Brave Dickson
The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has said it will today, Wednesday embark on mass protests against the Nigeria Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) and Sahara Energy (a private firm).
A statement signed by MOSOP Secretary-General, Alex Akori and made available to our correspondent read in parts, “We are all in danger, no one is exempted.
“The NPDC and their allies are an existential threat and we must resist them.
“You must be ready to organise for a mass peaceful protest which may lead to occupying certain parts of Ogoni. It is an existential threat and we have to protest it or Ogoni will die.
“We will brief the world and our partners on Wednesday, the world needs to know the danger we face and what Nigeria is doing to us.
“Ogoni has contributed over $200billion to the Nigerian economy and there is nothing to show for it.”
The statement further described the NPDC’s plot as a conspiracy that puts the future and life of every Ogoni and residents of Ogoni in danger, noting that the Ogonis are an indigenous people with fundamental rights to make inputs into what affects them and their future.
