Opinion: Things I Couldn’t Say At Pius Adesanmi’s Candlelight Vigil, By ‘Tope Fasua
I am glad to have known such a warrior up close; one of the greatest Generals, not in the Nigerian military service, but in the Nigerian emancipation revolutionary force, with purview for all black people, all minorities, all vulnerable people, and all humanity at large. Pius himself knew who he truly was; he knew his spiritual lineage.
You see, many people read things and just do not get the message. Pius Adebola Adesanmi, in my view, expressed serious indignance at Nigeria’s deliberate, decisive and unpardonable underachievement, even if he wrote with uncommon humor. God forbid that anyone sees Pius as just a humorist, or a great satirist. He was a revolutionary; a Che Guevara with a pen or a laptop. Edward Bulwer-Lytton said the pen was mightier than a sword. So he was probably ahead of Che.
With the influence he wielded, and the impact he had on so many lives, he died a hero, and if he had lived in old Grecian times, or just a few centuries back in this same Nigeria, they would have had nighttime stories about him, as a legend, as a ranking god, to be remembered, revered, worshipped, even carved out in effigies.
Did Pius have a premonition of his passing? He had his birthday about two weeks before this incidence. Even after the birthday, he found cause to still celebrate. He took beautiful pictures and shared on Facebook. I recall wondering then why he was doing that, for a fleeting moment. Then on the D-Day, he shared that Bible verse – an unusual action as he couldn’t be described as overly religious.
The only way I can console myself is to believe that Pius is still here, watching us. Like the mothers of twins say in Yorubaland, when they have a Taiye and could not save the Kehinde at childbirth, or vice versa, Pius only ‘traveled’. After all, we shall meet someday. All of us. Pius lives on.
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