[Shell-nigeria-action] OGONIDAY CEL

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Subject: Re: [Shell-nigeria-action] OGONIDAY CELEBRATION/CHICAGO

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Eedee Ogoni wrote:
> 
> NATIONAL UNION OF OGONI STUDENTS
> (NUOS INT'L/U.S.A)
> 5860 NORTH KENMORE, STE. 614
> CHICAGO ILLINOIS 60660
> TEL.(773) 769-4133
> ET LUX IN TENEBRIS LUCET
> JAN 5, 2000
> 
> PRESS STATEMENT
> 
> There is a tide in the affairs of men
> which, taken at the flood, leads on
> to fortune;
> Omitted, all the voyage of their life
> Is bound in shallows and in
> miseries.
> On such a full sea are we now
> afloat,
> And we must take the current
> when it serves,
> Or lose our ventures.
> JULIUS CAESAR, iv:3
> 
> The students unit of MOSOP- The National Union of Ogoni students(NUOS
> INT'L/USA) yesterday in Chicago Illinois marked the January 2000 Ogoniday
> celebration with a peaceful protest at the Shell gas station located on
> Broadway and Hollywood in Chicago- Illinois, U.S.A.
> 
> The students who defied bad weather and stood out for over two hours to
> carry out the protest carried placards with slogans suhc as: " No blood for
> oil", " NO TO SHELL", "SHELL IS A BLOOD SUCKER", " WE DO NOT WANT SHELL IN
> OGONILAND" and several others.
> 
> The students called on Chicagoans to boycott shell Oil whom the body accused
> of committing genocide in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria.
> 
> In an annual Ogonoday speech, the president of the Union, Mr. Anslem
> John-Miller reiterated that shell remains persona non-grata in ogoniland. He
> also said that it would be difficult for Shell to resume operations in
> Ogoniland because they have no respect for the lives of Ogonis due to their
> haphazard and racist methods of operation in the land as they do not and are
> unwilling to adopt the same safety and environmental standards used by them
> in the Western world.
> 
> Moreover, he called on all Ogonis and the entire Niger Deltans especially
> the youths to resist any attempts by Shell to forcefully return to
> ogoniland.
> 
> Responding to some officers of the Chicago police who came on the scene
> after being called in by the gas station attendants, he explained that
> Ogonis will continue to protest Shell's double standards in the Niger Delta
> (and Ogoniland especially) and the hanging of the ogoni Nine(hanged, Nov 10,
> 1995). The police advised that the students carry out their demonstration
> peacefully and left.
> 
> The Ogonis are protesting the injust killings by hanging on November 10,
> 1995 of Author and Environmental Activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and his eight
> compatriots, and 3,000 other Ogonis who were unjustly killed in a genocide
> attempt on the ogoni people sponsored by Shell Oil.
> 
> The student body of MOSOP vows to remain committed to the struggle.
> 
> Signed:
> 
> Eddy Baridakara Kaka
> 
> Catherine Barisua Nwileh
> (Information and public relations)
> 
> We are going to demand our Rights PEACEFULLY, NON-VIOLENTLY, and We Shall WIN!
> Ken Saro-Wiwa
> (1941-1995)
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