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It still hasn’t sunk in that when I go downstairs I’ll never see an ASOS parcel with Emeka’s name on it again. I’ll never hear him barrelling down the stairs at 100mph. Never smell his takeaways stinking out the whole hallway again lol
I remember a few years back I was sat in a car outside our flats at 1am. A car pulled up next to me and I couldn’t see who was in it. I thought I was about to get robbed or they thought I was someone else they were after lol. I sat in that car for a good 30 mins waiting for it to
Drive off but it didn’t. Eventually I bit the bullet and got out the car thinking a madness was about to happen. All of a sudden out the window of the car I hear “Y’alright Niall??” It was Emeka and I’ve never been so glad to see him in my life lol I could have lipsed him
When I heard he was self isolating I kept planning to message him but was putting it off, telling myself he probably won’t even wanna look at his phone if he’s that sick etc. I thought I’ll just see him around soon & he’ll recover. I can’t even express how much I regret that
I regret not telling him how much respect I had for him as a man and as a father. Role models are hard to come by but Emeka was a shining example of that. Always held down a good job, family man, respectful, charming, sociable. Would do anything for anyone who asked him
And the company he worked for failed him. The system failed him. The government failed him. The mayor failed him. If this had been handled differently he could still be here. His family wouldn’t be heartbroken and his son would still have an incredible father
