Ken Saro-Wiwa Jnr dies in UK
Afnews Editor
Apr 16, 2020
Ken Saro-wiwa Jr has died after suffering a stroke.
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The BBC reports that the son of the late environmental activist, Ken Saro wiwa, died in the UK.
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His sister Noo Saro-Wiwa while confirming his death to journalists said Ken Saro-Wiwa Jr passed away after suffering a stroke.
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She said "It is with great sadness that we announce that Ken Saro-Wiwa Jr passed away suddenly.
" His family are devastated and request privacy at this difficult time."
"Funeral arrangements are yet to be worked out."
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The 47-year-old journalist was a former aide to Goodluck Jonathan, he was appointed in 2006 as a special adviser on peace and conflict resolution by former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo.
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He later served Mr Obasanjo's successor, President Umaru Yar'Adua, as an adviser on international affairs and stayed on under President Goodluck Jonathan until he lost last year's election.
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His willingness to work with the federal government marked him out as less militant than his father.
Saro-Wiwa Jr was committed to the cause of the Ogoni people just like his father.
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In 2015 he wrote an opinion piece for the UK's Guardian newspaper about the effects of the oil pollution on Ogoniland.
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He said if his father were alive he would be dismayed that Ogoniland still looks like the devastated region that spurred him to action.
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"There is little evidence to show that it sits on one of the world's richest deposits of oil and gas."he added
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