How Bola Ige & Funsho Williams were assassinated in the early 2000s

Two of Nigeria’s leading politicians, Bola Ige and Funsho Williams were assassinated during Nigeria’s nascent Fourth Republic in 2001 and 2006 respectively. While Ige was shot and killed in Ibadan, Williams was stabbed and strangled to death in his home in Lagos.

As a matter of fact, more than fifty politicians or pseudo-politicians have been killed since the return of democracy to Nigeria and the riddles surrounding their deaths remain unsolved to this day.

Political assassination is the intentional killing of someone, especially a public figure, usually for political reasons. Often, it is carried out by a person who occupies or wants to occupy a political position or someone who just wants to be in the public eye.

Our focus here is, however, on the deaths of two popular Nigerian politicians; Chief Bola Ige and Engineer Funsho Williams. We’ll examine them one after the other. #HistoryVille

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00:00 Intro

01:20 Chief Bola Ige: Who was he?

02:37 What were Chief Bola Ige’s notable contributions to the development of Nigeria?

04:43 Political career

06:50 Bola Ige’s Assassination and Death

07:42 Funsho Williams: Who was he?

08:28 What were Funsho Williams’s contributions to the development of Nigeria?

09:20 Funsho Williams’s involvement in Nigerian politics

10:04 The Assassination and Tragic Death of Funsho Williams

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