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The unresolved murder of former Justice Minister,
Chief James Ajibola Ige, on December 23, 2001, returned to the front burner of public discourse yesterday. Nobel
laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, called for an independent inquiry into the incident while eminent jurist, Justice
Kayode Eso (rtd), berated the Oyo State Attorney-General, Mr. Lekan Latinwo, over his botched trial of some persons
on the murder. The statesmen spoke at the public presentation of a book in honour of the late minister held in
Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Soyinka said that there is an urgent need for the Federal Government to unravel
the mystery behind the murder. "Bola Ige's killing is one of the major events that BiafraNigerians have the
moral responsibility to always remember," the Nobel Laureate said. 
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