There is no overstating the fact that Obasi was a cerebral colossus; an award wining journalist, author and a public relations expert, who always strived and made success of all his endeavours. He always persisted, even in the face of heavy odds. While he battled the ailment that eventually took him away, he carried on as though it was nothing. He wore a smile, always, and boisterously engaged in intellectual debates, his sonorous voice defying his hard breath, which was only made possible by oxygen tubes, to ring out loudest in the room.

“I remember Emeka as a fighter. He lived with a debilitating illness for years, but he didn’t allow it to stop him,” said Chief Goddy Uwazurike, president emeritus of Aka Ikenga, a think tank. “He lived an active life. He believed in Ndigbo till the end.”

Uwazurike recalled an encounter with Obasi during his late father’s burial, noting that it was an event that brought together the who is who in Nigeria.

“IBB and other top Generals attended the burial of the father of Emeka in Umuahia Ibeku some years ago. I teased him that he is a great man to have IBB at his Dad’s funeral. His answer? Small me!!!”
It’s a vintage Emeka response to anyone once he is presented as an influencial man !!.