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My birthday is on 23rd August , and I wish for ONLY one thing. Justice for my grandfather. Exactly 30 years ago from today, Sam Okwaraji died. 30 years ago my grandfather designed 186 pieces of artwork in celebration of the legend Sam Okwaraji for Eze Obiefule:

#Maraji #Cindy
Ruler of Umudioka Orlu IMO state and has not been paid a dime for it. The work is currently worth 3.3 billion naira.

I grew up with my grandparents. Grandpa was always on his sowing machine, sewing and designing artworks. He was always writing letters too.#BBNaija
@matthewamad
I grew to love books because of him. I was about 10 years old when he told me the story of how the King stole his artworks: used it to commission his museum and would not pay for them. He told me he had been trying to get paid even before I was born. I didn't fully understand it.
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