Re: In Memory of Dr. VALENTINE OJO .... May His Soul Rest In Perfect Peace [ Remembering a One Time Member of this Forum]

[Oluwatoyin Adepoju]

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Date: Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 9:36 AM
Subject: NigerianID | Re: In Memory of Dr. VALENTINE OJO .... May His Soul Rest In Perfect Peace.
To: afis 'Deinde <odide...@gmail.com>

 

Dr. Valentine Ojo was his own human - always commented as he saw it.

May his soul continue to Rest In Peace. 

Thanks,

Tajudeen Raji 

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On Aug 31, 2018, at 4:15 AM, afis 'Deinde <odide...@gmail.com> wrote:

May his soul rest in peace.

He was a confluence made out of several ironies.

Before meeting him I thought he was too belligerent. 

However, when I set eyes on him, as an observer, I was mesmerized by his cheerfulness and genuine gentility.

Before meeting the Confluence, I believed he must be ten foot tall, yet when he stood before me he was a small giant whose voice was truly ten foot. His voice was like an ocean wave  that boomeranged, and carried round the dance hall. 

His short  diminutive stature, his strong lean chin and near-toothed gap smiles, reminded me of another pipe smoking small statured giant, Benjamin Adekunle.

When I first shook the Confluence’s strong hand, with his beaming smiles and wittiness that melted any misgivings I might harbored about him, I knew not why my mind was reminded of the Black Scorpion Of Adelabu Street, Ikate. 

As a youngster who knew way around the neighborhood and played “street soccer” at Adelabu, I had the privilege of studying the facial structure of the Black Scorpion.

In first encountering Valentine Ojo, I had no doubts in my mind, they both had same small stature, same booming but disarming smiles, same outreaching wittiness, and even the French suit were tailored same as the Black Scorpion. 

On first setting eyes on the Confluence, I thought I was seeing an reincarnation!

Beneath all his outward online-forum’s powerful and hardly yielding orations and all, Valentine Ojo was a gentle teddy bear in person.

Could anyone believed the Confluence of Ironies bear hugged me on our first encounter at Matto’s shindig, as if we were long lost buddies or siblings, and gentlemanly pulled out a chair for my wife?

I had no choice even if I hadn’t thought of the gesture, than to emulate his gentlemanliness to rush over to his beauty of a wife and pulled out a chair.

That was the epitome of his leadership quality, he never knew how to follow, it was natural of him to just do it.

Though his stature was diminutive, he was a giant.

Though he was never in the army, he was an army General among the Forum’s array of Midgets.

I continue to miss him!

Shikena 

Afis 

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On Aug 31, 2018, at 1:52 AM, JEROME NIANG YAKUBU <jeromey...@gmail.com> wrote:

In Memory of

Dr. VALENTINE OJO

.... May His Soul Rest In Perfect Peace ....

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Dr. VALENTINE OJO "Val" Of Tall Timbers, MD passed away August 23, 2014, after a protracted illness; surrounded by his loving family.

Born on February 14, 1948 in Ondo, Nigeria, Val was the eldest child of the late Chief Jerome Ojo (Baba D2) and Rose Eunice Ojo. He obtained his early childhood education at St. Mathew's (RCM) Primary School and St. Joseph's College (Secondary School), both in Ondo town.

Valentine married his beloved wife, Agathachristy Ngozi, in August 1989. An avid reader and prolific writer, Val was a linguist who was very fluent in several languages. He started his undergraduate studies at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria and continued to the then Soviet Union where he obtained his first and second degrees. He earned another Master's degree and the doctorate at the University of Tubingen, Germany (1978).

Before relocating to, and settling in the United States with his family, Dr. Ojo was a professor of German and Italian at the University of Ife (Obafemi Awolowo University), Nigeria; and traveled extensively throughout Europe. A proud educator, Dr. Ojo taught at St. Mary's College of MD, Lincoln University in PA, and Prince George's County public schools. He served on the Archdiocese of Washington School Board of Education and on the Mediation Committee of St. Mary's County. He was a passionate participant on internet for African and Nigerian political and social-economic issues. Val also enjoyed music, photography, gardening, biking and camping.

He was a connoisseur of good music and good wine. However, his greatest love was for his family whose company he relished; he was particularly committed to the well-being and education of his children.

Dr. Ojo leaves behind to cherish his memories: his beloved wife; four children, Mayowa, Omolayo Mayokun and Omotayo; siblings, Vitalis Ojo, Lucrentia Abdullahi and Crescentia Adelabu; many nieces, nephews and cousins.

In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by a brother, Venantius Ojo and a sister, Emerentia Akintewe.

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May Dr Ojo's great soul rest in perfect peace. Mat the Lord continue to grant his family the fortitude to bear this loss. Ameen.

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[Akin Alao]

Dr. Valentine Ojo was indeed a remarkable person who touched many lives with his warmth and legendary hospitality. As an Internet soldier,  he was truculent in the defence of his  views  and positions throughout.  May his soul continue to rest in peace.

Akin Alao

On Fri, Aug 31, 2018, 12:12 PM Oluwatoyin Adepoju <tvol...@gmail.com> wrote:

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[Kwabena Akurang-Parry]

May Val's soul rest in peace. Bantering with him was a joyful thing to do. And he made this forum lively.

Kwabena

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[Michael Afolayan]

Remarkable man indeed! So it's been four years? Wow!!! No wonder the hymn writer wrote. . .

Time like the ever-rolling stream,

Bears all its sons away;

They fly forgotten, as a dream

Dies at the opening day.

Bye to the renaissance mind!

Michael 

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May Val's soul rest in peace. Bantering with him was a joyful thing to do. And he made this forum lively.

Kwabena

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