Masquerade234 was shocked at the level of neglect and collapse of infrastructure in the once bubbling compound. For instance, the flowers and street lights that hitherto beautified his popular Ezego Road have either been vandalized or over grown by weeds. Even some parts of the road have been washed away by erosion. The popular entrance to the inviting Ezego Crescent has also lost its beauty and glory, as the heavenly trees and flowers that used to welcome visitors are gradually dying off.
His magnificent country home, 15 years after his death, is seriously crying for a new look. It is also fast falling apart and begging for attention. In fact, some parts of the glass house have started falling off and decaying. Even the uncompleted duplexes inside are still the way he left them.
Among his chieftaincy titles were Ezego Ndi Igbo, Udu Bunch, King of Money and The Young Millionaire.
Some of his known companies then were Vic-Winners International Ltd., Ezego Shopping Complex (with branches in Abuja and Lagos), Ezego Properties Ltd., Ezego Nigeria Ltd., Ezego Holdings Ltd., and Vitex Zinc Co. Ltd.
An unabashed car freak, he once doled out a whopping N14 million to acquire two exotic auto-mobiles – a Mercedes Benz R230 convertible and a Sedan Lincoln Continental Mark 8 from Moontrends, owned by Tayo Ayeni. Several other choice automobiles also littered his garages in Ihiala and Lagos.
Petite, stocky and fair-complexioned Ezego once revealed in an interview that he became a millionaire at 23. He was a philanthropist of the highest order. Single-handedly, he dualised the Ihiala carriage way – with street lights, transformers and boreholes; deposited N15 million at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Ihiala to alleviate the financial burdens of pregnant women in the area; instituted the Ezego scholarship scheme from which so many Uzoakwa indigenes benefitted. But now things are no longer at ease for the estate he left behind.
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