Nigeria: The Passage of Adebanjo and Clark

Ayo Adebanjo and Edwin Clark, both lawyers and statesmen, deserve to be immortalised

The death of Chief Ayo Adebanjo, 96, and Chief Edwin Clark, 97, few days apart, has marked not only the end of an era in Nigeria but also that of a generation. The two men, who incidentally were both lawyers, embraced Nigeria as it was meant to be, experienced it as it once was and have regrettably left it as a nightmare that they spent their last days lamenting. Yet, in continuously dreaming new dreams of a…