London 19 Oct (ANA) - The son of renowned Nigerian environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, who was executed more than 20 years ago, has died in London. Ken Saro-Wiwa Jr, 47, passed away after suffering a stroke, his family say. He was a journalist who became a presidential adviser. The 1995 execution of his father by a military government for leading protests against environmental degradation caused by the oil industry sparked global outrage. Saro-Wiwa Sr led the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (Mosop), which accused oil multinational Shell of destroying the environment in his home region of Ogoniland in south-eastern Nigeria. His execution after a secret trial under Gen Sani Abacha led to Nigeria being suspended from the Commonwealth.(ANA)

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