To the Family of Egheomhanre Emmanuel Eyieyien,

It is my sincere apology to hear about your loss.

Losing a loved one is very difficult.  For this reason when we view what the Bible says it comforts us.    Jesus says regarding our dear loved ones who have died that

“There is going to be a resurrection.”—Acts 24:15, New World Translation.

This means that we have a real hope of being reunited with our loved ones.

…. but why should we believe what the Bible says is true?

God hates death: he views it as an enemy. (1 Corinthians 15:26) He has a longing to conquer that enemy, to undo death by means of the resurrection. He yearns to bring back those who are in his memory and to see them live on earth again.—Job 14:14, 15.

I would like to invite you to look at the following encouraging information on line at www.jw.org/en Go to Publications>Bible 

TCF

"THINGS I AM THANKFUL FOR - 1 I no be American. I no get Green Card. I no dey stay for Yankee. I no even get visa to visit sef. The last time wey I reach America na June, 1994. Na NDIC carry me go. Dem send me make I follow CBN pipo go do routine examination of United Bank for Africa for New York and Cayman Island. Na double entry visa we collect. We been think say we go go Cayman Island true true. Na when we reach New York office of UBA dem tell us say di branch we dey for Cayman Island na only paper dem get am. Na "Offshore" branch! Till today, I no know Cayman Island!! :-( But I know Dallas, Houston, Washington DC, and New York. OK, I don first talk New York, abi? Yes, you are correct. By di way, come oh, so you dey read dis yarn true true? LOL! You no get work!! You like my tori no bi small. LOL!! Na 1993 I go those places wey I follow my two ogas for NDIC go understudy the Bank Failure Resolution Department of the FDIC for America. Immigration been no wan give me passport dat time. But na God win. Anyway, I come collect American visa again for 2000. Abi na 2001? My wife, Awesiri, sef get am. We been wan go jolly for God's Own Country. We no come get money to buy tickets! No laugh na. Di time you manage travel go ya sef, no be borrow you go borrow di money? And how many years you take before you fit pay back? If no be say you get sister for America wey squat you and dey give you food chop, how you for do? Anyway, you sef be been-to na. Oya, clap for ya sef. But I dey travel oh! Since dat 2000 (abi na 2001?), I don go London plenty times (thanks to my main guy: Uncle Senior Pastor Prince, Ademola Sobogun, whom God dey use butter my bread. I don also reach Kiev, Istanbul, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Johannesburg, Cape Town, Accra (Accra na "abroad" na), Tema, Akosombo, Lome (Lome sef na "abroad"), Dakar, Yaonde, Cairo, Nairobi, Bujumbura (go find ya map look am na; why you open mouth, open eye like dat make efri bodi know say you no sabi Bujumbura?). I don also go Lusaka, Kigali, Kinshasa, Goma (look map again). Dem no gree give me visa to Botswana, I for don know Gaborone. Fear dey catch dem say Naija pipo wan start bank for their land. Meanwhile, di agent we suppose hep get me and Uloyok Job di visa in 2007 collect $600 for awa hand come yab! Anyway, na Jerusalem, Paris, Rome, Rabat, Tunis, Abidjan, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Tokyo, Hong Kong, New Delhi and Beijing ma dem I wan go now.....If Jesus tarries and money dey. GOD GO DO AM again. Lord, these are just some of the things I am thankful for. Praise God! EMHIN REBHE DI FURE BHE GBE MHEN. :-D"

Egheomhanre Eyieyien was not known only for his financial and economic expertise for which he was much sought after and a regular national commentator. He was my brother in the Lord, a trusted friend to me and family. Friends like him are rare these days. We studied together at the University of Benin where I met him 32  years ago. I was a regular visitor to his house after that and he was best man at my wedding while his wife Awesiri (friend of my wife) was chief bridesmaid. My leaving Nigeria  24 years ago did not dim the light of our friendship as He and his wife hosted us almost every time we visited! 
Eghes (as he was called) was a man of strong spiritual principles. A man of integrity which he passed on to his group of companies, a fiercely patriotic Nigerian. Some may realize how much you loved music another thing we shared and with your wife being a singer herself. Once he believed in a cause, was always prepared to go all the way. We miss you and wish you stayed longer here on the planet. I will miss our chats, discussions, your long articles, spiritual and political but as you said this was 'conclusion'. 

We say, Let the Lord have His way. Rest in the bosom of our Lord Jesus.