Mu mudugudu muto mu nkengero za Lagos, mu gihugu cya Nigeria, umuhungu muto witwa Samuel Cruz yabanaga n’umuryango we mu nzu y’icyumba kimwe ikozwe mu byuma.
Ubuzima bwari urugamba rwa buri munsi yaba kurya, uburyamo nibindi muri rusange. Se yari umurobyi yinjizaga amafaranga make mu rwego rwo gutunga umuryango byari bigoye, naho nyina yagurisha imboga ku isoko hafi yaho bari batuye. Samuel kenshi gashoboka yaryamaga ashonje kubera inzara yaterwaga n’ubukene bwari bumaze kwibasira umuryango we.
Samuel urukundo yakundaga umupira wamaguru rwatangiye ubwo yari afite imyaka itanu yamavuko. Icyo gihe yari afite iyo myaka itanu yamavuko yaje kujyana nabagenzi be bajya gukina umupira wamaguru mu muhanda, ubwo bakinaga umupira bagiye babohaboha mu bifuka bya palasitike icyo gihe yakinishije ibirenge, ikabutura yatanyaguritse.
Icyo gihe yakinnye nku’umuntu mukuru usanzwe akina mu bibuga bikomeye, yakinaga afite umuvuduko udasanzwe. Impano ye yaritangaje yari afite ubushobozi bwo kurekura ishoti riremereye.
Nubwo yari afite impano, ubuzima bwe bwatangaga ibyiringiro bike byo kuzakomeza ruhago Ishuri ryari ikintu cyiza cyane atashoboraga gutekereza kubona bitewe n’ubushobozi buke uwabo bari bafite.
Umunsi umwe, umutoza waho muri ako gace umuryango wa Samuel wari utuye, Bwana Adewale, yaje kugenda mu kibuga abona Samuel akina hafi yaho yatorezaga. Yatangajwe n’ubuhanga bwe, aramwegera amusaba kumutoza ku buntu. Samweli, nubwo yabanje gutindiganya, yarabyemeye. Bwana Adewale ntabwo yubashye ubuhanga bwa Samuel gusa ahubwo yamwigishije indero n’akamaro k’uburezi kugira byibuza na nakina ruhago azabe afite indero.
Ku myaka 14, Samuel yabonye ikiruhuko cya mbere ubwo Bwana Adewale yamwandikaga mu marushanwa yo mu karere. mu irushanwa ryabakinnyi baturuka mu miryango ikize, imikorere ya Samuel mu kibuga yari iteye ubwoba ubwo yirukankaga biteye ubwo bakibaza niba imyaka 14 yamavuko ye ari ye koko cyangwa baba batamugabanyirije imyaka.
Abayobozi bo mu ishuri ry’urubyiruko baramubonye bamuhemba ibyo akina bamuhemba kwigira ubuntu. Iyi yari itike yambere yo kuva mu bukene. Ubuzima mu ishuri ntabwo bwari bworoshye. Samweli yagombaga gufatikanya imyitozo hamwe namasomo, yari asigaye aryama mu masaha ya ni joro atinze kubera yagombaga gukora imyitozo akabifatikanya namasomo. Ku myaka 17, yatoraninwe mu ikipe y’igihugu ya Nigeria U-17, icyo gihe Nigeria yari igiye gukina igikombe cy’Isi cyabato batarengeje imyaka 17.
Ubuhanga bwe bwashimishije abatoza mpuzamahanga, bidatinze, yahise asinyana n’ikipe yo mu cyiciro cya kabiri i Burayi. Kuzamuka kwa Samweli byari meteoric byari ibintu bidasanzwe kuko bitewe n’ubukene umuryango we warimo kuzamuka muri ntibyumvikanaga.
Ku myaka 21, yerekeje mu imwe mu makipe akomeye y’umupira wamaguru ku Isi. Abafana baramuramya kubera ubwitonzi bwe, imyitwarire ye mu agaragaza mu gukina kwe, n’imyitwarire ye yo kwicisha bugufi. Ubuzima yakuriyemo ntiyigeze abwibagirwa, Samuel yahise ashinga umuryango utabara imbabare no gufasha abana batishoboye muri Nigeria, uyu mushinga kandi wagombaga gutanga uburere n’amahirwe muri siporo y’umupira wamaguru.
Uyu munsi, Samuel Cruz ntabwo ari umugani wumupira wamaguru gusa ahubwo ni ikimenyetso cyicyizere. Yibukije isi ko aho watangirira hose, hamwe nimpano, akazi gakomeye, nubufasha buke, ushobora kuzamuka hejuru yikibazo icyo ari cyo cyose.
Samuel Cruz ubuzima bwo gukina ruhago ntibyari byoroshye kubera amikoro make.
