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Nigeria: Ken-Saro Wiwa “Killer” Judge Becomes Acting Chief Judge

Categories: Sub-Saharan Africa, Nigeria, Environment, Law

Justice Ibrahim Auta, the judge who was handpicked by the Abacha regime to head the kangaroo tribunal [1]that sentenced renowned environmentalists and minority rights activist Ken Saro-Wiwa to death by hanging, today [March 16, 2001) became the Acting Chief Judge of the Federal High Court.