The Executive Director of the Network for Defence of Democracy and Good Governance, Ambassador Sobomabo Jackrich, has glorified the families of Ogoni 9, and the Ogoni 4, (aka Ogoni 13) for their martyrdom and paying the supreme price against oppression and tyranny against the people of the Ogoni Kingdom in Niger Delta region.
He called on thousands of other Ogoni people for standing firm and resolute throughout the days of struggle to restore hope 27 years today.
In a statement made available to Gatmash News, Ambassador Jackrich said “the Ogoni 13 paid the Supreme price for the Social, Economic, and Environmental Emancipation of Ogoniland, Niger Delta, Nigeria, and Africa. May their Gentle Souls, Rest in Peace.
“Today is the 27th memorial anniversary of the brutal execution of Ken Saro Wiwa and eight others”.
According to Sobomabo, the year 2022 is historic for many reasons, “As the 4th of December shall make it 30 years since the Ogoni people, under the Leadership of Ken Saro Wiwa, took their destinies into their hands and courageously crossed the Rivers of fear and gave QUIT NOTICE to Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria and Joint Venture Partners.
They were seeking to actualize the hope of the Ogoni people for a better life. As our hero, Ken Saro Wiwa said in one of his last interviews, THE STRUGGLE IS ABOUT HOPE”, he added.
He further stated that “the Struggle itself is about HOPE. If I didn’t think that there was hope for the future, I wouldn’t be fighting. I will not be encouraging anybody to struggle the way we are now!
“It is a well-blessed land. If we can get the oppressors out of the way; if we can get those practicing double standards out of the way and if we can get the pollution to stop; I am sure that Ogoni will be a happy land. Ken Saro Wiwa’s works, hopes, and dreams were for our happiness,” the statement added.
One of our greatest political thinkers and scholar of blessed memory, Prof. Claude Ake, had said of Ogoni’s struggle. “Ogoni is the Conscience of this country, they have risen above our slave culture of silence. They have found the courage to be free. And they have evolved a political consciousness which denies power to rogues, bullies, fools, and hypocrites.
“For better or for worse, OGONILAND HOLDS OUR HOPE. Battered and bleeding, they struggle to realize our HOPES and to restore our dignity. If they falter we die.
“And I have come today with the same message of HOPE, building upon the foundation of our fathers and heroes. And Yes, there must be hope.
“As we reflect upon the great life and legacy of this GREAT MESSENGER OF HOPE! We must always remember his words, “You can Kill the Messenger, but you cannot Kill the message. The Message of HOPE is still alive today.
“Let’s keep HOPE alive! For I see RIVERS OF HOPE flowing from Bane in Ogoniland through all parts of Rivers State, Niger Delta, Nigeria and Africa. Let’s work together to make this HOPE a reality”.
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