The Guardian | Nigeria must own up to the blood shed for oil The Guardian I was five years old when playwright Ken Saro-Wiwa, a leading figure in the Ogoni people's movement, was executed alongside eight others, and I lived through the legacy of his fight to protect the oil-rich land by Shell and other corporations. How an Execution 20 Years Ago Shaped the Fight Against Oil Pollution in the ... Anger over enduring 'environmental horror' in oil-rich, polluted Niger delta Decades After Activist Executions, Niger Delta Oil Spills Remain |