By Kanayo Esinulo
It happened in the
morning of May 4, 2013. Pini Jason was already beginning to recover from surgery
which his doctor considered necessary and urgent. He had no choice but to
submit himself in obedience. But days before he left Abuja for Lagos, we kept
talking not just about the impending medical tour to Lagos, we also discussed
the rampage of Boko Haram in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, a city he
said he visited a number of times and developed so much love “for its streets
lined with trees and flowers, but which these rascals are now destroying.” He
told me how beautiful and peaceful Maiduguri
was each time he visited the city either on official duty or on holiday.
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| *Pini Jason |
We
talked of other things like Jonathan’s response to the terror group, and then
we would return to his health. “I am not feeling too well,” he said repeatedly,
but kept assuring me that his doctor was certain that the surgery would come
off pretty well.
