Nineteen years after the execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa, 8 other Ogoni activists, and the killing of over five thousand innocent ordinary Ogonis, Oil Giant Shell has come to prepare more graves for the remaining living Ogonis.
Revealing the company’s criminal activities in a teleconference Sunday, the National Union of Ogoni Students (NUOS INTL) USA said for Shell to ignore every norm and procedure prescribed by UNEP to clean up Ogoni environment but only persistently forcing itself into the impoverished land, it was prepared to give the company a showdown of all time. Other attendees who called in from Europe, Canada, and Nigeria also vowed to stand with the union in every step of the way to see that Shell’s plan to reenter Ogoniland doesn’t materialize.
Royal Dutch Shell, known for its dubious and reckless business practices all over the world including Alaska, United States, is accused of illegal activities in Ogoniland in a National Network publication of March 5, 2013 edition. Earlier before the publication, Shell was reported to have the presence of heavily armed security personnel at Ebubu oil fields. But in the March 5th publication, the company was reported to have secured the Kpean oil field in the Khana local government area of Ogoni to itself.
Following that report, NUOS INTL, USA started holding meetings including that of Sunday March 24, 2013 and making consultations with several groups and residents in the affected communities to which the group discovered that information received were true.
In his opening remarks, NUOS President Mr. Pius Nwinee called on all Ogonis to rise up against Shell’s criminal activities in Ogoniland.
“If Shell’s vessel, itself accuses all its host communities of illegal bunkering and sabotage etc – could not pass safety and environmental test in the US and for that reason, moved the vessel to Asia, Ogoni should not be made Shell’s pollution yard.” Nwinee said.
As most Ogonis are shocked at what intention Shell has in forcing itself into the land it was declared “PERSONA NONGRATA” on January 4th, 1993, Ogonis from all works of life called in to participate in the Sunday teleconference to avow their loyalty to the struggle to keep the company out of their God given land.
As it stands, no one knows exactly what Shell intends to do in Ogoniland but the cardinal concern of the people presently is what the oil giant will do with the massive graves it’s digging in the area.
“Mr. Legborsi Nwidaadaa, do you know what Shell intends to do with those graves or who it intends to bury in them? Please if you do, let Ogoni people know,” an attendee who spoke with Lemixmedia queried. ###
Source: LemixMedia
Below are recent pictures depicting Shell’s activities in Ogoniland.