10/12/2025
O'seun Ogunseitan, in 1962,Chief Obafemi Awolowo and his group of unscrupulous elements planned a coup. The plan was to assassinate Akintola, Zik,Okotie Ebo, Dr.M.I.Okpara, Ahmadu Bello,Saduana and Tafawa Balewa, but their plan was nipped.
By 1963,Chief Justice Showomi had tried the 31 suspects,which included Awolowo, Dr.Maja turned a witness of the queen, hence his case was dropped, Dr. Taka and three other were discharged and acquitted, and the ring leader,Awolowo was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment.
Ernest Enahoro escaped to England, while Ayo Adebanjo and Samuel Ikoku ran to Ghana, where Kwame Nkuruma, who financed the coup, offered them asylum.
Nnamdi Kalu was arrested, granted bail and while on bail,the military went to his family house to assassinate him,so he fled out of the country but 16 of his family members and his followers were not as lucky, for they were brutally executed inside the compound.
While in self exile, Nigeria criminally kidnapped him back to Nigeria, and set him on trial, but in 2022,the court of appeal discharged and acquitted him,yet the government refused to abide by the ruling of her own court.
Chief Obafemi Awolowo and 30 others were tried and sentenced under one year,and Chief got a sentence of ten year.but Nnamdi Kalu has spent 11 years, how many more years do you want him to spend?
Justice delayed, they say is Justice denied. Ogunseitan, where is your sense of justice?
