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#October19th1986.

Exactly today October 19th 1986 the infamous letter bomb was delivered at Dele's home at No. 25, Talabi crescent, Off Talabi street, Adeniyi Jones Avenue Ikeja Lagos


. Colonel Halilu Akilu of the directorate of military intelligence has spoken to Dele Giwa earlier, asking for directions to his house so as to pay him a visit on his way to Ikeja airport having been slated to travel to Kano and also giving him a tip as regards a parcel from the commander-in-chief most likely an invitation to some official events.

Remember he had also told Dele not to worry about the allegations against him which led to the interrogation by the DMI and SSS on the 16th and 17th October respectively. Dele's Son Billy was the immediate recipient of the parcel which bore the seal of the Presidency, and was marked TO BE OPENED BY THE ADDRESSEE ONLY.

"This must be from the Presidency" Giwa said with a smile as he collected the package from his son and the rest became history. Killers of Dele Giwa are seemingly so powerful that they frustrated all efforts to investigate his death. Let me prick your conscience with one frustrated effort. One Herbert Tunde Dare a senior police officer with the special branch was assigned to the investigation. Soon after he began work with his accustomed energy and commitment, he was transferred to Kaduna from Lagos.

He visited Lagos to file a preliminary report on his investigations and in attempt to return to Kaduna by Air, he was given another assignment on the eleventh hour that warranted his returning by road. Announcing his death, the police said he had lost control of his car while trying to overtake another vehicle. He had died instantly.

The wreck of the car he was allegedly driving was never seen till date. 31 years later, the perpetrators of this dastardly act against Dele, his family, relatives, friends and all who are touched by his story appears to have gone scorch free.

But in as much as Dele lies in the grave lifeless, they will remain restless till they become useless in the dust! Permit me to end this submission with one of my favorite quotes of all time as put forward by the late Dele Giwa 2 yrs before his death, precisely on 30th August 1984 "NO EVIL DEED WILL GO UNPUNISHED, ANY EVIL DONE BY MAN TO MAN WILL BE REDRESSED, IF NOT NOW, THEN CERTAINLY LATER, IF NOT BY MAN, THEN CERTAINLY BY GOD, FOR THE VICTORY OF EVIL OVER GOOD CAN ONLY BE TEMPORARY

Let's pay some respect

Good man, his soul rest in peace. I wish all our bad politicians end up this way ASAP should they refuse to repent.




Any way, Let's try Aticulate see

#unseat the lie lie present government

These are Nigerian Icons.#Respect

All hail the 'Evil Genius'.

Fela was right after all...

Na who kill Dele Giwa, na Baba, if you put Gida na your problem

......who kill dele? na baba if say gida na you sabi....

Who killed GIWA? na BABA, If you put am NGIDA na you Sabi

All these Yoruba no just strong.. Ordinary TNT wey no reach 2% to handle house mouse nahim turn this one to barbecue so.

Why does good people like Dele Giwa, Yaradua, etc die young? Why does evil people like Buhari, Shecow, etc live long? These are miseries to me. Someone should help me.

Wasn't Babangida the head of state then?
Hope he's- Dele is resting in peace.
Meanwhile, all your killers, na dog go chop their corpse.
Nigeria has a long history sha. So many things have happened

But today's 21st


All these mods ehn

He will be surprise to know how many Nigerians has died from the same bomb blast

I expected a topic like this on fp on my birthday, Friday October 19th.


That bloody Sunday is now 32 years ago, and counting, yet Dele's killers are still eating comfortably in their houses.

I passed through Ekperi last month, I could only but shake my head when I saw his graveside.

hmmmmm

we all know who killed him. fella said it was baba something.

And his killer is a leader in PDP working hard to elect Atiku.

When sky is torn,
When the stars are scattered,
When the seas pour forth
And the tombs burst open
Then,
A soul shall know what it put forward
And what it left behind...

Babangida have so much sin,, too much blood on his neck.

Letter bomb. How can I get some

IBB made history, a bad one here.

K

MajorJeffery:
IBB made history, a bad one here.

Seems like something that has Buhari signature all over it....

Truly no evil can go unpunished

eyinjuege:
Wasn't Babangida the head of state then?
Hope he's- Dele is resting in peace.
Meanwhile, all your killers, na dog go chop their corpse.
Nigeria has a long history sha. So many things have happened

IBB was in charge....

Requiescet in pace

Nigeria govt kill dele giwa

ZombiePUNISHER:
Seems like something that has Buhari signature all over it....

Oga, this your hate for Bubu has gone over the line.

1.Buhari was under house arrest at the time of the incident. He was no longer in power, it was IBB who was in power. Plus, Bubu'sintelligence chief Rafindiadi was under actual detention (and was not freed till several years later).

2.As far as we know...we don';t know who sent the letter bomb...wether it was agents of the then government....or foreign agents...or drug cartels. And I'll leave it at that.

Rip Dele. Our primary sch song goes thus.
Who kill Dele giwa nah BaBa , me I no say Gida oooooo

IBB will not die well In sha allahu .....LIKE IF U AGREED,...SHARE IF U THINK OTHERWISE.