[1][2][3] His work is said to have a power which "lies in his use of Yoruba symbols and traditions of his local community"[4] Atiku was born on 27 September 1968 in Ejigbo, a town in Lagos State of Nigeria.
[5] In 1998, taught fine arts at the Federal Government College, Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom, Nigeria.
[6] Atiku's work focuses on human rights and social justice issues, which have oftentimes brought him in conflict with agents of state.
He was eventually cleared of wrongdoing in the case after pressure was mounted by local and foreign artists and organisations.
This was followed by a public-facing performance that mimics a Yorùbá burial ceremony "blurring the boundaries between reality and fiction as an attempt is made to attain a state of closure through the public depiction of a universal emotion"[16]