Segun Odegbami: Allen Onyema - waiting for daybreak!
Dark clouds loom in the horizon; turbulent weather is imminent; man-made ‘viruses’ lurk and search for victims; locusts swarm sprouting seeds; good people are hounded by evil machinations from the pits of hell.
We draw strength from wise counsel and the simple prayer of the oppressed: ‘May the moment of our greatest Challenge become the moment of our greatest Triumph’.
So, shall it be for Allen Onyema.
I wake up a few days ago, and see my brother passing through a crucible of blazing fire. It is refinement. A reassuring calmness comes over me. I choose to look beneath the surface of the murky waters of obscure allegations dug up from hell. Accusers draw their swords, deploying opaque microscopic lenses in a scrutiny that they, themselves, cannot survive without a smear or a stain. Yet here they are continually prying at the distant past of a Nigerian man who turned opportunity into unbelievable success, and thereafter making a difference to the world, touching lives, healing wounds and the land, blessing the oppressed, recalling and rewarding forgotten deeds and neglected sports heroes, employing thousands, and shining light on darkness all over Africa.
In Nigeria, this simple and humble pilgrim has become a model for success and humility and patriotism and courage, and a compass into endless possibilities for every young hardworking person. Conspirators and co-conspirators want to smother both the dream and the dreamer.
I refuse to be distracted by convoluted and complicated allegations that ‘hide’ the goodness that lie beneath them. I choose to remain focused and to await the breaking of dawn and the guaranteed bright sunlight that will come again when these dark clouds clear up.
I am a proud AirPeace Ambassador.
On behalf of all my colleagues whose lives Allen Onyema and AirPeace have touched and blessed, I join all other Nigerians to celebrate 10 unblemished years of service to humanity, and of patriotism. I humbly shake the extended hand of friendship that AirPeace, a great advertisement of the Nigerian spirit to win against all odds, offers the world.
Airpeace and Allen are winners, any day, anywhere. Nothing can make us forget!
Dr. Olusegun Odegbami MON, OLY, AFNIIA, FNIS.
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