Among our founding fathers, there were those who fought selflessly for Nigeria's freedom and there were others who were part of it only when their region's interests were sufficiently assured.
One of these selfless fighters, Chief Mbazulike Amaechi, once told this writer that he and some of his colleagues in the Zikist Movement decided not to marry until Nigeria was granted independence.
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