International unions launch campaign to free jailed
Nigerian worker militants
20 October 1997- The International Federation of Chemical, Energy,
Mine and General Workers' Unions (ICEM) has launched a campaign
against Nigerian oil exports. Shell is the main company involved in
this trade.
The action is aimed at winning the release of two Nigerian union
militants: Milton Dabibi and Frank Kokori of the PENGASSAN and NUPENG
unions, respectively.
These fellow workers are being detained without trial by the
Nigerian military regime. Kokori has been jailed since 1994, and
Dabibi since January 1996. The oil trade unions have been harassed by
the regime since the Nigerian oil workers' strike of 1994.
The regime has a history of jailing opponents, including
socialists, anarcho-syndicalists, workers and oppressed nationalities
such as the Ogoni.
The bosses' newspapers mention the troubles of wealthy
"pro-democracy" figures in Nigeria, but say nothing about the poor
workers, dying in jail.
Some exiles call it the "Nazi Germany of the 1990s". The regime
pretends to be fighting imperialism, but the fact of the matter is
that the regime works hand in glove with Shell corporation to pillage
the masses and destroy the economy.
The ICEM has 20 million members in 400 unions worldwide. This
includes 600,000 members in Africa.
RELEASE THE PRISONERS! BOYCOTT
SHELL!
POWER TO THE NIGERIAN WORKERS AND PEASANTS!
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