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What about Europe? Well, just get it done.

- Driver, is this the fastest way to the airport? - - Yes, sir.

Daddy, you're always so stressed when you head back to Nigeria.

Yeah, well, nothing ever works, does it?

I've been standing here for an hour, and I've seen nobody.

But she's to be hung today.

I mean, how do I know they're even in the United States?

I think they're here.

So, how did you and your men find a way into the US?

How did you get visas?

We found our way to Mexico.

The rest is history.

Okay, if "Ebiery" Perema is to be hung today, then why are you--

Ebiere Perema. Why are you not in Nigeria?

Why are you not in Nigeria?

Tamuno.

Here they come.

It's a very stressful place. Trying to straighten everything out there.

Everybody's got their own agenda. Everybody's fillin' up their own pockets.

Get out!

Come on! Move, move!

Get down!

Let's go, let's go!

Let's get out of here now, now.

Let's go, let's go!

Come on, come on.

Hurry up. Hurry up! Stop wasting time.

Get down. Down!

Move it!

No!

Sir, sir. Hey, hey.

I can see him across the street.

Hey, you got a lot of people in there!

Unit 304, code seven back on now.

- You must document this. - You set me up!

We are not bad people. We do not want to hurt anybody.

How do you explain this?

This is Cindy Charles reporting live with Channel 8 News.

We're at the corner of 2nd and Figueroa,

where we have what appears to be an extreme bomb threat.

A group of terrorists have just taken innocent civilians hostage--

men, women and children here at the 2nd Street tunnel in downtown Los Angeles.

We have a SWAT team on site as well as the LAPD.

We have not yet determined their purpose or who they are.

You gotta move it up.

Whatever your reason, it doesn't justify this.

This is the only language the West understands.

That's crazy.

This is for your people to know the truth!

How are you getting out of this? Have you thought about that?

That is our problem, not yours!

You ask me why we're here.

We are here to save Ebiere.

Team Leader, we're in position.

It's been several hours since the terrorists took the hostages.

We still have no communication inside the tunnel.

We have no idea who they are or what they want.

It's Washington again, Barb. Workin' every angle, Bob. What can I tell you?

Anything new? Nothing yet.

Who the hell are these guys?

Nothing on the wire. No contact yet.

- Nothing. - Ma'am, the team is ready when you are.

I'm not going in until I know what I'm dealing with.

I got here as soon as I heard. What do you got?

This was just posted on their Web site.

They're called the United People's Front for the Emancipation...

for the Niger Delta People of Nigeria.

How in the world did they get in this country without us knowing?

None of them were ever on any of our terrorists' list.

We should have seen this coming.

Here we go.

- What do we know about these people? - That's the problem. Nothing.

We need answers.

- What are their demands? - They're live.

My name is Tamuno Alaibe,

and I am the leader of the United People's Front...

for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta People of Nigeria.

We have Tom Hudson, CEO of Western Oil.

If Ebiere Perema hangs in Nigeria today,

the guilty will go with her.

Fifty percent of our oil comes to the United States.

One out of every five Americans...

uses Nigerian oil.

We export crude oil to you people...

only to import refined oil.

Why? Because Western Oil and our corrupt government...

wouldn't allow our refineries to work!

The United States government does not negotiate with terrorists.

All right, people. Listen up.

I want everything on everyone in there. Now.

How are they broadcasting this?

Kristy Maine is inside. What?

- There has to be a better way than this. - My people are dying!

Our lands are devastated!

Our farmlands, livestock, wildlife.

Women and children, go!

Not you. Sit down! She has nothing to do with this.

You cannot blame me for your government.

I am not blaming you for my government.

I am blaming you for you.

Maintain position near entrance.

You will get on the phone and stop the execution.

You are in bed with our government.

No. I only represent my company in Nigeria.

No! You represent most our government's income!

They will listen to you!

Well, you know your head of state, right? He answers to no one.

He needs you and your money.

Well, if anything happens to me,

I'll just be replaced by another one and another one and another one.

- You will try. - Let the hostages go.

Maybe the US government will listen to you.

- Maybe they'll do something. - It's too late for that.

It's not too late.

Ebiere is about to die,

and the world knows nothing of her.

I know of her.

And what have you done?

Do you want to tell your story?

Do you want to tell the world?

Ebiere Perema is a true daughter of the Niger Delta.

Push now.

Hey! It's a girl!

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Cheese!

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Where are my children?

Look, listen.

I want you to gather as many pails and buckets as you can. Yes, Mama!

Because I hear the pipelines are leaking again.

Go out behind the yellow bus.

Okay, Mama! Hey!

Happiness, where are you going to?

There's another broken pipeline out there.

I told you, I don't want you to go there.

What do you want me to do? We need this oil to cook with.

God, look at this.

Look at this. Ah.

Look at this.

You are all under arrest.

- What is our crime? - Stealing.

- Stealing? - This oil is the property of the government of Nigeria.

So what would you rather we do,

stand by and watch the property of the federal government of Nigeria...

spill and spoil our land?

It is your duty to report any leakages in the pipeline.

But we did last week, and no one came yet to do anything about it!

I warn you not to continue. What would you do?

Shoot me?

Which is worse-- watch oil float past your house...

and yet, in three days,

you cannot get one gallon of what your federal government cannot make available?

Huh?

Continue! Take the oil! Take oil!

Mama?

Mama?

Oh, my God! Ebiere's back! Ebiere!

Ebiere!

How are you? How are you?

Where is Mama? She's at the pipelines.

There has been another leakage.

Tragedy struck today outside of Warri...

in Nigeria's Niger Delta.

A Western Oil pipeline transporting gasoline exploded,

killing over 1,000 women and children...

and leaving dozens more seriously injured.

This is the fourth such explosion in under a decade,

and accusations have already been made on both sides...

as to who is responsible for the disaster.

How would you expect the people to sit back...

and watch gas and oil flow freely without getting some for themselves?

The oil companies and federal government must pay for this!

Many here are concerned that this may escalate tensions...

between Niger Delta residents and the oil companies that operate here...

in an oil-rich region already torn apart...

by environmental disaster and human suffering.

My Bubu die!

They are being cheated. They are being marginalized.

It is the fault of the people, and that was stealing.

They deserve it. Only God knows how the fire came about.

Oh, my God. I-It was great stuff.

I mean, great stuff. But we need more.

It's a gold mine. Get as many interviews as you can.

Yeah, the camera right on it, on everything.

There's never enough.

Their pain, their feelings. Everything about this.

We'll get it all.

The real deal.

More of it, more of it. It's so powerful. Oh, my God.

We are outside of the town hall in Warri...

in Nigeria's Delta state...

to witness a meeting between members of the Niger Delta's oil interests...

and its local communities.

Nigeria is the fifth-largest producer of oil in the world.

It is also home to a population of over 100 million people...

living on less than four US dollars a day.

My people have visitors in our midst.

Our people say...

the owl never flies by sunlight...

unless it is pursued...

by an aggrieved hunter. Are you getting this?

In this case,

who is the owl,

or who is the aggrieved hunter?

That is at your understanding...

and discretion.

We have come here not only to offer you condolence,

but to offer you and your community...

compensation for your irreplaceable loss.

We are now at a situation which requires critical decisions.

Do we compensate each family for their loss,

or do we compensate the entire community?

Let our money be given to us individually.

Let it be given to the community!

We can use it for infrastructure.

No!

Move in on her.

Is there no man to speak for your family?

I wish the fire had kept them alive.

Besides, do men feel pain differently from women?

This is not a matter for women.

Then you will have to regard me as a man.

Good show. Good show you put up here.

Another wonderful way of pitting family against family.

Or would I say man against man?

You come here, enriching yourselves from the spoils of our land.

In the process, wiping out families and generations.

Yet you keep the fire burning.

Give the people a rest, and they will rely on you.

What they do is give us sickness and then treat us.

They make us hungry, and then feed us.

They kill our loved ones, and then offer us money for burials.

Can you not see their plan?

Yes.

It is high time you start to think more of the people...

other than your selfish, fat pockets...

as well as that of your goons and cohorts.

That's true.

If you do not change your ways,

the people will rise.

Yeah! Yes!

Excuse me. Excuse me.

You're a new face in the debate over the Niger Delta.

Are you here to ask the people to rise?

I'm not a new face. I'm just one of the faces.

I must mention, I'm one of the beneficiaries of Western Oil scholarships.

As someone with the benefit of a Western education,

have you come home to represent your people?

No. I'm not trying to represent the people.

Excuse me.

I'm sorry. I didn't get a chance to introduce myself.

My name is Kate Summers. I know who you are.

Okay. I've been covering the Delta for almost three years now,

and I have never met somebody who sees things as clearly as you have.

I think your voice could make a real difference here.

Do you think the men will let you speak?

I'm not here to speak for the people.

All I want is what is right for me and my people.

Who is she?

One of the beneficiaries of our scholarship program.

Oh, well.

No good deed ever goes unpunished, huh?

It's good PR, sir.

I couldn't care about that, okay?

We have a corrupt military government breathing down our goddamn necks.

The last thing we need is a body count next to our logo.

- Take care of it. - Yes, sir.

Gideon, these are your people, okay?

Talk to me. What are we gonna do here?

The villagers-- they're going to be a problem.

They're asking for compensation.

Individual payments on losses.

But we can handle them through the elders.

It didn't seem like that yesterday.

They're in Abuja right now, and they want to meet.

Okay. How much are we talking about?

Well, um, if we--

May I suggest 500,000, sir?

500,000? Is that for the individual?

Or for compensation for the entire community?

Listen, I don't care if you give it to the elders,

if you throw it up in the air.

- Just make it go away. - Yes, sir.

Gideon, find this girl Ebiere. You offer her anything.

We need her on our side before this thing blows up and gets out of control.

They are suggesting... $500,000.

$500,000?

$500,000!

How do we get this money? We really need it.

How much would you be prepared to give to the white man?

He wants a cut. Let's give the white man $100,000.

Okay.

What about yourself?

I suggest you keep $50,000.

Uh, well, okay. Okay.

You'll have to excuse me while I make arrangements for the money.

God bless you. Thank you.

Thank you.

We are expecting $350,000!

There are four of us here.

I suggest we share $50,000 each--

Yes. And we use the rest for the hospital project.

Yes!

I really do appreciate this, but I must decline your offer.

If I wanted a lucrative job, I would have stayed in the US.

My desire to be here is for the people.

This is Nigeria, Ebiere.

Think like a Nigerian.

Am I supposed to collect a bribe to be Nigerian?

This is not a bribe.

It is just the company's way of saying we appreciate...

your efforts.

What efforts?

Efforts that couldn't keep my family alive.

That was nobody's fault.

So, have you come here to offer another bribe to the people?

Uh, no, no. I didn't come here to debate with you guys.

Then don't do it!

Come on, man. What happened was nobody's fault.

It is always our fault!

Man-- Cool out, man.

Wait, wait, wait.

We love our freedom! We don't love greed!

We love our freedom! We don't love greed!

We love our freedom! We don't love greed!

We love our freedom! We don't love greed!

- Hosanna! - Yes?

Hosanna! Yes!

You are not, by any chance, preparing to go and join that lunacy?

Is that what you call it? Lunacy?

For once, our people are able to bond in a peaceful way, and you call it lunacy!

- Yes! - All because the men are not involved!

- Hosanna. - Yes?

- You are not leaving this house. - And who will stop me?

You and what army? Don't blame me for your inadequacies and weakness.

- Eh? - Since the men have decided to take bribe...

to enrich themselves,

the women will take matters into their hands.

Okay. Hosanna. Yes?

If you leave, it is over.

Eh! And don't expect to come back to this house.

In case you forgot, my mother left me this house.

It is my house.

You may as well do me the favor of moving out before I get back.

Hosanna. Useless man.

And make sure you leave everything I bought.

Which will include what you are wearing.

Useless man. Hosanna.

How did I get here?

We love our free--

Hosanna! Hosanna! Hosanna!

Hosanna!

Hey!

Hey! Hey!

Hey! Hey!

Hey!

Into your buses, into your buses, into your buses! Fast!

Dede.

I see my sister is very popular amongst the women.

Yes, she is. Why don't you join us this time?

I don't believe in doing these things with protests.

I want to fight. I want to make life unbearable for them.

What if something happens to you?

Suppose you get killed.

Well, then at least I died for something I believe in, fighting for my land.

Anyway, no one will miss me.

Hosanna will miss you. Hmm.

I will miss you.

Join us this one time.

- Now-- - See there?

They can protest as much as they want.

Protest?

I want to fight.

We are going to join the women. We can't let the women do this on their own.

We will fight for our own land. What are we fighting for?

Freedom!

Get the weapons.

Thank you.

No. Thank you.

Thank you.

You do not need that.

For protection. Just in case.

Destroy our village. Rape our women.

Destroy our families. They must pay.

This is not the way.

Where are you headed for?

Abuja.

- Why? - Why?

I believe it is our business why we travel.

Our intelligence reports...

say a group of people are on their way to try to overthrow government.

And those people are us, in 10 buses?

To overthrow a military government? Wow.

We will have to do a body search on everyone.

You know, I'm surprised they sent you, Tamuno.

You know him? Mm-hmm. He's my cousin.

We were supposed to join the force together, but I suppose I wasn't good enough.

Now they send him to stop us. They send our own to stop us.

Can you not see what they do?

I am only doing my job.

I am a sworn officer of the Nigerian Police Force.

My tribal locality is only secondary to my duty.

What is your duty? Huh? What is your duty?

Protecting the citizens of Nigeria.

We are citizens of Nigeria too.

- Uh-huh. - And law-abiding.

Then you should have no protest to the search.

You are a disgrace to your people. You're a disgrace!

Please turn around and go back. My hands are tied, Dede.

- You can't be found with any weapons. - No.

I want you to arrest me.

I want your government to achieve their aim. I want you to arrest me now!

These men are here to monitor me. I am being set up.

- Then leave the force now! - I cannot do that.

My men are on orders to fire.

Tamuno. What is this?

What are you doing?

My job.

We are to conduct a search on everyone in all of the buses.

- Tamuno! - - You are to come out with your hands in the air.

- So you're going to do this. - I warned you.

Now it's too late. Your hands in the air!

You are crazy! You are crazy!

Hosanna, stop this! Stop this, Hosanna!

Do not shoot! Do not shoot!

Stop this. Do not shoot. Hosanna, stop this!

Give it to me. Give it to me.

Do not fire!

It is reported that on the 15th of January this year,

you did give instruction to your men...

to vandalize the facilities of Western Oil.

I did not give any of such orders.

Excuse me if I... do not understand you.

But you invited them to come along with you to Abuja.

I did ask for company. Ah!

For what, if I may ask?

A mass rally. Aha!

A mass rally! Yes?

It was meant to be a peaceful protest.

- Hmm. - To the government.

Mm-hmm. On the degradation of...

our land and our people by the oil companies.

Seventeen guns were found in the possession of your men.

Were you aware that those men were carrying guns?

I ask you again.

Were you aware that those men were carrying guns?

I only discovered when we were about to leave.

- And you let them go with them? - I didn't think much of it.

You and your men were planning not only to terrorize the oil companies,

but also against the government!

You were planning to overthrow the federal government! Ha!

You are in serious trouble.

The crime of treasonable felony. Hmm?

Is punishable in this country only by death.

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♪ Solidarity forever

♪♪

♪ Soli, soli, soli

♪ Solidarity forever

♪ Solidarity forever

♪ Solidarity forever

♪ We shall always fight for our rights ♪♪

You people are very lucky people.

And you have only one group of people to be...

grateful to.

The Western Oil Company.

You may now all go!

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Ebiere.

No more of this. I'm now an enemy of the state.

We can do this without resorting to violence.

Violence is the only language they understand.

The men are with me.

There was nothing I could do.

I know.

Thank you.

What the government and the oil companies want is a war,

and we will give it to them!

- We will give it to them! We will give it to them! - Yes! Yes!

There will be a war! A war!

Uh-huh.

Violence never pays.

There are better ways of sending a message across.

So tell me, what pays?

Protests.

Protests.

We can march down the streets of Lagos and Abuja.

We can make the world hear our cries.

The world is in business with killers.

Look, this is Nigeria, Ebiere.

We have a military government, huh?

Protests, they don't work. It just puts you in the line of fire.

- Uh-huh. - I would rather die fighting.

Fighting! Fighting!

Than walking from Lagos to Abuja.

How much are we talking about here?

We can't be sponsoring rebels.

Okay, they're not rebels. They're people.

And the best thing I think we can do, as people, is to support them.

No, I hear you. I understand that.

But we cover the news and leave the help part to the UN.

We can't be financing a protest.

We would look like instigators.

We love our freedom! We don't love greed!

Western Oil, we don't want greed!

We love our freedom! We don't love greed!

♪ We won't stay down

♪ We rise up, we rise up

Western Oil, we don't want greed!

♪ When the world's on fire, on fire ♪

♪ We will stand our ground

♪ We rise up, we rise up

Somebody call security. How'd they get through?

Stop it! Stop it. You have no right to be here.

Go get security.

♪ We won't stay down

-♪ We rise up, we rise up - We need security here now!

♪ We rise up, we rise up

♪ We rise up, we rise up

♪ We rise up, we rise up

♪ We rise up, we rise up

We love our freedom! We don't love greed!

Western Oil, we don't want greed!

In the name of the head of state...

of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,

you have 15 seconds to evacuate!

Do not be afraid! Stay together! Fifteen!

Fourteen!

Thirteen. Twelve.

They can only beat our bodies, but they cannot kill our spirits!

Stay together!

Eight. Seven. Six.

Five. Four. Three.

Two. One.

Stay together!

Charge!

You cannot break our spirits!

No!

You get off me!

Oh, no!

You can't kill us.

- Why? - Get back!

They beat them.

It was a peaceful protest, and they beat them.

Ebiere Perema, the girl-- She's going to be a problem, sir.

How so? Well, she's winning the people over...

and she won't accept anything from us.

What Nigerian doesn't accept a bribe?

This one, sir.

I thought you said you had it all covered with the elders.

Um--

Well, I'll tell you what. We've tried the high road.

Now we're gonna go low. Yes, sir.

I want a meeting with the head of state.

Go!

No!

No, don't!

Aah!

Mama? Go!

Go. Mama, come inside. Mama. Mama.

Please!

No!

Papa! Papa. Help me!

Help me! Papa! Help me!

No.

No.

Hey. Hey.

Hey, you!

Hey! Come on down! Whoa, whoa.

Quick, quick, quick!

Be cool. Be cool. Y'all be cool.

Sir, the rebels have just captured two of our staff.

- American? - I'm afraid so.

We paid two million dollars.

We keep paying and paying. For what?

Why don't we get the military to clean it up?

No, no, no, no, no. That will be a PR disaster.

Look, what we need is the girl.

She knows who we are. She knows where they are.

Ebiere? After what happened?

Not a chance.

I know my people. I know Ebiere.

It would cost a little more, but that's what we need.

How much?

$500,000.

Whatever it takes, do it.

And you bring Ebiere to us.

It's done.

Everybody will come back alive. Good.

Please sit. Thank you.

But I'd rather remain standing.

I'm Tom Hudson. I know who you are.

I'm sorry about what happened to you. You're sorry?

That's good to know, after you sent them.

Listen, I'm a corporate entity.

I don't tell the military where to go, what to do.

It was a peaceful protest.

It was uninvited, and it was on our premises.

Two of my men were kidnapped.

They're being held for a $2 million ransom,

or they're gonna get killed.

What has that got to do with me?

I need you to help negotiate and find out who did this.

Is that my new job offer?

Listen, if we don't sort this thing out, the military's gonna move in,

your people are gonna get killed, my people are gonna get killed.

We need to do what we can do to avoid all this carnage.

I need your help.

Is this what you have turned into? A mere criminal?

What has become of you, Dede?

I have become who the government has made me be.

Those men have families like we do.

- Do we have families? - No!

- Do we have families? - No!

- Do we have families? - No!

You must let them go.

Why? Because you say so?

Because it's the right thing to do!

This is no longer about me. This is about all of us.

These men have suffered losses, some even greater than yours and mine.

This has become a movement for us.

This is not about the money.

- It's about our lives! - Yes!

And if they do not pay--

Do not be surprised.

My people are my people.

I would rather die on the right side.

What have they done to you?

Hmm?

Stay here and fight with us.

I cannot.

People back home need me.

I need you too,

Ebiere.

I need you.

Get the money!

Come on. Let's go.

Okay. Okay.

Let's go. Lets go.

Go. Let's go.

♪ Oh, my home

♪♪

♪ Oh, my home Oh, my home ♪

♪ Oh, my home ♪

I just wish things were different.

I'm getting really tired.

Then come here and be with me.

Stay here with me.

I don't want to be a fugitive all my life.

I don't want to be running.

I want what every other woman wants.

I want love,

family, children.

I can give you that.

Dede.

What keeps me going in this struggle is you.

Please don't say that.

With you I feel like I can conquer the whole world.

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Two more guys back down here--

Whoa, whoa, whoa! Whoa! All right, all right!

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Come on!

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Hurry up!

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I know you don't like me. Okay?

And I know all about you, and you know nothing about me.

The little I know about you is enough.

I was actually born in Nigeria.

My father used to run a tin mine in Kaduna.

The more reason you should care about this country.

Your company produces more than half the oil in Nigeria.

It is your money that keeps the military in power.

My company has no say in who runs this country.

Ebiere,

I want you to end all of this.

You tell your people let us sit down, let us address all these issues.

We want peace and we're ready to listen.

What gives you the impression those men are going to listen to me?

Yeah, they'll listen to you.

All you need to do is convince one person...

and the rest'll listen to you.

Word has come,

not only from the oil companies on our land,

but also from the federal government.

They want to extend an arm of peace.

And they are willing to forgive us all our crimes?

They have requested that you lay your arms.

Request or demand?

At the moment, request.

I know these people.

I have worked with them.

The government will never guarantee anything with rebels.

We are not rebels! No! We are not rebels!

We are...

members of the struggle!

Members of the struggle!

I suggest we decline the offer.

Before you consider the option,

they have asked for a dialogue.

This is an opportunity for you to be free,

a chance for you to return to your families.

What families?

This is my family!

Give peace a chance.

Give dialogue a chance.

Go to them now.

The hell with it.

Thank you. No, thank you.

Are you armed?

No. Of course not.

We had an agreement.

Just checking.

Mmm.

Wh-What is this?

- What are you doing? - Nothing.

- You gave your word. - Mm-hmm.

The government gave their word.

What's going on?

We will keep our word.

What we doubt is if they will keep theirs.

- Beg your pardon? - All we want to do is to search them.

To make sure that they keep their word.

And you brought 20 of your people to search five of us?

- Precautionary. - Hey, look, look, look, Ebiere.

We can handle this. They are not armed. We are all one. Okay?

I can talk to them.

Hey, hey, we're all from the Delta, man. We're all one.

Look, just let them do what they want to do. It's okay.

You know, you gotta understand. It's just a search.

We won't die alone!

- Wh-What are you doing? - You remain with us!

- No! We are not here for this! - So much for keeping your word.

- What are you doing? - These men were not to be trusted.

- I ordered you not to! - But they were not to be trusted!

All of you, please! Put your guns down!

- I order you! - We won't until they put down theirs!

Please tell your men to put their arms down. I can handle this. I beg you.

- Your men are not to be trusted. - Please trust me.

We are military men, and we cannot put down our weapons.

Ask your men to put down their weapons!

Please. Please. Put your weapons down.

This is our only chance at peace.

If it doesn't work now, it may never.

I beg you in the name of God.

If you do not drop your weapons, my men will shoot.

No.

I have another gun with me!

This... was not meant to happen this way.

- So you had other plans. - No! No.

You had other plans.

No. Just allow us to leave peacefully and we will talk another day.

That is not possible, because my orders are to bring you in.

You had best decide how you want to bring us in-- dead or alive?

Dede, please don't do this. Please!

Too many of our people have died. Too many have sacrificed.

If I have to die, I want to die being on the right side.

They are on the wrong side!

They are on the wrong side!

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They have killed our brothers.

Our sisters.

Our fathers.

Our mothers.

Even our children.

But what they cannot kill is our spirits.

For every time they put a knife through us, we only get stronger.

So this time,

for Dede,

we will be strong.

- For Dede! - For Dede!

- For Dede! - For Dede!

- For Dede! - For Dede!

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Since 1959, Nigeria's Niger Delta has increasingly become a study in contrasts.

The region is home to over 15 million people,

and it has also produced an estimated $600 billion in oil revenues.

That accounts for almost 95% of Nigeria's total export earnings,

and precious little of that has ever made its way back to Delta communities.

New developments today from the oil-rich region of Nigeria.

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Too many lives have been lost. There has to be a change.

We did not send them to the creeks as rebels.

But our actions did.

So now you are blaming us for all the happenings?

Things could have been different if we had given all the money to the community.

I'm going to give back my share to the people.

You all should consider doing the same.

I do not want blood on my hands.

Peter, what happened?

He was found dead this morning.

I know they did this.

My father told me last night that he had blood money on his hands.

And shortly after, his friends came and they drank all night.

And after they left he went to bed,

and this morning...

he was dead.

And you know what else?

I found the money under his bed--

50,000 US dollars.

We cannot let this crime pass us by.

No. No.

The perpetrators of this crime...

must be brought to face justice.

Yes! We all agree!

We will march to them. Yes. Yes.

And then make them face the law.

Yes!

Please forgive me. It wasn't my idea.

It was Chief Kuku that put us to it.

And that is why you killed my father?

- No, I-I didn't kill your father. - Liar! Liar!

It was Chief Kokun and Chief Kuku that poisoned his drink.

Please spare me. Please.

Bring him.

- My husband is not around. - Where did he go to?

H-He went to Abuja.

He shall be made to pay for his crimes.

Yes! Yes! Yes!

Please, no. Please.

Please. Please. Please.

I have children like you.

You should have thought about that before accepting money from Western Oil.

Put them in the car. We'll take them to the police station.

Tie them up first. Get them tight.

Tie them! Tie them up!

Peter, we cannot soil our hands like this.

We have to make them face the law.

What law? The law that cannot protect my father.

- We are not killers. - Maybe yesterday.

But my father's lifeless body lies in his room all because of these criminals.

- But we cannot do this. - You do not have to get involved.

We roll on this no matter what.

I'm on your side. If the world sees this, the world will be too.

Let her come.

You can come in. Thank you.

Ebiere, can you tell me what I'm seeing?

Our elders have failed us again.

They collected a bribe from Western Oil...

and murdered Chief Gadibia because he wanted out.

Do you have evidence of this? Yes, I do.

50,000 US dollars in cash.

What will happen with the chiefs now?

We will have to make them face the law.

As I drove up, I was hearing a chant. Can you tell me what those words mean?

The people say they can't take this anymore.

It's true.

One final question. Do you trust the courts to deal with this?

Oh. Um--

Move! Move! Move!

Move!

Move! Shut up!

Please! Please!

The trial of activist Ebiere Perema...

begins today in Warri, Nigeria.

She is charged with inciting violence...

and conspiracy to commit murder in the deaths of three Niger Delta chiefs.

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A small crowd of Ebiere supporters has been gathered here since the early hours.

Within Warri judicial division,

conspired with one another to commit murder,

punishable by Section 319, subsection one of the criminal code,

part 48, volume two,

laws of the defunct Bandele state, 1976,

as applicable in Delta states.

Peter Gadibia, do you understand the charges read against you?

I do, milord.

How do you plead? Not guilty.

He pleads not guilty, milord.

Eloho Akwebasa, do you understand the charges read against you?

I do, milord.

How do you plead? Not guilty.

She pleads not guilty, milord.

Ebiere Perema,

do you understand the charges read against you?

I do, milord.

How do you plead?

Guilty.

Order in this court.

Do you understand the charges against you?

Yes, milord.

I plead guilty.

I see where this is going, so I'd rather not waste my time,

as well as that of the court.

Milord, can this court graciously grant us recess...

so as to enable the defense team to have a word with our client?

- What are you doing? - They want us dead.

They will hang us.

Where's the patriot that fought so hard?

If there's one thing I learned from reading about you,

it's the never-say-die attitude.

This is a kangaroo court,

and the sitting judge has as much of a noose around his neck as I will.

Yes, but there may be hope.

You, of all people, should understand that. Understand what?

Understand the fact that I'm about to be hanged with these people?

No, I will not understand that.

I think I'm pregnant, Kate.

I think I might be carrying Dede's child.

You must not tell anyone.

Sweetheart, I'm so sorry.

- There's nothing to be sorry about. - No, I--

I pushed you.

I-- I saw such a leader in you.

I didn't know it would end like this.

Oh, sweetheart.

I wanna tell you it's all gonna be okay.

You be strong.

They're ready to negotiate,

but they need a scapegoat.

They want you free.

In return for what? You will have to indict some of your people.

You want me to go in there and put the blame on someone else?

Why not? Put the blame on the true perpetrators of the crime.

But I didn't see whoever did it.

But Peter, he had motive.

He wanted revenge for his father. Yes.

But I didn't see him do it.

You need to decide what you saw and what you didn't see.

If he had listened to you, this would not have happened.

You need to go out there and say exactly that.

Tell them the truth.

Tell them how you warned them so the guilty are punished and you'll live.

I swear to Almighty God--

I swear to Almighty God--

that the evidence I shall give in this case--

that the evidence I shall give in this case--

shall be the truth--

shall be the truth--

the whole truth--

the whole truth--

nothing but the truth--

nothing but the truth--

so help me God.

so help me God.

Miss Ebiere Perema,

can you tell this court what happened on June 4?

I killed some men.

- Excuse me? - I poured petrol all over the car...

and burned them to death.

These people,

they tried to stop me,

but I wouldn't let them.

I killed the men,

and I did it alone.

I killed them because...

they caused the circumstance that led to the death...

of my Dede.

Come on. Come on. Turn around. Turn around.

I hereby find you guilty of murder...

on all counts.

You shall be taken from here...

to a place of execution.

You shall hang by the neck until you are dead.

May God have mercy...

on your soul.

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- What is the sex of the baby? - It's a baby boy.

A bouncing baby boy.

You want to have a feel of your baby?

No. No, I don't.

Why?

It'll break my heart.

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It is November 10 in Nigeria, a very significant date,

as we are in front of the Warri prison...

where Ebiere is scheduled to be hanged today.

As you can see, well-wishers and supporters of her cause are here,

and they have asked that her body be brought out after for a befitting burial.

This will be the second time...

a prominent activist of the region is executed by hanging.

Back home in her village of Agbeja,

mourners and protestors are lamenting the loss of a daughter of the Niger Delta.

Hello?

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Why can't I speak to the head of state?

Huh?

No. This is an urgent matter.

Don't you watch the goddamn news?

Well, do something.

I don't have much time. What about the people?

What about the people, goddamn it!

What about the girl?

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This happens to be an international crisis.

Listen, you asshole.

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Executing her would be a mistake.

I know that now.

Hey, this just isn't about me.

All ri-- Hello? Hello?

We're running out of time.

No one's listening to me.

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No one is listening to you?

This just got harder. Hey, listen.

Listen.

I've done all I can. Okay?

Do whatever you want with me.

Don't hurt her.

Take all the hostages with you.

What about Hudson?

Stand back!

Please. Stop.

I can't do that.

Hey. Hey. Listen to me.

I'm sorry...

what happened to your families.

I'm sorry what happened to you, what happened to all of you.

- Go! - Consider your status!

Go!

No more talking. That's it.

Do you have eyes on Hudson? Do you have eyes on Hudson?

Miss Hudson?

That's the last of them. Get 'em out of here. Come with me.

Get her inside. Get her something warm. Right away. Yes.

We'll need to question her in a minute.

Oh, my God.

The only way we're gonna get them to stand down is to put out the press release.

I don't understand.

We release a statement to the press that Ebiere has been freed.

There's an American life at stake, a very important life.

We'll do everything to keep him alive.

- By my last count, there was more than one life involved. - You mean armed terrorists?

- They're people. - They're people with AKs and explosives rigged to tankers.

If we do this, it could result in a backlash of terrorist acts on America. Then what?

Shouldn't we be focused on keeping Ebiere alive?

- All we have to do is contact the Nigerian government-- - No.

It is inappropriate for us to meddle in a judicial decision of a foreign government.

The United States will not condone acts of terrorism on American soil.

On your knees.

On your knees!

Hello?

Ebiere is free!

Hey! Hey!

Hey! Hey!

Hey! Hey!

Hey!

They're coming out now. Ma'am, you cannot-- Ma'am?

Get her out of here!

You have to come with us.

Tamuno. Ma'am, please stay back.

Get her out of here.

No! Get her out of here! Now!

No!

Get him outta here!

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