TRIBUTE FOR A NOBLE FRIEND Pius, why couldn’t you hold out for a little longer? Pius was a great friend and a brother from way back in Kano when we first knew in our young adult years. We got very close and that closeness endeared me to his entire family. He was a very good man and readily offered help to people of all colours both black and white. He, selflessly, served humanity. I am a witness that he also loved and feared GOD and served HIM joyfully and got his family as well to do so with him. It is sad to say, I saw his last days and the passage of a dear friend and brother to eternity, as God’s time ticked to a close on him, and he bowed out to beyond the vale. Adieu, boss. You are missed greatly. My name is GIDEON and “Gidy” as you always called me. May your gentle soul rest in the LORD’s bosom until the resurrection. Adieu. Gideon Akubuiro