I think that in life you must always know that there can be no gain without pain. I think that is the central lesson. However you may define it that people talk about my doggedness, about my tenacity, spirit of resistance and all that. All about that may be true, but it would be immodest on my part to place all of what happened on those values.
I think that the greatest strength that got me going throughout the struggle was really the irrepressible nature of the Ekiti people and I was particularly lucky because I had no reason to pay people to go to court. They would go and be there by 6.30, they would even tip the civil defence people if there are too many people inside the court so that they can just go in. They would do that, organize their own prayer sessions, they would go to the mountain top, everything.
So, when people talk about your courage, your boldness, I say to them, did I really have a choice? Could I have walked away with this kind of support base that the people are championing? For me, I think the lesson for me is that if you have the people really behind you, you can fight a thousand battles without looking back because you know that they will be there in defence of the truth.
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