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Ogoni Nine receive posthumous pardon, criticized as insufficient

Tinubu's government posthumously pardoned the Ogoni Nine, but Amnesty and activists argued that pardon did not equal exoneration or justice.

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2025

Ogoni Nine receive posthumous pardon, criticized as insufficient

Tinubu's government posthumously pardoned the Ogoni Nine, but Amnesty and activists argued that pardon did not equal exoneration or justice.

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Tinubu's government posthumously pardoned the Ogoni Nine, but Amnesty and activists argued that pardon did not equal exoneration or justice. The episode ties the Tinubu era back to Abacha, oil, environmental damage, and unresolved state violence.

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