Ken Saro-Wiwa Jr, the eldest son of late environmental rights activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa is dead.
According to a source, the former Assistant to former president Goodluck Jonathan, ‘had stroke on Saturday and was placed on life support but he didn’t make it’
Born in 1968, Ken Wiwa, popularly known as Ken Saro-Wiwa Jr was an international journalist and an author.
In 2005, he returned to Nigeria and was appointed by then president Olusegun Obasanjo as his Special Assistant on peace, conflict resolution and reconciliation.
He served President Umaru Yar’Adua as the Special Assistant on International Affairs.
In 2013, he served President Goodluck Jonathan as the Senior Special Assistant on Civil Society and International Media.
Menawhile, th e apex mass-based organization of the Ogoni people (MOSOP) has expressed its deep shock over the news of the death of Ken Saro-Wiwa Jr.
The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) is deeply pained by this tragic incident, the loss of our dear “Ken Jr.” – son of our celebrated hero, Ken Saro-Wiwa.
“We express our deepest condolences to the family of Wiwa in particular and the Ogoni nation in general.” [myad]
