{"id":97663,"date":"2021-10-25T06:56:10","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T05:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=97663"},"modified":"2021-10-25T06:59:11","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T05:59:11","slug":"my-father-and-his-colleagues-must-be-exonerated-not-pardoned-saro-wiwas-daughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/25\/my-father-and-his-colleagues-must-be-exonerated-not-pardoned-saro-wiwas-daughter\/","title":{"rendered":"My father and his colleagues must be exonerated not pardoned &#8211; Saro Wiwa&#8217;s daughter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Daughter of late Ken Saro-Wiwa identified as Noo Saro-Wiwa has asked the federal government to exonerate her father and eight other Ogoni activists executed by a former military regime 26 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that\u00a0Saro-Wiwa and eight of his kinsmen, who became popularly known as the Ogoni Nine, were sentenced to death on November 10, 1995 by a special military tribunal set up by the Nigerian Government under Gen Sani Abacha.<\/p>\n<p>The call was made on Sunday, October 24 by the British-Nigerian author after\u00a0President Buhari hinted on possible post-humous state pardon for the Ogoni 9.<\/p>\n<p>Taking to her official Facebook page, Noor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/08\/24\/nigerian-govt-to-resume-oil-production-in-ogoni\/\">Saro-Wiwa<\/a> said that her father and his colleagues were innocent and must be exonerated not pardoned.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My father and his colleagues must exonerated, not pardoned. They were innocent.&#8221; she wrote.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-97665 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/10\/adewale_chocomilo\/2021\/10\/25\/20211025_064127.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/10\/adewale_chocomilo\/2021\/10\/25\/20211025_064127.jpg 474w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/10\/adewale_chocomilo\/2021\/10\/25\/20211025_064127-300x260.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Buhari gave the hint on the state last Friday, when he received some of the leaders of land led by the President of the Supreme Council of Ogoni Traditional Rulers, His Majesty King Godwin N.K. Giniwa, at the State House, Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Despite the grievous circumstances, the Federal Government will consider the request for the grant of pardon to finally close the Ogoni saga,\u201d Buhari told the Ogoni leaders.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Furthermore, we are committed to ensuring clemency and national integration as part of this Administration\u2019s bid to lay the foundation for genuine reconciliation and bring closure to the issues of Ogoni Land. The unfortunate incidents of the early 1990s leading to the loss of lives of distinguished sons of Ogoni Land and the collateral judicial processes are indelible in our memories,\u201d Buhari added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daughter of late Ken Saro-Wiwa identified as Noo Saro-Wiwa has asked the federal government to exonerate her father and eight other Ogoni activists executed by a former military regime 26 years ago. 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