MOSOP says it was far more important to acknowledge the truth of the wrongful executions to achieve healing and lay the issues around the 1995 executions to rest than being continuously hunted by the criticisms of the executions.
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President Bola Tinubu had on Thursday granted pardon to Saro-Wiwa and other leaders of Ogoni who were murdered in 1995 by the military administration of late General Sani Abacha on allegation of civil disturbance, murder and others.
MOSOP alleged that the fund was looted by some privileged Ogoni leaders in cahoots with influential figures in Rivers State.
It made the demand in an open letter to President Bola Tinubu and the National Assembly, which was obtained by The Eagle Online on Tuesday
The groups insisted that for the ongoing plan to resume oil production in Ogoniland to succeed, it must be driven by MOSOP.
This development follows President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s recent pledge to honor the Ogoni martyrs during the 29th anniversary of their death.
The call followed a statement by one Oscar Imeabe, who described himself as an officer of MOSOP, declaring the protest.
MOSOP made its position known at its congress and rally which was held over the weekend in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
The President of MOSOP, Fegalo Nsuke, made the observation when he met with a group of Ogoni Students.
He remarked: “We all face the same challenges in the region and this means that we must all work together to address the challenges, regardless of our ethnic background. Challenges, such as underdevelopment and ecological problems, confront all of us.”
His arch-enemy, Kenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa and eight other Ogoni activists had just been hanged at the Port Harcourt Prison.
Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People has alerted on the resurgence of violence in most Ogoni communities, as eight people die in the latest attack on Sunday.
The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People has raised the alarm over the spate of cult related violence and killings in some communities in Ogoni land.
The cultists, alleged to be on a reprisal, first invaded Okwale Community on Tuesday evening, killing at least four persons and injuring several others.
Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People has condemned killings by unknown gunmen on Friday, May 17 in Bo-ue, an Ogoni community in Bori, Khana Local Government Area of Rivers.
The Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People has dissociated itself from calls on the Federal Government to dissolve the Hydrocarbon Pollution and Remediation Project and its governing body.
The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People says the Ogoni problem will be resolved with respect for the basic rights and freedom of the people.
The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People has formally written to the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project to notify it of the withdrawal of Legborsi Saro Pyagbara and Prof. Ben Naanen from its Governing Council.
The President of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People, Bari-ara Kpalap, and members of his cabinet on Saturday took over the group’s secretariat in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.
The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People has described the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project as an organization stinking in corruption and a shameful representation of corruption in Nigeria.