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Ndubuisi Kanu’s rainy salute
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By Emeka Obasi
As a student I stood close to the podium that carried first governor of Imo State, Lt. Commander Godwin Ndubuisi Kanu during May 27 ,1976 Children’s Day celebrations at the Owerri Township Stadium. The heavens opened up.
Kanu’s aides quickly rushed to his Aide de Camp(ADC), Sub. Lt Anthony Oguguo with an umbrella. The younger officer smartly covered the governor. His boss quickly removed the umbrella and allowed his uniform to be drenched. I was touched by that uncommon act.
If school children whose day it was and the reason everyone trooped to the stadium could march in the rain, the governor must have felt that even as Guest of Honour, he deserved as much soaking as the boys and girls. Yes, the man stood in the rain to take salute.