Why Was Ken Saro-Wiwa Executed? The Dark Story Behind the Ogoni Nine
On 10 November 1995, Nigeria carried out one of the most controversial executions in its modern history. Kenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa, writer, businessman and environmental activist, was hanged alongside eight other Ogoni men after a military tribunal found them guilty of involvement in the murder of four Ogoni leaders. The executions immediately provoked international condemnation. Human-rights…