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Sunday 24 January 2016

PEOPLE & JUSTICE

Ogoni: A  pathetic story of a people

The story of the Ogoni is not new. A well known and established case of state repression against civil rights. A rather pathetic story of a people repressed by their own government, dehumanized by those who should protect them, a repression backed by the unethical global giant - The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria, an affiliate of Shell International. As lethal and ruthless as the Ogoni repression has been, the good news is that the people have resolved to sustain it for the good of all. It is a resolve to live and not give up to the desires of the Nigerian oppressors who seek to kill and cover up their evil against the Ogoni.


Ogoni has become a metaphor for millions of oppressed people around the world who are denied access to decent living, oppressed by strong governments and systems that does not guarantee basic freedom and denied even the right to free expression.

In Ogoni, protests have to be made to get drinkable water, electricity, health care, and even to live a dignified life. In Nigeria of 36 states predominantly shared among the larger ethnic groups of Hausa-Fulani, Yoruba and the Ibo, the Ogoni are denied the right to decide their own future in their own state yet, the resources generated from Ogoni is more than what 20 Nigerian states can generate within a period.

The Nigerian government has overtime subjected the Ogoni to conditions that assures a bleak future. These crimes must be brought to the fore. The conscience of the world must be awakened to the crimes of Shell and Nigeria against the Ogoni people. A people with such amount of wealth as the Ogoni cannot beg for drinkable water, electricity, decent environment, good living conditions, self respect and dignity.

Nigeria must show respect for the Ogoni people by granting the rights to self determination which is enjoyed by all major ethnic groups in the country. Ogonis must have a right to chat the course of their own future, take responsibility for their environment and become dignified as a people.

Ogoni is undoubtedly the shame of Nigeria placing a huge burden on Nigeria's claim to modern civilization. And the country, called Nigeria, must address this issue if she will not perpetually be confronted by her wicked past against her own citizens.

Nigeria risks loosing her own dignity for as long as she seeks to rhetorically evade fundamental questions of Ogoni self determination.

Author: Fegalo Nsuke is Publicity Secretary of The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni people (MOSOP).  He wrote in from Nigeria


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Love the article on Gaddafi
We must rise above tribalism & divide & rule of the colonialist who stole & looted our treasure & planted their puppets to lord it over us..they alone can decide on whosoever is performing & the one that is corrupt..but the most corrupt nations are the western countries that plunder the resources of other nations & make them poorer & aid the rulers to steal & keep such ill gotten wealth in their country..yemen,syria etc have killed more than gadhafi but its not A̷̷̴ good investment for the west(this is laughable)because oil is not in these countries..when obasanjo annihilated the odi people in rivers state, they looked away because its in their favour & interest..one day! Samosa Iyoha

Hello from
Johannesburg
I was amazed to find a website for Africans in Hungary.
Looks like you have quite a community there. Here in SA we have some three million Zimbabweans living in exile and not much sign of going home ... but in Hungary??? Hope to meet you on one of my trips to Europe; was in Steirmark Austria near the Hungarian border earlier this month. Every good wish for 2011. Geoff in Jo'burg

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ANH work but...
Interesting interview...
I think from what have been said, the Nigerian embassy here seem to be more concern about its nationals than we are for ourselves. Our complete disregard for the laws of Hungary isn't going to help Nigeria's image or going to promote what the Embassy is trying to showcase. So if the journalists could zoom-in more focus on Nigerians living, working and studying here in Hungary than scrutinizing the embassy and its every move, i think it would be of tremendous help to the embassy serving its nationals better and create more awareness about where we live . Taking the issues of illicit drugs and forged documents as typical examples.. there are so many cases of Nigerians been involved. But i am yet to read of it in e.news. So i think if only you and your journalists could write more about it and follow up on the stories i think it will make our nationals more aware of what to expect. I wouldn't say i am not impressed with your work but you need to be more of a two way street rather than a one way street . Keep up the good work... Sylvia

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