AAAbdulrasheed Ajadi
Brother
UZOMA KELECHI ALEXANDER
July 23rd 1995 - September 12th 2026
Kelly, No be lie! Omor!!!
You’re a true Nigerian. Kelly speaks Hausa, Igbo, and most recently Yoruba fluently. He sings Yoruba songs like he is from Ibadan and Chinese songs like he is from Shanghai.
September 12th, 2026… Why!!!!
My brother, never in a million years would I have imagined I would be writing this. I am still finding it really hard to accept that I won’t see you again.
I remember the first day I met you, just like yesterday. I always tease you about what happened that day, but I am glad it did. It spiraled and led to the most amazing, beautiful friendship I have ever experienced.
You were not my friend, you were my blood, my brother, my soulmate. I will never forget you nor stop loving you.
There is no major thing I have done without your input, good, bad, or crazy, Kelly was 10 meters away from the scene, and vice versa. You turned my home into yours, my siblings into yours, my mum to yours, my dad to yours, my friends to yours. No one has ever had my back like you. I can’t count how many times you’ve defended me, saved my ass, looked out for me.
You are an amazing person. Your heart is so pure. You celebrate people’s success, you never hate, you are a problem solver. You always have a way of making everything better and brighter. You laugh so purely, and I can never get your laughter out of my head. You always show up for everyone around. When Kelly says “I’ll be there,” best believe he will be there. You love music so much. You treated everyone the same.
Where do I start? I miss you so much. I miss all our shenanigans, I miss seeing your posts, when you see food and then post “recovery.” I miss our favorite scene in Fast and Furious, we acted it so perfectly and so funny. I miss your sarcasm, just the other day I asked if the movie you were watching was interesting, you said, “No oh, but shey you know I love boring movies.” lol I miss the numerous gists you always bring for me, I miss us throwing bants about who’s the GOAT of football, our one and only very major disagreement hehe... I miss you bringing new songs for me, all
Kind of Genre possible God!!!! I remember when I traveled one time and barbed a skin cut, only to wake up the next day to see my brother had done the same in solidarity, I miss how you teach me how to dance and tell me I’m hopeless after watching me do rubbish.
You always told me to record our memories. You fought me because I don’t take pictures and videos. How I wish I had more memories of you recorded. If only I had known, I would have recorded every second of our lives together.
I remember during Covid, you said it was the first time we were spending more than 3 months away from each other since we met, and now I won’t see you again forever, hmmm🥹 I know the past few months I’ve been away a lot, but this is not the future we planned, bro. My heart is broken. Just recently you were telling me to do quick so you can fulfill your best man duties and I was teasing you to go first. All our plans, our vision, your traveling dreams, all gone.
These past weeks have been really hard without you. I still feel like calling your phone, maybe you might magically pick up. I still want to call you when I hear something exciting. Is this my reality now? Your phone will stop ringing, your spot in the living room will be empty? You will be a memory?
I can’t question God, but this pain really cuts too deep. It’s a pain I have never felt before. Funny how I hear people die and I just say RIP, never knowing the depth of pain their loved ones are experiencing. Grief is what I don’t wish on my worst enemy. I’ve learnt how really fragile this life is. You had plans for the week, the month, the year. No one is special. This could have been anyone.
But I take solace in the fact that you lived. You met people and you showed the world how amazing you are. Reading what people have written about you and how you’ve impacted so many lives, I am glad a lot of people saw you for the amazing human you are. You lived a good life, even though unfortunately short.
I learnt from your life how to love and show up for people around us, how to always check up on people, you literally speak to everyone everyday and I always wonder how you do it.
I will miss you every day of my life. This pain will not disappear, but I will learn to live with it.
Kelly my bro, thank you so much for coming into my life. Thank you for every laughter, tears, conversations, fights. Thank you for trusting and believing in me. Thank you for being my friend and brother. I will hold our memories tight. It remains one of the greatest gifts of my life.
You may no longer be with us physically... but you will always be with me.
Some lives are short in years, but endless in love and yours, Kelly, will echo forever.
Till we meet again, my brother! Love you till eternity 🤍🤍
God bless your soul 🕊️🕊️🤍
Your brother,
Ajadi Olaitan Abdulrasheed
14 days ago
This has got to be the most difficult thing I have had to do this year. Typing this feels unreal. Met you only twice when you visited my school in Asaba and boom, I just knew you were a great guy. Your infectious personality instantly endeared you to my students, they would ask from time to time about "Mr. Alex from Nile university".
Painfully, a parent had just called me today 30th Sept, 2026 to make inquiries about your university and then I put a call across to your line and it was unavailable, then I left you an audio message feeling just maybe you are on the road again, like I called you- "The road man", only for a colleague of yours to inform you had passed, I froze, I am still shaken, how can someone with so much life be gone like that??? A true football lover, you would occasionally drop off messages from time to time each time man utd had a bad game. This is tough, keep resting "The road man"... You were a great guy.
From all of us at Glorious kids college, Asaba we send all our love and kind thoughts to your family and close friends.
17 days ago
Your watch has ended, my friend.
I met you in 2018, fresh from NYSC, on that winding road of Nile University that punishes anyone without a car. I did not know you. I gave you a lift.
We went quiet for years. You were on some mad grind and focus building yourself.
Early this year, I am doing Uber rides to get by, I pick up a passenger and it is you. On the same Nile road but same gesture. Another LYFT given.
A couple months after that second ride, I start a new job. I ask you for help with notes. You being an admin staff at that university, you went out of your way to look for students in 3rd year engineering to find me what I needed, to be able to help me with material for my course. I just hoped you could find a student to get them for me. You did not complain once. You found them, so I could teach.
Two lifts, years apart. That is how I will remember you. The friend that the ROAD kept bringing back.
Thank you, Kelly. Rest well.
21 days ago
Kellx
Oh you were such a light! You were my friend! My guy! Remembering how you would always say “till the wheels fall off my guy” I can’t believe the wheels actually fell!
I had known you for 16 good years and nothing about you changed !
I regret all the hangs I cancelled and postponed! It is well!
We will carry the light from here!
Rest well my friend ! 🕊️🕊️
21 days ago
It honestly feels surreal that you’re no more. 💔
I’ll choose to remember you as the truly gentle, handsome and lively young man you were. full of love, warmth and life.
You were one of the people who genuinely supported my Tigernut business. You loved it so much and would sometimes pick up from my house on your way to work. Even when I wasn’t home, you would still go to my house and pick up from my mum. Those little acts of support may have seemed ordinary at the time, but they meant so much to me, and I will never forget them.
It’s incredibly sad to hear that you’re no longer here, but I’m grateful that I knew you. Grateful for the memories, your kindness, your support and the beautiful person you were. You were truly a fine young man, and you will be remembered.
God gives life and He alone knows the number of our days. His ways are perfect, even when we don’t understand them.
May your soul rest with God, and may He grant your family, friends and everyone who loved you the strength and fortitude to bear this painful loss.
You will never be forgotten. 🕊️🤍
23 days ago
Kelly 🕊️
Finding the words to write this tribute for you has been so hard. It’s painful, and honestly, it still feels so unreal that I’m even writing this about you. 💔🕊️
Some people come into our lives for a season, but somehow, the memories they leave behind stay with us forever. 💔🕊️
We met in 2020 at Rashida Ajadi’s wedding in Ilorin, and none of us knew that day would be the beginning of a friendship and a collection of memories we would one day hold so dearly. From that unplanned gathering, we became the BBN Ilorin Chapter 😂❤️. We gave ourselves names, joked with one another, and created a bond that, even though we didn’t talk every day, remained genuine.
And of course, you were our “Annoying Ozo’😂😂 The funny thing is, there was honestly nothing annoying about you. You were such a good person, and anyone who had the privilege of knowing you would say the same.
I remember our time to time conversations especially during the just concluded World Cup finals Argentina and Spain. ⚽️😂 We were chatting through all the tension of the game, following every moment until the sad end. And when it was over, you even consoled me. 🥺❤️ It was just one of our many random conversations then, but today, that memory means so much more to me. I wish I knew it would become one of the conversations I would hold so dearly.
That is the painful part about losing someone. You suddenly find yourself wishing you could have one more conversation, share one more laugh, or simply hear from them again. 💔
You were a great guy, and your absence has reminded us just how precious the people around us are. We may not have spoken every day, but you mattered. You were our friend, our Annoying Ozo, and a part of a chapter in our lives that we will never forget.
We miss you dearly. More than words can properly express. 🥺💔
Thank you for the memories, the laughter, the conversations, and simply for being you.
Rest peacefully, Kelly🕊️🤍
Forever remembered in our hearts❤️
27 days ago
Senior kelz, mmazi, first day I came to the house he complained the house was full I should've called before coming, we sort that and it took time to blend. Later realizing he's also from Nile University and we got to share experience talk and gist. I don't like people disturbing my rest cuz I no dey sleep those were his words, never like too much crowd in the house. Man u signed mbemo and the name sticked which he never liked. Supported the same team
But Kelly is said to be gone which is hard to believe, I watch as he entered to bath and come out to dress, we gist till he said I will be back only to receive call he had accident, hoping it was small and he'll still pick up I called his number but no response. The same person that broke the first news broke the second which was hard to bear. Fell on my back as tears rolled. They asked me what is next I just said we have to go, let's go to that wuse hospital, I can't bear to enter and see the face as I kept remembering all his promises. "your wedding is what will bring me to Kwara" "omo my girl go enjoy you die, you dey speak on phone with your girl, bro I no fit for that long" "architect I will like an apartment at apo" " you no rate thus your brother, see as you dey insult am, he said fake lawyer"...... His words will just keep popping up, all our casual jokes, where are they now? It's still hard to believe you're gone, we discussed all these, we talked about future, I thought, hmm it's still hard to bring words out_ Kelly, we thought you'll see me off as I move to new apartment after the marriage. I can't just bear to write everything out, God I remember telling you to pay for raincoat you touched cuz you have to wear since you've touched it.
"Guy I will be back" were your last word and I really hope it was true Kelly, oh God
Hmm rest on....
28 days ago
Seniorman Kells, we met in a very funny way hanging out and since that day, you have showed nothing but true friendship and what I can call a brother, always standing for what you believe in and it’s what have admired. We were just out few weeks ago when I was appreciating you having you as friend because you are too full of life, when when they see us together they be like kells will spoil your life oh lol 😂 and there we always laugh about everything and anything.
Words alone cannot describe how I feel about your demise because we there is no fun without seniorman kells. You will forever be in my heart my brother. I love you ❤️
28 days ago
The first day I met Kelly I told him he looked like praiz .he laughed but I was being serious and I told him to sing for me .i said you look like someone who will know how to sing and when he did it was over terrible🤦🏽♀️😁
We never stopped talking from that day
Kel hated cats so much but for me he endured them .he would say Omo this your cats are enjoying more than me oh I can’t lie .i would say don’t be jealous of animals nau
He was crazy for football and He was a die hard Man U fan but recently he told me he gave up on Man U but I doubt if he was joking or messing with me and it’s crazy that I will never get to know.Anytime Man U Won a match we would happily call to let me know that we won 😁
I used to make a playlist for just me and him
He loved my taste in music and always wanted a new playlist from me and even last week I shared a new playlist with him .i was even adding more songs telling myself oh Kelly will like this song only to here of his demise
I will never forget u Kel ,I will never forget your love and everything we have ever shared and talked about .You will live in my heart forever My Fine Boy💕💕💕
28 days ago
Rest well Alex🕊️🕊️🕊️
I never got the opportunity to meet u in person...but ur name kept coming up each time from my daughter, Judith...and her man..now her ex...Ur guy...Eseosa...
He couldn't make any sentences, references or statements, without ur name being mentioned. Oh, how he spoke ur name with so much pride, joy and grace... He believed so much in u, and he allowed it reflect in his statements to me each time we spoke. My daughter, never stopped speaking about ur kind gestures, despite being her friend, u had a way of brightening her day even when she was at her lowest. U gifted her one time, and I heard about it all the way in Lagos, for weeks...oh she was so happy, and I know that she will forever cherish those gifts and keep the memory of u alive in her heart. I didn't get to meet u personally, but the news of ur death has shaken me like no other had in a very long time. It felt like, I knew u in some way...
I remember how worried I was when the call came in early morning on Saturday about ur accident...who are we to question God...I know u're resting with the angels now...God be with u, till we meet again.
28 days ago
Alex, I am still in disbelief that you are gone. Why you, Alex? It just doesn’t feel fair.
You brought so much energy and life into every room. To think we were together that very night vibing and smiling makes this loss so difficult to comprehend. Before you stepped out, you came over to say goodbye, and we exchanged our usual pleasantries, completely unaware of what was to come.
Hearing the news just hours later broke my heart. My mind simply rejected it someone I was just laughing with couldn't be gone. Day in and day out, I keep returning to that last night. As heartbreaking as it is, I am so grateful that our final memories together were filled with pure joy.
I’ll deeply miss our inside joke at the end of every month, your bright smile, and your nickname for me. We laughed about it every single time.
You will forever hold a special place in my heart, Alex. I just wish that Saturday morning had turned out differently.
Rest in peace, my friend.
You will be deeply missed.
28 days ago
I am so happy I met you when I did . you are always smiling full of life a beautiful soul you know how to make me be myself around you even if when we have small misunderstanding, we always find a way to come back to each other and smile and act like nothing happened I love the way you dance and vibe ☺️
I did not know that when I saw you two weeks ago, it was going to be the last time I ever see you again
I am so sad I want to ask God why you . I tried to call you some time hoping that you pick and all I love you so much and I know you are in a better place with God ❤️❤️❤️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️
Rest in peace Kelechi
You will always be in my heart
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