my area with passion.
Lord, set us free...

One thing is certing ur dead and d dead of others won't go in-vain ,dis injustice most surly end a day and in a short time

U see ojukwu visited him and told him good morning what they call bonjour in france

He took sides and saw sides with his eyes

So the man died...miserably


If you ever quote me you phone or device will go blank

shockwave91:
I don't know hw many people he inspired, but i'm one of dem. Dis doesn't concern only d ogoni rite now, it concerns ALL NIGERIANS!

I am one the people he inspired so much, next to the way Nelson Mandela and other world revolutionist and rights activist inspired me. I have almost all his books/novels in my library -- Forest of flowers, Soza boy, etc.

honestivo:
One thing is certing ur dead and d dead of others won't go in-vain ,dis injustice most surly end a day and in a short time

How has his people fared

In vain....

Pls dont respond

mickyarams:
May God destroy all those theiving bastards that call themselves leaders.

A big AMEN to that.... But the Niger Deltans have one of their sons as the president and another as the Petroleum Minister; what have they done to alleviate the suffering of the people of that area? Please don't mention amnesty programme o; that's a huge joke and senseless waste of money which sets bad precedences to agitators. KEN SARO WIWA's struggle for the right of the Ogbonni people and the Niger Deltans had been make to seem like "we send"...