I am so surprised that he is so popular and people miss him this much. I never knew him, but the reaction amongst other people makes me miss him badly. Though he wasnt that popular when he was alive, because he wasnt too much in politics, he loved his business too well and was good in it. Here is a tribute to the late MIC boss Late Chief Tunji Okunsanya by Teju Babyface. I walked into his office to invite him 2 Season2 of our show in 2010. We had never met but he hugged me. He told me how he loved our show and how I would go far up the ladder of Success. I discovered that he liked to laugh a lot.
On the day of recording, he came to time and when we were done, he shared money around like a politician going to the polls. And so we would become 'friends'. More like Egbon (elder sibling) and aburo (younger sibling).
When my father died 2years later and we reeled in pain and confusion, his boys were there in 30mins with MIC's best hearse. Without a mention of money, they took my dad to the best morgue around and immediately started making plans for the burial.
In his office, he gave me my pick of the best coffins and asked me to bring any amount of money I wished. 'I could do it for free', he said, 'but I don't want you to bury your father in a coffin that costs you nothing'.
On burial day, he personally carried my father's body all the way to our village, Ajaawa, in Oyo State. He spent the night. Next morning, he danced in front of the coffin to and from the church and personally laid my dad to rest. He also stayed for the party after, 'spraying' money on us all as we all danced to Shina Peters, trying to bury our sorrow.
When I returned to thank him in his Lagos office, he was wearing a beautiful pair of slippers. Black and obviously costly. 'I like your slippers Uncle', I said. He immediately removed them and insisted I must take them there and then! I protested long but he wouldn't budge. If you see me wearing a pair of Italian leather slippers, they are the ones(lol)..
