Words can’t fully express the extent of your love and the care you showed to us all through your life. Today I celebrate your life because it was a life well lived. I remember you picking me up from school everyday, ensuring we had everything we needed to feel loved and carefree as children.

Though you were a strict parent in many ways, I now understand that every lesson taught and every instruction given has made me the adult I am today. For this, I am eternally grateful to God for giving me a perfect father like you. Today we will remember you with friends and family and we will thank God for 81 fruitful and blessed years.

You will remain forever in our hearts. Love, your look alike, Bolinton.

Daddy was one of a kind. He was a pillar of strength, a beacon of wisdom and very accommodating. He would affectionately hail me “The Gee”, then he would respond to my greetings with “Mavo? Eve”, meaning “how are you” in Isoko. Lately, we would gist about the Warri days. He had a rich bank of anecdotes on those experiences and he had a great sense of humour. He showed me love from the very beginning of my relationship with Nuru.

He valued the preservation of culture and always spoke the Yoruba language to the children. Ayo always practiced new words in readiness whenever “Sagamu grandpa” was visiting. Daddy balanced discipline with compassion. He always asked about the children’s academic progress.

Dear Daddy, we will continue to uphold your legacy. You touched many lives. We will cherish your legacy forever. Thank you for raising an amazing gentleman that I’m blessed to call my husband. Sun re o, Daddy!

GLADYS SHOTUBO

WE MISS YOU!

When I first met my future father-in-law, I admit I was a little nervous. Meeting the man who raised my wife was no small thing! But my nerves quickly faded. From the moment he welcomed me, he treated me not just as an in-law, but as his own son. That warmth and unconditional acceptance was one of his greatest gifts.

We miss you Daddy, rest in peace!