“Giwa was a great journalist,” said Dele Cole, “a first-class writer… people envied his success that was to be.
His creative force was fierce and incomparable. He wrote hundreds of outstanding columns but only nine, most of which deliberated on journalism or the practice of it, were selected for this book. In the Bibibliographical Section, which comes as an appendix before the index, articles denoted by an asterisk are those used in this publication.
One of the most memorable moments of his career was on August 30, 1984, the day he received a public apology from the then inspector-general of Police, Mr. Etim Inyang, in compliance with a court order, for wrongful arrest and detention by the police, under the Adewusi regime in February 1983. It was from his response to the public apology that the famous quotation – “No evil dead can go unpunished.
“He was possessed of a robust skepticism about everyone and everything. He had a passionate commitment to truth… He was a compassionate man and having himself come from a lowly background, always ranked himself on the side of the poor and downtrodden and against the rich and power. He had a great zest for life…”
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