The years from the early 2000s until 2007 were among the worst in Nigerian political history. It was a time when, as in the 20th century, evil strolled the streets of Nigeria unchallenged and wined and dined with the political elite. Gani Fawehinmi (SAN), a late human rights attorney, called the period of political assassinations in Nigeria “the darkest and saddest event in Nigerian history.” Fawehinmi stated: “What we have been seeing lately is not democracy on the part of politicians, but rather a thoughtless outburst of insanity by some in the political class, and if checked promptly, the democratic structure will undoubtedly fall, and we will be responsible for the extraordinary bloodshed that ensues. About thirty incidences of assassinations and attempted assassinations were reported in various locations of Nigeria between 1999 and 2006. Ayo Daramola, a candidate for governor of Ekiti State, Alfred Dikibo, the National Vice-Chairman (South-South) of the PDP, Bola Ige, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice in office, and Engineer Funsho Williams, who many thought would succeed former Lagos state governor Bola Tinubu, were among the numerous politicians who were brutally killed. Williams received both his elementary and secondary school in Lagos, where he was born on May 9, 1948. He purportedly prevailed in the Alliance for Democracy’s (AD) 1998 governorship primary against Tinubu, but party officials urged him to resign so that Tinubu, who went on to win the governorship in 1999, could run. This is thought to be because Williams was a part of the repressive military regime, while Tinubu was involved in the June 12, 1993, struggle He changed to the PDP to challenge Tinubu, but he complied and let Tinubu run as the AD candidate. Prior to that, he belonged to the United Nigeria Congress Party (UNCP), the ruling political party, which had supported General Sani Abacha, the previous head of state of the armed forces, to run for president in the August 1998 election. However, this election was never held since Abacha passed away in June 1998. Williams, a 2003 PDP candidate for governor when Tinubu sought a second term, was defeated by the incumbent after receiving 725,000 votes to Tinubu’s 910,000. Williams graduated from the University of Lagos with a degree in civil engineering and a second degree from the New Jersey Institute of Technology in the United States. He had served as an engineer in the Lagos Civil Service for seventeen years until his political career called. In 1991, he retired from the Ministry of Works as a Permanent Secretary. In addition to managing his own business, he was a board member of other organizations, including Cappa and D’Alberto Plc, Ajaokuta Steel Company, and Julius Berger. Later, during Olagunsoye Oyinlola’s military rule (1993–1996), he would return to Lagos public service to serve as Commissioner for Works. …