TITLE: Omega
AUTHOR: M.O. Obande
PUBLISHER: Informart, Kaduna
YEAR: 2005
PAGES: 119
BLURB: Otseme Eneabo, best known as Omega, was a bold, intelligent and cunning old man whose comic deeds greatly affected and still affects his Idoma society situated in Benue State, Nigeria.
In the ancient city-state of Agila, Omega is a historical figure who has across time transformed into a mythical one.
Deftly using the mechanics of fiction writing, M.O. Obande, an engineer, here captures the exploits of the man that affected his society with the deep-rooted meanings of his life.
THE AUTHOR: Moses O. Obande, a building engineer, was born in 1944. He attended the Preston Polytechnic, England, for his professional studies. A seasoned educationist and administrator, he taught for years at the Kaduna Polytechnic, retiring in 1991 as Head, Department of Building, and the Dean, College of Environmental Design. After his retirement, he was appointed as the Otse Apa-Agila (a traditional ruler) by the Benue State government in 2005. He has authored a number of engineering textbooks, which were published in the United Kingdom, as well as nine rich and powerful novels that have sold well in Nigeria.
“Omega is a hilarity all through one tragedy after another, a short insight into the people’s culture. Surely, Obande has contributed immensely to knowledge and his book deserves wide circulation.” – Hon. Justice A.P. Anyebe
“Moses Obande has unexpectedly written a great anthropological work.” – Otokpa Enai Unoogwu, Apa-Agila
