Today makes it exactly two years since @profosinbajo and his entourage escaped a helicopter crash unscathed in Kogi state, during a flight back to Abuja last year, knowing the next day would make it a year since, 
I finally got a chance to ask him what I felt and thought when it happened a year earlier.. I said, “sir, permit me to ask you this question. What gave you the courage to carry on with the campaign immediately after such a life-threatening crash?”
He said “Honestly Tolani, it was my passion for the people. I just couldn’t let them down.”
Shocked, I fell silent, staring at him with my mouth ajar! Just some days earlier, the same kind of crash had claimed the lives of my mentor, his daughter, and seven others
Shocked, I fell silent, staring at him with my mouth ajar! Just some days earlier, the same kind of crash had claimed the lives of my mentor, his daughter, and seven others
and I could barely hold it together. Bearing in mind that only 1% of people survive that kind of crash, I believe that it takes a rare kind of grace, courage and resilience to power through that kind of experience the way he did, and I’m truly thankful for that spirit.
Truly, God rules in the affairs of men and what he has destined for you on earth will always be yours.
On our way to work this morning, my heart welled up as I watched his ADC and SO congratulate him on the experience, thankful that they all survived that crash. He just smiled & replied, “what could have been a memorial for 12 of us & our families, God turned into victory for us.”
It was a moment worth sharing
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