The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has raised an alarm over a possible massacre of the Ogoni people by the oil industry if nothing is done about their plight.
Speaking at the MOSOP Secretariat in Bori, headquarters of Khana local government area yesterday, President of MOSOP, Fegalo Nsuke appealed to the Nigerian Government to halt the possible massacre of Ogonis by ravaging private interests whom without conscience will want to forcefully resume oil production in Ogoni against the will of the people.
According to Nsuke, MOSOP was very disturbed by the desperation to force oil resumption in Ogoni against the will of the people.
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He warned that attempting to resume oil production in Ogoni without first addressing the critical concerns of the Ogoni people and getting the consent of critical stakeholders in Ogoni will only lead to crises that further endangers the lives of the Ogoni people who are already suffering terrible conditions due to Shell’s extreme pollution of over 60 years.
Reacting to recent incursions into Ogoni and some comments credited to someone said to be representing a Sultan of Kuwait, president of MOSOP, Fegalo Nsuke described the move as an assault on the integrity of the Ogoni people noting that Ogoni oil and gas resources will not be sold for peanuts called investments.
Meanwhile, Nsuke also pointed out that the Ogoni people cannot be taken for granted and will certainly mobilize to resist any attempt to exploit the Ogoni people any further without first addressing the fundamental demands of the Ogoni people especially the demands for political rights to self-determination.
Nsuke who said the move was an assault on Ogoni and another plot to kill the Ogoni people who are certain to resist any incursion on Ogoni soil without the consent of the Ogoni people urged the Nigerian state not to allow Kuwait or any foreign country to sponsor crises in Ogoni.
However, Nsuke warned that forceful oil resumption in Ogoni would lead to killing more Ogonis and that could throw the entire Niger Delta region into crisis. He said the conditions of the Ogoni people are very pathetic and further repression could attract the sympathy of the rest of the Niger Delta. The MOSOP leader warned against throwing Ogoni into crises.
He said it was important to halt the impending massacre of Ogonis because Ogoni lives were more important than oil and gas. He said it was important not to create crises in the area by halting all moves at forceful oil resumption. Nsuke said the Ogoni people have raised legitimate demands concerning fundamental rights to survival, decent living, and self-determination.
AFRICA DAILY NEWS, NEW YORK
