- RELATIONSHIP: Family Friend
- Country: Nigeria
- Posted On: August 6th , 2020
- Department: ENGLISH AND LITERARY STUDIES
- State of Origin: Ebonyi
THE PORTRAIT OF A WARLORD AND THE GRATEFUL BOW.
Memories don't wane or shrink, it resonates freshness as far as it counts.
Last November, was the last we talked, it was in a convention, he called my name "Joshua umoke" so loud , that I halted like a soldier in a parade , he talked and talked, he asked of my big brother and all. We parted ways, leaving that last moment unplanned.
On that February morning, I was far away in Delta, preparing for a semester exams, when my sister ( who happened to be closest to the family) called saying " Bro Adimorah anwua", I was bewildered , I shrugged, I refused to believe her yet I never did disagreed, I called "Ezinwanne' ( Rev ugo last girl) the last we spoke ,we talked about her it is our responsibility to take care of our parents in their old age, we agreed that the universe help us to do so,her phone rangbut I lost morale and hung the call, I called my mum instead and she confirmed the news.
Well, it is always a pleasure to write of a warlord, his trips and battleline, his strategy, survivals and retirement. Today I remember a man who meant a lot to me and my family, The Man who loved and cared, Who served and has retired.
A warlord whose portrait is hanging as a guideline for the younger generation, he knows what he believes and stood for it till that Grateful bow.
You didn't retreat or surrender, you were a gallant soldier.
Rest on Reverend Adimorah'.
Farewell immortality. Jee nke oma till that morning.
Joshua umoke ( for the umoke family)