Award-winning author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has felicitated with the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, as he celebrates his 61st birthday anniversary.
The former governor of Anambra State clocked 61 on Tuesday, 19 July.
Adichie took to her Facebook page on Tuesday to pen down a lovely birthday message to Obi, whom she referred to as her ‘dearest big bro’.
In the birthday message, the author of Americanah recounted Obi’s kindness to her late parents, and she and her siblings during their time of grief.
“I will never forget your kindness to my beloved parents. Thank you for the respect you showed them, for your many visits to Abba, where you gave to Daddy and Mummy the most precious gifts: your time and your attention. Thank you for walking this still-unbearable journey of grief with my siblings and me,” she wrote.
Adichie also lauded Obi’s modesty, unpretentiousness, and humility, expressing optimism that he would emerge victorious at the forthcoming presidential election.
Her message read: “I have always admired your humane pragmatism, how you are willing to talk to almost anyone if it will bring about a good outcome. And how you believe in certain ideals without being an ideologue.
“And how you see people as people, knowing that human value is not measured in material terms. And how you are able to laugh at yourself, and laugh when I tease you about your ‘one shoe and one shirt’. And how you have always been consistent in the core of who you are.
“Thank you for your compassion and your circumspection. For your honesty and your humour. For your willingness to acknowledge flaws, yours and others’, knowing that nobody is perfect. For your fuss-free kindness and your humility that is never performative.”
“Sometimes it is the simplest of language that captures the most complex of things, and so I will end with simplicity: You are a good man. You are loved. You are appreciated.
“May your eyes continue to light up when you talk about the lovely confident Margaret (Thank God she agreed for you!) and your lovely children, A and E. May joy follow you and yours always.
“Mummy called you her ‘first son’, my siblings and I call you ‘big bro’, and I cannot wait to call you ‘My President.’
“I cannot wait for February 25, 2023, when, I, with personal pride in you and with hope for what Nigeria can become, will cast my vote for you and your running mate, Senator Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed.”
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