The Nigerian community where death reigns

In Goi, a community in Ogoni-land, birds rarely chirp and the smell from rotten oil chases away living things

Chief Eric Barizaa Dooh says no one paid attention to the Ogoni crisis until it was too late. Original Photo:  George Osodi

Chief Eric Barizaa Dooh is the Lah-Bon, the paramount ruler of Goi, a community in Ogoni-land. But he doesn’t live there. The traditional stool, Gbere Saako, which is one of the few hereditary royal stools in Ogoni-land, now resides…