Chorus of Appeals Follows Condemnations IPS news reports appear daily in English, German, Finnish, Norwegian, Spanish and Swedish. Ten other people were sentenced to terms ranging from life to two years imprisonment. Bakare told journalists who gathered at his home after the penalties were announced. Most people said they were shocked and disappointed by the condemnations, which came on the heels of a visit to Nigeria in February by Pope John Paul II, who had appealed for clemency and for the release of political detainees.
Blood means taking life.
My advice to all Nigerians is to stop killing. We have killed enough so let us stop killing in order not to offend God any more.'' At least 200 people, mostly soldiers, have been detained and 146 of them executed in connection with coups in Nigeria since the first one was carried out in January 1966. Judging by the past record of this government, with regards to Ken Saro Wiwa and others, it is a waste of time to plead. Ken Saro Wiwa and other minority rights activists from the Ogoni ethnic group were executed after being convicted by a military tribunal in November 1995. They ought to have been tried in open court which guarantees them access to information and lawyers of their own choice''.