After a much publicized arrest of Mr ken Niweigha in Bayelsa state by the police, he
was summarily executed at the Bayelsa police headquarters on Wednesday, May 27, 2009
without a chance to defend himself in the court of law.

Accused of being the mastermind in the killings of some police officers which led to
the invasion and destruction of Odi town in 1999, the Nigerian government in
authorizing extra-judicial killings is sending a clear message to youths from the
region that it is better to die fighting for freedom than be killed by a lawless
system of government.

Facts also emerging from the recent indiscriminate attack on civilians by the
military is that the punitive action is a deliberate punishment to instill fear in
civilians and turn them into informants.

Even animals were not spared. All the horses in the royal stable of the king of
Gbaramatu were shot in the head and the dogs were bludgeoned to death by Nigerian
soldiers.

Jomo Gbomo