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My father was before then the headmaster of the elementary school in Garkida. It was a missionary school, and obviously, he was a Christian. When the Second World War broke out in 1939, the missionaries closed all their functions because there were problems moving from the United States to Europe, then to Africa, because of the hostilities that were over the place. Therefore, my father stopped being the headmaster. He looked for employment with either the Native Authority or the government, and...

Dear Bishop, WHEN I met you in Calabar three years ago at Southern Senators Retreat, you were still as fresh as the very Father Kukah I met in Lagos in the dangerous days of Sani Abacha when fear reigned over the land. Those were the years the Catholic church whose secretariat you headed led us to pray for Nigeria in distress. Those lines were so powerful and we joined in recitation anytime we visited and joined for mass at the Catholic secretariat: Prayer for Nigeria in distress All powerful a...