Illegal miners, white-collar convicts, remorseful drug offenders, foreigners, Major General Mamman Vatsa, Major Akubo, Professor Magaji Garba, capital offenders such as Maryam Sanda, Ken Saro Wiwa, and the other Ogoni Eight were among the 175 convicts and former convicts who received President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s mercy on Thursday October 9, 2025.
POSTHUMOUS PARDON
-. Sir Herbert Macaulay was banned from public office for misappropriation of funds and sentenced in 1913 by the British colonialists.
- Major-General Mamman Jiya Vatsa, age 46, Sentenced in 1986 for treason: related to an alleged coup plot
POSTHUMOUS PARDON: THE OGONI NINE
-. Ken Saro Wiwa. Sentenced for murder
-. Saturday Dobee. Sentenced for murder
-. Nordu Eawa. Sentenced for murder
. Daniel Gbooko. Sentenced for murder
-. Paul Levera. Sentenced for murder
-. Felix Nuate. Sentenced for murder
-. Baribor Bera. Sentenced for murder
-. Barinem Kiobel. Sentenced for murder
-. John Kpuine. Sentenced for murder
VICTIMS OF OGONI NINE HONOURED:
-Chief Albert Badey
-Chief Edward Kobaru
-Chief Samuel Orage
Chief Theophilus Orage
-. Baribor Bera. Sentenced for murder
-. Barinem Kiobel. Sentenced for murder
-. John Kpuine. Sentenced for murder
VICTIMS OF OGONI NINE HONOURED:
-Chief Albert Badey
-Chief Edward Kobaru
-Chief Samuel Orage
Chief Theophilus Orage
The Ogoni 4 are the ones honoured this time around. The Ogoni 9 had a hand in inciting their murders leading to the end of oil exploration in Ogoniland for over 20 years.
ReplyDeleteI hope the families can forgive what I think was a mix up by over overzealous aides who mixed to the historical facts. The Ogoni will also have to face their difficult history and agree on what the future will look like for them.