What an Irreparable loss your demise has caused! I came to know you in the early nineties. It was the early stage of my adult life, that formative period of life when I was building the personal principles that would ultimately become the pillars upon which my actions and character rest today. You contributed to building those principles. You helped in shaping them. 

As an adult, aged as my biological father, it was very easy for you to humble yourself and come down to my level. You joked with me. We played "opon ayo" together. Even my friends were amazed by your humility and how you were able to easily mingle with younger minds. Due to familiarity that playing with younger ones can bring, we erred as kids will always do. Yet that did not stop you from sharing your time with Tope Akinsola and me. 

Those moments you let us share with you were golden and will become evergreen in my memory. You will be missed a great deal!

Tokunbo Abugan