Full of life, Sir, is a right word to describe Senior Ikenna- the Man with a very Large heart. First I know of him and his humourous ways was right here on the yahoo group. Some time back when he, I believe, just joined the group, he was always making me laugh myself out with his funny write-ups; he and Snr Taju or so. Even while making his humors and teasing everyone, you can still see a sense of respect whenever his seniors get involved; O, he is such a respectful person ! My first ever real life encounter with him was in Lagos about 2 months ago during the re-awakening meeting of the Chapter, his presence was a surprise and this made everyone shouted ! He came in like a Spirit, Unexpected ! O that we knew that he only came to bid us all farewell, maybe we would have found a way of keeping him permanently in Lagos..............God knows best ! He was his usual self (the same self I have known on the yahoogroup) in the meeting; keeping everyone as lively as possible; making jokes for which one cannot help but laugh at; and when we got to the main business of the day, his contributions were very knowledgeable and expertly; this, I could not comprehend- how one can be so very lively and humourous and at the same time so focused and knowledgeable in business ! And I could remember he also has a kind of a tender heart that endears him to kids. In one of the pictures of the PH Chapter End of the year parties, I think he, if my memory has not failed me, was the one playing with the children so much so that the Poster of the Pictures teased him by calling him 'A Baby Seater'. He also showed this nature while in Lagos where he will let not one Baby Commando that was brought to the meeting rest. She, like most Babies, was crying when she was taken from her Mum's arms and he held on to her and said: 'You must get used to me Child'. These qualities I mentioned seemed to be too good until I heard ones that were even greater-His contributions to the Associations; his charitable works in COJOSA and to individuals.
We really have lost a Giant !!! May your Soul continue to rest in Peace Senior Ikenna. May God grant your family the strength to stand and stand out even in your absence. Till we meet again, someday, at Jesus' feet Adieu Senior Ikenna. Bamidele Julius Ajibola 1999 Set. ________________________________ From: nsi_eke <[email protected]> To: [email protected]; [email protected] Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2012 6:27 PM Subject: Re: [Jos Commandos] REST IN PEACE , OUR BROTHER, OUR FRIEND - IKENNA ONYEKWELU MBANEFO This is so shocking my heart goes out to his family. Such a great guy I met in PH early this year he was so full of life may his soul rest in perfect peace and may the good Lord grant his family the fortitude to bear such and irreparable lose Nsi Eke 85 set Octopus House Sent from Samsung Mobile TIMOTHY ANYANWU <[email protected]> wrote: This is one loss too many. My heart goes to the immediate family at this difficult time. May the good Lord comfort and grant them the fortitude to bear this great loss. Above all may his gentle soul rest in the bosom of the lord. Amen. Timothy Nnagozie Tiger 85. Sent from my BlackBerry wireless device from MTN -----Original Message----- From: mike agana <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 00:42:02 To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Subject: [Jos Commandos] REST IN PEACE , OUR BROTHER, OUR FRIEND - IKENNA ONYEKWELU MBANEFO I received with great shock the death of Ikenna. Ikenna was a member of the Caretaker committee of the Portharcourt Chapter with great organisational skills and likeable personality. He had a way with every challenge and ever willing to go on behalf of the Chapter. There was no dull moment with Ikenna. He had a way with everybody he meets Old and young and will always live an impression for good. When we heard of the accident, we prayed and believed God for healing. We kept contact with Nigeria when we were attending the COJOSANA Convention and joy filled our faces when we heard you made it through the operation. The World is a stage you have played your part. The Portharcourt Chapter will Miss you, your HUMOUR, INTELLIGENCE, RESPECT & CONTACT. You have served surely God will take care of your family. Rest in the Bosom of our Lord. Engr. Mike Agana 1983 set From: Daniel Opolo <[email protected]> To: Barka Saleh <[email protected]> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, 26 October 2012, 13:47 Subject: Re: [Jos Commandos] UPDATE ON MEKA '96 SET - KIDNEY TRANSPLANT Lord grant me the strength I need to go thru today! Onyekwelu practically arranged my whole wedding ceremony in PH, reception venue, hotels, car hire, DJ, drinks, etc. At a point a felt guilty leaving everything in his hands, but he warned me not to come to PH until my wedding day. We were set mates and his bunk in FHH was 2 away from mine but since 1989, we have kept a very formidable partnership and try to see each other at least once every year! When I heard he was in intensive care unit, I feared the worst, God forgive me! But u see, my friend Onyekwelu has to be the most restless person in this world, he was too full of life and an unexplainable source of energy! I used to ask him if he swallowed part of superman's kryptonite that fell to earth? It was practically impossible to ask Onye to sit still let alone confine him to a bed. I was dreaming yrtrday and remember teasing him at his bedside and said, shebi this your yansh go siddon one place now? I am not sure, but I think I heard him say "ol'boy no vex but u know say I no fit lie down for this bed like this". Woke up this morning and got the news. It wasn't a dream, he actually stopped by to bid me goodbye. Onyekwelu, my brother, my friend, . . . rest in perfect peace! Cheers Daniel. From: Barka Saleh <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, October 22, 2012 12:51 PM Subject: FW: [Jos Commandos] UPDATE ON MEKA '96 SET - KIDNEY TRANSPLANT Hello Daniel, Thank you so much for the information. Do you know the hospital where he is in Lagos? Truly like to visit him. Kindly give me your telephone number too. Thanks. Saleh Barka Flying Horse House 86' +2348033411572 From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Daniel Opolo Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2012 9:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Jos Commandos] UPDATE ON MEKA '96 SET - KIDNEY TRANSPLANT Ok, jst spoke to the wife. She confirms he made it thru surgery and stable now. But everyone should be in PRAYERS!!! His survival now is in God's hands to complete and she is asking everyone to join her steadfastly. He was involved in an accident btw enugu and PH and his car sumersulted severally. I will save u the rest of the trauma describing what followed but you have a good idea of what our brother and friend must have passed through. Thanks everyone as we remember him in our prayers. He is in Lagos. Cheers Daniel. From: Daniel Opolo <[email protected]>To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2012 2:42 PMSubject: Re: [Jos Commandos] UPDATE ON MEKA '96 SET - KIDNEY TRANSPLANT Does any have Mrs. Mbanefo's contact details? She was a teacher in Command back in the days Cheers Daniel. From: Daniel Opolo <[email protected]>To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2012 2:29 PMSubject: Re: [Jos Commandos] UPDATE ON MEKA '96 SET - KIDNEY TRANSPLANT Thanks Taju/everyone for responding asap. I hv also gotten feedback from Debo and it appears he is in very critical condition and for now it appears it may be best he remains incommunicado until he gets better. All the same, can we explore reaching his wife? Who has her contacts? Can the PH reach the house? Can the office people tell us what hospital? I am sure they must be involved especially if he was on official duty when he had the accident? Someone must have these details we seek surely??/ Cheers Daniel. From: christopher Lelei <[email protected]>To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2012 1:26 PMSubject: Re: [Jos Commandos] UPDATE ON MEKA '96 SET - KIDNEY TRANSPLANT Does this mean nobody has the wife's contact? It's only from her, a credible information as to his whereabout and state of health would be known. Lelei 88 setSent from my iPad On Oct 21, 2012, at 4:55 PM, "kingsley Okhuasogie" <[email protected]> wrote: Am so confused myself,I remember I contacted Mbanefo on this same Platform sometimes back,and he told me he was in Lagos for some stuff,hearing all these from Daniel and Tajudeen really gets me worried. Taju,I dropped a mesg on ur FB some 2 days back,I didn't get any response. Kingsley Okhuasogie FHH '88 set. Sent from my BlackBerry® Smartphone, from Etisalat. Enjoy high speed internet service with Etisalat easy net, available at all our experience centres -----Original Message----- From: John Akadang <mailto:johnakadang%40yahoo.com> Sender: mailto:JosCommandos%40yahoogroups.com Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2012 08:05:32 To: <mailto:JosCommandos%40yahoogroups.com> Reply-To: mailto:JosCommandos%40yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Jos Commandos] UPDATE ON MEKA '96 SET - KIDNEY TRANSPLANT Dear Taju, What is happening, you guys are keeping us in suspense Regards John "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God" Eph 2:8 --- On Sun, 21/10/12, Taju Yahaya <mailto:falstaj%40yahoo.com> wrote: From: Taju Yahaya <mailto:falstaj%40yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Jos Commandos] UPDATE ON MEKA '96 SET - KIDNEY TRANSPLANT To: "mailto:JosCommandos%40yahoogroups.com"; <mailto:JosCommandos%40yahoogroups.com> Date: Sunday, 21 October, 2012, 16:45 Hello Daniel, quite sometime. We have conflicting info about him right now. we were told in his office that he was taken to Lagos and i just got another info that he has been flown to Dubai. we have not been able to make contact with him since the incident but we are trying to do that. from what we gathered when some of our members visited his office, the accident had an inpact on his neck. the details we have is still sketchy. Everybody will be kept up to speed as soon as we have details. Tajudeen Yahaya From: Daniel Opolo <mailto:dan_opolo%40yahoo.com> To: "mailto:JosCommandos%40yahoogroups.com"; <mailto:JosCommandos%40yahoogroups.com> Cc: 'Cojosa Abuja' <mailto:cojosaabuja%40yahoo.com>; 'Command Jos' <mailto:cssjos88class%40yahoogroups.com>; "mailto:olamifab%40gmail.com"; <mailto:olamifab%40gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2012 10:08 AM Subject: Re: [Jos Commandos] UPDATE ON MEKA '96 SET - KIDNEY TRANSPLANT Hello everyone and trust you're all having a good sunday Can someone with contacts for Ikenna Mbanefo oblige me with his details? Do the PH team know his status now? Many thanks already . . . Cheers Daniel. From: Barka Saleh <mailto:Bbsaleh%40yahoo.com> To: mailto:JosCommandos%40yahoogroups.com Cc: 'Cojosa Abuja' <mailto:cojosaabuja%40yahoo.com>; 'Command Jos' <mailto:cssjos88class%40yahoogroups.com>; mailto:olamifab%40gmail.com Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2012 6:32 AM Subject: [Jos Commandos] UPDATE ON MEKA '96 SET - KIDNEY TRANSPLANT Great Commandos, Really shocking when I saw on television an appeal to the PUBLIC on the need to help MEKA! Anyone remember "Babatunde Dosumu CSSJ 1995 Set" ? He also had a kidney transplant in India and we were able to support him! I just spoke to him now and he is bubbling with life and happy and grateful! The Silverbird News Reports that MEKA requires N10M to do this surgery! MEKA is our member (Set 1996) and is in need and surely we can do something help the situation. All support can be made to the account as detailed below Account Name: Command Secondary School Jos Alumni Association - Class of 96 First Bank of Nigeria A/C No: 20 1893 4821 Attached is a file that shows what was done for Dosumu. We can still do same for MEKA We all need to act now. God Bless us as we throw a life line to a brother in need LIFE. Regards. Saleh Barka Flying Horse House 1986 From: mailto:JosCommandos%40yahoogroups.com [mailto:mailto:JosCommandos%40yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of tony denor Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 4:38 PM To: command secondary; commandsecondary Cc: Cojosa Abuja; Command Jos Subject: [Jos Commandos] UPDATE ON MEKA '96 SET - KIDNEY TRANSPLANT Dear Commandos, Sequel to my early mail on the above subject on behalf of COJOSA Abj Br. l wish to bring to your notice an additional acct which may be more accessible to some of us note that the other acct is still on. Donations canbe made to: COMMAND SEC.SCH. JOS ALUMNI ASSO CLASS OF '96 FIRST BANK OF NIG. A/C NO: 2018934821. Thanks & God bless. Tony Akhidenor '88 President, COJOSA Abj. Branch Great Commandos, We write to say a big thank you to everyone that has made contribution toward the support of our dear brother. This is inclusive of those that have also made direct deposit to his account. Please find attached is the following documents for your reference and record: 1. List of all contributors from UK & Nigeria 2. Deposit slip made to Babatunde Dosumu's account today (First Bank Account details will be published tomorrow) Summary of amount sent to him is as stated below Cojosa Nigeria (Naira) 210,000.00 Cojosa Uk-Irl $1,683.23 Approximate support in Naira 479,317.02 Other collections that just came in are as follows: 1. UK-Irl 50(pounds) 2. Nig N2,000.00 (Deposit in my GTbank Account) The collections for Dosumu officially closes today. For all those who wish to provide more assistance/support can make their contribution directly to his personal account with details below: Nama: Dosumu Babatunde Olanrewaju Bank: FCMB Account Number: 0308363040 Please do not make any deposit to my personal GTbank account anymore. He departs tomorrow (Friday) night for India and he needs our continuous prayers. Long live Cojosa and may God bless us all as we continue to show and demonstrate love to one another. Regards. Saleh Barka Flying Horse House 1986 From: mailto:FirstBank%40firstbanknigeria.com [mailto:mailto:FirstBank%40firstbanknigeria.com] Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2011 3:47 PM To: mailto:bbsaleh%40yahoo.com Subject: FirstBank Alert On Your Account Hello COMMAND SECONDARY SCHOOL JOS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION (CLASS OF 1995), This is a transaction notification on your account. TRANSACTION DETAILS Account Number: 2018934773 Amount: N20,000.00 CR Transaction Narrative: CASH DEPOSIT:TAIWO MUNIRU/6097816 Transaction Date: 24-Nov-11 15:33 PM Cleared Balance: N213,000.00 CR Uncleared Balance: N0.00 CR Thank you for banking with FirstBank This is an auto-generated mail. Please do not reply. For enquiries on FirstBank products and services, please call 0700FIRSTCONTACT (0700-34778-2668228), 01-4485500, 0708-062-5000 or email: mailto:FirstContact%40firstbanknigeria.com Reply via web post Reply to sender Reply to group Start a New Topic Messages in this topic (7) ------------------------------------ >>----------- Jos Commandos Discussion List -----------------<< >> Visit these Jos Commando websites: ------ << >> To join click: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JosCommandos/ Or send an email to mailto:[email protected] << >> To leave: send an email to: mailto:[email protected] >> << Yahoo! Groups Links
