Samuel Abolarin, who lost his wife and other family members in the blast, has opened up to PUNCH newspaper.
Unknown to many, the deceased mother of
one-month-old baby, who survived the bomb blast in the Kuje area of the
Federal Capital Territory, Ifeoluwa, had insisted that her baby must
wear pink clothes on her birthday scheduled for October 22.
one-month-old baby, who survived the bomb blast in the Kuje area of the
Federal Capital Territory, Ifeoluwa, had insisted that her baby must
wear pink clothes on her birthday scheduled for October 22.
Her Kwara State-born father, Samuel
Abolarin, stated this during an interview with our correspondent on
Monday, at the trauma centre of the National Hospital, Abuja.
Abolarin, stated this during an interview with our correspondent on
Monday, at the trauma centre of the National Hospital, Abuja.
“I lost my wife. I lost my mother-in-law
and I lost my brother-in-law. My sister-in-law is at the Emergency Unit
of this trauma centre”, he stated.
and I lost my brother-in-law. My sister-in-law is at the Emergency Unit
of this trauma centre”, he stated.
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Abolarin gave an insight into the incident and how it consumed his in-laws.
He said, “Our marriage is just a year
old. She gave me Ifeoluwa and protected her by sacrificing her own life.
I was at home on Airport Road when the incident occurred. On Wednesday,
my wife had come to meet me in my office in the Ministry of Finance
because I was supposed to submit an industrial training letter on her
behalf. She had just finished her National Diploma in Marketing from the
Federal Polytechnic, Nasarawa.
old. She gave me Ifeoluwa and protected her by sacrificing her own life.
I was at home on Airport Road when the incident occurred. On Wednesday,
my wife had come to meet me in my office in the Ministry of Finance
because I was supposed to submit an industrial training letter on her
behalf. She had just finished her National Diploma in Marketing from the
Federal Polytechnic, Nasarawa.
“She brought the letter on Wednesday and
decided to visit her parents since the next day was a public holiday in
commemoration of the nation’s 55 independence anniversary. She promised
to come back on Saturday. She left and went to her parents’ house in
Kuje. On Friday, as they were walking on the roadside, a bomb went off
killing my wife, her mother and her brother. My sister-in-law was
seriously wounded and, till now, she doesn’t know what happened.
decided to visit her parents since the next day was a public holiday in
commemoration of the nation’s 55 independence anniversary. She promised
to come back on Saturday. She left and went to her parents’ house in
Kuje. On Friday, as they were walking on the roadside, a bomb went off
killing my wife, her mother and her brother. My sister-in-law was
seriously wounded and, till now, she doesn’t know what happened.
“I never believed that something like
this was going to happen. We were busy preparing for my daughter’s
birthday that will be coming up on October 22. That was our plan and my
wife was telling me our daughter must put on pink clothes, without
which, there would be no birthday.
this was going to happen. We were busy preparing for my daughter’s
birthday that will be coming up on October 22. That was our plan and my
wife was telling me our daughter must put on pink clothes, without
which, there would be no birthday.
“I know that my God will still take us forward. He has started it, I never planned for this and God knows the best.”