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Duke Asidere, Sam Ovraiti, Ben Osaghae, Alex Nwokolo and Pita Ohiwerei worked in Auchi in the 90s. Asidere , Osaghae and Ovraiti were lecturers at the Federal Polytechnic Auchi. Nwokolo and Ohiwerei were students there. Asidere and Osaghae shared the same office and had a strong bond. Ovraiti was the oldest of the five, the most successful at the time and the glue that held them together. Nwokolo and Ohiwerei were the brightest students at the time. All five artists shared a stylistic similarity and a deep passion for colour. They would all move to Lagos, to each carve a different path. The …