Adieu Gbenga Adeboye

I woke up this morning and made a call to my friend Gafar Awesu in Nigeria. As a normal routine, we talked about our parenthood first as we both are married and are blessed with a kid each, mine a girl while his, a boy. It is always good to talk about the happiness of seeing our kids growing up and sometimes laugh at some of the funny things that kids does. After this we talked about our work, politics, family and so on. During all these phone conversation, i could hear Gbenga Adeboye's music faintly at the backgroud of the other end. After the phone call, i started reflecting on the music i heared faintly during the call and the Man Gbenga Adeboye.
I could remember while as a kid in the early 80's, my favourite radio programme then was Gbenga Adeboye's "funwontan". Ever since then, i have always loved his programme and have listened to numerous of his works. He is muilti talented, intelligent, and an icon of Yoruba comedy thus winning the love of many Nigerians especially through his popular tracks "Itu Baba Ita", "London Yabis", "Aye Toto", "Gbenga in America", "Supremacy","Ijinle Oro Lati Ori Ite Mimo" and "Oro Sunukun" . The albums had brought happiness to the life of many people and you cant but laugh yourself out when he mount the stage at any occasion as he sure knows how to make you laugh and make you forget about your problems, at least for that moment. No wonder when the news about his death was announced, many people could not help but cry-a direct opposite to what he brough to their lives. Its always a great pain to loose a loved ones and especially those that have brought happiness to ones life.
Its almost 5 years now that he left this sinful world, yet his good works can still be felt and he is still remembered till today. Although "Death is a neccesary end" and its a fact that all human beings have to live with but yet, why should good people die while death pass by bad and enemy of humanity in human forms?. God cannot be question on the issue of death as he knows how he does his works. Thats why at every point in time, we should all be ready for death so it doesnt meet us when we are not ready-although no one is actually ready for death.
Like Gbenga Adeboye, many talents have been wasted by death, many knowledege were never tapped.....I wonder what would have become of this earth if at death, there could be passing on of knowledge, and brain of the dying person to any people left behind in this world.
Ride on Gbenga!, i know heaven will be more lively with your arrival as you will surely continue your work up there and make people and angels up there laugh and laugh..
We will always remember your good works...rest in peace.