Every Nigerian leader whether they are dead or still alive do not make my personal list of those Nigerians that I will consider today as my heroes and heroines. The following men and women who are now dead stand tall on that unique list:the late Prof. Ayodele Awojobi, Prof. Chinua Achebe, Dr. Bala Usman, Dr. Bala Muhammed, Mallam Aminu Kano, Chief Anthony Enahoro, Lawyer Gani Fawehinmi, Dr. Beko Ransome-Kuti, Musician Fela Anikulapo, Dr. Tai Solarin, Prof Chike Obi. Prof. Eskor Toyo, Mrs. Olufunmilayo Ransome-Kuti and Lawyer Alao Aka-Bashorun.
On the list of the living Nigerians, I have the following personalities on it:Prof. Wole Soyinka, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, Prof. Tam David-West, Bishop Kukah, Bishop Gbonigi, Lawyer Femi Falana, General Muhammadu Buhari, Arch-Bishop Olubunmi Okogie, Arch-Bishop John Onaiyekan, Arch-Bishop Akinola, Dr. Tunji Braithwaite, Oluyele Sowore of the Sahara Reporters and few other Nigerians that I may not list here. These men and women spoke the truth always to the powers in Nigeria, did not sell their precious birthrights, genuine patriotism, true nationalism and personal integrity for a meal from the Nigerian oil wealth or her oil bloc shady allocations, the Ghana must-go-bags, the juicy political appointments, the highly inflated contracts that do not need to be done, the selective import licenses for dubious business men and the privatization or indigenization policy that are created to make some selected Nigerian overnight dollar-rated billionaires.
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