What was celebrated Poet Ordia Ofeimun searching for
when he decided to take a walk all the way from Allen Avenue junction area, all
through to Alausa side of Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria. Well it wasn’t like he was in a desperate
hurry, no, he casually did a brisk walk that looked like he was just trying to
stretch his legs in exercise.
But he forgot that he is a star of sort, and before he
knew it, cars were parking, and many people were looking out of their vehicles
to catch a glimpse of the poet who hardly has time for any other thing but
literary work and activism.
The good thing about that long walk was that, Ordia
Ofeimun was relaxed and he was replying and acknowledging greetings and
gestures from so many that recognized him. Ofcourse many called out to him,
waving.
That seemed to have embarrassed him initially, but he braced up and
continued the walk. For some moments, one was worried for him that he doesn’t
get mobbed by his fans on that long stretch of walk.
Though one knows Ordia Ofeimun to be a man of the
people, but the truth is, Ordia Ofeimun should not take such open risk of
walking that freely. He is a celebrity of sort as he must have now realized
from the way he drew attention to himself on that long walk and the resultant
traffic congestion he caused on that road.
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