Happy Birthday to HRH, Ajofe Sunday Suleiman, Chief Praise Singer (Onu Awohi Attah Igala), Ehecho Ejinya, Udama District, Ankpa LGA, Kogi State.
Some friendships are accidental; others become part of one’s personal history. Ours belongs to the latter. You are not merely my friend; you are my classmate. You are not merely my classmate; you are one of my revered royal fathers in Igalaland—a distinction that carries both dignity and responsibility.
Today, I celebrate not only your birth but the gravitas of your person, the nobility of your heritage and the uncommon distinction with which you inhabit your calling. As Chief Praise Singer of the Attah Igala, you occupy a cultural office where memory, music, royalty and ancestral identity converge. Your voice does more than praise; it preserves.
Your place within Igala traditional society is therefore more profound than ceremonial ornament. You represent a living bridge between generations. I mean a custodian of oral tradition in an age increasingly seduced by cultural amnesia. Through your words, presence and service, fragments of our collective history remain audible to those coming after us.
I admire the intellectual breadth, cultural rootedness and quiet authority that distinguish you. You carry your responsibilities with a dignity that does not require theatricality. In a world increasingly fascinated by titles without substance, you remind us that true nobility is measured not by the splendour of a crown, but by the weight of character beneath it.
As you commemorate another year, may God Almighty enlarge your wisdom, fortify your health, dignify your household and multiply the fruits of your labour. May your voice remain resonant, your influence salutary and your legacy enduring.
May the ancestors of our heritage be remembered with honour, while the generations yet unborn inherit from men like you a culture sufficiently strong to survive modernity without surrendering its soul.
Happy birthday, HRH, Ajofe Sunday Suleiman.
My friend.
My classmate.
My royal father.
A distinguished son of Igalaland.
May your years ahead become an ever-expanding testament to service, dignity, cultural stewardship and consequential leadership.
Long life. Greater honour. Deeper wisdom. Enduring legacy.
With deep admiration and royal respect.
– Inah Boniface Ocholi writes from Ayah – Igalamela/Odolu LGA, Kogi state.
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