HOW IGBO MAN SAVED GOV LALONG DURING CIVIL WAR
Gov Lalong Against the backdrop of the rising tension in the country, Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State has warned against allowing the situation to degenerate into a violent conflict. He recalled that he narrowly escaped death when an Igbo man sacrificed his life for him during the Nigerian Civil War (1967-1970) when the Biafran forces opted for secession. Governor Lalong said the Igbo man, who was his guardian, was brutally killed after saving his life during the crisis when he was three years old. He told the story on Sunday during the 57th Independence anniversary church service held at the national headquarters of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) in Jos, Plateau State. He said the gory images and experience of the civil war still remained in his mind. “The memory of what happened to me when I was three years old is still fresh in my mind; an Igbo man who was my guardian that married my aunty was killed; but before he was killed, he took me and locked me...