ULOG: Lost a dear friend yesterday…Not happy at all.

RIP ONYEDIKA IGILI

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This is me today writing with a very heavy heart. Sometimes I sit and wonder, WHY ALL THE STRUGGLES?

It is a story of a dear friend who I lost to a ghastly motor accident yesterday. Funny enough, I wasn’t really close to this guy while we were in the university but I always admired him from a distance because he was a very smart young boy. We spoke one or two times and I really learnt a lot from him those few times. He motivated me to be better and I loved the energy which he expended in trying to help the world.

He was a vibrant youth and one you wouldn’t refer to as lazy. A first class graduate who was granted a $10,000 scholarship to carry on with his masters degree program in one of the most popular schools in Nigeria (University of Nigeria, Nsukka).

He met his early end on his way to the school and died a very painful death as you will see from the video I will upload later.

Why do good people die? Why was he taken away too soon? My heart bleeds and I wonder again, why all the struggles?.

He was a very liberal young man, always ready to help. He usually organised free tutorials back then in the university and lots of people could attach their success in my department to him. He was a very patient person and always ready to give words of advice.

I remember talking to him once and telling him how much I envied him after he told me about his achievements and visions. I saw the energy in him and was able to key to his passion. I wanted to be like him and so kept a close watch at him from a distance.

I never collected his contact and so never got to communicate with him over the phone. We left school and I forgot totally about him only to be told on a social media platform (whatsapp) this morning that he is dead. How did he die? I asked. He died in an auto crash, they said. Who was driving? I asked. He was driving. They said.

He has a car and I never knew. Now imaging a young boy who already had a car, not from his parents or from scamming others, but from his hard work and diligence. This was a boy with a very promising future. A boy who was supposed to change the face of technology if he was given more time here with us. Do I blame God for this? No I don’t, because He is the master planner. He gives and He takes. He knows the reason why this has happened and so we can’t begin to question him. All we can do is grief because we are hurt.

This has been very hurtful because I knew and admired this young boy and now he is no more. Below is a video showing how he was trapped in his car after the accident with his blood all over the ground. He died a painful death and I couldn’t help but drop a tear when I saw this video later today. So sad.

Now below are some picture splash of this young boy when he was alive.

This is Onyedika during a tech presentation

This is Onyedika signing an autograph for a white friend

This is Onyedika being handed a certificate of excellence

This is Onyedika teaching school children computer

Onyedika with friends after the award

May the soul of the faithfully departed rest in peace