Continue to rest on the bossom of God baba.

A loving father , tender ,and kind. Anyone can be a father , but it takes someone special to be a D❤️A❤️‍D . You are always on my mind forever In my mind . I remember your strong quote ‘’ I WANT YOU TO BE GREATER THAN ME” . Dad I miss you so much .I miss all the overseas story, the songs , our comments anytime Manchester United has a match . What a beautiful memory you left behind.DAD the combination of all alphabet can’t qualify you.You are a legend ✊✊ even more than a legend. I thought i was going to see you after your illness at least to tell you what you went through even to tease you as we always do if that’s necessary that was my plans but i didn’t know it’s just a wish that can never come true . I wish we can still have our normal chat , We’re friends when it comes to food,play,gist,but enemies when it comes to work, read, we always fight , get punished and so on .

I wish we can meet again and have our usual fun and fights daddy . KEEP ON RESTING IN PEACE [ENGR. JOHN OLUREMI FATIKUN]

Hi daddy, was planning to drop this note when your birthday came up but unfortunately the network challenges. I am sure it is great over there. Stay in our memories. Sun shining beautifully. Time rolls on.... as the hymn says...

“Time, like an ever-rolling stream,
Bears all its sons away;
They fly forgotten, as a dream
Dies at the opening day.”

Baba you so cherish your birthday. You would have called to remind me a few days to. Rest on baba

You are greatly missed baba. Continue to rest on.

Daddy you are missed and will forever be missed. I really miss you and wonder why good people leave too soon and feel so sad that you are no longer a phone call or trip away from us. This is a time your advice would have been so helpful. God knows we needed you and He kept you after that terrible accident..... every day I appreciate the gift of having you as as father.

Continue to rest on baba. Happy posthumous birthday. You are greatly missed.

Another birthday year.. Congratulations Dad on your 79th Earthly Birthday.. missing you today as always! We would have chatted and discussed at length today....

You are greatly missed baba. Continue to rest on in bosom of God.

Dear Daddy,

We keep missing you... i know you are enjoying the Sonshine over there!

You know all that is happening as one of the cloud of witnesses...

J

We miss you very much daddy especially your wisdom, advice, stories and jokes. Keep on dancing in the Lords presence.

Happy posthumous birthday baba. You so cherish your day June 3. I remember you always reminds me once is close. May your soul continue to rest in peace.

Amazingly, I thought about you again today daddy and then when I checked my mail....I got a mail from forevermissed about your birthday. Happy post humous birthday daddy....indeed you are forever missed. Continue to rest in the bosom of the Almighty daddy....we miss you forever.

Loving you Dad, today and always. Just remembering how you looked after us as kids, despite the accident you had. You never let us down, always present, always helpful, always faithful. Still hard remembering that you are no longer a call away. See you over there by and by!!!!!

Well, and as is the manner of Time, a year has passed. We all miss you. Grandkids are fine, Olumide is growing, global warming and climate change still on, premier league, politics, and Nigeria's health system still on its platonic progress. Days go to days, weeks to weeks, months to months and a year passed..... just the way scripture talks about eternity. May we all count the days, so we can apply our hearts to wisdom.

Thinking of you today as always. Enjoy the Sonshine over there!!!!

Hi Dad, keep enjoying the sunshine up there...just thought of you again today as always.

Dear Daddy,
When I reflect on the love that a parent has for a child, nothing can surpass it. Truly my happiest moments were in the home of my parents. Especially in the security of the bond that existed between father and daughter. Growing up was full of peace and security, patience for my mistakes and joy in my achievements. What other love can compare to this except the love of Jesus Christ for his Church. Rest on in the bosom of the Lord Daddy.

By Wunmi - Grandaughter

To my late maternal grandfather - Mr. John Oluremi Fatikun. I honestly thought I would have to search the deepest parts of my mind when I was asked to write this tribute, that was not the case at all. I have observed quite a few things about him in the time that I spent with him. He was a very selfless man. Although he was confined to a wheelchair as a result of an accident several years ago, my grandfather never displayed the classical fault fall out effects of being depressed by his condition. He was far from being so. He was always so concerned about his children and grandchildren and always wanted them to feel loved.

I recall an encounter I had with him when he prayed for me during a difficult part of my life in school and gave me some sort of assurance about the situation and it gave me hope. I saw love, purpose and kindness in him and I would always appreciate him for that. I thank God for the privilege to knowing him.

Oluwamiwunmi Oyewo (Grand Daughter)

From Daniel - Grandson

When I was told to write a tribute about my grandfather honestly the first thing that came to my mind was that he was such a really cool guy. Then I thought more about who he was and what he meant to me that made me see him as that and everything about him just portrayed valour and courage, as it matters not how a man dies but how he lives. Every talk I had with him, he made me more confident in who I was and what I wanted to do.

I can never forget how much faith he had in my decisions, he treated me like a man before I even knew the meaning and cuddled me like a child no matter how old I grew. If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, or can live on after he’s dead, then he is a great man, and my grandfather would always live on in my heart.

Death is a destination we all share no one escapes it, and I am grateful to God for giving him the privilege to die in the faith because I know this is not a goodbye but a 'see you later' and that is in the confidence that there is life after death and we all get to reunite once again in Jesus our Lord.

I’ll see you later Grandfather

Daniel Anyanti (Grandson)

By Wole Ajewole - Nephew

Latiku was one of the wives of Gona, the Sagburin of Ijesaland. Latiku was a Princess from Ile-Ife who came to her husband house in Ereja Square of Ilesa with a lot of fortune and slaves. She begat six (6) children: Okere, Sayeye, Komolafe, Sajemiku, Ajewole, Sabusola. All the siblings of the first generation died quite long time ago.

It is heart rending that our Uncle, Olu Fatikun, who was the only one left with the institutional memory of the first generation also gave up the ghost on Wednesday 2nd January, 2018. It was distasteful as human to lose you at the age of 76years. But who are we to query God as death is a necessary end for every mortal. We appreciate God for his life and the impact he made in life in spite of his involvement in an accident. He lived a modest and dignified life. I did not know much of him until he relocated home from Kano but from Information my mum passed to me, Pa Olu Fatikun shown considerable interest in the welfare and wellbeing of members of the family. From the little interaction I had with him, he proved to be kind hearted and a good motivation. I could remember I visited him twice in year 2018 and the last was in May in which he promised to host all the great grandchildren with the sole aim of making us knowing one another. Little did I know he was bidding us farewell. He will be remembered for his interest in ensuring that family bond is tightly secured. He has shown tremendous love to my mum during her lifetime which he transferred to us before his demise. He knew the love and bond among the first and second generations and had wished this would become stronger. He was always enthusiastic and warm seeing me around. He exhibited sense of fairness, tolerance and justice. It’s unfortunate that the last of the old horses finally gave up. The connecting rod is gone. The only link between the old and the new generation is gone. Who will take up the challenge now? Who will sow the seed of unity and love? Oh God, grant us restoration and rejuvenation in the family. We ask you Lord to bless us with a worthy and able replacement. It is our prayer that the good Lord will grant him eternal repose.

I equally ask God to be merciful onto US in shouldering the responsibility ahead.

Adieu My Great Uncle. Adieu Pa Oluremilekun Fatikun.

'Wole Ajewole,  February, 2019

From Landlords and residents of the Alafia Tayo Community in Ilesha, Osun State

On behalf of the Alafia Tayo community of Oshogbo road, Ilesha where baba lived for over 40 years, we appreciate Baba Fatikun and are deeply shocked about his sudden demise. Baba actively contributed to all our activities both in the areas of finance and advice for community development. We will certainly miss him. May Baba’s soul in peace.

Mr Aluko (Chairman)

From Elder Leke Haastrup - Childhood Friend

A Friend, my very brilliant friend, I really thank God for your life. You came, you saw and you conquered. You fought a fight and made an impact. No matter how one views it, you were a force to be reckoned with in your generation. I know that many years to come, your footprints will not be erased. I am glad that I met you in primary school at The Apostolic Primary School Oke Ooye Ilesa in the year 1949. I gained a lot through you. Sleep well.

Your friend & Brother, Leke Haastrup 

Deacon John Adebayo Oyewo (On behalf of the Oyewo family of Igosun -In laws)

We want to thank God for Baba's life.

His life was a book that people read especially the Book of Habakkuk 3:17-18 which says: ALTHOUGH THE FIG TREE SHALL NOT BLOSSOM, NEITHER SHALL FRUIT BE IN THE VINES; THE LABOUR OF THE OLIVE SHALL FAIL, AND THE FIELDS SHALL YIELD NO MEAT; THE FLOCK SHALL BE CUT OFF FROM THE FOLD, AND THERE SHALL BE NO HERD IN THE STALLS:
YET I WILL REJOICE IN THE LORD, I WILL JOY IN THE GOD OF MY SALVATION.
Baba’s life depicted that of a man who is satisfied with his Creator. He is a man of peace. Where some will say there is a casting down, Baba will say there is a lifting up.

A persevering father is Baba Fatikun. Baba is a lover of children. I didn't know it was the final bye bye on this Earth when the family visited him in June 2018.
Baba had the opportunity to bless that day, and he didn't let the opportunity pass by, for, after praying with him and we bade him "Good bye", he called one of his grandchildren, representing all the grandkids he is blessed with, and prayed for her and the other grandchildren. Though we wish Baba had remained with us a little longer, we testify to it that he lived a fulfilled life, prepared and ready to meet his Lord.

Baba is not an in - law to us but a father, brother and friend. We loved him but Jesus loves him more and better than we do. Rest in perfect peace with your Lord.

Deacon John Adebayo Oyewo (On behalf of the Oyewo family)

From Jessica - Granddaughter


O Grandpa

I know that where you are that you are in a better place now. I just wanted you to know that we love you and are grateful and I hope and know that you are looking down at us and feeling proud and happy. Thank you for the love, care and support, those are three things we all need and you gave them to us generously. You also helped in giving us your grandchildren two amazing people who are changing the world: 1) the best mother a girl could ever ask for and 2) The best aunty in the world. So right now, the only thing left to say and worth saying to you is THANK YOU.

May your gentle soul rest in peace.

Love , Jessica Anyanti

By EbunOluwa Oyewo (Grand Daughter)

To one of the best men; my loving grandfather Mr John Oluremi Fatikun.

When I think of my grandfather, I am short of words to describe him because I barely spent much time with him. However, I can confirm he was a good father as exemplified in the lives of my mother and her younger sister who he has brought up to be very disciplined and well cultured. He was very kind hearted and also concerned about the wellbeing of his children and grandchildren. He was a much disciplined man and took the word of God seriously. He ensured that his children and grandchildren understood the importance of God in their lives and always put us in his prayers. He was a man of great sacrifice as he did all he could to ensure that his children and grandchildren had the best opportunity no matter the situation or cost to him.

I appreciate God for blessing my family with a great man. Rest in Peace!

EbunOluwa Oyewo (Grand Daughter)

Happy birthday Daddy.... a loving father. Missing you a lot. It is well.

Baba, today would have been your 77th birthday. Continue to rest in the bossom of God.

I belief we are gonna miss him in the present world, but not forever as we shall meet him again in the eternity next, where we shall be with the Lord forever..

Engr. John Oluremi Fatikun, a man with very large a heart, generous, kindheàrted and loving. He must have inherited these good virtues from his mother, Iya onisu. My mother told me how Iya onisu displayed so much love towards her.
His home in kano was said to be a home away from home to the Omo Gona Shàgburin that lived in kano in those days. As a connecting rod, our uncle desired to link the generation next up to enable harmonious relationships in the present generation of Goona Shàgburin Dynasty, but I never knew that his time was up. Pa Remi Fatikun, Johannu Olufe, you came,saw and conquered your world despite all odds, and you left behind a fantastic legacy, your wonderful children. May God continue to keep them and make His face to shine on them..
Kato r'erin odigbo
Kato r'efon o dodan
Kato r'eye bi Okin
Odi gbere
Kato renirere bii Pa Jonh Oluremi Fatikun
Odi gbere, odi kese..

Pa Pa John
Your life was a beacon of love, understand and togetherness.
The love you showered me was beyond anyother, your selfless act of concern and security was warm and blissful. I love you for impacting your warmness into my life.
I shall always cherish been named after you, A kind and loving soul. Love you more and forever.

Missing you daddy. Thinking about you all the time but as Jesus said-"My peace I leave onto you. My peace I give you not peace which the world givest" which is no peace at all. Precious memories of you remain with me. Continue dancing in HIS presence.

We thank God for a life well spent to the glory of God.

Dear Uncle,
I look back with fondness on the years in Kano, as family friends (the Adeyemis and the Fatikuns) and gratitude for the life enhancing example, of your deep, dignified and (quietly) humorous outlook.
May the love of the light accompany you in your onward journey, and grant peace and healing to your loved ones.
With admiration and respect for a life well lived.
Olu

Daddy Fatikun,
Our many years in Kano together in the 80's, were some of our most memorable and richest by virtue of the gift of friends like you and our dearly departed mommy Fatikun.
You were a beacon of strength and devotion to your family and you opened your doors and hearts to others as well.
It pleases God, in His infinite wisdom, that now you go to join mommy in eternal rest.
With you, a beacon of friendship, strength and devotion has surely left the world.
Rest In Eternal Peace
From Mommy Adeyemi and Family

May light Perpetual shine on the departed Rest in peace Grandpa. ...Eyin baba Aadaa in jesus name amen

Dear Pa. Engr. Fatikun,
I met you first in the year 2012 @ a memorable event. The little moment spent with you meant so much to me. With all that has been said about you,heralds the quality of times, contributions and sacrifices you have indeed imparted in the lives of those that has crossed your path.
Though you are gone, you will forever be missed.
We pray that God will grant you eternal REST, till we meet to part no more. Rest on Grand Pa!

Daddy... we miss you! You are really loved and truly cherished! When i think of all the time we shared and now i keep missing you over and over again :(

Engr John Oluremi Fatikun : Our Numero Uno is gone
Daddy, your death came as a rude shock to me. I was optimistic you would get over the illness when I heard about it but the inevitability proved me wrong. You left when I least expected, you left with your unusual candour and dexterity even in the face of utter provocation, you left the expanding vacuum in Fatikun cum Sagburin dynasty much more spacious.
Though your body and soul have departed the world, but can you really leave our world? I doubt it, because your footprints and mien live on in the world of those of us that surrounded you. The fragrance of love and the wise counsel you showered on your family and friends are still here with us.
You lavished enough fatherly love on me and mine since the departure of your elder brother on 22nd of March, 1998. Keeping strictly to your advice to take my eyes off certain things when I complained profusely about some development within the neclous family has not only been rewarding but defining. You were concerned about all that are connected to you at all times even when there is little or nothing you could do to change the situation. Unity of the family is uppermost in your heart. You strived, clamoured and worked for love, Peace and unity among the family members.
Your house while alive served as "parliament" for family and community discourse not because of its aesthetic nature or the proximity neither is it because of your lunar age, it is because of your understanding, robust world view and dispassionate approach to issues. On our family issues, you held sway but you never strayed. Hope the family finds another upright leader to lead the "parliament".
I am grieved that you are gone, but I take solace in the fact that nothing loved is ever lost. You will continue to live in the hearts of those you touched.
Daddy, I made series of requests from you while you were alive, but here is my last request. If there are interactions in the grave, if you meet your brother, your blood brother, your only brother and my own father, Late Joseph Folorunsho Longe Fatikun, extend my warmest regards to him, don't fail to tell him about how the dynasty is faring. Tell him he lives on in my heart.
Sun re o
Omo owa, Omo Obokun,
Omo Alayemode
Omo jogbin jogbin rogbodo
Good night Daddy
Olufemi Longe Fatikun
   March, 2019

Daddy.... I we forever miss you
Thanks for your support and concerns for my life. I never think you will be gone so soon but I believe you had gone to rest in the blossom of God
Adieu Baba Alayeire!!

Daddy, you will be missed. May you continue to rest in the bosom of our Lord Jesus. We love you.

Oh Grandpa

I know that where you are that you are in a better place now. I just wanted you to know that we love you and are grateful and I hope and know that you are looking down at us and feeling proud and happy. Thank you for the love, care and support, those are three things we all need and you gave them to us generously. You also helped in giving us your grandchildren two amazing people who are changing the world: 1) the best mother a girl could ever ask for and 2) The best aunty in the world. So right now, the only thing left to say and worth saying to you is THANK YOU.

May your gentle soul rest in peace.

Your last grandchild to date
With Love,
Jessica A

Adieu daddy.....you will be greatly missed.....rest on baba dada... ever strong and courageous.......sun re ooooo.

May he continue to rest in the bossom of the Almighty.

May Papa's soul rest in peace. May his legacies never be forgotten. And may God answer all the prayers he made for those he left behind in Jesus name... Amen!

May the gentle soul of Daddy rest in peace. In Christ alone our hopes are found.God Almighty will comfort the entire family Daddy left behind. It is well in Jesus' Name.

May the Lord grant his soul eternal rest and continue to strengthen and comfort those he left behind

We celebrate you dad. Your marks remains even in death. Adieu papa