Fegalo Nsuke (center) Theophilus Mbagha (first to his left) Celestine Viura Kingdom Coordinator of Gokana (third to his right), Friday Bemah, Treasurer of MOSOP (second to his right), Comr. Aluzim (third to his right) and Comr. Lucky Tore,member of NYCOP (second to his right)
Movement
for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) says the Ogoni problem
will be resolved with respect for the basic rights and freedom for
the Ogoni people.
President
of MOSOP, Fegalo Nsuke made this assertion over the weekend when he
hosted the president of the National Youth Council of Ogoni People
(NYCOP), Theophilus Mbagha (Esq) in Yeghe, Gokana local government
area.
Nsuke
said the youths have a responsibility to protect and sustain the very
costly Ogoni struggle until victory is won.
Nsuke
assured the youths that "freedom for the Ogoni people is very
near and nothing can stop them from enjoying their God-given rights
and benefiting from the natural endowments in Ogoniland.
The
MOSOP president said Nigeria's failure to respect the basic rights of
the Ogoni people to self determination as a distinct ethnic group in
Nigeria has not only threatened the very existence of the Ogoni
people but has also negativity affected the economic fortunes of our
country and Ogoni youths have the responsibility to reverse the trend
and save our nationality and our country"
"The
discrimination against the Ogoni people is sad, painful and
deliberate and the youths must stand for social, political, human and
environmental justice and liberation of Ogoniland in Nigeria"
Nsuke said.
He
urged the youths to respect the principle of non-violence as a tool
for the liberation of the Ogoni people noting that Ogoni must
jettison the violent approach as it will lead to the extermination of
our nationality.
"I
understand that Nigeria has encourages violence by actually rewarding
it as we have seen with the Niger Delta amnesty programme and offers
made to the Boko Haram insurgents. However, I urge you never to be
attracted to the violent approach for they will use it to wipe us
from the face of the Earth" Nsuke said.
Earlier,
Ogoni youth leader and the president of NYCOP Theophilus Mbagha (Esq)
had intimated the MOSOP president on the plans of NYCOP to advance
the interest of Ogoni youths including job creation, peace and
security in Ogoni communities monitoring the cleanup programme and
support for freedom for the Ogoni people. The NYCOP president however
condemned the current approach used by HYPREP in the cleanup of
Ogoniland which does not include the implementation of the emergency
measures especially the provision of water and the establishment of
the Integrated Soil Management Center to support the cleanup
programme. He called for support for the MOSOP president and pledged
to support every program initiated by the MOSOP leadership for the
good of Ogoniland.
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