Ken Saro Wiwa Final Speech At The Court Before His Execution
On the 10th Novermber 1995, Saro Wiwa was killed by hanging
by the Nigerian government after he was accused to have
murdered four Ogoni chiefs.


My lord,
We all stand before history. I am a man of peace, of ideas.
Appalled by the denigrating poverty of my people who live on
a richly endowed land, distressed by their political
marginalization and economic strangulation, angered by the
devastation of their land, their ultimate heritage, anxious to
preserve their right to life and to a decent living, and
determined to usher to this country as a whole a fair and just
democratic system which protects everyone and every ethnic
group and gives us all a valid claim to human civilization.
I have devoted my intellectual and material resources, my very
life, to a cause in which I have total belief and from which I
cannot be blackmailed or intimidated. I have no doubt at all
about the ultimate success of my cause, no matter the trials
and tribulations which I and those who believe with me may
encounter on our journey. Neither imprisonment nor death can
stop our ultimate victory.
I repeat that we all stand before history. I and my colleagues
are not the only ones on trial. Shell is here on trial and it is as
well that it is represented by counsel said to be holding a
watching brief. The Company has, indeed, ducked this
particular trial, but its day will surely come and the lessons
learnt here may prove useful to it for there is no doubt in my
mind that the ecological war that the Company has waged in
the Delta will be called to question sooner than later and the
crimes of that war be duly punished. The crime of the
Company’s dirty wars against the Ogoni people will also be
punished.
On trial also is the Nigerian nation, its present rulers and those
who assist them. Any nation which can do to the weak and
disadvantaged what the Nigerian nation has done to the
Ogoni, loses a claim to independence and to freedom from
outside influence.
I am not one of those who shy away from protesting injustice
and oppression, arguing that they are expected in a military
regime. The military do not act alone. They are supported by a
gaggle of politicians, lawyers, judges, academics and
businessmen, all of them hiding under the claim that they are
only doing their duty, men and women too afraid to wash their
pants of urine.
We all stand on trial, my lord, for by our actions we have
denigrated our Country and jeopardized the future of our
children. As we subscribe to the sub-normal and accept double
standards, as we lie and cheat openly, as we protect injustice
and oppression, we empty our classrooms, denigrate our
hospitals, fill our stomachs with hunger and elect to make
ourselves the slaves of those who ascribe to higher standards,
pursue the truth, and honour justice, freedom, and hard work.
I predict that the scene here will be played and replayed by
generations yet unborn. Some have already cast themselves in
the role of villains, some are tragic victims, some still have a
chance to redeem themselves. The choice is for each
individual.
I predict that the denoument of the riddle of the Niger delta
will soon come. The agenda is being set at this trial. Whether
the peaceful ways I have favoured will prevail depends on what
the oppressor decides, what signals it sends out to the
waiting public.
In my innocence of the false charges I face Here, in my utter
conviction, I call upon the Ogoni people, the peoples of the
Niger delta, and the oppressed ethnic minorities of Nigeria to
stand up now and fight fearlessly and peacefully for their
rights. History is on their side. God is on their side. For the
Holy Quran says in Sura 42, verse 41: “All those that fight when
oppressed incur no guilt, but Allah shall punish the oppressor.”
Come the day.

Too bad.

Truly, Allah shall keep punishing the oppressors..

The oil war has not ended.

More blood will flow!

And then, Nigeria will finally collapse to rise no more.
They the individual nations shall rise with the true African spirit.

Am not sure u are a true nigerian when nigeria collapse tell me what shall it profit u? Make use of ur brain when u quote make sure is something reasonable

Words that will live all through humanity. Words that deserve committing to memory. Wordsthe brave should carefully look into. Ken is my mentor till eternity; we share similar beliefs, ideals and values.

God will continue to strangulate the oppressors. Their own swords shall return to hurt their bellies. Their graves shall be more shallow than Ken's.

They succeeded in killing the messenger, but not the message. The ecological war is still ongoing.

And justice shall prevail. RIP, Ken.

U dey there wen he dey make d speech?

pls who refused to give igbos there abandoned properties in strategic locations at the city of portharcourt after d civil war?

Jlow2:
pls who refused to give igbos there abandoned properties in strategic locations at the city of portharcourt after d civil war?

na dem pple na.they supported nigeria to fight against us in Civil war.

derespect:
U dey there wen he dey make d speech?

see question wey u dey ask.were u born before 1960?how then do u know that naija got independence in 1960?


My guy,there is something called HISTORY,inu go?

Ojukwu said Ken Saro Wiwa good morning!