Chief Obafemi Awolowo pictured lying in state in 1987

Chief Obafemi Jeremiah Oyeniyi Awolowo, GCFR was a Nigerian nationalist and statesman who played a key role in Nigeria's independence movement, the First and Second Republics and the Civil War.Chief Obafemi Awolowo pictured lying in state in 1987, his trademark cap placed on glass casket.
Some people say he died peacefully in his hometown, Ikenne in Ogun state while others claim that the political heavyweight committed suicide after being allegedly betrayed by a loyalist to the military president -(then General Ibrahim Babaginda).


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