Nigerian Ijaw group petitions Ramaphosa for the release of militant leader, Okah

“We find it both ironic and egregious that an African National Congress government that is a product of an armed struggle against an oppressive regime is aligning itself with the suppression and repression of the oppressed people of the Niger Delta by an alliance of the Nigerian state and international corporations,” the group said in the petition. “Consider, for a moment, how it would appear if the leader of Umkonto we Sizwe (ANC’s military wing) were arrested and tried in another African country for the actions of its fighters, in the service of apartheid and hold-mining interests.”