The Ogoni ethnic nationality has called on the Federal Government to declare every November 10 as a public holiday in honour of their executed hero, Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight others.
The President, Ogoni Youth Federation, Legbrosi Yamabana, who spoke in Port Harcourt, Rivers State in commemoration of the killing of Saro-Wiwa and eight others, said they were not in support of the proposal by President Muhammadu Buhari to grant pardon to their slain heroes.
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Yamabama said activists, who were unjustly treated and died while undertaking a similar course like Saro-Wiwa had been granted posthumous honours, by the Federal Government.
He said: “We are still seeking justice 26 years after Justice has not been done to our slain hero, Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight others also known as the Ogoni nine.
He said: “We are still seeking justice 26 years after. Justice has not been done to our slain hero, Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight others also known as the Ogoni nine.
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“That is not the yearning of the Ogonis or Niger Delta. Pardon is given to criminals. Ken Saro-Wiwa is a hero. He committed no crime to be given a pardon. Instead he should be exonerated. The Nigerian state will not know true peace until this is done”.
