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Around 1993/ early 1994, I was on my way to see a friend who lives adjacent Sonariwo market in Aiyegbami, Sagamu.

Just when I got to the house beside my destination, a car pulled over in front of the house. Nobody initially paid attention to it and the occupants.

Three elderly men including Baba Owolewa (Owner of a popular bookshop in Ijoku Sagamu) and a boy of about 15 years came down from the car. The frail looking poor boys arrival created a great attention from everyone who knew him in that area.

Immediately, the boy came down and sighted by lady at the balcony , she shouted his name and practically everybody in the building and neighbors ran out surprised and joyous. The joy and dancing on everybody's face was so much that I had to stop to know what actually happened.

Apparently, the young boy had been missing for about 3 months. He left home one fateful day for school and never returned putting the family and the community in confusion. They have been in emotional, psychological pain since then in an all out effort attempt to find him or know what happened to their son.

HIS DISAPPEARANCE.
While walking back from school during those days after the 1993 election and annulment, there were "JUNE 12" riots going on all over major cities in Nigeria including Sagamu.

Unfortunately, he was caught up in the battle the ensued between the police and the rioters. Sadly and as his fate will have it that bad day,he was among the people arrested by the police for the rioting and was taken straight to Elewe Eran (Police HQ) in Abeokuta.He was unable to communicate with any of his family members.

That was the beginning of another phase in the poor boy's life. Locked up with his dirty school uniform among criminals without telephone and another other effective means of communication. Yes it can only happen in places like Nigeria. Banged up abroad.

According to the boy, he has made numerous attempts to get across to people at home through the police men at the station without success simply because they cannot volunteer to come to Sagamu from Abeokuta to come and give the family the information on his behalf.(It has to be cash and carry)

Surprisingly, other inmates who gained freedom while he was in prison also failed him. They always promise to help him while they are about to leave the jail but forget about him immediately they step out of the station.

Imagine the physical and emotional pain a young boy of that age will suffer in the mist of criminals in a Nigeria cell.

HIS FREEDOM
Chief Owolewa as popularly known in Sagamu and other men that followed were leaders of SDP (The winning political party in the country).

After numerous riots that engrossed the country around that period, they took it upon themselves to go to police stations within their vicinity to help in getting legal service and freedom for rioters who were arrested during the heated periods.
This becomes necessary due to understanding that the rioters were actually fighting for their main candidate (MKO) and their stolen mandate.

In fact, they had concluded the exercise in Sagamu stations before news got to them that some people were actually transported and detained in the state HQ at Elewe Eran Abeokuta and this prompted their immediate action.

THE MOMENT
In his address to jubilant crowd on that day, the SDP official explained that they went to Elewe Eran and had concluded the bailing of all the people whose name was on the register and records.

They were about leaving when they heard a PERSISTENT VOICE from the inner cell of a young boy shouting:

" Daddy ejo, e ranmi lowo, Sagamu ni emi na ti wa" meaning Daddy please help me, I also came from sagamu.

The boy was shouting at the top of his voice while other inmates also help to add their voice to it to the surprise of everyone.

Apparently the poor boys name did not appear in the police register and records because he is a MINOR. Yet they left him to rot in detention.

And that was the boys saving grace. The rest is history

CONCLUSION:
People like this are the true hero of June 12. They are the unknown symbol of Nigeria Democracy that have sacrificed so much in their life for this great country.

We may not be able to give all of them national awards but wherever you may be today "Ade" you are the true legacy of June 12.

We apologize and thank you as a nation.
You are the greatest GCON.

We also posthumously thank the great politician, Late Alhaji Owolewa for his great contribution to humanity.

Thank you.

Rubbish. And a university student wrote this trash.

Olodo. They have been confirmed. Can't you hear Senate president saying"................ is hereby confirmed as a minister of the Federal republic of Nigeria.

babatundeizbad:
Nobody has been cleared or confirmed yet. What is happening now is the question and answer part of the screening, after which the Senate are still going to scrutinize and address all petitions and grieviances against each nominee.
Know your facts

I am sure the committee members has not received their Ghana Must Go bag yet.

nikkypearl:
I used to flaunt my own "curve2" 5years ago

Now it has become liability.

Kidnapping

Saraki is just trying to blackmail everyone around in other to get an easy way out. Will it be difficult for CCB to discover that El-rufai sold the property to Saraki? NO

Therefore that assumption that El-rufai provided evidence is not correct.

Ethnic bigot. No matter what is available,some people will only look at things from ethnic point.

ZKOSOSO:
Just Wonder why people don't ask some structural question of the day......
Why do we have over 80% members and heads of the bench from supreme Court to Appeal court to Fed high courts to special courts to magistrates across the Nation ONLY Fulanis Muslims??
Go Google when last did we have a southern christian as chief judges of those above courts? Take a trip to all Law Schools in the country you will see over 85% of students are christian southerners but hardly make it to the head those benches except as roadside charge and bail lawyers in most cases!!

There is a silent Islamisation and Northernisation of the judiciary in the country!!
Very young fulani law graduates are promptly push to sensitive positions in the judiciary so that before long he heads the bench while only already old southerners are made members which cannot guarantee being the head.

Ayeeeeee ooooooooooooooo .No single conviction till date. Bunch of Jokers.

Now I know CCT is toothless bull dog .They cannot send Saraki to Jail.

The second dude. Cool and calm. Sure the guy is going places.

Congrats

It is a movie abeg. They are too matured to be secondary school ladies.

Nigerian bloggers and their lies.

Touching..........

Genea:
She was Just Walking with Her Sister...There was a Spark(High Tension Wire) from one of the Poles infront of the Entrance of where she was Headed ..... It Fell on Her.....She got Electrocuted ..... We Rushed her to the Medical Centre.... Minutes Later she was Pronounced Dead....

A Lot of things have been going thru my Mind....
1.U don't know ur Dying Day
2.Live Every Moment Like its ur Last...Buh don't Live Fast.....Live Right
I've never been dis Touched in my whole Life....It could have been anybody....Even my Sister or Something......
I got into d Emergency Room..... Lo n Behold She was Lying Cold n Dead..... I almost Fell down .....What a Life.....Just Like Dat....The Agony n Pain emanating from her Younger Sister Killed me Slowly
My Brothers and Sisters abeg Death is REAL..... if i neva believed .....Today is a Wake up Call for ME/YOU....
My Name is ..... abeg if i have Wronged u in anyway Please n Please Forgive Me...... LIFE is TOO SHORT.....
,
Rip Oluchi Acct 300l....Heaven Couldn't wait for U...#BrokenInside#WhataLife#Numb

Sorry

By posting the picture, you may have bungled the investigation. Please hand it over to police.

Here is my judgement.

I hereby pronounce you guilty as charged and therefore sentence you to death by firing squad.

May the lord keep your soul.

I rise.

Who cares.

You want to be paid for elections that are inconclusive. Thought PDP already paid you guys.

Mimiko decamp to PDP. The deputy decamp to APC. Just wondering why the governor is trying to push the guy out of office.

Okay. How did you confirm if the cases did not happen in areas outside you immediate location?

Maybe they noticed you guys did not work. You only assisted PDP to rig the election. My mind though.

I strongly suspect a fool will attack me on this MY opinion.

Thank you. This is will be a very competitive offer.

FTC for the first time after 2 years . A sign of great change to come. Dedicated to everyone that wants peace in Nigeria and my friend Fexlin.

Okay noted.

Nigeria Military is gone.

The mystery is wetin hold the thing from popping out suddenly.

The only achievement by Jonathan's government is TRAIN . Are we talking about president of a Nation here?

This election has brought creativity out of some people.

Everything GEJ. Na wah oo.

Orite. Since he is a politician in NIGERIA, he should expect anything. It is a dirty game. I rather prefer to sip my gari than join them.

They wan start be dat. It is getting tougher and they are becoming more desperate.

PDP and his team has turned this campaign and the need to attack their opponent to a Joke. How am I supposed to believe this shit.

Nyanayan bond blast master minder, DSS cannot provide evidence but they have information about APC trying to hack INEC's offline data base. They probably see us Nigerians as brainless.