Didun ni iranti olododo
This memorial website was created in memory of our loved husband, dad, granddad, brother, uncle, mentor and friend, Professor Oyeleye Oyediran 84 years old , born on January 13, 1934 and passed away on December 11, 2018.
We are forever grateful to God for his life.
We will remember him forever.
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Tributes
Leave a tributeDidun ni iranti olododo
We love you but God love you most.
Your soft voice even when angry with my decision still lingers on.
Continue to Rest Peacefully Uncle.
Continue to rest in peace ijmn Amen
We celebrate your life and legacy.
Love you Dad. Miss you always and forever.
I love you Dad and wish you were here. But you are in a better place and at true peace.
Rest on Sir
We take solace that you are resting comfortable and on right hand of God.
I miss you .
Dr Olusegun Laosebikan
Sir, rest on.
You are remembered today.
4 years of life without you.
4 years of relying on God for His comfort.
I miss you Dad
Amen
I really miss you in my life!!!
You are the only one who called me Olushegun.
Uncle I know you are well with your siblings who you cherish so well.
Continue to Rest perfectly and peacefully.
Love you much Uncle.
Dr Shegun Olaoshebikan.
Miss you always ❤️
Rest on Sir.
May God preserve all that you left behind in Jesus name amen
I find strength in the assurance that you are in glory. Continue to rest in peace
Your memory still holds.
Rest on Sir.
Your going away feels just like yesterday. You will always be in my heart.
Dedication
To Professor Oyeleye Oyediran (1934-2018), my uncle, a Professor Emeritus, and a noted Nigerian political scientist. A faculty member at the Center for International Studies at the East Carolina University and a Senior Fellow at the United States Institute of Peace. You lived an estimable and principled life dedicated to sharing knowledge—a former Fulbright scholar with integrity, character, and discipline. You stoically lived against the Nigerian deluge of snatching the national birthright. Uncle, you took me under your wings as a son when I had no desire for higher education. You made me leap deep into the strange, challenging, and rigorous world of academia. Yet, I have no regrets, only tons of gratitude!
Right now my entire mind is a kaleidoscope of so many memories - from UI, Congi-Ibadan to Unilag. You just were always there for us, and always had the time for us.
You live on in our memories sir and remain forever in my thoughts. Continue to rest in peace Uncle Leye.
Rest on sir.
I got my love of books from you. It was when you stopped reading I knew something wasn't right. You loved books and encouraged me as a child to read. You laughed at my choice of books and gave me books to read.
Oh, life is really a stage...... We come in and go out. Sleep on dear uncle.
Does a day go by that my mind and heart aren't filled with thoughts of you?
Does the joy of knowing where you are keep me strong?
Does the pride of being your daughter make me intentional in all I do?
I love you Dad and miss you more today than I did yesterday.
There is no day i don’t talk about you. I miss you so much
Continue to Rest in Peace with the Lord. Amen and Amen
May God continue to rest your precious soul perfectly in peace. May your tribe continue to increase and prosper, in Jesus' Mighty Name. AMEN.
Eternal love, dad.
Thank you for your persistence in pursuing my Grandma (even when she was running away haha) and guiding and building each other up to what we knew you to be.
Thank you for teaching, inspiring and understanding my Mum, who is the rock in mine and my brothers lives; but also my Father and my Uncle and even further to the kids she now teaches.
2 years has flown by but there isn’t a day that we don’t still remember you in some way.
Rest in perfect peace.
Your first grandson.
Prof, you are one of a kind and Nigeria misses you!!! Uncle rest in Perfect Peace.
Leave a Tribute
Didun ni iranti olododo
We love you but God love you most.
Your soft voice even when angry with my decision still lingers on.
Continue to Rest Peacefully Uncle.
Continue to rest in peace ijmn Amen
To live in the hearts of those we love is never to die.
To My Sister's husband, Prof. Oyeleye Oyediran, who was also a father to me, May your soul rest in peace in the bosom of the Lord.
I remembered years back in Akoka Lagos around 1984, when I visited from Jos after completing my secondary school education. You haven't seen me in a long time and I must have grown into this beautiful girl, yes o, like your wife . You were surprised to see me; and you kept following me with your eyes full with so much admiration for me. You kept smiling and looking at me. Hmmm I said to myself, this Baba like me o. May be I'm now looking beautiful like his wife, (because truly his wife, my elder sister is so beautiful).
That was the first time in my life, that I felt comfortable in your presence, and not hiding behind Omoloye like I always do. We even watched a movie (pretty woman) together another day, but when they started kissing in that movie, hmmm, I was looking for how to run away. How can this movie be showing such a thing in front of this man I fear so much♂️. You knew I was uncomfortable with your presence there, so you just took a magazine to look at, and I thereby relaxed and kept on watching the movie.
You came with my sister (your wife) and Oyelola, to visit me and Sister Kehinde in Columbus Ohio in 2004. I will always cherish you for that.
I love you but God loves you more.
Please rest well in the bosom of your maker Daddy Omoloye
Mrs Idowu Godis-Ajiboye
In Oyeleye Oyediran, I was very fortunate to find not just a teacher, but a father and a life-long mentor, who was equally devoted to his God, family, friends, the theory and practice of political science and mentoring of younger colleagues. He was a firm believer in applying his skills as a political scientist in engineering a democratic Nigeria and lent his craft to the cause of analyzing Nigeria’s struggles for democracy during military rule. He also critically examined the steps towards institutionalizing political reforms and democratic values and processes in the country. Prof. Oyediran was very optimistic about the prospects of democratic change in Nigeria and contributed intellectually to the realization of his dream. Although he was engaged in public affairs, he fiercely guarded his independence and the principles he stood for and did not accept any political appointment to public office. He was a quiet but effective academic colossus whose footprints are deeply etched in several continents as one of Africa’s greatest, but self-effacing public intellectuals. Though human, he gave a lot of himself and believed in truth, goodness, merit and democratic freedoms, and although time has taken him from us, he will remain a shining star whose lightening trail will blaze forever.
May His Soul Rest in Peace
I have been blessed to know a great man like my big Grandad. He has been a menthor a man i look up to. I remember being young and going up to his office and he had this nice biscuit and i remember the trips to ibadan and all. He always had the best advice whenever i needed guidance growing up or making a big decision. Rest well Big Grandad i am going to miss you (Toba