Jan. 23, 2008
Reprinted from ACN

Havana, Jan 23 (acn) The imprisonment of five antiterrorist Cubans in the US was rejected by traditional Yoruba leaders from the Nigerian state of Ondo.

His Royal Highness Oba Raphael Olusegun Atibioke, Olubaram of Ibaram, sent a message expressing solidarity with Cuba and his support for the release of the Cuban Five, reads a Prensa Latina report.

During a visit to the Cuban embassy in Abuja, Nigerian public authorities learned about the situation of the five Cuban men, who have been kept in jails serving outrageous sentences for more than nine years.

The Yoruba representation also included Dr. Otumba Gani Adams, president of the Oodua People´s Congress; the leader of the Traditional Medicine Association of the state of Ondo, Prince Atinuke Olokooba, as well as the Shaba of Ogbagi, among others.

Antonio Guerrero, Fernando Gonzalez, Ramon Labanino, Rene Gonzalez and Gerardo Hernandez, known as "The Cuban Five," were arrested in Miami in 1998 while they were trying to obtain information from anti-Cuba groups that organized and conducted terrorist actions against the Cuban people.

The criminal acts carried out by those groups since 1959 have caused the death of more than 3,500 people and injured and mutilated more than 2,000.

22 de enero de 2008
Reimprimado de Granma Diario

ABUJA, 22 de enero (PL).— Líderes tradicionales y personalidades de organizaciones Yorubá del estado nigeriano de Ondo se pronunciaron contra el injusto encarcelamiento en prisiones estadounidenses de cinco luchadores antiterroristas cubanos, informaron hoy fuentes diplomáticas.

Su Alteza Real Oba Raphael Olusegun Atibioke, Olubaram de Ibaram, trasmitió un mensaje de solidaridad con Cuba y se identificó con la lucha por la liberación de los cinco cubanos.

Durante una visita realizada a la sede diplomática de Cuba en Abuja, las personalidades públicas nigerianas fueron informadas por el embajador Elio Savón sobre la situación de sus compatriotas prisioneros en Estados Unidos.

La representación Yorubá estuvo integrada también por el doctor Otumba Gani Adams, presidente del Congreso del Pueblo Oodua, y el de la Asociación de Medicina Tradicional del estado de Ondo, príncipe Atinuke Olokooba, el Shaba de Ogbagi, y otras autoridades tradicionales.