Peace Anyiam-Osigwe |
Late Nze Michael Anyiam-Osigwe |
She wrote:
“There are things that break you but mold you at the
same time, losing my brother, Micheal, broke me. He was something special, not
just because he was my brother but he was also a major support mechanism for
the Africa Movie Academy Awards. I had been ill and Micheal took over to run
AMAA, but he made sure I was back on my feet. He fought me to abide with the
diet to regain my health. Then, some idiot wasted bullets on him, but what
failed Michael was the Nigeria he loved so much. No medical emergency Centre on
the Benin-Ore Road, Medical Ambulance on that road, the telco's kept off an off
network, after the incident locating my brothers was a Nightmare best
envisaged.
“We had to have international assistance to locate my brothers not
knowing how bad it really was. Nwanne di na mba in our confusion we reached out
they used satellite to track the location of the car and deployed all that they
could but no Medical Centre was prepared for that kind of emergency on that
road. Guitar Boy bled his way into God's Arms. I held on to my faith even as my
eldest brother called me, my brothers know me to be a warrior of the CHI of the
Universe, MCAO was my Warrior partner nothing is beyond the CHI, but alas Dads
words haunt. Man cannot blame God for things that man has the ability to
change.”
The University
of Oxford-trained lawyer extolled the virtues of his late elder brother. According
to her, “With all that has been on going in the last
three years, I know a lot would have been different MCAO made people reason, he
captured you with Logical intelligence. Micheal Anyiam-Osigwe "Igwe "
Enyinnaya, Onyeoma, adorable brother, heartbeat of the EO kids on the beat. We
Miss you soooooo much it's unreal, I haven't come to terms with it neither have
your brothers or Mama or anyone for that matter. If Nigeria was the country you
wanted it to be maybe just maybe you would be here. As they brought you back
home to Lagos we waited. I waited Mickey I waited repeating all our words to
each other, I held you I pinched your bad Arm as I always do when I want your
attention ,wanting you to shout at me and say stop like you would normally. MCAO'S
body was gone but his soul and personality lives. .29/11/2014 was the night
that broke my "jugad "spirit. Africa must be a better place. Nigeria
must become a country for us to be proud of this was part of the mission in
espousing the Philosophy of the Osigwe Anyiam-Osigwe Foundation. The Holistic
approach to human existence that our father founded. We continue the job MCAO
but it just is not easy doing it without you! May the CHI of the Universe
continue to keep you in the path. Rest, Michael Anyiam-Osigwe, in perfect
Peace.”
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