Igbein; Cradle of Activism
*Tribute to Abami Eda* On Saturday 2nd of August 1997, around 0520hrs, exactly 20 years today, myself and Ademola Alalade (Alas) left our Jimoh Farombi Drive, Ire-Akari Estate home for the British Embassy at the Water front in Lagos Island for the visa application interview of the latter. The Peugeot 504 was racing through some of the popular Lagos notorious heavy traffic spots without much difficulty as we journeyed to Lagos Island. We managed to get to the embassy before 0700hrs and to my very surprise, we met a tumultuous crowd already waiting on the queue for the interview which will be conducted by some privileged folks who were possibly still in their various beds snoring. As the day continued to break on this fateful day, various events began to unfold most of which were very alarming and some really disturbing. The long queue we met continued to grow longer and getting farther. I noticed I was amongst the very few set of people who were not joining the queue, as everyone w...