Encomium
WORDS cannot describe the emotional outpour of Dimgba’s twin brother, Mike Awoyinfa. He has written and said so much about his late friend.
Here are some of what he said and wrote:
“The best decision I ever took in life was to choose Dimgba Igwe as my deputy. He complemented me in every way. Now, he is gone.
“Like everyone else, I am confused, I am lost. Please, pray for me. More than any time in my life, I need prayers. Lots of them because I don’t know how I can cope without my friend, my business partner, my co-author, my soul mate and my chief critic.
“As his twin brother four years older, I used to imagine a future where two of us would be old and I would die first and Dimgba would be there, paying me tributes, looking back at the lives we lived. But alas, the imagined future is dead and Dimgba is gone in his prime.
“The Dimgba I know was a kind man who didn’t deserve this cruel death. If anything, he would have hated this big embarrassment of being on front page. Killed doing what he loved best: jogging. Every morning, we run on that bad road. I couldn’t join him last Saturday because I was in the UK with my family for my son’s graduation, a day I was looking forward to with the pride and joy of a father. Dimgba opted to stay and take care of the home front while I was away. Somehow, I feel guilty. If I had known it will end this way, I would have taken my beloved brother along.”
However, Mike Awoyinfa, in a short speech at his late twin brother’s residence at Okota, during a condolence visit of the former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, added that, “Only God knows how and why it happened. We have cried. Like you said, sir, we are inseparable but it has happened. For me, I don’t think there is need to shed more tears again because we have to wake up and face reality. Look at the bright days that have passed. I know wherever Dimgba is today, he would be so happy.”
