Last Updated on December 16, 2014 by admin

The remains of the late Mr. Adeleke Adeboye, former University Acting Registrar and Professor James Shopeju of the Department of Communication and General Studies, College of Agricultural Management and Rural Development (COLAMRUD), have been committed to mother earth.

Delivering a sermon at the funeral service for late Mr. Adeboye, Bishop Olu Oke of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM), admonished mortals to leave a good name for their children and the unborn generation because this will stand the test of time. Titled; “Put it Behind You”, Bishop Oke, in the sermon said death was the only way to Heaven, which cannot be re-scheduled or cancelled.He, therefore, urged the congregation to stop mourning because it cannot bring back the dead. The cleric extolled the virtues of the deceased and urged his family and friends to give thanks to God as he met Christ, lived a good life and affected people positively while on earth. Tributes were also delivered at the service by the Association of Nigerian Universities Professional Administration (ANUPA), FUNAAB Chapter; the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), FUNAAB Chapter; the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) and the Committee of Registrars of Nigerian Universities (CORNU). Dignitaries present at the occasion include the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olusola Oyewole and his wife; Omobolanle, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), Professor Adekojo Waheed; Registrar, Mr. Mathew Ayoola; Pioneer Registrar, Omooba Bisi Soboyejo; former Bursar, Mr. Elijah Ajayi; Ogun State Head of Service, Mrs. Modupe Adekunle and her husband. His remains were later interred at the Anglican Church Cemetery, Kobape Road, Abeokuta.

In the same vein, the General Overseer of the Jubilee Christian Church International, Rev. Kunle Adesina, in his sermon, has disclosed that life was full of mysteries as everybody would die one day. According to him, this fact was not an evil premonition but a reality in the sense that everything in life has got an expiry date, adding that man’s expiry date was the day he/she departs the earth. Rev. Adesina described Professor Shopeju as a good leader in all ramifications. Earlier, at the Commendation Service held in his honour by ASUU-UNAAB, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olusola Oyewole, stated that he was grateful to God that the Management had promoted the deceased as a Professor before his demise. According to him, “if we have failed to do this, we would have allowed this relentless advocate for excellence in teaching to pass away without recognition of the great works that he did while he was with us”.

The Vice-Chancellor said the deceased was a brilliant academic, who was highly committed to his work and the students, noting that he would also be remembered for his sterling leadership qualities as the pioneer Chairman of ASUU-UNAAB. In his ministration at the service, Professor Adewale Dipeolu, Deputy Chaplain, Chapel of Grace, FUNAAB, said the deceased was his senior at the Government College, Ibadan, a colleague in the University and a comrade as an ASUU member. He paid glowing tributes to him, saying that he was outspoken, forthright, amiable and very friendly. Tributes also came in from the Chairman, ASUU-UNAAB, Dr. Festus Adeosun; the President, Government College Ibadan Old Boys Association 1965-71 Set, Dr. Olusegun Oshinyimika; Dr. Adesola Nassir from the ASUU Zonal Office; Professor Biodun Ogunyemi from the ASUU National Office; the Dean of COLAMRUD, Professor Bolanle Akeredolu-Ale; the Acting Head of Communication and General Studies Department, Dr. Helen Bodunde as well as family and friends. Meanwhile, the Governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, had stated that “we are celebrating the lives and times of our brother and one of our own”. The Governor, who said that the deceased’s wife, Mrs. Tinuola Shopeju, was his classmate while at the African Church Grammar School, Ita-Eko, Abeokuta, disclosed that Professor Shopeju was one of their teachers, as he commended the exemplary lifestyle of the deceased.