(While she was the Secretary of ASUU branch, BJ was the National President and was based at Ife). When BJ got the note, he did exactly what I expected him to do: jump into his Volkswagon Beetle car and start “racing” to Calabar. The Revolutionary Directorate (RD), as a vanguard, was a selfless segment of the Nigerian Socialist Movement and the Nigerian Left. It sought to defend, unite and invigorate the movement and, in so doing, expand the frontiers of revolutionary and popular struggles in Nigeria (and beyond). In certain periods, any material or non-material entitlements of an RD member beyond the earnings of an average worker went to RD.

Source: The Guardian January 07, 2020 03:22 UTC