Cyril Okpekeme

Over 62 years ago when I was born, my parents already had four boys, and I became the fifth. As you would expect, all five of us caused severe damage in the house, making my father become a philosopher by force, thereby earning the nickname “boys will be boys”. He was expectedly strict with us.

I served mass as a primary school pupil and at the CMS Grammar School, Lagos, I worked closely in the church for 7 years and rose to be the Choir Leader and Senior Prefect…