I can still remember this whole story 😢. If a justice minister of a country can't get justice. Then the common man is just like ant they can crush. Rip uncle Bola Ige
I was just 6 years old when this happened. I remeber watching the funeral on our monotone TV. I had no idea what was going on. It was just another event with that had soldiers parading. I’d just got back from the little pond we called a pool in my shorts with friends. looking back now after this interview, I remember how significant that event was, still is. I now teach politics and I teach a bit of this history to my students. Thank you Edmund Obilo for preserving this history.
I couldn’t help shedding tears as I listened to my dear sister Funso. Those that master minded Uncle Bola Ige’s death will never have peace if they are still alive and if they are dead hell is their eternal home. Thanks Funsho for standing strong .
@@abioyesulaiman9665Is that a curse or a prayer? Lives have gone here and you are not empathizing. When we see dead body on another person's head it looks like wood until we carry ours.
I'm deeply grateful for this podcast which shed more light on the assassination of Chief Bola Ige. In 1981, my father took me along with him to visit late Chief Bola Ige (when he was Governor of the old Oyo State). I vividly remember him as a brilliant & outstanding Governor. It's utterly shocking that such a quintessential personality can be eliminated by evil & corruptible elements in our country. Is Nigeria any better today? From London, UK
A time will come when Dele Farotimi's courage to challenge the judicial system would be seen as heroic and we'll all agree that without a great judiciary, the country cannot be great. Bola Ige's assassination story is heartwrenching and a slap to our judicial system. Keep resting Cicero
@@AkinolaWilliams That's the problem with people like you. Go and read chapters 8 and 9 of the book and see if names weren't mentioned. Don't assume everyone to be as gullible as you.
Thanks madam Funsho for shedding more light on your late father's assassination. May God bless the family he left behind and May his soul rest in peace.
The people that killed are government and in that case there’s no justice in Nigeria. The DSS are the worst law enforcement in the world. They’re used by government as hire assassins. This is why the FBI in the United States are independent. It was a well planned assassination just like late Funsho Williams was assassinated in Lagos by Tinubu government to remain the dominant man in the state.
Every time I sing this song we used to sing at assembly in Primary school in Lagos , Ope Loye o, Baba Olo re, Iyin lo ye o , Olorun Oba, Hosanna ye o, ose o Baba , my husband would say ,that’s the song Bola Ige loved to sing. I sing it today in his memory, sun re o 🙏🙏
Thank you Aunty Funso for telling your story...at least part of it. We draw so much from your strength and character. Your parents would have been so proud of you and Muyiwa. May God continue to bless you and I have no doubt that your children will make you proud. ❤
A man to be remembered for his high achievements. A man of integrity. One of the last in his generation. Thank you for sharing this story my sister. A sad time! God will judge his assassins. A dakẹ dajọ ni Ọlọrun !!!!
This is one of the things that are holding Nigeria from going forwards, a lots of blood of the Innocents, unjustly shaded and cleverly concealed. Oh! I remember Dele Giwa, Moshood Abiola, Kudirat Abiola, Pa Riwanu, Fusho Williams and a host of others, their killers will never know peace for ever.
May God continue to watch over Baba Bola Ige's family. My mum calls him uncle.Shame I never got to meet him. He was a very 3:23 strong force that his killers could not stand.
This interview has put lights to the questions I was asking based on the narrative in the media. One of the questions is 'why would a big man of Bola Ige's status not give his security details food in his house?
Nigeria I a crime scene, a whole Anthony general and minister of justice killed, and nobody was held responsible till today. May Nigeria not happen to us!! Mr Edmond welldone sir
I have been saying this for years. If he could not get justice, who are am I. He was a sitting attorney general of the federation fa. And still no justice.
@tolaadeleru2886 Honestly, hearing the whole scenario from Mummy Funsho makes me sad more. Imagine a whole Anthony general who has a judge as a wife and has lawyers as children but couldn't get justice still. Then what's the hope of common man?, And they still want masses to believe that judiciary is the last hope of common man. There's no hope anywhere!!!
What an event that really showed the Nigerian judicial system had sunk a long time ago. I remember very clearly this horrible incident.. It was a very sad Christmas for Esa-Oke in 2001. I was in the St. Paul Angelican Church choir, Esa-Oke and we started to hear the rumours of his brother George Ige's demise on our way back from his funeral. It wasn't long after this the then Owa Omiran of ESA -Oke, Oba Isaiah Adeniran also died. Injustice is what you get when it is those who should ensure Justice is delivered that are the perpetrators. Hmmmm... Continue to Rest in Peace Uncle Bola Ige. Your murders should not die again.
My goodness.. I don't know how you all feel after all these years.. but truly can this Country get better.. if those up there find it challenging to survive and end up loosing a love one.. what can the common man say. What can we do ?
My brother, call it what it is ; intra-tribal political killings / intra-ethnocentric killings….this is been on-going , even during the political era of chief Awolowo. The prevailing situation of hooliganistic / Agberocratic nuisances needs to be nips once and for all . This is nothing but a pure oduduwa political timidity / kakistocratic hullabaloo…they should learn to civilize themselves in the corridor of power tussles.
You see some body who was sentence to death and got clemency only to come around to spit on justice aronically.The world is wicked.And they sit in front role in the church on Sunday. Obviously they lost eternity .May they rot in hell May the souls of Mrs Bola lge RIP.AMEN.
Bola Ige was a very honest politician who wanted the best for Nigeria. I know when he started the healing process between the Igbos and Yorubas especially the purported betrayal of Igbos by Yorubas during the civil war. He meant well for Nigeria A certain group in Yoruba land saw him as a threat which was one reason he did not get second term as Oyo governor. He could have carried out the unfinished business of Chief Obafemi Awolowo. Those who hated Nigeria’s development murdered him.
You're a fool,purported betrayal to who by Yoruba,you better go and get your facts right and tell yourself the truth for once,all the problem we're facing in Nigeria today started from the first coup in Nigeria which is ibo coup
You guys just come online to write rubbish and lies. What healing process because of the purported betrayal of Igbos by Yorubas? Yorubas didn't betray Igbos, get your facts right and stop gaslighting.
Stop writing rubbish online and take your foolish " victim" narrative elsewhere Yorubas never betrayed your tribe, they only refused your senseless war on their territory. Educate yourself with Alabi Ishama's Tragedy of victory.
Well done sir, Madam,, thanks for the message and by God's Grace, God Almighty Himself will raise the set of right people who will bring right Justice.......AMEN
Uncle Bola (with respect), I remember where I was and what I was doing when I first heard the broadcast of your assassination on the radio that morning in 2001.
So sad that we lost Uncle Bola Ige at the time we did. I believe the South West especially felt the impact of his loss. (A vacuum was created). The fact that his wife despite being a Justice could not get justice for her husband is a testament to the injustice in our justice system as enumerated in Dele Farotimi’s book .
It sounds like his security men were paid by the government authority to assassinate him. May his soul rest in peace. He was a true Yoruba giant who sacrificed his life to defend the truth. Today YORUBAS are in big trouble because the kings and elders are selling us for Peanuts 😂😢😅.
If this story does not make you think Dele Farotimi is saying what many are afraid of concerning the justice system, the reason why a politician can steal and still walk around like a hero but innocent no name can be locked up for saying his/her mind.
Pdp government under Obasanjo was desperate to win South western states and they saw Bola Ige as a stumbling block. Omisore was the hit man. Rip Cisero as he was fondly called.
@@chineduonuoha3855.Omisore was from Osun state so is not possible he became the governor of Oyo state. What happened is that when the late chief Bola Ige told the highest authority that he was going to resign and had interests to go for presidential candidate and the late chief was persuaded not to do that and he refused to complying and that is it. Omisore was just used because they knew that he had issues with late chief Bola Ige by then. Once the whole chief Bola Ige can be killed like that and nothing happens anyone that loves himself or herself should just be cool with all what is going on in this our country. But one day the highest judge the God Almighty will judge.
I vividly remember Bola Ige as a Governor in the old Oyo State. Popularly called Cicero of Nigeria. He spoke all Nigerian Languages especially Igbo,Yoruba and Hausa fluently. You can miss his interview at TSOS (Television Service of Oyo State) then,RIP Uncle Bola
Uncle Bola Ige, one of the best 😢that happened to Nigeria. We miss you greatly who would have even thought to harm you? You're definitely a Legend who should be honored 🎖 🥇 🙏🏽. May your gentle ✨️ 🙏🏽 💔 soul rest on.🤍🤍🤍✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾❤
In esa oke then it was very hard on us, the last time he visited before his demise he promised us scholarship if we pass our junior waec but he died before then, omo I cried hell, bola Ige was a great inspiration to me
Bola Ige appeared probono for Shugaba in Shugaba v Minister of Internal Affairs, (1982), that's noble of him! And Nigeria watched him get wasted just like that. 😢😢😢😢
Never seen my dad, an igbo business man, so devastated at the death of a politician until this news broke. I was only 10 at the time but the memory still sticks till date, Nigeria till today has continued to murder its own saviours. 23years later, and still no justice. If it could happen to a CJN, it can happen to anyone, no wonder the justice system of Nigeria now is simply an arm of the government in power.
Omase o, each time I listen or read about him and his wife, it saddens my heart. One thing I know is that, the God of Heaven is the Judge of all, no one can escape from His hand. The killers may think it is over, but God will vindicate that family. It is well.
May His soul continue to rest in peace. The assassins will be shamed for ever. However, it was unbelievable that FGN could not fish out the assassins of such a high profile govt. official.
Obasanjo-led government should be held responsible for such high profile murder. A whole Attorney General of the Federation would be murdered and could not unravel the mystery till date shows that Federal Government actors were involved.
Hmmmmm. Aunty Tinuke her Mom were classmates in kings college Lagos and late Bola Ige was close family friends to my parents.. The Miller twin both of blessed memories. They both visited us in kaduna regularly. And once I remember,he was the chief launcher at the synod of my village diocese in Wusasa Zaria in which he and General graced the synod... Great people and extremely modest and laughable... Rest on.... It shall be explained some day... Adieu to all our loving parents who have gone to be with the Lord .. 😢
See, the reason the country continues to stay the way it is is because people are too careful and sometimes too fearful to mention names in situations like this. We will only start making progress as a country when we start naming names in very specific manner in situations like this. She’s been careful to mention the names of the security detail or at least describe them best she can. I won’t blame her though. The family went through too much. This is why they are all running Kiti-kiti after Dele Farotimi released his book. Awon were jatijati. If baba Afe was so good and honorable like he claimed, we would have heard stories of his confrontations with the criminal state. The good men we respect, who are truly honorable don’t live to 100. They’ve all been killed by criminal leaders. Good people around the world who challenge the status quo piss the bad guys up a lot and get in real trouble with them. MLK, Malcom X, Marcus Garvey, Patrice Lumumba, Kwame Nkrumah, Bola Ige, Fela Anikulapo, Mr and Mrs Ransome Kuti, Ken Saro Wiwa, and the list goes on. They’ve almost all experienced a similar fate. Baba Afe has never been mentioned in any association of these greats. Who baba help? Criminal statesmen who manipulate the people into thinking they were fighting for them. Wolves in sheep’s clothing. The next decade in Nigeria will be a period of exposure. Secrets go come out and many people with their false sainthood will be trashed in the mud. We will get Nigeria back where it belongs amongs the nations. Una never know anything. The bloods of our innocent heroes will keep crying for the liberation of our beloved country. Awon barawo jatijati. They intentionally took history out of the curriculum in our school system to prevent the people from knowing their history so they can bury their evil past. Like I said, the consciousness of the average Nigerian is awakened and people are beginning to question things that don’t make sense to them. These old criminals know that this generation asks questions. It’s not as docile as our parents generations that didn’t ask much questions of them and let them just run the cover aground and keep the people suppressed. They are not ready for the young generation and don’t even know how to handle these young chaps. You criminal politician, I’ll like to break the news to you that the younger generations are coming for you and you have no place to hide. Your days of oppressing the people is up. If these criminal leaders and those who ran Nigeria aground have any sense at all they’ll know that Dele Farotimi is the least of their worries. They have bigger fish to fry. The awareness of the people is heightened and the Nigerian people will start asking tough questions of them soon and they can quickly find themselves in hot mess with the people just like what we are seeing in some parts of the world right now. You can’t keep a people quiet forever.
It is heartwarming to know that Bola Ige and his family used Oluyoro Hospital for medical care despite their affluent, He must have believed in the care given at the hospital unlike our ruiners who fly abroad at any slightest scratch on their bodies may His soul rest in peace 🙏
Oluyoro hospital is private hospital owned by Catholic Church, it is a standard hospital, in those days there doctors are mostly white, I remembered then we call it ye apo e wo, i.e check your pocket, because accessing medical care in Oluyoro is not cheap either!
Wickedness is never happiness.... Uncle Bola Ige made me went to secondary when he was Oyo State governor through his free and qualitative education of UPN. (Egbe Imole)
Hmm … a shocking , terrible thing to witness as a family. A lasting pain. Nation builders carry scars that can sink a normal person. May their souls rest in peace amen 🙏
The same issue Farotimi is saying about our justice system. You wey dem kill dead body, who kill person dead body. We will all answer to God only at different time. It's well.
This is not true, bring up your proof. If you will suspect any group that time, you should suspect Obansajo led PDP that was disgraced in South West in 1999 (credited to Chief Bola Ige's influence in South West) and was ready to do anything to take over South West in 2003. During this period, Tinubu was battling against the same people (PDP) for the soul of Lagos State. In addition to this, one of the main suspects in the killing of Chief Bola Ige was rewarded with a Senatorial Seat by Obasanjo led PDP. This suspect won election and became a Senator while he was in Police custody as a suspect.
The writing was always on the wall. OBJ is complicit. He was the head of that administration, and no one was arrested for the assassination of his Minister of Justice. This was an order that came straight from the top.
@Marcusmark911 Mr Marcus, you have said it all. Justice shall prevail about the death of late minister for Justice Chief Bola lge the Lion of Esa Oke, the cicero of Nigeria. He was a wonderful politician after the late Obafemi Awolowo. Apparently, the country called 'Nigeria' can not move forward because of the blood of many innocent souls that have been assassinated by the past government hudlums. But with God all things are are possible and the truth will come to light some day. The great evil committed by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo shall stand in the witness box against him on the last day. No apology which is needed for for now, ultimately, the truth will surface one day. If the wrong deeds disappeared for a thousand years eventually, the truth will come to the lights some day. Lets the young Nigerians have this perception in their minds that 'lgbo Odajù ni Nigeria. An unforgivable society. The spirit of those who are killed through assassin's needs an answer now.
It was indeed a sad day. We were preparing for Christmas when a distress call came for my Dad to join a team to investigate the incident and my dad in his pyjamas went for the assignment and was not home, in till Christmas. After all was said and done, all my dad could say is there is no justice in the court of man, only God gives true justice. May the God of justice give justice as it’s never late with God. May God continue to strengthen the family. May the family never experience such in there live again or any family.
Rest in peace chief Bola Ige and all the people whose life was cut short by Nigeria because they want justice and progress from Nigeria. David Hundeyin a young activists writes about the evil of Nigeria but guess what? They have been frustrating him. He's alive though and I pray and support him and many confident patriotic Nigerians.
"Unknown soldiers" killed Mrs. Ransome Kuti. "Unknown powers-that-be" killed MKO. "Unknown soldiers" killed the End SARS protesters! "Unknown assassins" killed Chief Bola Ige. And countless "unknown bandits" continue to kill thousands across the country! A country where real justice is unknown!
This story is one of the stories that made me concluded that Baba Obasanjo has no moral standing to suggest ways to put Nigeria in the right part. He should apologise for his failure to implement those suggested ways of putting Nigeria in the right part when he had the opportunity. It is a fact that the activities of baba Obasanjo in the South West led to the emergence of such character like President Tinubu and his followers from that part of the country. We all know that baba Obasanjo constantly attacked the institutions and individuals standing for policy based political ideology in the South West and the peak of such activities was the killing of Chief Bola Ige, who happened to be the last renowned man standing for such political ideology. Perhaps if baba Obasanjo had not committed those wicked acts in the South West, Tinubu wouldn’t have emerged from that region and rise to the present position with his kind of present character, in other word no one exhibiting characters like Tinubu would have emerge from that region and rise to the position of President. I believe Tinubu borrowed from Obasanjo game plan by submitting to the owners of Nigeria like Obasanjo did and rose to the top, so that he will not end up like Chief Awolowo and Chief Bola Ige who refused to submit them.
Sadly, the truthful ones like idiagbon and bola-ige had to be removed from the equation so that these living crooks can deal with us very well in this 4th republic. No matter how much the situation makes humans to believe there is no God, I believe there is God and he will judge the world.
This was a disgraceful and dastardly crime against the people of Nigeria by the government of Nigeria. We must seek justice on the assassination of this noble man for the sake of our posterity.
Even though I was just 11 years old then, I understood it was a big deal because all newspapers and broadcast media headlines kept blowing it for months. A whole CJN. Same thing happened to Funso Williams. Na still Unknown Gunmen😢
His death shook me. I didn't know what to think at the time. Till this date, we still don't know why they killed him. One bright mind cut short needlessly. So the drivers outside the house didn't hear the gunshot? The gory sight of their patriarch shot point blank will forever linger in the minds of his family members. What a pity! Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May his soul, and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen
I remember this incident... Didn't know Bola ige had been killed until i want to a Barber shop to get a haircut and saw the news flash, went home and told my mom what i saw earlier she was like she also saw it on TV too. I was just a 10 year old and the follow up story about fryo and so on. May the soul of Bola Ige continually rest in peace 🙏
CICERO GOES HOME! MINISTER OF JUSTICE was wickedly gunned down with no traces of the assassins & the chief planners. Case closed by the alagbaras of Nigeria. O GA OOOOO. Why was it impossible for Obasanjo to bring the assassins to book? Ejo lowo ninu.
I can still remember this whole story 😢. If a justice minister of a country can't get justice. Then the common man is just like ant they can crush. Rip uncle Bola Ige
So sad💔💔😢😢
The political monsters are still very much around and waxing stronger without no one checking them for justice, thiefnubu number one.
@@AyodejiTemenu-r1c jagabadit.jagawerey. certificate forger. Ballot box snatcher, T.pain is a destiny destroyer
@@AyodejiTemenu-r1c Same goes for Dele Giwa, Harry Marsha, Bimbo Daramola, Otunba Dipo Dina, Engr Funsho Williams, Alfred Rewane etc
I was just 6 years old when this happened. I remeber watching the funeral on our monotone TV. I had no idea what was going on. It was just another event with that had soldiers parading. I’d just got back from the little pond we called a pool in my shorts with friends.
looking back now after this interview, I remember how significant that event was, still is. I now teach politics and I teach a bit of this history to my students.
Thank you Edmund Obilo for preserving this history.
I couldn’t help shedding tears as I listened to my dear sister Funso. Those that master minded Uncle Bola Ige’s death will never have peace if they are still alive and if they are dead hell is their eternal home. Thanks Funsho for standing strong .
Amen
Amen and Amen
Amen.
Must you curse at people? How has your curse changed the course of events now in this case?
@@abioyesulaiman9665Is that a curse or a prayer? Lives have gone here and you are not empathizing. When we see dead body on another person's head it looks like wood until we carry ours.
I'm deeply grateful for this podcast which shed more light on the assassination of Chief Bola Ige. In 1981, my father took me along with him to visit late Chief Bola Ige (when he was Governor of the old Oyo State). I vividly remember him as a brilliant & outstanding Governor. It's utterly shocking that such a quintessential personality can be eliminated by evil & corruptible elements in our country. Is Nigeria any better today? From London, UK
You didn't get the job on merit😂😂😂😂😂😂😂....
@@nathannwokeforo6969 On pure merit bruv✨✨🌟😄😄😄😄😄😄😆
From Ghana but remember the learned AG of the republic… a great loss .. Nigeria breaks my heart …
From Ghana but remember the progressive governor of oyo … a great loss .. Nigeria breaks my heart …
@@nathannwokeforo6969 @nathannwokeforo6969 l got the job based on Merit bruv 😄😄😄😄😆✨🌟✨
A time will come when Dele Farotimi's courage to challenge the judicial system would be seen as heroic and we'll all agree that without a great judiciary, the country cannot be great.
Bola Ige's assassination story is heartwrenching and a slap to our judicial system. Keep resting Cicero
Unless he names the exact judge , exact date he is a liar
See this gullible one😁😁
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Farotimi is not fighting for justice for Bola ige he is just an attention seeking for political power with peter obi the biafraud president
@@AkinolaWilliams That's the problem with people like you. Go and read chapters 8 and 9 of the book and see if names weren't mentioned.
Don't assume everyone to be as gullible as you.
Thanks madam Funsho for shedding more light on your late father's assassination. May God bless the family he left behind and May his soul rest in peace.
This one of OBJ's supervised atrocities, the man claiming to be a saint now.
For real ??
Abi the all knowing Nigeria president
Hmm military style I guess 😢
Obasanjo is one big hypocrite.
Certainly, a well orchestrated atrocities
She's indeed her father's daughter ❤. May God continue to rest the souls of daddy and mummy Ige.
I cried the day he was buried.
Great interview,thanks so much .Such a shame that justice not served !
The people that killed are government and in that case there’s no justice in Nigeria. The DSS are the worst law enforcement in the world. They’re used by government as hire assassins. This is why the FBI in the United States are independent. It was a well planned assassination just like late Funsho Williams was assassinated in Lagos by Tinubu government to remain the dominant man in the state.
Every time I sing this song we used to sing at assembly in Primary school in Lagos , Ope Loye o, Baba Olo re, Iyin lo ye o , Olorun Oba, Hosanna ye o, ose o Baba , my husband would say ,that’s the song Bola Ige loved to sing. I sing it today in his memory, sun re o 🙏🙏
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I also remember him each time I sing Ope loye o Baba Olore and tears will start pouring from my eyes😢
Thank you Aunty Funso for telling your story...at least part of it. We draw so much from your strength and character. Your parents would have been so proud of you and Muyiwa. May God continue to bless you and I have no doubt that your children will make you proud. ❤
A man to be remembered for his high achievements. A man of integrity. One of the last in his generation. Thank you for sharing this story my sister. A sad time! God will judge his assassins. A dakẹ dajọ ni Ọlọrun !!!!
This is what Dele Farotimi is fighting for in Nigeria. This Country is doomed with type of the Justice System we have now
May uncle Bola Ige's soul continue to rest in peace, amen.
This is one of the things that are holding Nigeria from going forwards, a lots of blood of the Innocents, unjustly shaded and cleverly concealed. Oh! I remember Dele Giwa, Moshood Abiola, Kudirat Abiola, Pa Riwanu, Fusho Williams and a host of others, their killers will never know peace for ever.
Harry Marshall
Dr. Daramola and Taye Fasuba - both from Ekiti. Then, Sulyat Adedeji, an AD financier and many others. All happened between 1999 - 2007.
Architect Lai Balogun
Amen!!
May God continue to watch over Baba Bola Ige's family. My mum calls him uncle.Shame I never got to meet him.
He was a very 3:23 strong force that his killers could not stand.
This interview has put lights to the questions I was asking based on the narrative in the media.
One of the questions is 'why would a big man of Bola Ige's status not give his security details food in his house?
OBJ and Atiku kpai Uncle Bola Ige
Did you listen to her?, please go back again to listen carefully.
Good question!!
@@BukyOgunyemi-vo7xm what part of it do you want me to listen to again
@@lanreoredein469 @ 13:52 - 14:25
Nigeria I a crime scene, a whole Anthony general and minister of justice killed, and nobody was held responsible till today. May Nigeria not happen to us!! Mr Edmond welldone sir
A big amen. ...and some people still have hope in nigeria and not happy about Farotimi's book. Hmm
@uniquepearl4437 I believe those are the people benefitting from the rot of Nigeria system. To me, this country is long gone!!
I have been saying this for years. If he could not get justice, who are am I. He was a sitting attorney general of the federation fa. And still no justice.
@tolaadeleru2886 Honestly, hearing the whole scenario from Mummy Funsho makes me sad more. Imagine a whole Anthony general who has a judge as a wife and has lawyers as children but couldn't get justice still. Then what's the hope of common man?, And they still want masses to believe that judiciary is the last hope of common man. There's no hope anywhere!!!
What an event that really showed the Nigerian judicial system had sunk a long time ago. I remember very clearly this horrible incident.. It was a very sad Christmas for Esa-Oke in 2001. I was in the St. Paul Angelican Church choir, Esa-Oke and we started to hear the rumours of his brother George Ige's demise on our way back from his funeral. It wasn't long after this the then Owa Omiran of ESA -Oke, Oba Isaiah Adeniran also died. Injustice is what you get when it is those who should ensure Justice is delivered that are the perpetrators. Hmmmm... Continue to Rest in Peace Uncle Bola Ige. Your murders should not die again.
My goodness..
I don't know how you all feel after all these years.. but truly can this Country get better.. if those up there find it challenging to survive and end up loosing a love one.. what can the common man say. What can we do ?
My brother, call it what it is ; intra-tribal political killings / intra-ethnocentric killings….this is been on-going , even during the political era of chief Awolowo. The prevailing situation of hooliganistic / Agberocratic nuisances needs to be nips once and for all . This is nothing but a pure oduduwa political timidity / kakistocratic hullabaloo…they should learn to civilize themselves in the corridor of power tussles.
You see some body who was sentence to death and got clemency only to come around to spit on justice aronically.The world is wicked.And they sit in front role in the church on Sunday. Obviously they lost eternity .May they rot in hell May the souls of Mrs Bola lge RIP.AMEN.
Nothing. The country is finished
Bola Ige was a very honest politician who wanted the best for Nigeria.
I know when he started the healing process between the Igbos and Yorubas especially the purported betrayal of Igbos by Yorubas during the civil war.
He meant well for Nigeria
A certain group in Yoruba land saw him as a threat which was one reason he did not get second term as Oyo governor.
He could have carried out the unfinished business of Chief Obafemi Awolowo.
Those who hated Nigeria’s development murdered him.
You're a fool,purported betrayal to who by Yoruba,you better go and get your facts right and tell yourself the truth for once,all the problem we're facing in Nigeria today started from the first coup in Nigeria which is ibo coup
You guys just come online to write rubbish and lies. What healing process because of the purported betrayal of Igbos by Yorubas? Yorubas didn't betray Igbos, get your facts right and stop gaslighting.
How did Yorubas betray Igbos?
Igbos and lack of accountability, are 5 and 6.
Sadly, no honest politician survived the Nigerian political terrain.
Stop writing rubbish online and take your foolish " victim" narrative elsewhere
Yorubas never betrayed your tribe, they only refused your senseless war on their territory. Educate yourself with Alabi Ishama's Tragedy of victory.
OBJ must answer some questions before exiting on this earth. Still unbelievable, Nigeria is really a crime scene.
Liegeria is a destiny killer 😢
You will make him?
Na OBJ killed Bola Ige . That man is evil.
Who will ask him?
@@ChimaAmadi107were you there? May God forgive you.
Though Chief Bola Ige is no more, His NAME will forever be RINGING in the ears of ALL NIGERIAN.May his SOUL REST ON IJMN
Oh my this one gave me the chills,rest in peace uncle Bola
" I sure that Nigeria was worth living for but I am not so sure that it was worth dying for" Rip. BOLA IGE
So Dele Farotimi ia right!
Well done sir, Madam,, thanks for the message and by God's Grace, God Almighty Himself will raise the set of right people who will bring right Justice.......AMEN
Very lovely daughter. Founder, The vale college Iyaganku. Madam Funsho Adegbola
Pls Mr Edmond could you kindly lets see the conclusion of this interview?
Uncle Bola (with respect), I remember where I was and what I was doing when I first heard the broadcast of your assassination on the radio that morning in 2001.
Kitalo nyoo. Sorry for the Bola Ige Familys losses. May God comfort ,strengthen and take you through you.Ps118 Ps91
May his soul continue to rest in peace amen
May Nigeria not happen to us.
So sad that we lost Uncle Bola Ige at the time we did. I believe the South West especially felt the impact of his loss. (A vacuum was created). The fact that his wife despite being a Justice could not get justice for her husband is a testament to the injustice in our justice system as enumerated in Dele Farotimi’s book .
The story is really touching, painful
Sad, very sad. May the asassins not see peace in their life.
It sounds like his security men were paid by the government authority to assassinate him. May his soul rest in peace. He was a true Yoruba giant who sacrificed his life to defend the truth. Today YORUBAS are in big trouble because the kings and elders are selling us for Peanuts 😂😢😅.
Keep resting in peace the great Cicero. May all those who have a hand In your death never know peace.
This is clearly the then government work!!May Baba Bola Ige continue to rest in peace.
If this story does not make you think Dele Farotimi is saying what many are afraid of concerning the justice system, the reason why a politician can steal and still walk around like a hero but innocent no name can be locked up for saying his/her mind.
Dele Farotimi is a thug, he would have laid the same accusations on Chief Bola Ige if he (Chief Ige) is still alive.
@Olusegun-qq1ut it's a waste of time to comment on your comment. I just wasted few seconds
@@cl44444it's a waste of time to you because you have no tangible response.
Nigeria and It's Criminal Justice Sysem.
Thank you, Dele, for having the guts to expose these criminals.
That's what Dele Farottimi is saying. That the Judiciary system in Nigeria has been corrupted systematically.
Corrupted long time ago not now
Uncle Bola Is Unforgettable. He Lives On Forever.
Pdp government under Obasanjo was desperate to win South western states and they saw Bola Ige as a stumbling block. Omisore was the hit man. Rip Cisero as he was fondly called.
Iyiola Omisore, right?
@reelspilltv owun no ni..He was promised the governorship of oyo state under pdp..
@@chineduonuoha3855 😮
@@chineduonuoha3855.Omisore was from Osun state so is not possible he became the governor of Oyo state. What happened is that when the late chief Bola Ige told the highest authority that he was going to resign and had interests to go for presidential candidate and the late chief was persuaded not to do that and he refused to complying and that is it. Omisore was just used because they knew that he had issues with late chief Bola Ige by then. Once the whole chief Bola Ige can be killed like that and nothing happens anyone that loves himself or herself should just be cool with all what is going on in this our country. But one day the highest judge the God Almighty will judge.
@@chineduonuoha3855oga o.very sad.he must live forever
I vividly remember Bola Ige as a Governor in the old Oyo State. Popularly called Cicero of Nigeria. He spoke all Nigerian Languages especially Igbo,Yoruba and Hausa fluently. You can miss his interview at TSOS (Television Service of Oyo State) then,RIP Uncle Bola
Uncle Bola Ige, one of the best 😢that happened to Nigeria. We miss you greatly who would have even thought to harm you? You're definitely a Legend who should be honored 🎖 🥇 🙏🏽. May your gentle ✨️ 🙏🏽 💔 soul rest on.🤍🤍🤍✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾❤
A ku iranti Funsho darling. God is good in all situations. They are now all in a better place.❤
In esa oke then it was very hard on us, the last time he visited before his demise he promised us scholarship if we pass our junior waec but he died before then, omo I cried hell, bola Ige was a great inspiration to me
Eeeyah
Bola Ige appeared probono for Shugaba in Shugaba v Minister of Internal Affairs, (1982), that's noble of him! And Nigeria watched him get wasted just like that. 😢😢😢😢
I was in the University when the news broke, that was the day I gave up on Nigeria totally. Nigeria is a terrible place to live in.
Never seen my dad, an igbo business man, so devastated at the death of a politician until this news broke. I was only 10 at the time but the memory still sticks till date, Nigeria till today has continued to murder its own saviours.
23years later, and still no justice.
If it could happen to a CJN, it can happen to anyone, no wonder the justice system of Nigeria now is simply an arm of the government in power.
Continue rest in peace Sir.
Omase o, each time I listen or read about him and his wife, it saddens my heart. One thing I know is that, the God of Heaven is the Judge of all, no one can escape from His hand. The killers may think it is over, but God will vindicate that family. It is well.
May His soul continue to rest in peace. The assassins will be shamed for ever. However, it was unbelievable that FGN could not fish out the assassins of such a high profile govt. official.
Government de investigate government? That was an order from above hence nothing till now 😢
Obasanjo-led government should be held responsible for such high profile murder. A whole Attorney General of the Federation would be murdered and could not unravel the mystery till date shows that Federal Government actors were involved.
Hmmmmm. Aunty Tinuke her Mom were classmates in kings college Lagos and late Bola Ige was close family friends to my parents.. The Miller twin both of blessed memories. They both visited us in kaduna regularly. And once I remember,he was the chief launcher at the synod of my village diocese in Wusasa Zaria in which he and General graced the synod... Great people and extremely modest and laughable... Rest on.... It shall be explained some day... Adieu to all our loving parents who have gone to be with the Lord .. 😢
See, the reason the country continues to stay the way it is is because people are too careful and sometimes too fearful to mention names in situations like this. We will only start making progress as a country when we start naming names in very specific manner in situations like this. She’s been careful to mention the names of the security detail or at least describe them best she can. I won’t blame her though. The family went through too much.
This is why they are all running Kiti-kiti after Dele Farotimi released his book. Awon were jatijati. If baba Afe was so good and honorable like he claimed, we would have heard stories of his confrontations with the criminal state. The good men we respect, who are truly honorable don’t live to 100. They’ve all been killed by criminal leaders. Good people around the world who challenge the status quo piss the bad guys up a lot and get in real trouble with them. MLK, Malcom X, Marcus Garvey, Patrice Lumumba, Kwame Nkrumah, Bola Ige, Fela Anikulapo, Mr and Mrs Ransome Kuti, Ken Saro Wiwa, and the list goes on. They’ve almost all experienced a similar fate. Baba Afe has never been mentioned in any association of these greats. Who baba help? Criminal statesmen who manipulate the people into thinking they were fighting for them. Wolves in sheep’s clothing.
The next decade in Nigeria will be a period of exposure. Secrets go come out and many people with their false sainthood will be trashed in the mud. We will get Nigeria back where it belongs amongs the nations. Una never know anything. The bloods of our innocent heroes will keep crying for the liberation of our beloved country. Awon barawo jatijati.
They intentionally took history out of the curriculum in our school system to prevent the people from knowing their history so they can bury their evil past. Like I said, the consciousness of the average Nigerian is awakened and people are beginning to question things that don’t make sense to them. These old criminals know that this generation asks questions. It’s not as docile as our parents generations that didn’t ask much questions of them and let them just run the cover aground and keep the people suppressed. They are not ready for the young generation and don’t even know how to handle these young chaps. You criminal politician, I’ll like to break the news to you that the younger generations are coming for you and you have no place to hide. Your days of oppressing the people is up.
If these criminal leaders and those who ran Nigeria aground have any sense at all they’ll know that Dele Farotimi is the least of their worries. They have bigger fish to fry. The awareness of the people is heightened and the Nigerian people will start asking tough questions of them soon and they can quickly find themselves in hot mess with the people just like what we are seeing in some parts of the world right now. You can’t keep a people quiet forever.
It is heartwarming to know that Bola Ige and his family used Oluyoro Hospital for medical care despite their affluent, He must have believed in the care given at the hospital unlike our ruiners who fly abroad at any slightest scratch on their bodies may His soul rest in peace 🙏
Oluyoro hospital is private hospital owned by Catholic Church, it is a standard hospital, in those days there doctors are mostly white, I remembered then we call it ye apo e wo, i.e check your pocket, because accessing medical care in Oluyoro is not cheap either!
I was in Ede on the day of assassination of Uncle Bola.
Third day, I found myself in his house at Solemina Court,Bodija,Ibadan to sign his condolence.
This man story was what made me realize that you can't get Justice in Nigeria when superior power is involved.
In interviews like this, names should be mentioned
Wickedness is never happiness.... Uncle Bola Ige made me went to secondary when he was Oyo State governor through his free and qualitative education of UPN. (Egbe Imole)
Hmm … a shocking , terrible thing to witness as a family. A lasting pain. Nation builders carry scars that can sink a normal person. May their souls rest in peace amen 🙏
May Uncle Bola's soul continue to rest in peace 🙏
The same issue Farotimi is saying about our justice system. You wey dem kill dead body, who kill person dead body. We will all answer to God only at different time. It's well.
My dear na balabulu kii ur papa well arranged and also funsho Williams also
This is not true, bring up your proof. If you will suspect any group that time, you should suspect Obansajo led PDP that was disgraced in South West in 1999 (credited to Chief Bola Ige's influence in South West) and was ready to do anything to take over South West in 2003. During this period, Tinubu was battling against the same people (PDP) for the soul of Lagos State. In addition to this, one of the main suspects in the killing of Chief Bola Ige was rewarded with a Senatorial Seat by Obasanjo led PDP. This suspect won election and became a Senator while he was in Police custody as a suspect.
@@toyinjenyo7838so why was he empowered with a position by obj?
The writing was always on the wall. OBJ is complicit. He was the head of that administration, and no one was arrested for the assassination of his Minister of Justice. This was an order that came straight from the top.
@Marcusmark911 Mr Marcus, you have said it all. Justice shall prevail about the death of late minister for Justice Chief Bola lge the Lion of Esa Oke, the cicero of Nigeria. He was a wonderful politician after the late Obafemi Awolowo. Apparently, the country called 'Nigeria' can not move forward because of the blood of many innocent souls that have been assassinated by the past government hudlums. But with God all things are are possible and the truth will come to light some day. The great evil committed by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo shall stand in the witness box against him on the last day. No apology which is needed for for now, ultimately, the truth will surface one day. If the wrong deeds disappeared for a thousand years eventually, the truth will come to the lights some day. Lets the young Nigerians have this perception in their minds that 'lgbo Odajù ni Nigeria. An unforgivable society. The spirit of those who are killed through assassin's needs an answer now.
It was indeed a sad day. We were preparing for Christmas when a distress call came for my Dad to join a team to investigate the incident and my dad in his pyjamas went for the assignment and was not home, in till Christmas. After all was said and done, all my dad could say is there is no justice in the court of man, only God gives true justice. May the God of justice give justice as it’s never late with God.
May God continue to strengthen the family. May the family never experience such in there live again or any family.
This is very sad news that the people of Nigeria don't have justice for anyone in that country God will punishes all the evil doer
Nigeria for you!!
Nigeria's justice system got compromised years ago, not just now. Dele Farotimi, again, is vindicated.
Rest in peace chief Bola Ige and all the people whose life was cut short by Nigeria because they want justice and progress from Nigeria. David Hundeyin a young activists writes about the evil of Nigeria but guess what? They have been frustrating him.
He's alive though and I pray and support him and many confident patriotic Nigerians.
It rained heavily that day, just like yesterday. This country has been been having evil men from inception.
OBJ in the dark shadow.
Government kpai people everywhere in Naija
Injustice has been in Nigeria for so long.
"Unknown soldiers" killed Mrs. Ransome Kuti.
"Unknown powers-that-be" killed MKO.
"Unknown soldiers" killed the End SARS protesters!
"Unknown assassins" killed Chief Bola Ige.
And countless "unknown bandits" continue to kill thousands across the country!
A country where real justice is unknown!
That is true, people kill what they are afraid of
This story is one of the stories that made me concluded that Baba Obasanjo has no moral standing to suggest ways to put Nigeria in the right part. He should apologise for his failure to implement those suggested ways of putting Nigeria in the right part when he had the opportunity.
It is a fact that the activities of baba Obasanjo in the South West led to the emergence of such character like President Tinubu and his followers from that part of the country. We all know that baba Obasanjo constantly attacked the institutions and individuals standing for policy based political ideology in the South West and the peak of such activities was the killing of Chief Bola Ige, who happened to be the last renowned man standing for such political ideology. Perhaps if baba Obasanjo had not committed those wicked acts in the South West, Tinubu wouldn’t have emerged from that region and rise to the present position with his kind of present character, in other word no one exhibiting characters like Tinubu would have emerge from that region and rise to the position of President. I believe Tinubu borrowed from Obasanjo game plan by submitting to the owners of Nigeria like Obasanjo did and rose to the top, so that he will not end up like Chief Awolowo and Chief Bola Ige who refused to submit them.
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Very sad day. May his soul continue to rest in perfect peace. Amen.
Sadly, the truthful ones like idiagbon and bola-ige had to be removed from the equation so that these living crooks can deal with us very well in this 4th republic.
No matter how much the situation makes humans to believe there is no God, I believe there is God and he will judge the world.
Heart Wrenching 💔❣️❤️🩹
They killed the man but his Legacy Lives On.
Imagine the security details were promoted to the presidency, naija naija! very sad
This is so painful and traumatic to watch!
We performed a song for him at STC that year. A very pathetic story. A significant loss even…😢 What a country! Smh
A whole Attorney General and Justice Minister, no CCTV in his house . What a country? So much carelessness.
It’s OBJ’s handwork. It’s written all over it. So sad and the same OBJ is going around claiming saint. Ęjo-ń-bę lorun
Yes enu eda a ro kisa lojo igbende Al Qiyama like Muslims say.
Baba Bola Ige, the Cicero😢 lives on
So Sad, the case was closed without justice served
Nigeria keep happening to people since 1960
And after his death the security details where promoted and worked in the villa....No wahala, we understand perfectly!!
This was a disgraceful and dastardly crime against the people of Nigeria by the government of Nigeria. We must seek justice on the assassination of this noble man for the sake of our posterity.
Even though I was just 11 years old then, I understood it was a big deal because all newspapers and broadcast media headlines kept blowing it for months.
A whole CJN. Same thing happened to Funso Williams.
Na still Unknown Gunmen😢
Not CJN, attorney general and minister of justice
What a sad story
His death shook me. I didn't know what to think at the time. Till this date, we still don't know why they killed him. One bright mind cut short needlessly. So the drivers outside the house didn't hear the gunshot? The gory sight of their patriarch shot point blank will forever linger in the minds of his family members. What a pity! Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May his soul, and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen
Was he killed just because he was clamouring for Yoruba country? May God continue to rest his soul with our ancestors.
I remember this incident... Didn't know Bola ige had been killed until i want to a Barber shop to get a haircut and saw the news flash, went home and told my mom what i saw earlier she was like she also saw it on TV too. I was just a 10 year old and the follow up story about fryo and so on. May the soul of Bola Ige continually rest in peace 🙏
CICERO GOES HOME! MINISTER OF JUSTICE was wickedly gunned down with no traces of the assassins & the chief planners. Case closed by the alagbaras of Nigeria. O GA OOOOO. Why was it impossible for Obasanjo to bring the assassins to book? Ejo lowo ninu.
May their souls rest in peace 🙏
The fact that the chief security detail was promoted and transferred to the presidency shortly thereafter raises so much questions yet to be answered.
Dele Farotimi, Nigeria and it's justice Administration system" is the answer. Ajibola Ige rest in perfect peace.
Painful to see the law & justice system fail lawyers so deeply
They should review the case again.