Nigeria, Oct. 20 -- The 1990s were the deadliest for change agents in Nigeria. We lost hundreds. In 1994, some political elites decided to join us. This led to the establishment of the National Democratic Coalition, NADECO.One day, one of these elites brought a parcel to the leader of the Campaign for Democracy, CD, Dr Beko Ransome-Kuti to be kept. Beko, who led the movement that eventually ousted the military, mentioned the package to Abiodun Aremu and I.

The former, who was quite security conscious, asked Beko what was inside the package. He didn't know. But since he had been told it was top secret and had been sent for safekeeping, he had not opened it. Aremu asked Beko to produce the package, and he carefully opened it. It contained ...