By ‘Dayo Showemimo
Late Akeem Sodeinde was a famous nigh club owner in Lagos. His club, ‘Movida‘ was at a point the hottest night club in Victoria Island, Lagos before it was shut down in early 2014.
Before then, Akeem had survived on only one kidney for over one year while he also survived a surgery in India for the treatment of diabetes. However, he had one dream he never fulfilled.
In his last interview with City People about two years ago, Akeem, who admitted to battling drinking and smoking addictions then, said: ‘Smoking is an addiction. I can’t lie to God because if I lie, I am deceiving myself, not anybody but I have been praying to God to stop which I believe I will soon stop. And the habit of drinking and smoking is the more reason I need to shut down the club because it’s really affecting my only one working kidney which is not good for my health at all.’
The one dream he had was to be present at his daughter’s wedding.
In his words: ‘I need to take a medical check-up and balance my health because I only have one daughter and I want her to see me on her wedding day.’
Sadly, he won’t be there when his daughter comes of age and gets ready for marriage. He’ll be buried in Lagos on Friday, May 15, 2015.
RIP General!!!
