He was energetic, full of life with high hopes and
aspirations… “I wanna go to Dubai this year, finish my house in Imo state, buy another
Duplex in Lekki and get the latest Range Rover… all this year” He went to the best University, his command
of words were warm and drew so much attention, his take on life issues gives me
so much inspiration and motivation.
“I wanna be like you”, were regular words I say to him and
he will instantly reply “you are a big boy too, I want to be like you”…lol! We
always spent time together unwinding, I would never forget the day of the 2013
African Nations Cup finals, we had a chat, and he had predicted a 1-0 to
Nigeria’s favour while I argued a 2-1 loss, we almost had an endless squabble but
then we decided to place a bet… (You don’t want to know how much).
Later that evening, we saw the match at different venues and
to his favor, the match ended with 1-0 but sadly, we never got to analyze the
match together…. He died the night Nigeria won. The smiles were all gone, his face
I won’t see again, his baritone voice would never beat my ear drums again, and
his knocks would cease on my door.
Death, the inevitable, that I totally concur, but here is my
plight, how could all he had in him (talent, creativity, physical abilities,
etc.) just crash like that? My friend
should have at least been able to pass on his eagle-eyed sight to his 15-year
old son, whom has been struggling with his vision almost all his life, sleeping
and waking up in heavy lenses. Maybe his brother’s years of confinement to the
wheel chair would have been over if he could get a limb transplant from him, my
friend.
My friend left like a dust in the wind, nothing to transfer
to the mortal. If Chinua Achebe could unfortunately die with all his creativity
& artistic imagery without having someone to keep running his brain box, if
the Fela we all celebrate for his controversial music and activism could exit
without willing his creative strengths to his mentees, and of course if the great
humanitarian activist Gani Fawehinmi could depart with all his wisdom, crusading
and optimism then how much more my friend…Udeme! Only if…
I bet God knows what I’m talking about and I’m sure you
might have thought the same?
Ola-Bellz
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