FUNERAL DETAILS
Ceremonies to honour his transition are as follows:
Service of Songs 6PM
RCCG Olive Tree, Banana Island
February 25, 2016
Funeral Service 10AM
RCCG Olive Tree, Banana Island
February 26, 2016
Interment Follows
Vaults and Garden, Ikoyi
Tributes
Leave a tributeBut this is not the time to lament. It is time to thank God for your life. The memories of times together are not vague. They are real. I will only highlight four or five that probably only you would fully understand.
I recall our chance meeting many years after Loyola in New Brunswick New Jersey. We re-bonded instantly. You were one of the very few I could count on for insightful and honest advise when I headed Cook College.
I recall our efforts at breaking the glass ceiling at our premier telecoms company. We argued continuously about the nature of the ceiling then designed a framework for cracking it.
I recall our foray into real estate in Hightstown. From indecision to aggressively pursuing the opportunity. I have accepted the title you gave me then, "the Enabler".
I recall our Englewood and Princeton Overlook moves and our support for each other as we pursued those stressful moves.
I recall our mutual love of performance cars, our fast Cruises on the turnpike to test drive new ones, and your penchant for naming my cars. It was a ritual. You named the 911 "bulldog" and the Boxter "Symphony". You were real thrilled when we pushed these machines to their limits.
Yours was a genuine friendship. Your life was one of genuine aplomb. I appreciated you for your blatant honesty and commitment. Sleep well my friend. In the words of Wordsworth, "The Music in our Hearts We Bore, Long After it is heard no more.
Soji
Why? How? I don't know what to say. I saw you the last time I visited Lagos and you looked happy and excited about your new job. But God knows best. I thank God for your life. You were always so kind to me and my family. Your unwavering faith in God and His goodness inspired me. Thank you for your friendship and advice over the years. You will be greatly missed.
Yewande Odia
The prayer force for Nigeria's rebirth, which you envisioned with your wife... will fulfil it's purpose and desired impact on our nation. For us here the struggle continues... but for you beloved brother, KEEP RESTING IN YOUR REAL HOME. Welcome home.
For your dear Omolola, The God of all comfort will keep her strong in times like this.
I don't have the right words for this occasion. May your faith in God comfort, keep you strong and shelter you.
Our last conversation in the morning hours of February 10, was about assisting with providing the necessary focus within the nucleus group determined to forge a new direction for the National Revenue base. Little did I realise this was going to be our last discussion, particularly when it ended on our usual line “A se se lagbara Olorun”. Rest in perfect peace my dear friend.
Never say goodbye but good night till we meet at the feet of the lord to part no more.
Good night.
All your jokes and humility will ever remain a memory. You will forever be missed. Good night friend and colleague.
My special and beloved Brother B. It is very tough to come to terms that my special co-labourer in the vineyard has raptured. Memories of our sleepless nights in the cold and heat of Hackensack, NJ interceding for the church and brethren as well as numerous spiritual activities we went through together came alive when your transition was confirmed to me by Bro Leke. Our special friendship and love blossomed even more after our wives came into the picture. Saying I miss you is an understatement but my consolation is that you fought a good fight of faith and are now with your first Love, our Lord Jesus. Adieu my Brother as I look forward to when we shall meet to part no more.
May the good Lord comfort all your loved ones. Sister Omolola God will comfort you, his grace is still sufficient.
Our Condolences to your wife and family. Sis Omolola, May our God Lord Console you, uplift you, uphold you, and sustain you in this difficult time. Remain blessed.
Your death is painful to us but we remember the time spent together,the laughter and the celebrations.In pain and many tears we chose to trust God and not ask questions about your transition,but to hold on to the fact that you are now in perfect peace.
I thank God for the priviledge of knowing you,I thank God for your wife and for all the support and love you showed her to make her the woman she is.I thank God for the family you left behind for he is comforting them,I thank God for the church you left behind because they are encouraged to continue the christian race.Your physical prescence will be missed,but you live on in our heart.Farewell Deacon Adebola Omoteso.
Uncle, you may be out of my sight, but you will never be out of my heart, I may not see your face, but I will always remember your smile, I will never hear your voice again but you will forever whisper in my ear. I never got to say goodbye to you, or tell you how much you really meant to me. Uncle you such a wonderful person that cares for others, a word can not describe you enough, I still not believe it is real! Goodnight
Comfort & Ezekiel Oguje (RCCG, U.S.A)
Rest in His bosom.
My brother and friend, Bola went to be with the Lord on Thursday 11th February 2016 at about 7: 30pm. He had been with me in Abuja on Tuesday and Wednesday evening. We sat across the table from each other in the office of the Vice President. We shared plans. He always had the most insightful ideas.
He had returned home after over 30 years in the United States to work with me. He and Omolola had worked and prayed so hard during the campaign. We believed it would be an opportunity to do what we had talked about for years - working with others to build a new nation. He was to officially resume work as my adviser on Trade and Investments on Monday 15th February 2016. That never happened.
I mourn my friend, with his dear wife Omolola, his brother Leke and his sisters. But I celebrate the transition to glory of a man faithfully committed to family and friends, who loved Jesus deeply and trusted Him absolutely.
He is today in heaven, restful and joyful forever. Blessed be God.
Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN
My brother and friend, Bola went to be with the Lord on Thursday 11th February 2016 at about 7: 30pm. He had been with me in Abuja on Tuesday and Wednesday evening. We sat across the table from each other in the office of the Vice President. We shared plans. He always had the most insightful ideas.
He had returned home after over 30 years in the United States to work with me. He and Omolola had worked and prayed so hard during the campaign. We believed it would be an opportunity to do what we had talked about for years - working with others to build a new nation. He was to officially resume work as my adviser on Trade and Investments on Monday 15th February 2016. That never happened.
I mourn my friend, with his dear wife Omolola, his brother Leke and his sisters. But I celebrate the transition to glory of a man faithfully committed to family and friends, who loved Jesus deeply and trusted Him absolutely.
He is today in heaven, restful and joyful forever. Blessed be God.
Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN
Rest in perfect peace.
Omolola, my person, God will grant you the fortitude to bear this irreparable loss. Stay strong, it is well with you. Our prayers are with you.
Sleep on as my heart goes to your wife, children and immediate family.
Olawale Oladapo (SAN member)
Anne, accept my condolences ans I pray that the soul of the departed will rest in peace.
My wonderful Sunday school teacher has joined the cloud of witnesses. Bro "B" you have fought a good fight, you have finished your course, you have kept the faith and you have received a crown of righteousness. Our loss is a gain to heaven.
Good night Bro "B" till we meet again on the Resurrection morning.
We have many questions but we don't have the answers, only God does. But despite our pains and bewilderment, we draw comfort in knowing that you are at peace with your Creator. You are resting at the bosom of Father Abraham. You are in a place devoid of toil, vanity, sorrow and pain. Without doubt, your journey through this transient world was meaningful. You touched many lives and gave of your best, even when not convenient.
We pray that your legacies will endure. We also pray that God will keep and uphold your entire family, especially your wife, Omolola.
Pastor Babs Odunsi
Senior Pastor
RCCG The King's Court
Hackensack, New Jersey
U. S. A
My phone rings, I wish it was you
But I know, it will never be you
For the Lord gives, the Lord takes away
Who can explain? who understands?
The Lord, sure, understands
Adebola. Adebola, o ye Oluwa, o ye Oluwa
The Lord, sure, understands
My phone rings, but it will never be you
Who’ll take your place, ‘cause you won’t be back?
For the Lord gives, the Lord takes away
Who can explain? Who understands?
The Lord, sure, understands
Adebola. Adebola, o ye Oluwa, o ye Oluwa
The Lord, sure, understands.
You were joy. You will live in my heart and mind forever. Always.
the news of your departure came as a shock. It was unbelievable that you slept and didn't wake up again. We finally had the opportunity to have you close to us, to see you more often and to enjoy our beloved Uncle, but not for long, you left us again just as you had always done over the years. This time, there is no date of your return. You will not come to us again, we would one day come to where you are, and how I look forward to seeing your face and holding your hand on that beautiful resurrection morning. Farewell my loving, kind and gentle Uncle, I know you have gone to a far better place.
Your sister
Prof (Mrs) Adetoun A Sekoni.
I thank God for your life and those smile and jokes you always share.
Words can not expressed the Vacum you have created.
Rest in the bosom of our Lord till we meet to part no more.
I commiserate with Dr. Mrs Lola Omoteso and the entire family on the transition of their loved one who has gone to rest !
I pray that God in his mercy will forgive him his sins , grant him eternal rest and grant the family he left behind the fortitude to bear this irreparable loss .
Ayo Akinfemisoye ( SAN - member )
Leave a Tribute
May your soul continue to rest in peace.
Please be patient.
Soji Adelaja
He Lives
Widow’s Wailings
When asked at Area F Police Command why adeleke was being wicked to Omolola and if he would have done it if there was a child in the marriage, he responded, “Of course if there was a child, I won’t but I want to punish her, I want her to know she cannot just come and marry in our family and walk all over us!” The venom he spewed was so typical of the madness that gush from men who are drenched in the ego of self entitlement! A Nigeria trait my beloved husband hated with passion.
The woman he claimed walked all over “them” hosted them in rooms she furnished. Cooked for himself and his family so much so that he asked Olubunmi to learn from her culinary skills, drive him and his family to stores and malls and was responsible for their welfare. Visited with gifts. Counselled and cared for his daughters... Yet, his myopic summation of all she did was “walk all over us.”
The truth, he HATED her. All she did was not strong enough to melt his iron heart. He hated her for daring to marry a brother who was condemn d to wifelessness. Being wifeless meant he could hatch his plan of manipulating him to adopt his daughters. That way, upon his death, his daughters being young, he would become the sole administrator. But this carefully masterminded plan, hatched at a time he thought his daughters were named beneficiaries backfired when he found out after Bola Omoteso’s death that he had edited his beneficiaries
It has been over two years yet family chose to bury my peace with my husband. But Jesus has kept me sane, safe and secure in God’s everlasting arms.
If you have read anything online, consider it the crying out loud of a widow who endured abuse and attempt to perpetrate fraud for over two years before she decided that having mourned her husband, it was time to defend his right to his labour being used to keep his name alive, not symphonies by a man who claims to be his brother yet whose complicity and negligence led to his death.
I call upon you to stand with me in prayers and in publicity, not for only #JusticeforOmolola but in many areas that would entertain justice once justice is served.
I have read more tweets on black widow spider than “black” human widows since I began the campaign! Please join me to make the campaign VIRAL.
#TimeIsNow #EndWidowAbuse #JusticeforOmolola #JusticeforWidows #ReformProbateLaws #WomenParticipate #BlackLivesMatter