From being Nigeria’s former Governor to facing firing squad
From being Nigeria’s former Governor to facing firing squad
He was very fortunate in service. A police commissioner, he became one of the longest-serving military governors in the history of Nigeria being in office for about eight years from 1967 until 1975 when the government of Yakubu Gowon was tøppled.
Joseph Deshi Gomwalk, governor of Benue-Plateau, however, met an unfortunate end after he was linked to the abørtive February 13, 1976 cøup.
Joseph Gomwalk was first tried by a military tribunal and acquitted due to a lack of physical evidence linking him directly to the plot
Then, there was public øutrage over the a$$assination of General Murtala Muhammed. At that stage, the military regime decided to retry him under a reconstituted panel. He was conv!cted of træson and exēcuted alongside Lt. Col. Buka Suka Dimka and other conspirators on May 15, 1976.
This photo shows the moment Joseph Gomwalk was tied to a stake just before his exēcuti0n by a firing squad at Kirikiri Maximum Security Prisøn in Lagos on May 15, 1976.
His dæth followed confessions by Lt. Col. Buka Suka Dimka impl!cating him and Helen Gomwalk in the cøup.
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Read this if “I’m fine” has become your automatic answer, even when you’re not.
Somebody asks how you’re doing.
You smile.
You say, “I’m fine.”
And eventually…
It becomes your default answer.
Fine.
Always fine.
But sometimes “fine” doesn’t actually mean everything is okay.
Sometimes it means…
“I don’t know how to explain everything I’m carrying.”
“I’ve gotten used to handling things alone.”
“I don’t want to feel like a burden.”
“I stopped expecting anyone to ask twice.”
And that’s the part most people never notice.
Because the person who says they’re fine may still be struggling quietly behind that answer.
They may still be overwhelmed.
Still hurting.
Still trying to hold everything together while making sure nobody sees how close they are to falling apart.
Remember this:
Not everyone who needs help will know how to ask for it.
Some people have become so good at hiding their pain that even the people closest to them don’t realize anything is wrong.
That’s why sometimes…
You have to ask again.
Not in a demanding way.
Not by forcing them to open up.
Just gently.
“Are you really okay?”
“Do you want to talk about it?”
“I’m here if you need me.”
Sometimes that second question is enough to make someone realize they don’t have to carry everything alone.
Because the first “I’m fine” might be automatic.
But the second question?
That might be the moment they finally feel safe enough to tell you the truth.
So next time someone you love says they’re fine…
Don’t always take the answer at face value.
Look at their eyes.
Notice their energy.
And if something feels different…
Ask again.
Sometimes the people who need someone the most are the ones who’ve become the best at saying they don’t.
💛
Save this as a reminder to ask twice. Sometimes “I’m fine” is not an answer—it’s a quiet way of asking if anyone actually cares enough to notice.
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