The Motion for the Survival of Ogoni Folks in america of America (MOSOP-USA), has referred to as on President Bola Tinubu to incorporate the creation of Bori State from the current Rivers State, within the ongoing evaluate of the 1999 structure of Nigeria by the Nationwide Meeting.
The Ogoni ethnic nationality is made up of six kingdoms, specifically Babe Kingdom, Eleme Kingdom, Gokana Kingdom,
Ken-Khana Kingdom, Nyo-Khana Kingdom and Tai Kingdom, in addition to two particular items, Bori and Lekuma-Khana Particular Models.
The six kingdoms and particular items are situated in 5 native authorities areas, specifically Eleme, Gokana, Khana, Oyigbo and Tai of Rivers State.
MOSOP-USA, in a letter addressed to President Tinubu and signed by its President, DineBari Augustine Kpuinen, and 4 others, demanded that the Ogoni ethnic nationality be granted political autonomous state within the nation.
The letter reads partly: “The Ogoni land consists of Six Kingdoms and Two Particular items, specifically: Babe Kingdom, Eleme Kingdom, Gokana Kingdom, KenKhana Kingdom, NyoKhana Kingdom, Tai Kingdom, Bori Particular Unit, and LekumaKhana Particular Unit. These Kingdoms are merged into 5 Native Authorities Councils: Eleme LGA, Gokana LGA, Khana LGA, Oyigbo LGA, and Tai LGA.
“MOSOP-USA calls for that these six Kingdoms and two particular items, generally referred to as Ogoni, be granted a politically autonomous State in Nigeria.
“Ogoni folks, an ethnic nationality within the Niger Delta area of Nigeria, have their historical past and struggles lengthy earlier than the British intrusion and the Nigerian independence in 1960.
“In 1947, Ogoni, beneath the management of the late Timothy Naakuu Pau Birabi, fought onerous and made representations to the colonial British authorities through the colonial period to regain Ogoni’s self-governance, which led to the institution of the Ogoni Sate Consultant Assemby (OSRA).
“Within the Fifties, Ogoni and different ethnic minorities agitated for his or her separate states with the imminence of Nigerian Independence. Alternatively, these ethnic minorities demanded constitutional safeguards to ensure their rights and freedom inside the federation.
“In 1957, the Willinks Minority Fee, convened by the British Authorities, denied the creation of a separate state alongside Nigeria, however really useful that the Invoice of Rights be included within the structure at independence to guard the ethnic minorities, as is the sample within the European Conventions on Human
Rights.”
