Shelling Nigeria Ablaze

"An environmental impact study of Shell (Resigner Industries, 1993) put an average hydrocarbon content of petroleum hydrocarbons in waste water in Oloma Creek at 62.7 mg/l."

A Patriot to the Core

"Claude was a tough nut to crack; and yet, once you got beneath the surface it was not so difficult to see what he was all about. "

Radicalism

"At the tender age of 17, he was advocating a radical approach of the students' Council. How precocious! Most Students didn't even know what radicalism meant in those pre-independence days."

Courage
"Prof. Ake was know for his political activism and courage I defending democracy and human rights in Nigeria and Africa generally"


Pollution in Ogoniland
"... nobody can say that most of the pollution in Ogoniland is caused by sabotage. In fact, as far as I know, what the Ogonis have tried to do is to put out the flares, which is something that importantly reduces pollution ... I think that this is the kind of irresponsible propaganda that the oil companies are putting out in order to discredit those who are trying to do something about the environment …"