ODE_ 'THE WORLD GLADDENED BY JIGABA.' BY EM EM.

I've read in books,

how a fleshy god robed 

in burning coal color

emits hell from his mouth.

Howbeit, at Arts; I met an earth skin god

with a heart of significant gold,

like thunder he strikes lightning

of marbling ingenuities and irresistible creativities - 

Oh this Sango of LASU!

"eesu, spare my kin and I 

from taboos and evils 

that boozes and oozes from within",

I have chanted his unimaginable panegyrics, 

he has shielded me from drunk tricks,

that outlives one during 8 lives,

one is sure, he is not an evil god,

he only detests vices.

Aje olokun a soro d'ayo.

Hallowed Think thy Crew !

'A body' who blesses every seedlings

with drops and excesses 

from denizens of its abode - Sea.

May you not cease to spread thy waves across lands, 

widening the coast of their lips with happiness,

not only are you an advocate of unity,

you are too an embodiment of humanity.

Drum of wars many a time has been beaten,

divine is he with swordsmanship,

heavenly is he with courage to sail warship,

moja mosa la fin mo akinkanju loju ogun,

a true warlord is the one who knows when to retreat from,

and when to intensify the war...

Jigaba Akogun!  You’ve been and truly still continue,

to stone your sword for the cause of activism.

Dear Olanrewaju Habeeb Jigaba,

the god I am proud to share a name with – Abiodun,

if I had read about you from lips of LASUITES,

how then would I have been honored to honor you,

with these lanky verses and lines?

I hope they serve as propitiations to appease the god

Orisons asking for divine guidance,

in every of your steps in the new world,

you are but the true definition of who you are.

EM EM.

The bard deeply praises a man who makes so much impact in the Department of Religious and Peace Studies in Lagos State University, the University and human life at large.