Adejire,I remember your wedding preparations and tears just kept rlling down my cheek.You came to me and said" ,sister febi,if i dont marry Tosin,I will miss her" I looked at you in the eye and said you will marry Adejire and I prayed for you.
The night before the wedding,you came to me on that Friday morning after hailing me that i ended up emptying my pocket after being hailed -esa by you and your friend.For which I gladly did.Reflecting back,i just thank you for the great gift of Iyimide you left for us all to tender and keep.You are indeed a comet that blazed through the evening sky,you left too soon Adejire.
Am going to Nigeria to see Iyimide for the first time,rather than hear your rusty voice,i will be hearing Iyimide pur our innocent voice and rhythms.Iam indeed blessed knowing you left a parting gift despite the pain.
Good night A dejire.Tell Mummy and daddy I missed them so much.Tell my dad your mum is aching inside so much.A beautiful apperance a reminder of our part with you sealed with the blood of Jesus is what I desire 

HE GAVE ME
Olaitan Adesina

At dawn
He gave me one white candle, one
And told me to light it on the lawn
And pray that good fortune may come
With the rising of the sun.

At noon
He gave me four red candles, four
He told me to light them on the porch
And invoke spirits from the great beyond
To ward off the evil of the noon-day sun.

At dusk
He gave me seven black candles, seven
I am to light these and pray to heaven
That shadows from above descending
May bring me peace and ease my passing.

(Dedicated to the memory of Adejire Olusegun)

Jah Rule 28/01/16

HE WAS BLOOD!!!
Egbon
Adejire Olusegun was blood!!!
He was a street icon too...

He was a legend whose exploits we, the upcoming ones could never fully correlate with his charming, boisterous, lively, friendly demeanour, a legend who never for once discriminated between young and old, rich or poor, he was outspoken too...
He lived in an era where good manners and good diction was the norm, his lingua was impeccable!
Anytime you were with him, you'd always leave with that feeling of having rubbed minds with an icon.

So was he,
Quite outspoken too, but greatly respected in the hood where we all grew up as family before the streets moulded us.....
but one thing Egbon never let go of was the concept of loyalty.
He was of the generation that placed a high esteem on loyalty, not cheap word of mouth that the boiz throw around these days...
Himself and Teejay are one of a kind...
His conscience was priceless, he'd speak his mind regardless whose ox is gored.

Adeola,
I, perhaps should have delivered this in person considering the closeness between us but like they say,
You can never see a man cry till you see a man die.
Egbon has fallen, like an oak at the mercy of the lumberjack...
Not one soul can claim to know your agony right now, even for those of us who have stared death in the face and lost some, won some.
Not one soul can envisage the chasm left behind by his demise.
But one thing gives me joy,
Lucas...

I consider you one of my low maintenance friends whom despite not seeing often still remain family.

But the pain of this loss is too acute to bear
In my mind's eye,
I refuse to visualise mum, behind her thick lenses right now.
What words could soothe her???
Tobi?
His mentor, his backup?
I don't have the right words really but I had to drop this when the dust must have settled.

I urge you to breathe...
Inhale
Exhale
Repeat...
Console yourself with the fact that
HE WAS A LEGEND TO MANY
HE WAS A STREET ICON
HE WAS BLOOD

You the major person who made me grounded during my early teens.

Youthful excesses were on the rise, you kept telling me never to be fooled by these excesses. You will send me back home from some joints, you draw my ears never to come to such scenes. When you noticed how displeased I am, your own stories were the practical examples you gave. You never wanted us to fall into this abyss of self destruction.

You never wanted us your siblings to take the same path of self destruct which has limited your shine and rise. We all happy you overcame and made the family proud due to some feats achieved against all odd. You protected us with all at your disposal.

Your demise left me in so much grief...despite how much I fight the tears, it kept rolling.

Continue to rest in the bosom of the Lord.

RIP Bro Jire Olusegun.

My heartfelt sympathy goes to the Oluseguns for the demise of Egbon Jire.
Waking up on sunday morning to see this sad news on facebook was something I found hard to believe until I went through his
facebook wall.
I know a lot of things will be going through the mind of "Mummy Olusegun" right now.
Growing up in Ondo town was made easier by this amiable family.
In 2011 when "The Onis" suffered their own calamity when we suddenly lost Oni Ajibola, this family stood by us through their
prayers, calls and text messages despite the distance.
How I would have loved to tell them that coping with such calamity would be easier and the wound healing soon.
The truth is that the pain can never go away and the wound might heal, but the scar will still be there for everybody to see.
All I can say is that "May God guide Bro. Adejire Olusegun on the journey to his final destination."
To those loved ones left behind, may God continue to console you and give you reasons to be happy.

A peacemaker,great warrior,civilian soldier,my brother,a friend,adviser,jolly partner...I give you my last respect ADEJIRE OLUSEGUN,no amount of my tears can bring you back dear brother. I will forever remember many of our days together in so many situations and our last hug that looks as if we shouldn't separate on jan8th when I drove down to see you, the advises I will keep, your own goal I pray God turns it around for you to meet heaven where we shall meet again and live forever. My believe of seeing the loved ones again in heaven is becoming more certain, Jahrule you are one of those people I will like to see you again. St Peters Anglican church Ile-oluji where we met in the early '80s is the same place your last service gonna hold,oma se oo! God please console all of us mourning Adejire and kindly be with all the families,most especially his mum. Really wish am with your friends to assist one way or the other and pay this last respect in person. You will live in my heart forever ADEJIRE OLUSEGUN(Jahrule). Sun re lese Jesun! Don Walter.

Adejire Olusegun my dear friend,even in death,you've set a very high standard for those of us still alive.You made it clear to us that the distance between life's first cry to final breath is short but the legacy left Thereafter is endless. Never ever have I used someone's picture in my dp for RIP,but this will be the first time I'll be loosing a very close and dear friend of mine.Ever since the news of your demise broke out,I knew everyday would never remain the same again for the friends and family you left behind.Words alone can't express who,what and how much you mean to me. Proverbs18:24b was Talking about You
when he said "...and There's a friend that sticks closer than a
brother".I remember sometime in 1996(about 20 years
ago!)when we just started 'blooding' together,I said something
to you that you are one of the few people alive that can watch
my back and I'll go to sleep with my two eyes...20 years on
the story still remains.Jire is more than a friend,he 'IS' a
brother,he's not not dead but alive in the heart of my heart.Its unfortunate that we got to know the height of your love ,the depth of your loyalty,the width of your influence and the magnitude of your ruggedness in death.continue to rest in the bosom of our LORD JESUS CHRIST.

Tribute to Adejire Olusegun by Saint Daniels 
The beat faded and suddenly the music stopped. A mighty Oak in the forest came crashing, the majestic elephant that bestrode the jungle fell and could not rise again. The news of your demise was no doubt devastating and shocking, words failed me. Exactly 4 months prior to your exit, I sent you messages checking up on you and your family, enquiring about your Auto work, I admonish you to keep giving it all it takes and concluded that you will succeed and come to rival the likes of ELIZADE. In your usual positive manner, you said “I believe you all the way” and also asked how I was doing. Those lofty dreams have been truncated by death callously.
You were a true brother and friend, compassionate, loving and trustworthy. I remember about a decade ago when I needed to make some contacts. I mentioned it to your hearing and the next thing you said was, “let’s go and meet Kabiyesi, he will be able to help you”, I asked “who?” and you replied “Kabiyesi Jegun, he’s my Uncle, I will take you to the Palace to see him”. Off we went the next day, making a first visit to your Granny to invade her pot of soup, we landed in the Palace and true to your words the amiable and Majestic Jegun (Oba Adedugbe) of blessed memory came out, vividly, I recall, it was just the 3 of us, Kabiyesi was intermittently hailing you while he brought out his official letter-headed papers, wrote a note to the individual I need to see and attached his Cards to it. Thereafter we spent more hours gisting with Kabiyesi as I later discovered he was a close friend to my town’s Oba. You never hesitate to lend a helping hand.
Jirexy, as I fondly call you, you memories will be evergreen. May the good Lord uphold and strengthen the folks you left behind, may he soothe the pains of your exit with the Balm of Gilead. Fare thee well a beloved friend, Rest well in the bosom of thy maker where there is no pain…..Peace Profound!!

Jire after graduation like most young men in Nigeria with no job in site decided to 
to re-train in him self in auto mechanical engineering,having bagged a B.sc degree from  kogi state University in POLITICAL SCIENCE in 2008.This he did with pride and jod and he completed the training with the intention of going to Canada for further training.Death struck and the dreams died with Adejire.Gone too soon,son