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12 Oct, 8 tweets, 2 min read

MOTIVATIONAL MONDAY: LIFE’S NOT FAIR

Now, it is impossible for any student to pass through Abeokuta Grammar School, Abeokuta, between 1933 and 1955, even for a day, and not 'taste' of the very Reverend Israel Oludotun Ransome-Kuti's 'sugar cane'.

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It was the last day of the school year in December 1945 and 18-year-old David was about to break that record.

He was the best student in Mathematics as he was an obedient, quiet, and brilliant student...

...having imbibed in himself the school's motto, "THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM".

As he approached Kuti for his prize, with his heart beating from nervousness and anxiety, Kuti flinched.

"You don't look familiar, boy?" Kuti asked. He couldn't answer, as he was sweating inside of himself.

Kuti drew him closer and started rubbing his ears continuously until his face was swollen.

"My character is greater than my books," Kuti yelled.

"If you went through this school free, you'll think the world is waiting out there for you, without any difficulties," he barked.

"Thank you, Principal," the boy responded painfully in tears as was the custom with Kuti's students.

That was David's first lesson in life.

He went to the University of Exeter bagging a degree in Economics (specialising in accounting) and qualifying as a chartered accountant in 1960.

Dafinone became a senator during Nigeria’s Second Republic from 1979 to 1983.

On August 1, 2000, the Guinness World Records recognized him as the patriarch with the highest number of chartered accountants in one nuclear family.

Senator David Omueya Dafinone, his wife Cynthia, and all his five children are all chartered accountants.

David never got beaten, but he learnt a great lesson from his stinging ears that LIFE IS NOT FAIR.

David Omueya Dafinone breathed his last on September 30, 2018, and died, full of years. He was 91.

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