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Saturday 5 September 2015

Photo of one of the victims of the trailer accident in Ojuelegba

Pictured above is 48 year old Abubakar Sulaiman, a married man of 5 children who was killed after a trailer and it's container fell from Ojuelegba bridge on Wednesday September 2nd. Abubakar who is into bureau de change business at the local wing of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, was out with two of his colleagues, Kamilu and Umar when the trailer fell and landed on the SUV they were driving in. They all died instantly. Abubakar's wife of 15 years, Zainab who spoke to Punch narrated how she got the news of her husband's death..
 
"I started having a strange feeling from afternoon of that day after calling his mobile phone several times without a response from him,” Abubakar’s wife, Zainab, told our correspondent in their Agege Lagos home on Friday. “I became restless; my thoughts were on him all the time,” she continued. “So, I called one of his friends later that evening to find out if they were together. The friend told me that they were not together and that he had gone out with another of his friends. By the time I called that one too he was not picking so I called one of my brother-in-laws to know if he had heard from my husband. Not satisfied, I started calling the number of his driver, Kamilu. Later a policeman picked the call and asked who I was, I told him and he said I should tell my husband to call the number and speak with them. I told him that my husband was with the driver I wanted to speak with and immediately they cut the call. When I called back they told me to tell an adult male in the family to call the number so they could speak. By the time the news was eventually broken to me, I fainted. I don’t know how I survived those moments. Three days without Abubakar has left the once happy home in a shadow of its old self. He promised to have us celebrate our 16-year wedding anniversary on October 24. We were both looking forward to that special day. But death has ended that dream. The children cry every night, asking after their father. Words cannot tell the vacuum we feel in our hearts. Life can never be the same without him,” she said
Brother of the deceased, Usman, says the family is saddened by Abubakar's death because they are still mourning the death of the last born of their family who died last year in a road accident when this one now happened.
"I was out of the house for most part of the day and didn’t return home until night that Wednesday,” he began. “While I was in bathroom, calls kept coming on my phones; I thought they were business calls which I could pick later because I was very tired at that point. But after praying, I decided to check my phone and later called one of my relatives who immediately asked if I had heard what happened. The person said my brother was involved in an accident. By the time we rushed down to Ojuelegba, another person called us that we shouldn’t go to the Surulere police station where the matter was being handled but that we should to the Mainland Hospital in Yaba. On getting there, they took us straight to their mortuary, that was when we actually knew that they were dead. There was no way I could relay such message to our mother. We had to keep the news away from his wife and our mother because the two of them are hypertensive; such news would break them down. The news was broken to them the next morning. We had to call our elderly Hausa women to break the news to them and stay with them. Our mother cried uncontrollably at the news because Mukthar’s death, our last born, is still fresh in our minds. The three of them in the vehicle at the time of the accident, were heading back home from Apapa where they had gone to transact a business. One of them, Kamilu, used to live here at the family house before getting an apartment of his own recently. He had four children while Umar, the third person in the car with them, has eight children. We are all related,” he said.
Source/photo credit: Punch

52 comments:

Unknown said...

Rest in peace ABUBAKAR...so sad

STERN said...

So sad. Rest in peace

NaijaDeltaBabe said...

May deir souls RIP

Eze said...

I actually shed years reading this......imagine the number of children they left fatherless, we can't question God sha, but two of one of em for survive

Eze said...

I actually shed years reading this......imagine the number of children they left fatherless, we can't question God sha, but two of one of em for survive

Unknown said...

Chai!!!
My God!!!
This a bad news...May God give them the heart to bear this loss.
"Owuike is not my portion"

In peace may his soul rest.

knowurway.com said...

Eyah! May their souls rest in peace.

Unknown said...

Chai!!!
My God!!!
This a bad news...May God give them the heart to bear this loss.
"Owuike is not my portion"

In peace may his soul rest.

Unknown said...

So sad may his soul R.I.P

Unknown said...

Painful exit, rip abubakar and ors.

Jasmine Joseph said...

So sad RIp

Jasmine Joseph said...

So sad RIp

Cute G said...

Oh so sad!! The sting of death is sharp and painful. It comes unannounced. May God continue to console them.

Unknown said...

innalillahiwainailaihin rajiuna,i kno him we live in d same area at agege

may his soul rest in perfect peace....amin summa amin

Unknown said...

RIP

Unknown said...

So sad.. I pity d woman sha... may God help n console her n d children

Unknown said...

Eeeeeeeeeyah! May his soul rest in peace. Linda take note!

Unknown said...

Eeeeeeeeeyah! May his soul rest in peace. Linda take note!

Unknown said...

Eeeeeeeeeyah! May his soul rest in peace. Linda take note!

Unknown said...

Eeeeeeeeeyah! May his soul rest in peace. Linda take note!

Debbie Chelsea said...

Eya....so sad

Unknown said...

So sad..God grant them d heart to bear the lost

Apple Berry said...

It's a pity. May God give her the fortitude to bear the loss. RIP

Unknown said...

RIP!

Anonymous said...

Father please console and help the wives ,children and loved onces affected . AMEN

Unknown said...

Aww rip to the dead

Adeoluabiodun8 said...

Rip

Unknown said...

This is very sad. Rest in peace to the men.....













#TeamBlessed#

Walata said...

It is so bad that govt can't do anyfin about dis recent container n truck accident all over the country, Rest in peace abubakar.

flaky said...

What a loss! May their soul rest in peace.

Unknown said...

Oohh death! RIP!

Aunty linda biko

#sept7 birthday boi

Anonymous said...

TAKE HEART PLS AND MAY HIS SOUL R.I.P. LINDA PLS WATCH YOUR ENGLISH. WHICH ONE IS A MARRIED MAN OF 5 CHILREN?

yourstrulyblogposts.blogspot.com said...

RIP - this is so so sad

Anonymous said...

Instead of fashola dumb thieving ass to develop Lagos he was busy stealing


Change my ass

jj said...

IT IS NOT GOD THAT KILLED THIS MAN!! IT IS THE OWNER OF THE TRAILER COMPANY WHO IS USING FAULTY VEHICLES TO TRANSPORT HIS GOODS AND IS MAKING MILLIONS. IT IS THE INEFFICIENT LASTMA OFFICIALS WHO SAW THE DEATH ON WHEELS THAT IS THE TRAILER AND TURNED A BLIND EYE

IT IS THE NIGERIAN LEADERS WHO HAVE LOOTED
US DRY AND KILLED THE NATIONAL RAIL SYSTEM
WHY SHOULD CEMENT BE TRANSPORTED ON THE ROAD VIA TRAILER????

THIS FAMILY NEEDS TO BE COMPENSATED. FIND THE COMPANY THAT OWNS THAT TRAILER AND SUEEE!!! SUE FOR THE FUTURE OF THOSE FIVE CHILDREN SO THEY CAN GO TO SCHOOL AND EAT.

IGNORANT NIGERIANS IT IS NOT GOD KILLING YOU. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST RELIGIOUS COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD WHY WOULD THE GOD YOU SERVE BE KILLING YOU? OPEN YOUR EYES!! MISERY WILL NOT STOP IN THIS LAND UNTIL YOU STOP IT!

Unknown said...

chaaaii!! eewwwoo. its very sad

Anonymous said...

Rip

Unknown said...

RIP. It's really painful

Unknown said...

Umar was such a nice brother. I saw him some weeks back and we even had a little chat but little did I know that he would be leaving earth. May ur soul and that of the other brother rest in perfect peace. #May your sins be forgiven and may you guys be granted Al Jannah. My eyes are wet for you Umar. It's so sad! Hmmmmmmm! This life though. I'll miss you brother. R.I.P. Jubril Loves you!

ary said...

Pity!! Such unnecessary loss

Unknown said...

Real tragedy 4 d family, RIP 2 dem n may God console n grant d families d fortitude 2 bear d loss

Anonymous said...

17 children left fatherless. If the eldest person in the vehicle was about 55 and the youngest, 30, then how old were the children that were left behind????????????? Hope all 3 mothers are fit to take care of the children. Disheartened

prettymojies said...

Rip to the dead. It's so sad

Anonymous said...

Crying. May their souls RIP.

Anonymous said...

They went to conduct aa transaction? Hmmmmmn. 9ja police would have stolen all the foreign currency found in that car I'm sure. RIP to the dead.

Unknown said...

How many times will container fall on this same spot before something serious will be done about it. We just dont value life that is why off-road trailers still use our roads......this very tragedy is so unnecessary. RIP

Unknown said...

It's only few people understand this fact. Many of us have been brainwashed into believing that our rights are privileged. We always blame the spiritual beings for our irresponsibility.

Unknown said...

So sad! May God rest their souls....

Unknown said...

So sad, may their souls rest in peace.

Unknown said...

This is so so sad

Racheal.reks said...

May Almighty Allah console you all.May they all Rest in Peace.

Sue Them said...

The owner of the trailer should be sued, the driver of the trailer should be sued, the company that hired the trailer should be sued and Lagos State should also be sued for failing to enforce the laws which are supposed to protect its citizens. Lagos State especially for negligence.

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