May 11, 2021
STRIDES OF A COLOSSUS
De Odobro,
It's hard to believe that you are gone.
Many see you and know you from a far, but I was privileged to live under your immeasurable kindness for a year.
It was in 1988. I was heading to the law school. Worried sick about accommodation, my brother His Royal Highness called you and informed you about my plight. You did not give a second thought to it. I was living in your house, fed by you and given a ride from Maryland your house to the law school in V. I daily.
Then something that engraved in my mind your personality happened.
We were eating one night when a knock was heard on the door. I answered only to find a school colleague of mine with his bags at the door. He was stranded and found his way to the place were I was accommodated. I was shocked. No prior information, no warning. I was stuck at the door with him. Dee Odobro came to the door and saw both of us. He saw me sweating like a Christmas goat and my friend looking forlon. Without hesitation, this extremely kinded man invited him in. Not a word of rebuke, not a frown.
His brother in law Ichie Chidi Nwuke who was cohabiting with him at the time came home to find a stranger in the house. We stayed together for months before my friend relocated.
That incident defined him in my mind. From that moment I saw a man bent on making his contribution toward the betterment of the society.
Endless tales of similar incidents abound. Countess people he gave jobs. People that wept on his shoulders and lives he uplifted.
He was a man, and like flesh and blood he made his mistakes, but truth be told, Dee Odobro was head and shoulders higher than his contemporaries. Umuowa will miss you and your endless desire to position her in properly in the political spectrum.
My prayer for the family left behind, is for the grace of God to uphold you all. The good seeds he has down will surely be reaped by you and your upcoming generations.
Be consoled, God will see you through
Pst Onyema Duruigbo
De Odobro,
It's hard to believe that you are gone.
Many see you and know you from a far, but I was privileged to live under your immeasurable kindness for a year.
It was in 1988. I was heading to the law school. Worried sick about accommodation, my brother His Royal Highness called you and informed you about my plight. You did not give a second thought to it. I was living in your house, fed by you and given a ride from Maryland your house to the law school in V. I daily.
Then something that engraved in my mind your personality happened.
We were eating one night when a knock was heard on the door. I answered only to find a school colleague of mine with his bags at the door. He was stranded and found his way to the place were I was accommodated. I was shocked. No prior information, no warning. I was stuck at the door with him. Dee Odobro came to the door and saw both of us. He saw me sweating like a Christmas goat and my friend looking forlon. Without hesitation, this extremely kinded man invited him in. Not a word of rebuke, not a frown.
His brother in law Ichie Chidi Nwuke who was cohabiting with him at the time came home to find a stranger in the house. We stayed together for months before my friend relocated.
That incident defined him in my mind. From that moment I saw a man bent on making his contribution toward the betterment of the society.
Endless tales of similar incidents abound. Countess people he gave jobs. People that wept on his shoulders and lives he uplifted.
He was a man, and like flesh and blood he made his mistakes, but truth be told, Dee Odobro was head and shoulders higher than his contemporaries. Umuowa will miss you and your endless desire to position her in properly in the political spectrum.
My prayer for the family left behind, is for the grace of God to uphold you all. The good seeds he has down will surely be reaped by you and your upcoming generations.
Be consoled, God will see you through
Pst Onyema Duruigbo