Fasilat Oluwuyi
The 2019 class of Mass Communication,Moshood Abiola Polytechnic as well as students of the department on Wednesday held a candlelight procession for their colleague,Temilade Momoh who died on Sunday.
The students were led by the 19 set AMACOS president ,Wisdom Ogbonna to pay their last respect to the deceased.
It was an atmosphere of mourning as many of the students who were mostly dressed in black clothes broke down in tears as they marched in long procession with lit candles through Oluwo area to Panseke chanting dirges in the name of their departed colleague.
She was awaiting the defence of her final year project and embark on the National Youth Service Corps(NYSC)when she died.
Speaking,Akapo Elijah,a close friend of the deceased who described the death as shocking said the deceased was a very jovial and friendly person.
He disclosed that the deceased was also like a sister and a mother’s to him.
Elijah noted that the deceased was his campaign manager during his aspiration.
He said”Temilade lived a life but she didn’t deserve this.
She was my campaign manager during my aspiration.
“How do I explain to people that Temilade is dead,how do I tell my family that the lady I introduced to them as the first lady I met in MAPOLY is dead.
“She told me to help her with her project.Temilade sent her boyfriend’s photo to me for an art work I told her I won’t charge her I didn’t even know that she’ll not wait to see the work.
“Her mother was not informed about her death because her mother has high blood pressure.Her mother saw her the day she came back from school but she didn’t know that was the last time she was going to see her.”
Elijah noted that life is vanity adding that people should always try to do good in any position they find themselves.
“We don’t know what tomorrow holds even today is not certain.Let’s live our lives well.
Who are we to question God,I Know that today Temilade is no more but her spirit lives on.”
Similarly,the former Student Union public relations officer, Johnson Idowu also described the deceased as someone with a heart of gold.
Idowu said it is saddening that death took her away untimely.
“It is so saddening that a young blood that the family is expecting to be a glory for the family,the cold hand of death took here away untimely.”
He says”Temilade is someone I will say has a heart of gold that when I was aspiring as AMACOS president even when the person I was contesting with was her close friend.
“She told me categorically she does not play hanky panky.
She is the type of person that has a good heart that can express how she feels.
“To the entire part of the class it is something that is sad we can not but express how sad we are but above all we thank God on her behalf.”