A Nephew's Elegy to a Dearest Uncle and Friend

Captain wake up! Thy Ship is Sinking
By David Gambo(Daddy Coach)

Captain wake up! Thy Ship is Sinking
Beside your sick bed
I beckoned on you to take responsibility
Divinely or self imposed
The cap fits you, Captain!

Captain wake up! Thy Ship is Sinking
The philanthropist! The sailor of thousands
Your ship of many colours
Black, White, Brown, Yellow
Tall, Short, Ugly, Beautiful, Handsome
Educated, Illiterate, Religious, Atheist
All in your ship
You can't let them down
Wake up Captain!

Captain wake up! Thy Ship is Sinking
Bright is crying
Bulus is crying
Aunty Zee is crying
You promised to take them to the
Western Hemisphere
Summer is ending Captain!

Captain wake up! Thy Ship is Sinking
Rgoyi is crying
Coach is crying
Daf is crying
We promised to replenish cars for you
The garage is still empty
Courtesy of ours in part
This is not our destination
This was not our contract
We can sue you for abandoning the future you ventured into
The deal is not over Captain!

Captain wake up! Thy Ship is Sinking
Da’ady (Chairman) is crying
Go'go is crying
Ma’a Yanuwi is crying
Ma’a Bali is crying
Sam (DDS): a departure well accepted
Captain (BDS): a departure yet too soon
11-4, one by one they will all answer the call
But the Danfulanis have answered enough for now
Even Captain?

Captain wake up! Thy Ship is Sinking
You promised to take Monica to her matrimonial home
Nashion is waiting for you to fuel the generator and his stomach
Talanbulu has swept the compound and is waiting for hanu kasa
Habu and his family are still squatting in your house
Your ship that does not discriminate
Wake up Captain!

Captain wake up! Thy Ship is Sinking
The game has just began
4-4 back to back Up Man U!
Watching the Red Devils without you is like celebrating life in a graveyard
Wake up Captain!

Captain wake up! Thy Ship is Sinking
The family is in disarray
Today's MVPs are laughing
Things fall apart
The centre cannot hold
Captain: the Okonkwo of our time

Captain wake up! Thy Ship is Sinking
Your farm is green
The maize are pregnant with triplets
The harvest awaited the harvester
Though you lie under the land you used to plough
Thy team is still ploughing, Captain!

Captain wake up! Thy Ship is Sinking
Like an Eagle, you soared the hearts of many
Like a Dove, you loved all
Like a Lion, you fought for the Danfulani’s kingdom
Like a Physician, you diagnosed and proffered solution to every problem around you
Like an Engineer, you built bridges across ethnic, religious, and ideological standpoints
Like a Pastor, you preached selflessness and vanity of life
Like a Lawyer, you you stood for truth and nothing but the truth against all odds
Like a soldier, you died defending the dignity of your brother (DDS) and the Suntai family
Like Jesus Christ, you died to purchase our freedom from powers of this world, rulers in the kingdom of darkness

Sleep well Captain!
Unlike the Titanic
The tip of the Iceberg cannot lead us astray
Your Ship will never sink
We promise to sail to the promised land

Sleep on, the Moses of our time
The Egyptians you saw we shall see no more
You have parted the Red Sea
We now have a Joshua in Da’adi

Sleep well! Sleep on!
Hon. Babangida D. Suntai
Your Ship is Still Sailing

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