By Sylvester Udemezue
MRS MEDINAT OLAJUMOKE SHAEEB: a devoted, loyal and submissive wife to her husband. A great and dedicated Law School Teacher of the Lagos Campus Academic Family! An amiable coauthor, colleague, and friend to me. My MANAGER. Now, unfortunately, suddenly departed, on 22 October 2024, to meet her Creator😭.
A most heartbreaking occurrence; they’ve cruelly snatched my MANAGER from me. Words fail me😑.
May Almighty God graciously accept your humble soul for a peaceful repose in His exalted bosom. Ameen! Amin!! Amen!!!
Weeks ago, we spoke several times about your illness that had begun worrying you, way out. You were then planning to go to Ilorin. Last week, I visited Lagos Campus to check on you, and finding you’re not in the office, I called you.
Unfortunately, after my lectures on 22 October 2024, news came that “Mrs Medinat Olajumoke Shaeeb died this morning, to be buried this evening in Ilorin”, meaning that thenceforward, I was to see you no more, until we gather in Heaven to reap Teachers’ reward and to part no more. What a world! What a rude manner to lose a rare, true friend. Gone just like that?
My ex-student, fan, my adviser, true friend, sister, co-teacher, coauthor, colleague, professional partner, and MANAGER. Would I henceforward operate without my MANAGER, Jumoke? Why, God? Why Jumoke? And for asking “God, why?”, I would be scolded for questioning the All-Seeing, All-Knowing and All-Powerful. I submit to His will as words fail a writer. Words fail me! My MANAGER! A devoted Law Teacher! Rest in peace.
Yours truly,
MR. UDEMS
