On this day in history: On 23 December 2001, Bola Ige was shot dead at his home in the south-western city of Ibadan. He had been entangled in squabbles within his Alliance for Democracy party in Osun State.The previous week, the long-running feud between Osun state Governor Bisi Akande and his deputy, Iyiola Omisore, had apparently contributed to the death of an Osun State legislator, Odunayo Olagbaju.
The government of President Olusegun Obasanjo deployed troops in south-western Nigeria to try to prevent a violent reaction to the murder. Although various people were arrested and tried for involvement in the murder, including Iyiola Omisore, (the prime suspect who is now a Senator) all were acquitted.
Till date, the killers had not been found. In a speech at Ige's funeral, former Oyo State Governor, Omololu Olunloyo was quoted as saying that he was sure that Nigeria was worth living for but he was not so sure that it was worth dying for.
In a funeral speech, Mr Olunloyo said that he once asked Nigeria's former Justice Minister Bola Ige if Nigeria was worth dying for. According to him, Mr Ige said that he was sure that Nigeria was worth living for but he was not so sure that it was worth dying for. At the funeral, which President Obasanjo attended, Mr Olunloyo said that with all he now knew about Nigeria, he was convinced Nigeria was not worth dying for.
Today, Nigerians still ask; who killed Bola Ige?
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"Denial is a temporary mechanism by which we deceive ourselves, but deep down below the surface of the average conscience, there is a still small voice that says to us, something is out of tune" - Carl Jung
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