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LANRE ADEWOLE recalls a national tragedy sparked by a revolutionary candour. Ndubuisi Udo, popularly known as “Dele” Udo, was a Nigerian sprinter and a collegiate champion at the University of Missouri in the United States of America in the 70s. Born on 24th May, 1957, the Umuahia-born quarter-miler competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics and the future was looking all wrapped-up, until he visited “home” in July 1981 and a check-point argument with a police officer, irretrievably cut his life, dreams and aspiration. It was one extra-judicial murder by the Nigerian Police that sent shock ...