By Cosmas Okereafor
It was a gathering of families, business associates, friends and well wishers at the prestigious Canaan Event Centre, located at Ojodu, Berger, lagos, to celebrate one of their own Mr. Kingsley Okechi Nwosu, who clocked 70 years on the 25th October, 2026. To mark seven decades and still counting in a country where life expectancy is 45 years sincerely is the doing of the Lord and worths celebrating. The events venue which was decorated with various colours and elegance sizes of the celebrants’ pictures portrays, how resilience and the road the Septogenarian had travelled in his life journey .One of the posters reads;.”Through every season , he stands strong, rising above challenges with courage and grace”. The hall which was filled to capacity is an attestation of how the man is loved by his people having turned out in their numbers to celebrate their illustrious son.An accomplished aviator you may call him. Nwosu spent greater part of his life, at the defunct Nigeria Airways Limited. Thereafter, he founded kaolin Ventures Limited, a reputable logistics company that has become a household name in the aviation industry. Speaking to Upright Communications, Mrs Chinyere Asimonye, a Cousin to the celebrant, thanked God for all His mercies upon Mr kingsley Nwosu. She prayed for more glorious years upon the celebrant while also asking God to continue to keep him for more celebrations in good health in future.
Eulogizing her father, Dr Nelly Nwosu, had these kind words to say; “Well my daddy is a great man. Honestly him and my mummy are those that shaped me. Everybody calls me intelligent doctor today, and probably very smart. I think i got that smartness and intelligence from my dad. He was my first teacher and everything. First protector, first husband, first person i saw as a man in my life and i think i look up to him so much because i want to have a husband who is like him, who will protect me as he protected me back in the days. He is a man of God because he taught us also to love God and my love for the gospel also came from him which is something that i will never forget and i hope to celebrate many more years; 10years, 20years and 30years with him. I just wish him so many more years”.Asked why the family threw this kind of party when the man is alive, Dr Nelly had this to say; “The thing is that, my father has contributed so much to the four of us and also to the extended family. We didnt want to celebrate him in death. We have the means and the capacity to celebrate him today, and so, why not celebrate him as a living person rather than someone who is dead. So, we said do something that he would witness as a strongman, because 10years to come, he will not be as strong as he is today.
The doctor also have an advice for the father; “Rest well, eat good food, just take life easy from now. Don’t take anything serious because life truly is not so difficult” Nelly advised further. The celebrant thanked God for His mercies upon his life. He particularly thanked Dangote Group and Executive Jet organizations for helping him greatly in his business. He says it gives him happiness to helping people. His children who said they were really humbled even though they described their father as tough in the inside praised him for being there for them especially when they were growing up, and through throughout their school days.
