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*Alhaji Muhammadu Abubakar Rimi (1940 – 4 April 2010) was a Nigerian politician, who was the governor of Kano State during the Nigerian Second Republic. He died following an attack by armed robbers.*
He was the Governor of Kano State back in those days under "fi r fi"(PRP) 😊
Do you recollect that he was Jim Nwobodo's best friend? As a Moslem, I think I remember that Abubakar Rimi, of blessed memory, was Jim Nwobodo's *Best Man* in a church wedding.
That was in those good old days! They're gone now! Gone with the winds! 😕
Who is Jim Nwobodo?
Wikipedia
*James Ifeanyichukwu Nwobodo (born May 9, 1940) is a Nigerian businessman and politician who was governor of Anambra State (1979–1983) during the Nigerian Second Republic and was Senator for Enugu East in Enugu State (1999–2003). In 2003, he ran unsuccessfully in the Nigerian Presidential elections.*
Guess what?
History bear me witness! - *Jiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimmmmm!* as he was fondly called then was and remains the most popular Governor Anambra state, old Anambra state, would have, till the present day! Contradict me if you can!!
Forget that Ikemba Nnewi, Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu(Big boy🤣) called Jim Nwobodo(Big dude🤣) a *meglomeniac pimp*. Jim would return fire then and called a whole Ikemba Nnewi *Ogboso 1*
For the benefit of the children, *"an Ogboso"* is somebody that *"runs away (during a fight to fight on another day)"* Emeka Ojukwu led the Biafrans to a civil war (1967 - 1970) against Nigeria.
*"There was a country" - Late Prof Chinua Achebe*
Biafra didn't make it and Emeka Ojukwu went on exile to present day Cote d'Ivoire called Ivory Coast then. So that earned him that name *Ogboso 1*. But it was all politics. They belonged to different political parties and fighting for the soul of the old Anambra state then. Jim was also disappointed that after Ojukwu was granted pardon by the then President of Nigeria, Alhaji Shehu Shagari, returned from exile, he didn't join the mostly Igbo political party that Jim belonged to then. Ojukwu joined a National Party saying *I took the Igbos out of Nigeria, I will take them back to Nigeria*
Fight broke out🤣
If you were in the University between 1980 and 1983 and didn't like Jim and still doesn't like him, I have an advice for you - *Jump into the Lagoon*
He gave us bursary two times during my University days, a feat later day Governors cannot match due to:
*Funds diversion to the unconstitutional office of the First Lady and her numerous SAs and SSAs.
*The Governors learnt a bad thing. They now chop our money unaccounted for and call it Security Votes. Children, children! - are you happy?
*They now inflate contracts more than ever before. Each Governor wants to "naa ezumike nka"(go on retirement) in our Hallowed Senate Chambers. Children children! - is it good?
*Guess what Children? Each Governor now has like 500 Senior Assistants (SAs) and Senior Special Assistants (SSAs) either doing nothing or "usurping" the duties of the Commissioners, apart from being too many.
Children children! What do we say to them?
*Shame on them*
Why did I remember Abubakar Rimi?
He ran into armed robbers and suffered from "obi mmapu"(panic and resultant heart attack and failure". May his gentle soul rest in perfect peace. Amen!
Yesterday, I didn't run into armed robbers but almost suffered the same faith of "obi mmapu".
I had gone for evening mass and went somewhere thereafter *"imunye amu n'ikpo amu"* - an Awka way of saying to have a little fun. I had packed my car and was trying to check my whatsapp messages before switching my phone off. I don't like engaging when I'm relaxing. It's a quiet moment for me to think and compose my stories in my head.
Suddenly, all my three doors opened!
A man opened the front door. Another man opened one back door and a girl, that appeared like 15, opened the other back door.
My heart skipped!!!!
"Is this Uber?", one of them asked.
"No!!!!", I responded, my heart beating very fast now.
They apologized. They called an Uber and thought I was the one.
I didn't find it funny! Those guys almost gave me heart attack for nothing.
The reason I preach that over protection is not good. Expose yourself to the streets a little bit more, eat a little bit more of germ-infested food and build your immunity to depression, food poisoning and "obi mmapu".
A brotherly advice.
By the powers I have as an End Time Evangelist, you shall have a beautiful week ahead of you. Push those deals a little harder, there will be progress this week.
Can someone say Amen with his 10% upfront!?🤣
I remain Sam
CC: Uber!
Wikipedia
*Uber Technologies Inc. (doing business as Uber) is a peer-to-peer ridesharing, taxi cab, food delivery, bicycle-sharing, and transportation network company (TNC) headquartered in San Francisco, California, with operations in 785 metropolitan areas worldwide. Its platforms can be accessed via its websites and mobile apps. Uber has been prominent in the sharing economy, so much so that the changes in industries as a result of it have been referred to as Uberisation......Uber has also been the subject of protests and legal actions, including a criminal investigation for its use, until March 2017, of Greyball software to avoid giving rides to regulators. The name "Uber" is a reference to the common (and somewhat colloquial) word uber, meaning "topmost" or "super", and having its origins in the German word über, cognate with over, meaning "above".*
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