A TRIBUTE TO A GIANT
The Nasty and destabilizing news came like a thunderbolt.It filtered in like an echo from the land of Osiris, quite unbelievable. For hours and days when a hint of what happened was heard, all phones of relations went dead. We, over here in the east, remained in the dark, confused, dumbfounded and not sure who exactly was involved. When the voices managed to open up, they were hoarse having cried themselves to stupor. The feeling was the same all over among relations, friends, all and sundry. An iroko has fallen, an umbrella that covered many has torn to pieces. And so has great Victor Ogbonna Ezenwoko left many as orphans. It is a true saying that a glowing firewood does not last throughout the night.
However, we cannot question God, for we are sure he is already resting in His bosom. If God had wanted otherwise, he would have considered Victor's efforts and contributions to numerous churches in the country, his numerous gifts to widows and orphans, his fatherly help to his siblings and even distant relations, is outstanding generosity to all his staff and colleagues in the banking sector and his highly natural smiling habit in welcoming everybody to his home and kept him to live much longer on earth to continue his good works.
Victor, it is difficult to fathom the great vacuum your demise has created. Your loving mother you left behind, your wife and children, your brothers and sisters and their children, your in-laws, which I am one, all and sundry, who for many years to come will continue to remember you.
Adieu great iroko, adieu great umbrella. Rest perfectly in the bosom of God that loves you most.
Sir Cyril E. Imo (KSJI)