THE HOME CALLING OF THE YOUNGER AWO
‘’Lies kills silently, if you lie consistently, it removes 10 minutes from your lifespan ’-Chief Obafemi Awolowo SPECIAL TRIBUTE BY THE ‘PEOPLE’S WORDSMITH’’ CHIEF CERUTTI OSAGIE It is still like dawn. Till date, over two decade after his sudden demise, the late sage, chief Obafemi Awolowo is still seen in bright light, his works and memories still lingers on He has been described in several superlatives. Not only a hero to his people, the Yorubas of the Nigeria nation, but to the country and continent as a whole Nigeria erstwhile military strategist and president, Gen Babangide could not have painted a wrong; picture, when he wrote in 1987 during Awo‘s death that: ‘’THIS MAN, AWO IS THE BEST PRESIDENT NIGERIA NEVER HAD, THIS I SAY WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOUR’’ That Awo is still being celebrated today is a result of his hard work and passion in which he served his people and the country as a whole He was pointblank when he said of his life and likely times after...