Ladi Adebutu and Iyabo Obasanjo can deliver Ogun, by Dele Sobowale

“History is a record of what has happened in the past.”
That was the first sentence in the History book given to us at Igbobi College, Yaba; when, as an Area Boy from Campos, Lagos, I gate-crashed into the school. History became one of my favourite subjects since then till today.  However, it was not Igbobi College which stimulated my interest in History. Mr John Sagay, our History tutor at ICY, only nurtured a seed planted at St Peter’s Primary School, Faji, Lagos, by Mr Udoh.
Udoh was the first teacher who, in primary three, told us, point blank, that, as far as he was concerned, 70 per cent was not good enough; not even 80 per cent or 90 per cent. With him, only 100 per cent could ...