Going to work could mean your death. It was indeed a bad time. The June 12, 1993 election won by Bashorun MKO Abiola had just been annulled
Going to work could mean your death. It was indeed a bad time. The June 12, 1993 election won byNigeria was in deep crisis and journalism was under severe assault. Babangida had to perforce step aside.
The baptism of fire that welcomed us was the arrest of our colleague Kunle Ajibade who was accused of coup-plotting. Even if anybody called our name, you just pretended that it wasn’t you that was being called. It was a strategy of security agents to call the name of a wanted journalist, and if you just turned to show attention, you would be promptly nabbed and may end up in the underground cell in Apapa.We were dependent on co-workers like typesetters to alert us of any strange fellows around.
A turncoat radical serving in the Abacha government once paid us a visit in the office and we all ran away, dodging to meet with him until he went away!
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