Citizen NewsNG INSPIRATIONAL: COBHAM ASUQUO
Cobhams Asuquo
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Nigerian-born Songwriter, Singer, Producer . . .
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Was obviously born blind.
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In a family of six children only Cobhams was born blind.
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Well, the blindness didn’t deter him from positioning his dreams, though. That’s by the way!
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He found the love of his life, Ojuolape, and they got married in 2010.
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Wondering how Ojuolape got married to a blind man?
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You wouldn’t, right?
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Love can do anything, anyway.
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Love, they say, is blind.
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When a man discovers his purpose, his disabilities becomes abilities.
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Their marriage was all rosy . . .
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Ojuolape became pregnant in 2011, a year after their wedding.
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And she was delivered of a baby boy, who was christened David.
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Guess what?
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The boy was born blind too.
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Yes, their first son, David is also blind.
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Cobhams isn’t just visually impaired, he has a virtually impaired son too.
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Ojuolape isn’t just married to a visually impaired man, she birthed a visually impaired son too.
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Is it challenging? Yes!
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Did she give in? No!
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Amazingly, the boy is 7 years old now, and he’s a bad-ass pianist like his father.
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Quite recently, Tito Idakula, the wife of one of Nigeria’s finest Soul singers, Bez, hosted Ojuolape Asuquo on a show titled “My Jesus Experience”
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She shared her thoughts on how challenging it is to have a blind son and a blind husband . . .
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She was perplexed when the doctors told her that her son would be blind
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And it was discovered four months after birth.
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The video was emotion-studded.
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Her faith quivered
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But, she held on to Jesus, the author and finisher of her faith.
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And of course, Cobhams Asuquo and family is living happily ever after . . . Not in spite of the predicaments, but because of them.
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The morals of Ojuolape Asuquo is beyond the confines of marriage . . .
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It is applicable to all ramification of life
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You may wake up one morning and collapse . . .
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You may be diagnosed of a chronic disease . . .
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Your business may experience a slow . . .
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Of course you never wished for it. You never wanted it so.
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But, you have to accept it . . .
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And live!
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Great things are wrapped in ugly packs.
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When life throws a stone at you, step on it and climb higher.
Have a great weekend!
-Isaac Nkawa
