When Barr. Rolex Ifeanyi Iloakasia and Com. Emeka Chinwuba told me that Chief Augustine Ivedinezi (Ajunebuora Aguleri) donated mkpi and hot drinks to appreciate their good job in sanitizing our community.
It took me a walk down the memory lane about the role of late Dr Chuba Okadigbo in Nigeria politics and the man behind the mask, a special element who was the strength of the late Oyi of Oyi.
Who remembers How Chuba Okadigbo took the senate's mace home? Who remembers where the mace was kept?
Now read the story:
Ndi Aguleri have a lots of guts. That's why everyone in Omabala area wants to boost his or her CV by falsely claiming to be an Indigene of Aguleri.
It was true that Late Sen. Okadigbo and his SA on special duties, Chief Augustine Ivedinezi took the mace which signifies the authority of the senate to the house to Ogbunike cave without qualms that "where the authority is, there power lies". I have been thinking, imagine the temerity and the audacity of Late Okadigbo and his SA, Ajunebuora. Do we still have such politicians in Igbo land today?
Ndi Omabala people are obviously fearless in many fronts and often faster than the rest. all the guts one may ever think of or wish for. The combination of Late Okadigbo's intelligence and integrity with that of Ajunebuora was their signature while their smartness and boldness distinguished Late Okadigbo from the rest politicians.
Ajunebuora Aguleri is an ocean of knowledge and a deity in his craft. An oracle, an institution, a carton of trouble and a man they couldn't arrest, a fine and refined man of class.
He’s one of the few that have moulded and influenced Agulerians and Omabala Indigenes residing in Abuja over a period of time so that they developed in various ways. Infact over 90% of successful Agulerians and Omabala indigenes living in Abuja benefited so much from his benevolence. As a result, there’s absolutely nothing this very man does, that ever goes wrong in the eyes of Omabala indigenes in the FCT.
His choice of words, his dauntless reputation and academic gigantism, no doubt gave him contacts and political spread across the FCT. No wonder he was instrumental to Tony Nwoye's emergence as a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He the Chairman, Tony Nwoye campaign organization.
When I visited Ajunebuora in his Abuja office, he was excited and congratulated me for what he termed, “ one of the illustrious sons of Aguleri whom he said was making the community proud ”. As if that wasn’t enough, to my greatest surprise, he made a full payment for my hotel accomodation for one week. He also dropped a huge ego oji and used his influence to attract more ego ojis to the table.
I proudly say that it was a rare privilege to meet with Ajunebuora, a man who for many years had taken Omabala youths more like his own, always on the look out and reaching out too. Chief Augustine Ivedinezi is an oracle for a reason. In whatsoever measure, he stands as the rarest of his kind and a model for the Igbo modern politicians.
Aguleri nwelu mmadi, may God continue to bless Chief Augustine Ivedinezi (Ajunebuora Aguleri)