Jules Sobion- the CEO of Caesar’s Army, is today, a man more grateful than he’s ever been. Having lived to tell the story of an armed robbery that presented itself recently, in which four of his friends had also been accosted, Sobion told EBUZZTT.COM that he knows, coming out of the experience, he is a beacon for change.
Sobion and his comrades were casually discussing possible options for Carnival 2022, brainstorming with drinks, outside his Gallus Street, Woodbrook office, when two young men jumped over the parameter fencing. One of the assailants had a firearm. “Really and truly, in my being calm and calmly approaching that situation, I realize that God was with me. My Holy Spirit was with me,” he said. “He guided me to calm down those youths, to not overreact and to take the situation as calmly as I could, even though they were doing us an injustice. It led to a favourable outcome …life,” said Sobion.
His wife Candace soon to be a new mother, Sobion told us that he is above all, grateful for life. “As I think about that situation over and over again, with my wife about to have a child and about to become due, that night could have changed that whole equation real drastically, so I’m giving thanks for life.”
Sobion said the experience has however brought him into focus on issues of national security and youth empowerment. “We need to step up the security so that citizens can feel safe. The pandemic has made it worse. People are finding it hard to live life. It’s always a generic point; we always say we can do better with our national security but really, what are we doing to make citizens feel safer and more secure in T&T?” he questioned.
On the topic of youth empowerment, Sobion said issues surrounding the youths are very important to him. He believes the country as a whole needs to uplift the youth. “When I look at all these sites and platforms that put up the video from Friday night, you see comments like, “these youths are pests, ah sick of them … ” we need to concentrate on uplifting the youths, find ways to pull them up,” he urged, adding, “The youth is so important to us right now. They are misguided, misled, and they are finding it hard to find real opportunities based ontheir skillsets, to advance and earn a living.”
“In a blink of an eye, life can be taken away from you. I have learnt to be more grateful, more thankful. I have replayed that scenario over and over in my head…like if I had a firearm, or if I had decided to rush the man, or if he decided to shoot people. How would that hang on my heart,” he explained, in the end summing it up as a valuable lesson learnt. “I think I’ve learnt a valuable lesson ; that I am a beacon, a spokesperson when it comes to being a victim of a crime and I would like to speak on how we can make our citizens of Trinidad and Tobago safe again, not feel like their privacy is invaded. There are things that we need to put in place to uplift the youth and let them know that they can have a valuable life, a quality life based on their skillset, from the creative side of things,” he said.
