Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People Essays

wetlands region in southern Nigeria, where despite the wealth beneath their feet, many live on less than $2 a day. In 1958, The Royal Dutch Shell started oil production in the Niger Delta Region supported by the then Military regime of Nigeria. The Ogoni people of the Niger Delta region started a growing front against the oil company protesting the poverty, environmental degradation and the severe human rights abuses Shell brought to the community as a result of oil spills which destroy most of their

grips on to people, they seem to forget all that is ethical. They are willing to sacrifice the lives of others for their own personal gain. Human rights violations in Nigeria are a perfect example of this. Oil companies have failed to respond to numerous cases of human rights abuses in the region. Whenever there is an attempt of protest from the oppressed for oil company activities and environmental damage, Nigerian security forces have repeatedly beaten, detained and even killed people. The acts by

INTRODUCTION Criminal justice systems around the world have been facing overwhelming caseloads, and there have been ever-increasing pressure to handle them. These pressures are more manifest serious in countries with limited resources and fragile political environments. The kind of overload experienced as a result of overloaded criminal justice system in Nigeria is making it difficult, if not impossible, to try every accused person on time. Countries are increasingly searching for alternative processes