As the burial ceremony of billionaire businessman and philanthropist, Captain Idahosa Okunbo kicks off in Edo State, filmmaker and one of Nollywood’s most respected directors, Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen, has taken to his social media accounts to celebrate the late icon.
Imasuen, outside the tributes he has written to mourn the man he calls “Chairman”, few days back, wrote a heart touching poem to the late oil magnate.
Just as the burial rites began in Benin City on Tuesday, Imasuen, also dropped a video, where he extolled the virtues of the late Benin son in his native Benin dialect.
Read his poem…
“There was a duel between the heavens and the earth
Both in dire need of a certain captain of Souls
Men held on while the pearly gates were opened
Both sides wanted him whole
Men in their numbers pleaded and wished there was a price they could pay
The host of angels insisted that the earth was no longer a place he could stay
The negotiations continued
One side had to win the prize
A higher authority made a tough call in the middle of the banter and cries
The alarm bells had been rung
The flight engines came alive
And up up he went
Away from all troubles and strife
To a place of eternal life and peace
The heavens had won
And only left behind a lifeless piece
The bell rang so loudly
People became deaf with grief
Without warning and without consent
Death came like a thief
The bells rang so loudly
Known aurators became dumb
Shockwaves were sent down their spines
Their hearts became numb
The steppers who depended on the rhythm of his heart beat
Suddenly lost the urge to dance
Loved once prayed for his eyes to pop open
Perhaps he was caught in a trance
But he wasn’t…
A dark cloud covered the earth
Holding potential for an out pour of a hundred years
But in this case it wasn’t water
The earth itself let down tears
Washing away the hopes of ever seeing him again
There was a duel between the heavens and the earth
The heavens had won..Alas Captain Hosa Wells Okunbo is taken by the Heavens…”
