Ex ACCESS BANK CORPORATE AFFAIRS MANAGER AUSTIN EDOJA- PETERS DIES ...

It was with great shock that many people received the
awful news of the death of ex- Access Bank Corporate
Affairs Manager Austin Edoja Peters who surrendered to
the more powerful force of death.
The ever cheerful lad was said to have died after an
unsuccessful battle with Ulcer.
Ever since Austin died at an Abuja hospital, tributes have
been trooping in because of the way he related with
people while alive.
One of his closest friends Segun Fafore who also worked
with him at Access Bank wrote a touching tribute to
Austin on facebook ; it is reproduced below
Augustine Onaiwu Edoja-Peters … just that certainty of
'the undesirable' is divine
"Austin, announcement of your death was the very last
thing I expected to hear about you. This came to me as a
rude shock! I never imagined that you would quit this
battlefield called Life just about this time.
But Austin, you really prepared for this battle?
You struggled to surpass yourself even when your
background posed enough barrier to the extent you
could go. With sheer courage and naked determination,
you suppressed those impediments to create a beautiful
path for yourself, and redirected the destiny of those
who are related to you.
Through dedication, hard work and focus, you gradually
began to lead your siblings to accomplishments and
became for them, the harbinger of hope every family
would desire. Fair of failure created in you an irritating
level of intolerance which can only be untangled by
those who are familiar with your story and aspirations.
I stand, watching you lead the path, in glowing energy,
bearing a flame of hope that would eventually succumb
to the cyclone of life. For your refreshing perspectives
and unusual empathy, friends and associates will miss
you.
Reflectively, the UNTIMELINESS of your death signals the
certainty of settlement of human's liability to nature.
This 'undesirable' obligation would be fulfilled by
everyone man, woman …and everyone eventually.
Sadly, this reality is inevitable because it is DIVINE.
Otherwise, Austin with the richness of life in him would
not have succumbed.
Austin was that guy next door who shared our drinks
and cracked jokes with everyone last night. Imagine him
on the same pew with you with a copy of newspaper in
his hands, heartily discussing Nigerian politics in his
typical manner.
Yes, he was that close.
Isn't that true, Titilope Olubiyi? Dayo Ogunwomoju? Aiki
Odiawa? Adeboye Oyegunle? Adebola Adeyinka? Toyin
Henry-Ajayi? Abidemi Omoladun? Seun Adesida? Bolanle
Victor-Laniyan? Buwa Sagay? Silas Obot? Ajibade
Adewale? Busola Osilaja? Femi Adeleke? Ezekiel Jonah?
Temitope Oshunkeye? Cima Sholotan? Chukwuemeka
Ezeh? Iyke?
Austin, I know you loved your twins very dearly, and
deeply too. Oghenekaro and Oghenekome were enough
reasons for you to live. Your love for your youthful wife,
Awele and the value you placed on your ties with your
siblings and other family members could have deafened
your ears to the great call
But clearly, THE CERTAINTY OF 'THE UNDESIRABLE' IS
INEVITABLE BECAUSE OF ITS DIVINE ASSENT.
We love you really dearly and pray that your kind soul
will find peace in the Lord. Our supplications to Him
who has decided that your journey ends here is that He
should show abundant mercy and kindness on your
household and family by raising for them a greater
beacon of hope who will assuage the pain of your exit.
Augustine Onaiwu Edoja-Peters, goodnight"