trange coincidences: Of Paul Getty and Patrick Yakowa
By Augustine Togonu-Bickersteth on 18/12/2012
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There have been strange developments between the United States and Nigeria with regard to Paul Getty and Patrick Yakowa.
Getty and Yakowa were both born in the month of December. Getty and Yakowa were both pioneers; Getty, the world's first private billionaire and Yakowa the first Christian Civilian Governor of Kaduna State.
Getty and Yakowa both studied social sciences in the university. Getty studied in California, which is now seat of the aircraft and defence industries in the U.S. Relatedly, Yakowa studied in Zaria of the now Kaduna State, seat of the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria and Nigeria's largest Air Force Base.
Getty was an oil-rich billionaire and Yakowa (shown in photo) died in a helicopter crash in oil-rich Bayelsa State, seat of Nigeria's first oil well, on December 15, 2012 – the 120th year anniversary of the Birth of Paul Getty!
•Editor's Note: This is a special edition of COINCIDENCES, the weekly column that appears on Wednesdays written by London-based Augustine Togonu-Bickersteth. Watch out for the regular column tomorrow. Augustine can be reached via e-mail through atogonub@hotmail.co.uk or info@newsexpressngr.com
Source News Express
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