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He was born to be a sculptor. His father was a wood carver in the court of Oba Iweka ll, and his earliest memories are of modeling with mud at the bank of the River Niger. He didn’t have to model with mud for long though. In 1956 he left for England where he schooled for ten years, exhibiting with the likes of Henry Moore.

Between 1966 and 1976, he lived and worked in Lagos. In 1976 he relocated to Benin to find peace and inspiration. This obviously paid off because he has since then produced some of the best sculptures Nigeria has had the pleasure to behold, working in a wide variety of media including cement, wood, clay and metal.

He does not carve as much as Liberate the wood. His sculptures are like stories told by the wood itself; and thus far they have been tales of pure enchantment.