Nineteen years after his active involvement in the battle to get the June 12 mandate actualised, the late Admiral Ndunuisi Kanu has got what can be described as poetic justice, coming from popular performing poet, Akeem Lasisi.
The award-winning poet has released a poetry video n the hero of the June 12 1993 presidential election battle. The work titled ‘The Angels Know Where to House your Soul’ is a tribute to Kanu, capturing his struggles during the battle to get the annulled historical election salvaged, and his impacts on other national matters.
Ndubuisi, a former military Governor of Lagos and Imo states, passed on in 2021.
In the video featuring afro artiste, Edaoto, and seasoned dancers such as Tairu Ajibode, Uche Obi and Jumoke Shittu, Lasisi recalls the debacle of the annulment of the people’s hope, and efforts to recover themandate won by the late MKO Abiola, who died while suffering incarceration form the military – and how the likes of Kanu, Professor Wole Soyinka and Asiwaju Bola Tinubu stood their ground especially under the umbrella of the National Democratic Coalition, NADECO.
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The poem, however, also salutes Kanu’s courage during and after the Civil War.
Lasisi writes:
Your loyalty to a cause was never blind
But it was never affected by climate change
When in an unforgettable June the abominable happened to our democracy
And the goons unleashed their guns on the Watershed
Clouds descended on the nation
And vultures descended on the people’s hope
In the midst of the anomie
You proved that soldiering is not just about the gun on the fingertips
But also about the potent resolve within:
The bayonet embedded in a resolute heart
Against injustice from any realm
Watch the video here:
