Akeredolu at 70: The man who trusted me with his voice, By Bámidélé Adémólá-Olátéjú

I make no apology for the loyalty I had for this man, in his life and in his passing. It has become fashionable in Nigerian public discourse to treat loyalty as naivety, and betrayal as sophistication. I reject that inversion. I believe “it is better to be hanged for loyalty than to be rewarded for…