promised walks never taken — Maya Angelou.
Like many friends, comrades and associates of Innocent Chukwuma; I received the cold message from my former colleague by 12:33am on Sunday morning about the shocking exit of a man considered by many as an iroko tree and a big masquerade in the organized civil society and democracy struggle in Nigeria. My initial contact with Innocent was sometimes in June 2015. I had applied to CLEEN Foundation for an advertised role. One afternoon, I received a call from a strange number and had a brief interaction with him as he asked about my previous work experience. He told me that my experience did not match the role I applied for and advised me to consider the position of Senior Program Officer.