By SECONDARY school mates of bereaved Ebenezer Adurokiya were by his side during the funeral church service and interment of his wife, Princess Denise Yetunde Adurokiya on Friday, December 6, 2024 in Ibadan.
Ebenezer Adurokiya and his late wife, Denise
The roll-call included Engr Peter Aluko, and oil and gas guru, Mrs Vera Ejiwale (Nee Alabi), Idowu Ajikanbi who’s an officer in the Nigeria Police Force and Mrs Remi Ofinlayi.
From left, Peter, Vera, Ebenezer, Sharon and Idowu after the church service
They were of the same 1990 set, being the first experimental set of the bastardised Federal Government’s 6334 system at the Community Comprehensive High School, Ogori, in the then Kwara State, now Kogi State.
The quartet arrived at the RCCG, Peculiar People’s Parish, Oyo Province 18 Headquarters, Agbowo, Ibadan, as early as 9:00a.m from Lagos to offer Mr Adurokiya a soldier to cry on.
From left, Babatunji, Joseph, Paul, Eunice, Sharon and Ebenezer
Recall that Princess Adurokiya, who was an ordained Assistant Pastor in charge of RCCG House of Favour Area and a staff with the University of Ibadan Post Graduate College, passed on November 26, 2024, at 51 after a protracted illness.
Stonix News reports that besides accompanying the corpse to the African Church Cemetery, Oke-Itunu, Mokola, Ibadan, for interment, Peter, Vera, Idowu and Remi also made sure they accompanied the bereaved husband back home to further commiserate with the family.
From left, Peter, Vera, Eben and Idowu
In his condolences penned on behalf of the CCHS Set ’90, Engr Aluko, who’s the CEO of Mosiland Engineering Company, celebrated Princess Adurokiya as having lived a good life.
“All we can say is thank you Lord for the life you lived; the beautiful daughter, Sharon, you gave us; the lives you influenced for Christ and the love you impacted my friend, Eben, with. RIP,” Aluko, fondly called Peterlian by his classmates, noted.
Idowu, vera, and Peter at at RCCG Peculiar People’s Parish
Ironically, the police officer, Ajikanbi and Remi, who’s Ibadan-based, were meeting the deceased’s husband for the first time since they left school in 1990.
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