The name ‘Enenche Akogwu’ might not be quite familiar amongst Nigerian media landscape this is because he was only 31 in 2012 when Boko Haram gunned him down in Kano. But he remains a hero.
On January 20, 2012, Boko Haram launched a series of attacks on Kano state. The Farm Centre Police Station was affected as well, by a bomb blast that claimed dozens of lives. Rather than rely on figures from security agents, as most journalists are wont to do, Akogwu dashed to the scene of the blast to find out for himself what had happened.