Fate smiled on one Mr. Babawako Adamu on a Friday morning when his secondary school mate and Governor of Kogi State, Alh. Yahaya Bello ran into him at a gridlock along Lokoja-Abuja road.<\/p>\n
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The fateful encounter, as narrated by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Onogwu Muhammed, occurred at Gada-biu village along the express where Babawako lives as a peasant farmer.<\/p>\n
The Abuja-bound convoy of the Governor was \u201chalted abruptly by an unexpected barricade. A crane truck, attempting to pull off an accident-stricken tanker also got stuck, creating a complete gridlock at a village called Gada Biu, along Abuja-Lokoja road. An unfortunate twist of fate had rendered the crane inoperable, ensnaring the road within its reach.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Governor has come down from his vehicle to survey thr situation when his eyes caught on Adamu, his mate at the Government Secondary School, Suleja.<\/p>\n
The CPS narrated that Governor Bello \u201ctook a step closer as if following an invisible thread of connection. ‘Adamu,’ he called out, the syllables holding the weight of recognition and surprise,<\/p>\n
\u201cThe now-identified figure replied, ‘Yes, Your Excellency. It’s me, Adamu Babawako from GSS Suleja.”<\/p>\n
\u201cIn that exchange, a universe of memories rekindled.’ You were in Abuja house,’\u201d the governor reminisced, and Adamu affirmed, ‘Yes, Your Excellency. You were in Keffi House. You were my senior, Sir.’<\/p>\n
\u201cI have been living and farming in this very village. I was once informed that you are the Governor of Kogi State. I said one day God will make me see you, Your Excellency,\u201d Adamu said.<\/p>\n
The CPS went on to state how blessed Adamu became that day, even though with little specific details on that part of the reunion.<\/p>\n
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He added that \u201cAdamu, who only had the battery of his dead phone in his pocket was also gifted a mobile phone by one of the Governor\u2019s aides.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fate smiled on one Mr. Babawako Adamu on a Friday morning when his secondary school mate and Governor…\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1974,34,208,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-8444","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-adamu-babawako","9":"tag-kogi","10":"tag-lokoja-abuja","11":"tag-yahaya-bello"},"yoast_head":"\n