sad reality enveloped me. I am still shivering from the shock of his demise as I pen these lines hoping it will heal this personal loss.
Ime Okon Ekpo was a good man. He was still on his sick bed when he sent graders to upgrade earthen roads in some Ubium villages. When I petitioned him about the roads in Akai, he retorted jocularly, that the initiative is in phases due to his limited resources, and that my village is a township in all standard and shouldn’t fight over such small interventions.
My father later told me his family is closely knitted with ours, an in-law of sort. The way the Ekpos and his Ikot Okoro folks intermingled in my village went beyond the explanation of Akai being a host community of the only secondary school in our part of Ubium at a time. The Akai Cottage Hospital and the Ikot Okoro Post Office, both situated at the buffer of the two communities cemented our contiguity – in fact, I had thought, until recently, that Ikot Okoro was part of Akai Ubium.
Ime Ekpo`s death calls for reflections, paramount of which is civility, even in politics. It also calls for our youths to be respectful, cooperate and work together for the good of all as no amount of exuberance can usher Eldorado. Rascality has never built any community. When I had a personal challenge in mid-2020, I was reminded that our brother, by virtue of his position, was strategic to my concerns. A distinguished leader had advised that I “call Ime Ekpo” and I did just that and it worked. By the time I “called Ime Ekpo” a few days ago his lines were no longer alive and I came to terms that he`s indeed gone. His death robbed me of the privilege to look into his eyes to say thank you.
El-rufa'i does not say anything about our peoples that kidnappers arrested,thanks God our peoples was release from the kidnappers (bamburu Town) at list four weeks ago,but sometime people said your hero.
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