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| Late Barr. Aquaisua Edet Aquaisua |
By Nse Peter
A popular lawyer in Uyo, Barr. Aquaisua Edet Aquaisua is
dead. He was 50. He was the managing partner of the law chambers, Aquaisua Edet
Aquaisua & Co. in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. He was married, with three
children.
Aquaisua is reported to have died in the early hours of 25
December, 2014 at his home in Uyo. The cause of death hasn’t been made known to
the public yet, but some friends of the late barrister said he may have
suffered asthmatic attack late in the night before Christmas Day.
Think Akwa Ibom! gathered that Aquaisua organised a modest
party around November in Uyo which he invited friends to celebrate his 50th
birthday with him.
Uyo residents who commented on the sad incident expressed
shock over the death of Aquaisua whom they say was friendly and easy going.
“Easy going, all smiles, simple, jovial, devoted,
hospitable, considerate, thoughtful, God-fearing, gamely, loyal, honest, a
lovely father, generous, respectful, dutiful. I can go on and on. Everybody has got one flaw or the other. He
was not perfect, but I idolize him in many ways. He was a good man. I will
always miss Barr. Aquaisua Edet Aquaisua,” says Kocco Essien, a lawyer from
Abak, Akwa Ibom State.
“Too shocked and sad for words. God knows best. May your
soul rest in perfect peace,” said Enefiok Essien.
“A very nice guy! We were together in Benue House at the
Federal Government College, Ikot Ekpene. May his soul rest in peace,” said
Nsima Ntekpere.
Mr. Imo Ebong who lives in Manchester, United Kingdom said that
he initially thought news of Aquaisua’s death was a prank.
Ebong recounted his first encounter with late Aquaisua in
1993 in Uyo. “I still remember when I met him for the first time at his law
chambers in the company of a friend (Pina), in Uyo. The purpose of that visit
was to play some rounds of Scrabble.
“But instead, Late Barr. Aquaisua offered to take us out for
some entertainment at a drinking joint. Palmwine and assorted meat was also
sold at the joint and there was so much palmwine to drink as other friends of
his joined us at the table to make the session more interesting. A fine/penalty
was introduced for the first person who got up to go for a wee from our table
to be responsible for supplying the next round of booze. I got very drunk from
holding back from going for a piss because I was broke and couldn't afford to
supply the table of friends with booze.
“Luckily, we had to make our excuses at some stage to leave
the drinking joint. At that point, my bladder could barely hold on to the urine
and I dashed quickly to the nearest spot for a very long, relieving wee.
“My second and last meeting with late Barr. Aquaisua was in
the following year, 1994, when he gave me a lesson in Scrabble by thrashing me
three games to one. I was very happy to manage to win a round against Aquaisua
who was at one time a former Nigerian National Scrabble Champion.”
Think Akwa Ibom! prays that the Lord God grant the soul of
late Barr. Aquaisua Edet Aquaisua eternal rest, and also bless his family with
the strength to bear the painful loss.
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