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 Join this channel to become a member: https://www.youtube.com/HistoryVille/... Get Ayomide Akinbode's latest historical novels on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Ayomide-Akinbo... and Okadabooks: https://okadabooks.com/user/AyoAkinbode Subscribe to HistoryVille: https://www.youtube.com/HistoryVille?... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow us on Social Media: Instagram:   / historyville   Twitter:   / historyville   LinkedIn:   / historyville   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For interesting historical articles visit: https://www.thehistoryville.com TIMESTAMPS 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 12:42 Next Video