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“They arrived as promised, armed with copies
of the WANTED notice that was now home to
my photograph. A charade ensued. Sam
accompanied them as they looked through the
rooms, one after the other, passed through
the living room where I was seated, looked
right through me as through a windowpane.
Content with the futility of their mission, they
sat down with the Aluko family in the same
living room. With a straight face, they
enquired of Sam Aluko if he had any news of
me. Sam shook his head in the negative. Well,
be sure to keep us informed if he makes
contact – we’ll leave this WANTED notice with
you in case you lay eyes on anyone
resembling him – again looking straight
through me as I sat sipping my coffee”.


Photo 2) 31 year old Wole Soyinka (and some unidentified people) at the Ibadan High Court premises where he was accused of holding up Radio Nigeria staff at gunpoint, removing tapes containing Premier (Samuel Akintola) of the Western Region's speech, and substituting them with an anti-government broadcast.

Michael Odesanya, one of the prominent lawyers of that period, served as Wole Soyinka's lead defence counsel while Chief Tanimose Bankole-Oki was the government prosecutor.

Date: November 1965

Source: Reuters