Dear 04s,
On a sad note and deep sense of loss, we regret the passing away of Professor Anthony Chukwurah Oye. This occurred on Friday July 12, 2013 at around 6.45am.
Dear Sir, you were a true icon, an epitome of who a teacher should be. When the news was first announced, someone said "there goes true jurisprudence". We would miss you truly and are consoled with the fact that you were an achiever and you indeed imparted deep knowledge .
Rest on sir, till we meet to part no more.
Please you guys drop your eulogies, we would print them out and send to his family, this is the very least we can do. GOD bless us as we do so. Amen
Prof was a model n a monument a teacher of teachers a rare gem that will be greatly miss by all in the legal profession n beyond. Rest with d Lord prof! Isaac gabriel!!
ReplyDeleteProf was a father and a great mentor, I feel sad for those who would have the opportunity to hqve met him. However I thank God for his life and I'm sending my heartfelt wishes to his family at this time. May his dear soul rest in peace. Tobe
ReplyDeleteProf was a father and a great mentor, I feel sad for those who wouldn't have the opportunity to meet him. However I thank God for his life and I'm sending my heartfelt wishes to his family at this time. May his dear soul rest in peace. Tobe
ReplyDeleteHe was a great father. We love but God loves you more. Rest in perfect peace.
ReplyDeleteOne thing i'll remember Prof for was his passion seeing his students develop and not settle for mediocrity. thanx a lot sir. Leo
ReplyDeleteIn 400L, you taught us maritime law, shocking revealations you etched like 'Bakassi Pennisular does not belong to Nigeria'..Ezeokwu! We wondered..
ReplyDeleteI lost my only sister in 2007, while i thought i was recovering from that loss, my elder brother passed on in November 2009. Some say loosing family makes you find more it is in live: for me, life took a different turn especially as i had a one week deadline to beat..at this time, i was yet to put pen on paper for my project..i approached my supervisor on friday afternoon; Prof Anthony Oye Chukwurah who not only felt my pain but gave me books that will aid me in my thesis: 'Boundary Disputes: Pre-cursor to Global Terrorism' on sunday, i prepared chapter one and the Prof went through it and approved same on monday, that night, i prepared chapter two and on tuesday my Prof read and approved it. We carried on this marathon till friday when my five chapter project was ready for binding..in one week, a miracle supervisor had a masterpiece ready for we did in one week a one month inpossibility..i great you..my father, great friend, teacher and mentor! From Prince M. O. C. Afrikah Eniola Esq.
Thats touching!!! God is your strength bro
DeleteProf. Taught us what functional jurisprudence is. His creation of this school of thought gave us a better understanding and appreciation of the jurisprudence of the Nigerian peoples. He taught us to read the pages of daily news papers to understand the school of thought and advised us to take time off our regular schedule to explore other states in other to appreciate their culture. This he believed will bring about lasting peace in the nation. I am glad to have received the baptism of your knowledge. I sympathize with your family and pray GOD consoles them. Amen. Rest in peace sir.
ReplyDeleteProf. Taught us what functional jurisprudence is. His creation of this school of thought gave us a better understanding and appreciation of the jurisprudence of the Nigerian peoples. He taught us to read the pages of daily news papers to understand the school of thought and advised us to take time off our regular schedule to explore other states in other to appreciate their culture. This he believed will bring about lasting peace in the nation. I am glad to have received the baptism of your knowledge.I sympathize with your family and I pray GOD consoles them. Amen. Rest in peace sir. Amaka Agbo-Anike
ReplyDeleteour father prof taught us all how to reason intelligently...for those who could think like him learnt new ways to fashion their reasoning, and add a name to reasoning of issues we see in our day to day life. personally he taught me to keep pages of newspaper or cut important pages and have a file of all,for future use and reference, i believe most 04 still do that to date.most of us that argue @ newspaper stands learnt from prof to reason and argue convincingly. sad enough we've lost a whole wealth of knowledge, but sufficiently consoled that he died a fulfilled man. thank you prof till we meet again. Rest in peace Sir
ReplyDeleteIf there was one thing I disliked the most was reading the papers, then came maritime law and I fell in love with the papers. It was because of you prof Oye Chukwurah I knew the boundaries of Nigeria, I fell in love with the history, the marks, the resources, the magnitude of what Nigeria is yet it waste in the hands of those who do not appreciate it. In my fifth year, you thought us jurisprudence once again, I was drawn to what we can achieve in Nigeria if we put our hearts to it. You would be greatly missed. May you rest in the boosom of the Lord our one time supper lecturer. I would not be wrong when I say, that as a class, we found our jurisprudence and that is what keeps us together after years of living the school. Thank you sir. Silifa
ReplyDeleteAdieu Prof. Oye Chukwurah we the 04 set will surely miss you. You made me to love Jurisprudence. Eby
ReplyDeleteDear Prof, I feel so blessed to have been your student, a rare previledge! What was there not to like?
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed your lectures, and loved your method of imparting knowledge..it helped me learn to think outside the box. Thank you for your patience and the freedom you handed me to learn. When I heard the news all I could see was you standing dignifyingly before us as you showcased knowledge...I remember that it was you who first broke the news to us that we were to go to lawschool with the first ever April set, amidst our shouts of joy you just laughed and rejoice with us...this I remember too well, its etched deep in my mind.
University of Abuja, Law faculty and NBA itself has lost a rare gem...but am consoled, you lived a good life. You were an achiever.
Professor Chukwurah Anthony Oye, I pray you rest with GOD. Amen.
What more can we do than to thank God for a life well spent. You were a father figure to us all, how can we forget the fatherly way you broke the good news of Law school to us? It was a wonderful and memorable moment that will continue to linger in our memories. Your impact in our lives is immeasurable and our lives are the better for it. Indeed you came, you saw and you conquered. Adieu our dearess Prof.
ReplyDelete@africa eniola... dayum! thats touching tho
ReplyDeleteIt is on the loose again...death has of yet stubbornly refused to let our hearts be, thum thum, thum thum the heart plays a rending song to a grieving world, a song too familiar to the weeping passage of a departed father and a great scholar...my mind shivers as it walks down the maze of memory and it took me down the very hall of (NLT) and I heard once again the immortal voice of Professor Anthony Chukwurah whispered from the podium, so loud in my ears saying "as students of functional jurisprudence you need the map of the world in your memory" I drowned in the dark pool of sorrow...not for his passing because I know he is now in a better place...I cry because his passing is a colossal loss to his family... Who lost a father in him, for the faculty, losing an icon in him and for us, losing a mentor about him, but most of all for those students now in the faculty who are robbed of the opportunity to listen to him do what he did best. May your soul rest in peace. We love you, we'll miss you...and you will always be in the airtel of our heartbeats, you taught us well. Adious our father
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Dear Prof, if only you could live forever, well, i just remembered you would- i am a product of ur hardwork and Nigeria will also benefit from what i am today because of all i learnt from you which helped to make me successful. You are forever young in my heart Sir, Adieu to my Best lecturer, Indeed a Rare ICON. S. Z. KYARI
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