A young man by the name Abraham Ayodele wrote this heart warming piece about me and sent to my mailbox.God bless you my friend . AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT UNWORTHY TO BE BOYCOTTED Compiled by: Abrahams Ayodele I was poised to draft this piece of reverence with regards to an Omavua Akatugba to whom I owe a wholesome chunk of my appreciation for been the source of my motivation. Deferring not till the evening what the morning may accomplish; so verily have choose this faithful day to tender my unreserved gratitude to thee, by repaying you with this August note of appreciation; in which I shall progress, digress and regress in between my lines as I ink. My up bringing makes allowance for me to learn from those whom have wanted to be like or more like. Not necessarily by envying their successes, since I was not aware of the problems they undergo prior to the eve of their first public applaud. And in the course of my errors and trials like everyman gets confronted by at one stage of his life or the other; I got along doing with you with interest through Mr. Godwins show on TopRadio dated back to 2010. Not because your name is easy to pronounce or spell, but because with a Radio-Questionable voice, I discovered that it is in your character to analyse and build arguments in a very sincere and objective way which any student of philosophy will appreciate unsentimentally anywhere in the world, despite the ill reactions from callers most especially Arsenal supporters. I decided to dig deep to know you more better, like a case study owing to my curiousity of what level of challenges life might had offered the man, with considerations from your background given from where you are coming from and where you are driving towards. Then I come to realized that at a point in time, the community college authority disengaged you from been a student of Ikorodu Government College because of the passion of possessing Complete Sports editions instead of textbooks due to your passion for talking sport even on an empty stomach like have heard you once said. Although Mumini Alao, who benefits from the purchase of his papers day-in day-out, was far within reach to come appeal for your rustication. The aftermath of your rustication from school was as good as saying what is coming ahead is far better than what had gone by. Let me bore you how your father became your rival in the house because you choose talking sport as your career and of your reminder he had now become when live games are on whether you miss seeing them. In the desperation of your passion for sport broadcasting, you mingled, entangled and ruffle feathers as it were with those you met in the business of journalism. The likes of Felix Okugbe, Godwin Enakhena, Mitchell Obi just to mention but few. If memory serve me correct, your first day On-Air as you cut your teeth into sport journalism was a poor one, which I can remind you in your own words as you you phrased with the saying “What is what doing well, is what doing wrongly first and perfected later on”. Permit me to remind you of the thousand days of your yesterdays as it may make you smile or blush as you agree to them; among which is your shocking encounter with Didier Drogba strolling out an elevator which you are approaching to lodge yourself into, right inside the same Hotel housing Nigeria super eagles on the very day you went to cover two ex-footballers of this nation in their hotel room and at the end of your interviewing adventure, you were rewarded with a 3-digit US Dollars cummulatively from them. I go a bit further to remind you again how you meet Danny Jordan President of South African Football... Let me again bore you further about how you got bemused by a Pepsi 3million naira contract; how Akon bodyfuard almost made you licked your elbow at the stands due to your desperation to touch the herm of his garment [permission for humor]. I can go on and on, but I was bent to compose this impromptu amidst loads of assigmnents awaiting my execution. For the man called Oma Akatugba I have never met before from a close quarter, but I know of one Pastor Sam Adeyemi who use to be one of his source of motivation aside him reading books; just as it is in my full knowledge, how vast fraction of Arsenal supporters sees him as one of their On-Air foe due to your submission on their then barren seasons of trophyless spell. The height of my obsession goes along with many photograph collections of you and Xavi, Mascherano, Juan Mata, Keshi, Iniesta, one which you are signing an autograph for a little Portuguese girl others includes collections of you clip on YouTube: You and Biola kazeem arguing, You and some Bundesliga followers and a who lot more. Your then CBS sports program on Radio Continental counts me as one of its follower; your weekend sport show on MITV. Even as at the time of this composure, I can sincerely say that Topsports on TopRadio was of becoming boring to me due to your absence because what you always bring to the fore is lacking [You and Biola Kazeem contribution especially]. Let me suspend the remains of the story pending until the day we shall exchange warm handshakes and introduce ourselves as proper friends [am dyeing to meet you] The humor part of Oma will always remind hearts about a PEKAS HOTEL somewhere along Opebi and how literally you always lock people in jail. In sum, you have shapen my persona from a distance and as such am indebted to do the needful by repaying you with this text of appreciation until the day I run into your arm as I wished. By identity am ABRAHAMS AYODELE a fresh graduate pending service for November Batch. I live in Lagos Island precisely, 23years of age. Am an upcoming writer though I study philosophy in the university. Ever since I digested the story behind you and learning a thing or two from it, I endeavour to be the first in my calling of writing with the motivation of never to let anyone go before me in the selection of well doing, as I look forward to put a book across someday which will cause great noise in the cities of the world, with eagerness to be read by all kind of people within and around. God Bless You Oma Akatugba ABRAHAMS AYODELE 08038136054
Posted on: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 22:34:58 +0000
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