Tinubu Confers Posthumous National Honours On Four Ogoni Leaders Executed By Abacha

President Bola Tinubu has posthumously awarded the Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) national honour to four prominent Ogoni leaders.

The awards were given in recognition of their sacrifice and contributions to Nigeria’s democratic struggle.

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The recipients were Chief Edward Kobani, Chief Albert Badey, Chief Samuel Orage, and Chief Theophilus Orage.

The late leaders, who are remembered as part of the vanguard that resisted oppression in the Niger Delta, were executed alongside activist Ken Saro-Wiwa in 1995 by the military regime of General Sani Abacha.

Their deaths drew global outrage and placed Nigeria under international sanctions.