 Family and friends have gathered to pay their last respects to one of dangerous producers, director and artist Vincent de Juma-Lewis, who was late to rest. The event, which was held in Lagos, had popular filmmaker Tunde Kelani, a representative of Lagos state government, among others in attendance. A correspondent Paul Judge was there. At a landing state in Lagos, family, friends, guests arrived to see the quintessential Vincent de Juma-Lewis' cuffs for the last time. Tears cascaded down on the faces of some, while others were there to comfort them. From there, his remains were moved to Holy Cross Cathedral at Catholic Mission Street, Lagos Island. At the church, the officiating minister, very reverend, Massinio Bernard Okodua, offers prayers for the deceased, as the congregation joins the choir to sing hymns. You give life to all things, and make them holy. And you never cease to gather people to yourselves, so that from the rising of the sun to each setting, a pure sacrifice may be offered to your name. Popular Nigerian filmmaker Tunde Kelani shares his experience working with the late de Juma-Lewis. I happened to have worked with him in NTA, where he played the pioneering role of the village headmaster, Ologa, and he carried it on stage and off stage. He was Kabyasi Aideposipo, in mainframe productions at Gugu'iwa. He comes with a lot of humility. He was famous, but didn't carry it. Kelani says the late icon's contribution to the entertainment industry will not be forgotten in a hurry. The first daughter of the deceased, Adiola Folabi, says one thing no one could take away from his father was that he was apologetic whenever he was wrong. She wished him eternal rest. What I remember the most is his voice. He had a wonderful voice, and he sang a lot, and then he taught us how to sing well. He sang a lot. He was very thoughtful, very thoughtful, and very forgiving. He can say sorry when he hurts, and I find that hard with the way we grew up. Most parents don't know how to say sorry, but my daddy will tell you he's sorry when he's sorry. He has to be with the Lord. He has no choice. Motributes poured in for Dejuma-Lewis as a son-in-law. Chukuma Osakwe recounted the moment he sought the hands of the suspect's daughter's hands in marriage. He describes him as a detribalized Nigerian. The wife of Osakwe, Adiola corroborated her husband's view, hoping to see her father's wish for Nigeria come true. I saw the sight that the rest of the world didn't see because I met a very playful man. When I arrived, he said that he'd always known and prayed that one of his children, especially the male, should marry an Igbo person, but that this is his daughter now bringing an Igbo man so that he's happy that his family is around. He wanted intertribal marriages. There's so many of them, but they always ended with hugs and kisses. So for me, those are the things I'll miss the very most. So I'm wishing him good rest. And I'm trusting that his desires for us will come to be, right? And also that his desire for this nation as regards cultural unity is something that would really, really come to be in the not-so-distant future. Vincent Dejuma-Lewis, an accomplished TV producer and director, played the role of Kabyesi in Nigeria's longest-running soap opera, Village Edmaster, which aired on the Nigerian television authority, NTA. He was one-time lecturer at the NTA College, JOS Plattus State, and manager of programs at NTA Ibadan until his retirement in 1999. The late TV star was born on the 28th of July, 1943 and passed on the 22nd of December, 2023, at the age of 80. Paul George, Plus TV News.