MOSOP-USA Rejects Resumption Of Oil Production In Ogoniland

Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People in the United States of America (MOSOP-USA), has declared that there would be no resumption of oil exploration in Ogoniland in Rivers State until the federal government accepts the Ogoni Bill of Rights.

It stated that the oil in Ogoniland should not be a condition for the people of Ogoni ethnic nationality to be respected and treated as citizens of Nigeria.

Addressing journalists in Port Harcourt yesterday, president of MOSOP-USA, Elder Dunebari Kpuinen, regretted that Ogoni people were being subjected to a slow yet steady death by the Nigerian government.

The group further regretted that Ogoni has been denied its right to political autonomy, yet the Federal Government of Nigeria prioritises oil resumption in Ogoniland.

MOSOP-USA demanded that the federal government should publicly acknowledge and apologise for the historical and ongoing injustices it imposes on the Ogoni people, including environmental devastation, economic exploitation and human rights abuses.