Great Igbo Leader Laid to Rest with Honors

Great Igbo Leader Laid To Rest With Honors

May his spirit rest in peace, and may his light continue to be a beacon above as it was below >>shine on brother shine on

There was a poem written about this great leader that I want to share with you that gives in essence who this man was and what his life meant to many:

Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu

Thou who was, is and shall ever be in mind
The sunrise of the East and sunset of the West
A moon to the North and a star to the South
The lion of Africa, a dove of Nigeria and Odumegwu of Igbo land

A historian by quality but an Army by profession
In life a warrior at death a hero
To Nigerians a traitor to humanity a blessing
At your sight the truth bow and justice sings

A saviour of the oppressed, eloquent orator of the dumb and foot step of the lame
At UN peacekeeping force in Congo you served,
The 5 Battalion of the Nigerian Army at Kano you defended
And at Aburi accord you stood,

Though an Easterner (Anambra)but was born in the North (Gwari/Nupe)
and schooled in the south(Lagos), oh great compatriot of London Oxford university
precious gold who opted for a poor Nigerian Army
Not for interest, favour, power but for service

Things worth reading you wrote,
and things worth writing you lived
Ikemba to situations and conditions
with typical candour and valour.

Generous, selfless, courageous and hardworking
Born a King, lived King and died a King.
Your death woke even the spirits
You died not at the war front, but at peace

Oh great pantheon of Igbo deities
Pray for us at this veil of ties called Nigeria
United in confusion but divided in objectives
That we might lean from you and amend our ways.

You fought the great battle
You have finished the race
Receive your meritorious crown of glory
From the glorious
Requiescat in pacem. Amen,

Donatus Amusiogo (author)