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By Adedara Oduguwa PhD

Calpurnia:

 “When beggars die there are no comets seen;

 the heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes.”

It is exactly 12 months today since the great man Chief Kofoworola Adenuga David Oduguwa JP left the stage to join the spirits’ world.

I searched within myself on how best to remember him, and then, thought of his reminiscence struck. The Except below represents father’s miniature autobiography. Trust you will find it inspiring. 

“My Story

I was born on 09/03/1939 to a Lagos-based Merchant late David Soyebo Darlington Oduguwa (A.K.A– D.S.D Oduguwa).

Abiodun olanrewaju biography of william

My father died on 05/06/1939 at exactly 5 am of the year I was born. After the burial which lasted for about a week without an embalmment. My mother returned to Sagamu and was trying to make three square meals possible. No support from anywhere.

My mother had to stay with her aunt late Madam Felicia Efuyela Odujinrin, who was showering her some support