A TRIP BACK INTO HISTORY

FROM A REPORT TITLED “MILITARY INJUSTICE” BY AFRICA WATCH ( A BRANCH OF RESPECTED GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH) ON ONE OF THE UGLY FACES OF MILITARY DICTATORSHIP AND WHY PEOPLE CALLING FOR MILITARY TAKE- OVER BECAUSE OF OUR PRESENT SELF-INFLICTED SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHALLENGES MUST BE WARY OF SUCH EXTREMISM. PROF MIKE OZEKHOME,SAN’S SUIT AT THE HIGH COURT OF LAGOS STATE, CORAM,HON JUSTICE MORENKEJI ONALAJA ( 1933- 2017),HELPED SAVE FROM THE FIRING SQUAD OR HANGMAN,THE LIFE OF A VARLOUS FORMER MILITARY GOVERNOR OF RIVERS STATE, GENERAL ZAMANI LEKWOT. LEKWOT AND OTHERS HAD BEEN UNJUSTLY SENTENCED TO DEATH BY THE GENERAL IBRAHIM BABANGIDA MILITARY JUNTA FOR UNPROVEN AND 14 OTHERS OVER UN-SUBSTATIATED ACTS OF CULPABLE HOMICIDE CONCERNING THE ZANGO KATAF ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS CRISIS THAT TOOK PLACE IN MAY,1992.THE RETIRED GENERAL LIVES TODAY AS A FREE AND RESPECTED ELDERSTATESMAN. TO GOD BE THE GLORY.