General Yakubu Gowon: It’s Not Yet Time

Why are we in a hurry to see our statesmen off? I remember how many times Zik died before he eventually died. That is how this week, fake news went everywhere that civil war Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, had passed. My phones didn’t stop ringing because I had announced that I will be staging a play in his honour to be written and directed by the newly minted Vice Chancellor of Redeemers University, Prof Ahmed Yerima sometime next year.

When the fake news reached me, I was weak. Why did baba not even wait till after the play? What kind of thing is this? You can now imagine my relief when his son and my very good friend, Musa, reached me and said the story was fake. I quickly called Prof to fast-track o, me I cannot shout o.

General Gowon remains a true hero of the nation. His “no victor, no vanquished” policy put us back on the track of national unity before dem Buhari come use toothpick scatter everything o.

Daddy, please don’t go yet. Wait let me finish your play then after that, you can do anything you want to do, but for now, just wait abeg. Thank you, sir.