Taiwo goes to meet her maker by Bukola Olafenwa
It was Friday morning, March 31, 2017. It clocked a bitter reality that bereavement visited five days earlier. The worst, permanently done was to be affirmed. Dawn was sober. Grief was written boldly on its tearful face, coupled with the obvious that whispers of the air suggested doom, which the sun saw and hid itself behind the clouds for as long as daybreak lasted as an exhibition of its sympathy and solidarity.
The earth was moved to a devastating quake. It stared, frowned, obviously aggrieved by the call of the unquestionable, the unstoppable, to one of our very young, vibrant, gentle, lovely priceless jewels, Taiwo Oyejola, to embark on an inevitable eternal journey to the beyond meant for the aged only. It was grossly untimely and most unfortunate that she heeded the inescapable summon on March 27, 2017 after a brief illness.
Ruin was so disrespectful of the girl’s living age such that it shortened her lifespan abruptly to the disappointment of one and all. The incident, the obliteration, like a poisonous scorpion, stung the Department of English. No one could blink away the shock. Ears were struck, minds were shattered, heads shook, tongues wagged and mourning gained a lasting prominence. While wonders, demanding to know what was the cause and manner of the unprecedented demise of the angelic beauty soared, discussions were dominated by condolences and wishes for a non-recurrence.
She was laid to rest that Friday morning at the OAU cemetery at the religious ground, amid a choking atmosphere graced by our Father and Head, Department of English, Professor Oyeniyi Okunoye; Honourable members of the NASELS (National Association of Students of English and Literary Studies) Executive Council, including its President, Olusola Fatoba Peter; Vice-President, Mary Oluwatoyin Akindoyin; General Secretary, Owolabi Damilare; Director of Socials, Adekunle Ashiru; Financial Secretary, Adewole Samuel; Public Relations Officer, Olaobaju Ayomide; Treasurer, Opaaje Alexander; Director of Sports, Hassan Adeyinka; Assistant General Secretary, Tiamiyu Daniel; Librarian, Umeh Chikwere and Assistant Librarian, Ademujimi Tumilara.
Also in attendance were class representatives of Part one English students, Nwude Princess Ifeoma, Ogene Igbecha Tega, Akinsunmade Blessing, Adegbola Johnson; OAU’s representative at the Pre-NUGA handball game, Moses Okeya Sunday; Member, NASELS Debate Team, Akinyemi Seyi Samuel; Newly elected member, FSRC (FASA Students Representative Council), Abdulazeez Toheeb Babatunde; Precious Kumogun; other distinguished and appreciated English students; friends and relatives, including her twin sister, a part one accounting student, Kehinde Oyejola; her cousin and a part one Dramatic Arts student, Isaac Ajanaku, whose father, Pastor Yemi Ajanaku was an officiator at her burial; her bosom friends, part one English students, Timilehin favour Oluwayemi and Boluwatife Okediya and the twins’ school father, a part one student of political science, Idowu Anthony.
Led by NASELS President, Mr Shola Fatoba, part one English students and the first semester DRA101 Group 13 members of which the deceased Taiwo was a member, and their burning candles defied an evening shower to stage a night walk and a meeting in honour of the departed soul. Both activities were marked with dirges adorned with passion anchored majorly by Awoyemi; memorable comments about the gone by those who knew her personally, including her first semester Drama Group 13 director, Bodunrin Peter, Idowu Anthony, Faruq Sani, and class representatives, Adegbola Johnson and Sunday Caleb. Nwude Princess read an elegy she authored for the late and fervent prayers were led by Adegbola Johnson for the repose of her soul, the comfort of her family members and her friends and the staff and students of the department of English, and for a divine forestall of a recurrence of a loss of this nature. A short elegy was read and a minute silence was observed in her honour at the (M)aking (A) (D)ifference With (M)usic, (A)rt and (D)ance concert ( M.A.D CONCERT) powered by Adscensio’17 team of the Department Of English and literary studies(NASELS) held at Aud II on 7th of April, 2017.
Taiwo Oyejola hailed from Osun state. She was supposed to celebrate her eighteenth birthday on April 21, 2017. She attended Primage Nursery and Primary school and High Tree College located in Egbeda and in Ipaja respectively, all in Lagos state.
According to her twin sister, Kehinde, one of the striking qualities the late Taiwo possessed was her natural ability to observe people closely and predict their character at first sight or meeting. She had a wondrous art of capturing the true construction of the heart from the face and gestures. She was a quiet lady. Her hobbies were reading and listening to music.
We are still in a state of shock. We are hurt by her undue demise. However, we get solace in the comforting words the two Ministers of God that officiated her burial shared that death is not the end of life. Taiwo lives in our thoughts, in our dreams, in our memories, in our history and in our appreciations even in death. On behalf of my fellow students, I wish her a paradisal experience in the new world and pray that God grants her family and friends the fortitude to bear the colossal loss. We appreciate her always. We love her always.
The earth was moved to a devastating quake. It stared, frowned, obviously aggrieved by the call of the unquestionable, the unstoppable, to one of our very young, vibrant, gentle, lovely priceless jewels, Taiwo Oyejola, to embark on an inevitable eternal journey to the beyond meant for the aged only. It was grossly untimely and most unfortunate that she heeded the inescapable summon on March 27, 2017 after a brief illness.
Ruin was so disrespectful of the girl’s living age such that it shortened her lifespan abruptly to the disappointment of one and all. The incident, the obliteration, like a poisonous scorpion, stung the Department of English. No one could blink away the shock. Ears were struck, minds were shattered, heads shook, tongues wagged and mourning gained a lasting prominence. While wonders, demanding to know what was the cause and manner of the unprecedented demise of the angelic beauty soared, discussions were dominated by condolences and wishes for a non-recurrence.
She was laid to rest that Friday morning at the OAU cemetery at the religious ground, amid a choking atmosphere graced by our Father and Head, Department of English, Professor Oyeniyi Okunoye; Honourable members of the NASELS (National Association of Students of English and Literary Studies) Executive Council, including its President, Olusola Fatoba Peter; Vice-President, Mary Oluwatoyin Akindoyin; General Secretary, Owolabi Damilare; Director of Socials, Adekunle Ashiru; Financial Secretary, Adewole Samuel; Public Relations Officer, Olaobaju Ayomide; Treasurer, Opaaje Alexander; Director of Sports, Hassan Adeyinka; Assistant General Secretary, Tiamiyu Daniel; Librarian, Umeh Chikwere and Assistant Librarian, Ademujimi Tumilara.
Also in attendance were class representatives of Part one English students, Nwude Princess Ifeoma, Ogene Igbecha Tega, Akinsunmade Blessing, Adegbola Johnson; OAU’s representative at the Pre-NUGA handball game, Moses Okeya Sunday; Member, NASELS Debate Team, Akinyemi Seyi Samuel; Newly elected member, FSRC (FASA Students Representative Council), Abdulazeez Toheeb Babatunde; Precious Kumogun; other distinguished and appreciated English students; friends and relatives, including her twin sister, a part one accounting student, Kehinde Oyejola; her cousin and a part one Dramatic Arts student, Isaac Ajanaku, whose father, Pastor Yemi Ajanaku was an officiator at her burial; her bosom friends, part one English students, Timilehin favour Oluwayemi and Boluwatife Okediya and the twins’ school father, a part one student of political science, Idowu Anthony.
Led by NASELS President, Mr Shola Fatoba, part one English students and the first semester DRA101 Group 13 members of which the deceased Taiwo was a member, and their burning candles defied an evening shower to stage a night walk and a meeting in honour of the departed soul. Both activities were marked with dirges adorned with passion anchored majorly by Awoyemi; memorable comments about the gone by those who knew her personally, including her first semester Drama Group 13 director, Bodunrin Peter, Idowu Anthony, Faruq Sani, and class representatives, Adegbola Johnson and Sunday Caleb. Nwude Princess read an elegy she authored for the late and fervent prayers were led by Adegbola Johnson for the repose of her soul, the comfort of her family members and her friends and the staff and students of the department of English, and for a divine forestall of a recurrence of a loss of this nature. A short elegy was read and a minute silence was observed in her honour at the (M)aking (A) (D)ifference With (M)usic, (A)rt and (D)ance concert ( M.A.D CONCERT) powered by Adscensio’17 team of the Department Of English and literary studies(NASELS) held at Aud II on 7th of April, 2017.
Taiwo Oyejola hailed from Osun state. She was supposed to celebrate her eighteenth birthday on April 21, 2017. She attended Primage Nursery and Primary school and High Tree College located in Egbeda and in Ipaja respectively, all in Lagos state.
According to her twin sister, Kehinde, one of the striking qualities the late Taiwo possessed was her natural ability to observe people closely and predict their character at first sight or meeting. She had a wondrous art of capturing the true construction of the heart from the face and gestures. She was a quiet lady. Her hobbies were reading and listening to music.
We are still in a state of shock. We are hurt by her undue demise. However, we get solace in the comforting words the two Ministers of God that officiated her burial shared that death is not the end of life. Taiwo lives in our thoughts, in our dreams, in our memories, in our history and in our appreciations even in death. On behalf of my fellow students, I wish her a paradisal experience in the new world and pray that God grants her family and friends the fortitude to bear the colossal loss. We appreciate her always. We love her always.
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