ajademola2000:
The first name is Taiwo Majekodunmi not Tiwo. He was my family, we were together in Mafoluku that same morning the incident happened but I left before it all started. Rest in peace Taiwo Majekodunmi and my niece pelumi Majekodunmi

teelaw4life:


May their Souls rest in perfect peace.

walexy1:
I sion started, everyone ran outside the house to the balcony to observe what was happening, some ps.

k ck of the explosion and were bent outwards, louvers went breaking, falling out of windows, people running out of their homes. A particular man was actually taking his bath when the next

We ran from Maryland through Mende, through a swampy area, God saved us too, cos we almost drowned if not for a military man that helped us climb on a rickety bridge floating over the swamp. Just as people ran into the Oke Afa swamp thinking it was land, many ran into this swamp too, but God had mercy on us (myself and my mum), we would have drowned too. On the other side of the almost dilapidated wooden bridge, we continued our "Isreali" journey, running without shoes to Alapere where my mum's Aunt stays. Even @ Alapere, people were still running, but we couldn't anymore cos we had no strength left in us after the whole experience.

I can't recount everything here, it was too much to see, but thank God for saving us. For everyone whose lives were lost, I say may they rest in peace.

January 27th, 2002, a day I will never forget.

Peace!!!!!!

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nefertitiram:
I remember that day... I was at a salon gossiping with friends when everything began to shake. We all began to run home but on getting home our people were running out. I remember taking cover inside on gutter. I lost my shoe

See pandemonium! We were all so scared. The glass windows of the houses were shaking vigorously.
We were all helpless... People abandoned their cars and ran. The safest place to be was on the streets.

We thought it was an earthquake, we must have died a thousand times that day, till we heard breaking news from one car's radio. That it was a bomb blast at the army cantonment...even though we lived in gbagada

For days they kept pulling out bodies of parents and kids who drowned in the canal.

15 years already... We must be getting really old

nefertitiram:


Your recount of events brought tears to my eyes

SirJeffry:
Can someone refresh my memory on what really happened then? Was it boko haram?

Tunenez:
I'd never forget that day, i was in my family residence in GRA Ikeja roughly 2KM from the cantonment. Every single window in our house shattered, many doors got jammed. It was crazy. The day after our compound was filled with ashes and debris. A day never to forget indeed.

HomeOfMe:
I remember that day chai! Very catastrophic day,i dont even know why govt didn't make it a memorial day like 9/11. I was at alausa when i heard the sounds,at first i thought it was earthquake as people were speeding and bashing their vehicles,i was terrified,i thought America has drop ballistic missile in Lagos. May the dead rest in peace.

ab11baddo:
OMG.... WAT A DAY I WON'T FORGET..... Still a kid in ikotun...... My whole house was trembling to its foundation.... I was scared.... My dad was in ikeja dat Day..... He said he didn't know how he survived it.... He just kept on running.... Dat day I know obasanjo isn't human..... He left there not quite long.... Even in an hurry.... People get jars FORGET... No one can take ur life when God has not deem it fit.

michaelobinna:
My secondary school was close to the armoury, was looking forward to going to school the next day being Monday, until around 5-6pm we started hearing the blast from as far as Mushin...

tutudesz:

which set? 2000/2006 set