A large-scale protest broke out in Ogoni as over 30 advocacy groups, including the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), took to the streets to demand justice for Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Ogoni Eight.
These activists, who were executed in 1995 for their environmental advocacy, remain central to the ongoing debate over oil resumption in Ogoniland.
The demonstrators insisted that any move to restart oil production in the region must involve MOSOP, the grassroots movement that spearheaded the protests that led to Shell’s exit from Ogoni in 1993.