Tyranny unabated

The military ambury regime in Nigeria contin m orpressive tread. It has charged
Sao" members of the Ogoni ethnic
amunitv of complicity in the
ode. of four Ogoni chiefs for which
a S4ro-%%'iwa and eight others were
be.-A To death (See Down to Earth,
Vol 14, No 14).

Tlist s@:cusecl, already in detention,
ctrr@aed to appear before the same
me"- which sentenced Ken Saroan and his colleagues to death, in
wwv wit year. Nigeria, which went
od with the executions inspite of
wasnonal protests, will have to face
w vocrierous calls for global oil sancis jad international blacklisting.
The bead of the Internal Security
im m the region, Major Obi Abel
m1k beheves that "unnecessary senw h*% been built" into the whole
6r ei executions. His troops have
ir &rucended into Ogoni villages,
MV, key road junctions and are
p4movel1mv the access to them. For
even wearing black has been
ghpaW as they are beaten up for
Ift a pofitical statement.