It was Saturday, the 6th November 1999 - a visiting day at Federal Government College Kwali, Abuja. A typically joyous day for any young student and many
It was Saturday, the 6th November 1999 – a visiting day at Federal Government College Kwali, Abuja. A typically joyous day for any young student and many of us were expecting our parents and relatives with eager eyes.
Many of us then at Ikenga House – myself, Sunday Oghayei, Martins Onwuegbu, Ekpeyong Omori decided to keep the news to ourselves and not break it to our brother Ojima Achema until it was officially announced.
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