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| Barrister Nico Halle |
The entire world mourns Kofi Annan not for the wealth
he amassed for himself but for the love and care he embraced for humanity. Emblematic
indeed.
I sincerely admired the temerity and honest manner in
which he brokered peace in the potentially explosive Bakassi conflict pitting Cameroon
and Nigeria. It takes love, justice, wisdom and savvy to settle such a complex
and very high profile crisis. This for me was a locus classicus to be emulated
by other nations that have been shredded by senseless wars.
I had even prayed that he could show concern for the Anglophone
crisis and apply the same wisdom and objectivity he did in the Bakassi palavar
but this did not happen. Man proposes but god disposes.
The first African to occupy such a highly coverted office
leaving behind an unmatched track record. The Nobel Peace Prize crowned his
cogent attachment to peace and reconciliation.
This breed of human beings is in very short supply. Oh
i wish more of Kofi Annan could be found in Africa and the world for god's
people to live in peace.
Peace is what the world badly needs now. for peace to
exist there must be genuine love, justice, equity, respect for the rule of law,
transparency, accountability, equality, honesty, truth, respect for human
rights and liberties, patriotism, tolerance, forgiveness and above all the fear
of the lord which is the beginning of wisdom.
As a peace crusader in my small corner i am moved by
what Kofi Annan gave to humanity to couch this short homage for an icon i
quietly admired.
May his gentle soul rest in perfect peace for he lived
an accomplished and fulfilled life here on earth. May the God of Abraham, Isaac
and Jacob take his gentle soul. A dieu sir.
By Barrister Nico Halle
