Nnenna Oti: An amazon whose integrity made the difference, by Ikechukwu Amaechi

If I perish, I perish” was the statement of defiance that defined the moment by a woman of uncommon courage – Prof Nnenna Oti, former Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO), at a point when everything was at stake, including her life. To look politicians, who take no prisoners, in the face and declare matter-of-factly: If I must die for this cause, rather than betray my conviction, so be it, is an uncommon value proposition in any blighted country