₦airaland Forum

Maria Saro-Wiwa, widow of the environmental activist and poet, Ken Saro-Wiwa, has passed on, Igbere TV reports.

Her daughter Noo Saro-Wiwa announced her death on social media on Wednesday, saying she died in her sleep on Sunday.

Born in 1949, Maria, a trained teacher, married the late environmental activist in 1966.

Noo said, “No words can express how much I love her and how grateful I am for all that she has done for our family. Her strength will always be my inspiration.”

Noo also praised her mother for her strength in raising five children – three boys and two girls — after her husband’s death.

Two of Saro-Wiwa’s sons have since passed on.

“Right up until the end she was mowing the lawn and moving furniture against mine and her doctor’s orders. Her independence was paramount. But it was hard to watch her anguish over her sons’ deaths. My biggest fear was that she would outlive yet another one of her children. So when I found her in bed on Sunday, having passed away in her sleep, there was a sense of relief. She is at peace now,” Noo added.

Saro-Wiwa was killed alongside eight other Ogoni people in 1995 after being tried by a special military tribunal under then head of state Sani Abacha for allegedly masterminding the killing of Ogoni chiefs at a pro-government meeting.

tollyboy5:
RIP Ma. it seems she's a negro, the hair

Landmack:
If we check carefully. That guy is an ipob member. They just drop comments carelessly without reasoning

Landmack:
If we check carefully. That guy is an ipob member. They just drop comments carelessly without reasoning

tollyboy5:
RIP Ma. it seems she's a negro, the hair

Penguin2:
Ken Saro Wiwa...

The first person to say “awa oyel” in 1896 and fought Igbo leaders of old Eastern Nigeria because of same oyel that the Fulanis are swimming in today.

During the war he masterminded the seizure of assets and landed properties belonging to Ndigbo in Port Harcourt and while the north and West returned theirs, Ken Saro Wiwa never relinquished his.

Such a greedy man he was.

RIP ma’am!

Tell your husband he was a dickhead

tollyboy5:
RIP Ma. it seems she's a negro, the hair

tollyboy5:
You must be sick and know nothing!

The woman in question might be a nigerian. With the negro kids around her its easy to refer to them as negros without background check.
You're just too quick to name IPOB. What has IPOB done to you personally?

tollyboy5:
RIP Ma. it seems she's a negro, the hair