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Democracy Day: Tinubu Grants Full Presidential Pardon to Ken Saro-Wiwa, Eight Other Ogoni Activists

Democracy Day: Tinubu Grants Full Presidential Pardon to Ken Saro-Wiwa, Eight Other Ogoni Activists

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 Tinubu also conferred national honours on the Ogoni Nine.


A full presidential pardon has been granted to late activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight others known as the Ogoni Nine.
 
The announcement was made on Thursday by President Bola Tinubu to mark this year’s Democracy Day celebrations.
 
Tinubu also conferred national honours on the Ogoni Nine.
 
He also conferred posthumous national honours on the late Kudirat Abiola, Bola Ige, former Nigerian President Shehu Musa Yar’Adua, and other nationalists.
 
The president had earlier in November 2024 promised to bridge historical grievances in Nigeria.
 
Recall that the military administration of a former Head of State, the late Sani Abacha, executed Saro-Wiwa and other activists in 1995 after they were accused of murder.
 
Others were Saturday Dobee, Nordu Eawo, Daniel Gbooko, Paul Levera, Felix Nuate, Baribor Bera, Barinem Kiobel, and John Kpuine.
 
In June last year, Tinubu’s administration declared June 12 a Democracy Day public holiday to mark a turning point of Nigeria’s democracy.
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