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Beyond Political Science department of Kogi State University, the entire Students of the school can still all remember a man with almost seven numbers of tribal mark, an Ankpa man who like a General studies his integrity to sustain it discipline.
We have this man back then in the Faculty of Social Science, Head Department of Political Science, Kogi State University, he is respected by all (students and staff) for his disagreement to embrace indecency, disregard for for integrity and principle guided personality. A mindful man of lifestyle that we often describe and encomiastically acknowledge as:
The Social General.
Ogbo wey dey cure boys.
Ogbo wey no like sorry.
Ogbo wey no dey collect sorting money.
I encountered this man in the days of my General Studies when he smashed and discarded the possibility of indiscipline just beside me in the General Studies Text Examination hall. He was the head in charge of General Studies Text (GST).
One of the supervisors echoed to the other in front of me “Ogbo don come, e don come, e dey come becareful, becareful”. They all retuned their arrangements swiftly.
I became confused and and turned to picture the Ogbo they have regarded this much. I could only see many of our students comporting down to facial expressions and the hall became as quiet as Agassa Cemetery in Okene Local Government area of Kogi State.
And then Ogbo landed with his small statue and smart moves from his sporty legs. Ogbo’s hands were not empty as i discovered he will swiftly take your matirculation numbers as soon as you misbehave or engage in malpractices.
All our students became serious and time conscious. Wow, he operates like a spirit, he can see everyone, every angle, every heart. He reads you to know if you have malpractice tools within your reach. He takes on strange faces and challenge you to confess your guilt.
He immediately won my heart and i quickly flashed his activities to be why people think he is a cultist. Ogbo got to know me too, i visit his office while he was a lecturer and i do that daily from Arts and Humanities to Social Science. Ogbo commands the entire Kogi State University from the surroundings of the first gate to the boundary of Ankpa and Olamaboro because he extensively own from Ayingba to Ankpa streets.
“O boy finish school make we find you small job to manage”. 2018.
“O boy no disbelieve GYB any day, any time o”. 2018
“GYB will be the next Governor”. 2018.
“Solo how is her Excellency”.
“We go kalas them till their Agbada hook and GYB go win straight”. 2018.
More memories. I knew the developmental tsunami that will hit Kogi State Polytechnic while he was appointed as the Rector. People told GYB Ogbo is a cultist, he is a member of a dangerous secret cult and even the head. Ogbo is powerful, i can testify to that but his powers are his rare type of integrity, scary principles, focus team player and a social General.
Ogbo feeds students back then in Kogi State University. He sponsors students irrespective of their tribe. I will love his Excellency Governor Yahaya Bello and the rest of us who are yet to know Ogbo to ask from his adopted sons. He loves the needy and the ruggedizeds so he owns the commands of us in the streets and he cures us to transparently love him. They misunderstood our love and respect for his commands and person as that he throws commands from the believe of cultism, no.
I know of Victory Ojodomo whom Ogbo took as a son long time ago and made him a lover of academics and now a Masters Degree holder under his coverage and mentorship. I know a sickle cell brother of mine whom is referred to as the first son of Ogbo due to his love and fatherly figure for him.
Back then, i will quietly observe Dr. Ogbo’s car where he parks his car and whisper to Solo “Omo Ogbo dey Office o”. He is one man who believes human reflects and know of their every action before actioning so when tempered with, he takes your apologies for extra jokes on him and boom he explodes.
Small man with big Office as a Lecturer and Head of Political Science department. How do you have the guts to approach Ogbo when you are not neatly dressed and properly looking like a reasonable student. How do you conclude to miss his class? Ogbo will give his text when you decide to conclude you won’t attend his class for the day and people will have this to say that he is spiritual and diabolic.
When Ogbo is to supervise your Examinations you will have students confessing how Ogbo will certainly point you out and point out where you have arranged your Examination malpractice tools. As soon as you pay your school fees, you dare not have your phone ring in his class as he will have you dealt with for planning and learning to waste your parent’s resources, he will simply have you walked out of his class for peace to reign.
He knows his entire Students and have them nurtured and encouraged to persevere the lessons of Academics. He tells stories of himself in school to his students, all his entire students know Ogbo and like me, i have his Mercedes Benz E320 number plate till now and his cute Peugeot 607 number plate. You can tell when he is within the school by the comportment of Lecturers in his department. Lectures must hold, you must lecture according to the taste of your students and must have corrupt free transactions and rapport. He checks to Balance them all. He is a tireless Leopard who was forcefully kept in Islamia by his Father.
Ogbo is married to a lovely woman with blessed children. He is religious and believes solidly in humanity. Another few points why Ogbo is distinguish from other staff and lecturers of Kogi State University hence describe him a cultist is, Ogbo does not parade restaurants, he does not have the time for you hosting him wherever. You only see him in lecture rooms, his own office or on wheel. He does not parade beer parlours and road side roasted chicken spots.
Ogbo is not friendly to the point of deliberating your scores and justifying you base on financial penetrations. No, you may endanger your smooth graduation. All these pointed out attributes are his powers. He is not diabolic or a member of any secret cult. He is a Doctor of Philosophy. PhD titled man.
When he became the Rector of our revered Kogi State Polytechnic, people thought he would be challenged and going to fail his Boss. I remember the role he played in 2016-2017 when Kogi State University was on strike back then under ASUU. Ogbo alone fought the union and dragged the attention of the whole Kogi State including the newly sworn in Executive Governor in 2017 who had to pay a visit to Kogi State University to meet with the ASUU and have case settled with them, unfortunately the Chairman arrogantly addressed His Excellency saying despite meeting their conditions, the school will continue to experience strike actions any time as designed by the national body. Fast forward, the union was later proscribed and hence issued illegal.
“O boy the person wey advise Governor to proscribe Asuu is very intelligent”.
Ogbo hasn’t changed despite heavy duty as the Rector of Kogi State Polytechnic, he visits lecture rooms to personally examine the quality of lessons flown to the students. Kogi State Polytechnic now expels unserious students, they now have beautiful academic friendly lecturers, lecture room, sound quality education and zero mark buying, unfriendly atmosphere for cultism.
Usman Salisu Ogbo is not a cultist!
~ Joen Sadiq
