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By Ochereome Nnanna One of such few was His Excellency, Lt Col Francis Adekunle Fajuyi, the late first Military Governor of Western Region, who opted to pay the supreme price rather than betray his visiting boss, General Aguiyi-Ironsi, who was in Ibadan as part of his nationwide “pacification” tour. If Fajuyi had willingly handed over Ironsi to his assassins, he would certainly have retired as one of the fat-cat post-civil war multi-millionaire generals, perhaps with oil blocks as part of his reward. But what did he get for his noble sacrifices? It was only about a decade ago that a prominent street in Ibadan was named after him. Has any government in the former Eastern Region thought fit to immortalise this exceptional Nigerian for his uncommon acts of courage?
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For that matter, no government in any part of the East (South East in particular) has picked up the courage to name streets after Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu. On the other hand, Northerners such as Generals Yakubu Gowon, Murtala Mohammed, Ibrahim Babangida, Sani Abacha, Presidents Shehu Shagari and Umaru Yar’ Adua have streets and monuments named after them all over the East. The only Southern beneficiary is General Olusegun Obasanjo, who has a long street in Port Harcourt bearing his name… |
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