The fly that has no one to advise it follows the corpse into the grave.
More Nigerian Proverbs:
When you cook a guinea fowl, the partridge gets a headache.Nigerian
To be happy in one's home is better than to be a chief.
Nigerian
Words are sweet but they can never replace food.
Nigerian
You cannot compare the living with the dead.
Nigerian
The drum sounds when the hawk appears wit ha rabbit.
Nigerian
You cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds.
Nigerian