By Musa Tanimu Nasidi
“And We will surely test you with something of fear and hunger and a loss of wealth and lives and fruits, but give good tidings to the patient (Verse:155) Who, when disaster strikes them, say, “Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return” (Verse;156) those are the ones upon whom are blessings from their Lord and mercy. And it is those who are the [rightly] guided (157).} Al Baqarah,Verses: 155-157
It is indeed the eternal fact of life that the Creator, the life-giving and the death-giving, from time to time, gives us some fear, hunger, and a lack of money, lives, and fruits, in the hope that we reap his rewards and the good tidings he reserved to the patient.
Many honourable, Young ,Elders and great politicians have indeed passed away during the past few years, and as soon as our tears begin to dry up, and our hearts begin to calm down from grief over the separation of those great ones, we mourn again the departure of other great young men, may God have mercy on them all.
Here we are today bidding farewell to ((Friday 10th of November 2023) Hon. Muhammad Danasabe Muhammad, former Executive chairman of Lokoja Local Government Council,a, Chieftain of APC and member of Kakanda traditional title holders, who spent years of his tenure and blessed life, educating his generations, guiding and reconciling between the warring parties in Lokoja. He was never apprehensive of misfortunes, never tired of reconciling one another, and he never got tired of bringing the two sides closer together.
Forty Eight hours ago have passed since I met him, specifically at a rally in his Ward. He was as usual smiling, eloquent and full of life.
At the event, he was optimistic that Ododo would win and pleaded to “women to come out enmass on Saturday and cast their votes for Ododo.
“Our votes from Lokoja on Saturday would be higher than that of central senatorial District where Ododo comes from ” he said.
Little did he know that he’ll not witness the election,as the life of this world is nothing but a provision of vanities.
Honourable Muhammed Danasabe is an advocate of Lokoja unity, keen on reunification, and devoted in his endeavour to unify the voice of the Lokojans.
“Indeed, Allah (alone) has knowledge of the Hour and sends down the rain and knows what is in the wombs. And no soul perceives what it will earn tomorrow, and no soul perceives in what land it will die. Indeed, Allah is Knowing and Acquainted.”
Qur’an: Surah Luqman: 31; verse 31
“Every soul shall taste of death, and you shall only be paid fully your reward on the resurrection day; then whoever is removed far away from the fire and is made to enter the garden he indeed has attained the object; and the life of this world is nothing but a provision of vanities” Qur’an:13.185:
Allah! Forgive your servant, Muhammad Danasabe Muhammad and grant him eternal reset. Oh Allah! Take care of his family, grant Us the fortitude to bear the irreplaceable lost,Ameen.
May the transition of Muhammad Danasabe Muhammad be a lesson and positive reminder to those of us he left behind, Amen.
“For each and everyone of you, the young and the old, the leaders and the led, the haves and the have not, there is a time to live and a time to die, in between is a privilege to live to the glory of your nation and to the glory of humanity”
— Late James Audu.
