Port Harcourt Cemetery Explained

Port Harcourt Cemetery is a city-owned and operated public cemetery located along Aggrey Road in the Old Township district of Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. It is the oldest cemetery still in use in the city and is notable as the burial site of activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and his associates the Ogoni Nine.^[1] It also contains one commonwealth burial of soldiers of World War II.^[2]

Interments

• Ken Saro-Wiwa (1941–1995), writer and activist
• Mike Lloyd Toku (1993–2012)^[3]
• Stephen Edward Murray-Bruce (1939–2013)^[4]

See also

• List of cemeteries in Nigeria

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nigeria's Military Leaders Hang Playwright And 8 Other Activists. https://web.archive.org/web/20140727171443/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/450161/NIGERIAS-MILITARY-LEADERS-HANG-PLAYWRIGHT-AND-8-OTHER-ACTIVISTS.html?pg=all. dead. 27 July 2014. Deseretnews.com. Deseret News Publishing Company. 1995-11-11 . 2014-07-07.
2. Web site: Cemetery Details. Cwgc.org. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. 2014-07-07.
3. Web site: UNIPORT four: INC, parents insist on justice as Toku is buried. https://web.archive.org/web/20140714234438/http://dailyindependentnig.com/2012/11/uniport-four-inc-parents-insist-on-justice-as-toku-is-buried/. usurped. 14 July 2014. Dailyindependentnig.com. Independent Newspapers Ltd. Abia. Dan. 2014-07-07.
4. Web site: Vanguard Publisher, others bid late Murray-Bruce farewell – Vanguard News. 13 September 2013. vanguardngr.com. 17 June 2016.