By; PETER NOSAKHARE, Kaduna

Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has rejected plans to resume oil production in Ogoniland, urging the Federal Government to adopt a transparent, inclusive, and unbiased negotiation process to resolve long-standing issues of civil rights abuse and economic justice.

In a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Thursday, MOSOP President, Fegalo Nsuke, expressed fears and concerns over the secrecy surrounding the process, accusing the Federal Government of acting as both a party to the dispute and an arbitrator (solution finder).

“We are disappointed at the secrecy with which the entire negotiation exercise is going on and being conducted. As an association, we made no input nor did we sight the submitted report at any stage before its submission,” Nsuke said.

He stressed that MOSOP as a body dissociates itself and the Ogoni people from the report and called for justice, including the total exoneration of the nine Ogoni activists executed by the government on November 10, 1995.

MOSOP therefore, warned that the move could have psychological and safety implications for the people, insisting that any resolution must address the historical grievances of the Ogoni community.

It would be recalled that President Bola Tinubu had recently announced the federal government’s resolve to honour four late Ogoni leaders killed by the Abacha administration.