President Bola Tinubu’s Democracy Day broadcast of 12 June did Ibadan incalculable dishonour. The speech celebrated heroes of Nigeria’s 25 years of civil rule with very scant mention of Ibadan’s fight against the tyranny of military rule. Was it an institutional slight of the city of Ogunmola, the great warrior? The angry spirits of Ibadan dead must be seeking vengeance. Why does Aso Rock suffer an austerity of official remembrancers?
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela did not allow…
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