High Courts of Ikeja
18 Apr 2024
Sometime around noon on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, I received a perfunctory message through WhatsApp from a friend with the words, “Is it true that this your classmate has died?” Blazoned above the message was a picture of Victor Onwusika, my former classmate, colleague, and friend.
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