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Death everywhere billions on security indeed.

Bukkyade: GEJ has the right to contest for a second term,if it was an open contest it would have been a different ball game,the occupier of the office in this case has not exhausted his right to contest for a second term,so talking about the taking up arms if they are not given the presidency,from a supposed' Elder Statesman' who's fully aware of the security situation in the North,to me smacks of Treason and it's capable of causing more unrest in that region of country.Elder statesmen should learn how to make public utterances because they have people who look up to them,the statement should be roundly condemned no matter who or where it's coming from.

nope, He said that just before the election suggesting that if Nigerians does not make GEJ win we are in trouble.

In all honesty I am not in support of this core-north vs south-south fracas.

I am not picking a side as that is pure tribalism and nothing else. The best thing for us right now is SNC. Let everyone go their own way.

@ OP

Just like Ojukwu just like Nnamdi that is why Shagari called him a political prostitute. Later you would see them shout up and down on Nairaland to little kids.

For those that know their onions know that south east politics is full of traitors and double speakers full of tribalism and all sort.

Bukkyade: I just knew it will only be ethnic bigots and myopic people like all harem,who will support that spent force called kaita,let hm come rob us or better still divide the country himself,if that's what he wants,FOOLS

If you actually think I support Lawal then you are wrong. I just hate the hypocrites on this site.

What is the difference in what he said and what Dokubo Asari said ?

I quote Asari "If our son is not the president, get ready for a civil war"

Which is worse ? Are you ready to fight a civil war ?

gerald28: If tinubu is serious, he should find a credible canditate from south-east or middle-belt, else all this rubbish will amount to what it is. It is the time for igbos or middle-belt to produce the next president of Nigeria, you guys should get that into your thick skulls. Obasanjo has done the turn of the yorubas and you all know it, you want another yoruba again. You people keep making the same mistake over and over again. what nonsense.

Is fashola a yoruba or a Nigerian ? Sentimental tribalism !

Igbo2011, I am proud of you. It is always a breath of fresh air when we see Nigerians support her indigenous companies. It might not be a great support but a journey of a thousand miles starts with a step

Innoson nice one,

We need SNC fast !!!

It is only ignorant people that would be against it.

@ Nku particularlly here is diamond bank, It is a known fact at least in the North and Western part of the country that if you are not Igbo, you can never ever get a job in Diamond bank.

Even the owner of the bank confirmed this when he said people perceive it as an Igbo bank. Why the hell would people do that if they have not be discriminated against because of their ethnicity.

@@@@@@ Samkoro nku and co, here is some of the tribalism percussions Yorubas get from Igbos on a daily bases but most of us just shun it.

THERE IS TRIBALISM IN NOLLYWOOD, SAYS RUKKY SANDA

Rukayat Akinsanya, also known as Rukky Sanda, is gradually being ranked among the most promising acts in Nollywood. Rukky, who started acting in 2004, has accused practitioners in the industry of tribalism.

Though she is a native of Ikorodu in Lagos State, her versatility has earned her more recognition in the English movie industry than the Yoruba sector.

The Banking and Finance graduate of the Lagos State University, disclosed that she initially had a pleasant experience in the industry until when she suddenly realised that tribalism actually exists.

She said: “When I had my first audition, I got a role instantly. That was with Sunny Mac-Don, but what I have realised recently when I came fully into acting is that there is an issue of tribalism.

“[size=15pt]But I think this is uncalled for because I have been given roles several times and later rejected simply because I'm of the Yoruba stock[/size]. I think that is really wrong. People don't have to be rejected because of their tribes. This has really affected me,” she lamented.

NollywoodReel gathered that the humble and friendly Rukky has featured in over 14 movies since she joined the motion picture industry in 2004.

Some of the movies in which she has featured include Angel and The Beast, My Precious Son, Strength Of Love, Legal War, Desperate Girls, Weeping Tiger and Heaven's Gate.




http://www.modernghana.com/movie/1545/3/there-is-tribalism-in-nollywood-says-rukky-sanda.html

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ samkoro

Here are the facts about Yoruba

1. Most yorubas that talk here are teens and children, most of them just talk with emotion of which I am guilt of at times

2. Yorubas are not tribalistic, we view Hausa and Igbos the same way. In fact we have a soft spot for Igbos until we view websites to know what you all are made of.

3. Yorubas could careless whether you form alliance with anyone so long as you do not interfere with their politics then all is good.

4. You spoke of yorubas being insecure when you speak your language ? Can the same not be said of Igbos being insecure when they speak their language as well ? Igbos have created this political veil of calling yorubas tribalist even to those that have never met yorubas. That is propaganda but I know it would end one day.

I wonder have a tribalistic group would house the higest number of Non-indigenes both in the country and outside the country.

5. You talk of yorubas having a soft spot for Hausas ? Well ask your leaders, likes of Ojukwu and Nnamdi that wanted one Nigeria when Yorubas were fighting for southern Nigeria. You all caused it and now you are paying the price but rather than blame those leaders you are still blaming the yorubas ? It is insane.

6. If yorubas are as bad as Igbos point them out to be, why do other groups (such as mine) love to be called yoruba rather than my sub-group ? Why do we chose to drop our language to pick up yoruba ? Do you think is by mistake ? NO SIR !!!! We chose it because we know Yorubas among the 3 ethnic group are the most peaceful and one minded. It is not a matter of language but a matter of kindness and loving nature.

7. No sir, Igbo is not the largest ethnic group in every single state apart from Kwara and Kogi. Igbos are only second largest in Lagos, Oyo and Edo and that is MAINLY DUE TO THE FACT OF THE ACCOMMODATING NATURE OF YORUBAS Thank God for that. Igbos don't even accommodate each other not to talk of other ethnic groups and YOU ALL KNOW THIS FACT !!!

8. Yorubas learning Igbo language is completely up to them. No one forced me to learn it as well but we chose to because of our nature. Apart from Fulanis, Yorubas are the group of people that speak Hausa the most. Apart from Igbos themselves and maybe eastern ijaws/Ibibio, Yorubas are the second largest group to speak Igbo language. We tell our Igbo brothers to teach us their language and even at that they chose not to (completely up to them). They then complain when I speak my mothers tongue in my father's compound but when they speak their own language in a foreign land (Lagos and co) it is fine since yorubas are Yoruba cowards.

9. Igbos are known not to pay rent and YOU KNOW THIS, I know Igbo landlords even in Lagos that would not rent to Igbos because of the same reason. About 50 % of this Igbo landlords do that, Go ask a proper housing agent about this stats and confirm to me whether I am right or wrong. I know this for a fact !!!

Why don't other ethnic group face the same problem ? In fact my parents house was last rented to a delta anioma woman (I think).

10. If it is up to me, I don't want to be in the same country with likes of you and other Nairalanders and the reality is that any yoruba that reads the rubbish most of you Igbo tribalist do here couple with what you do real life would really wish for the country to break up so they can have peace.

No Yoruba/Anago from Ghana, Togo, Benin to Nigeria wants to be chit chatting with you people whether they are allowed to speak their own language in there ancestral land or not, No yoruba want to be fighting over who owns this land or who is the largest ethnic make up in this state or local government. It is for primitive people with primitive brains that is a fact !!!

You talk of being a philanthropist ? It is not a must we must put it on newspaper pages that this is what we have done. The work speaks for itself. Rochas is a very good man and I respect him so much. No withstanding, I don't consider Roachas an Igbo man but a Nigerian just like Abiola, Saro wiwa, Ben bruce, Pat Utomi, Fashola and many others.

We don't have problems with anyone so long as they respect themselves and don't try to belittle other in other to feel superior or something to them. They want a peaceful life where they can exhibit their culture freely without looking behind them.

Whether Christian, Muslim or traditional feel free to live and let live. That is a typical Yoruba person's mentality all around the world because I notice you try to segregate Yoruba Christians and Muslims.

Igbo people, SMH.

The MOST TRIBALISTIC ethnocentric people I have ever encountered on nairaland

Rednose: ...yorubas are very nice people... Not so, in my opinion people are nice because of who they are (personality) and not because of their tribe or race. I'm yoruba, grew up among yorubas and wonder why they are cruel to each other irrespective of class or religion. I admire the yoruba culture, however I won't call yorubas nice people.

So you mean you register 2 minutes ago just to post that rubbish ? No YOU ARE NOT YORUBA, you are probably another Igbo bigot on this site.

If you are yoruba and I know you not reply to this.

E bo ni ile awon irun e wa ? Idi ile wo ni ?

Also translate this, Opobo gbo bo gbo be, Opobo gbo gbo si enu, ti obobo o ma tete gbo bo gbo gbe, Obo o gbe gbo gbe



Rubbish lying scum.

nice !!! enjoyed it

orufe: Godbless the Ijaw nation.

You can say that again, God bless the Ijaws. Love them

shymmex: Same here - because I'm light-skinned, and I've broad shoulders (muscular due to the gym)... But they tell me my Yoruba look is my height - because Yoruba are naturally taller than Igbos.

I guess that's why Igbo girls like me.

But I personally think I look Yoruba, and I have Yoruba features.

Hmmmmm, I still don't understand what Yoruba features is ? It is quite strange

[quote author=Ileke-IdI]Actually when I saw your pix, I thought you had on a lil weight.

Goldieluks, where art thou?

@alj harem

Igbo look for male --> mid size, flat forehead, and. . . . cant thing of anything else. And not like skin because most male Igbos are dark skin, proportion of light Yoruba men and light Igbo men are equal.

I hear the opposite on NL, but anytime a "news event" picture of the SE are posted, most of them are dark skin. I'm not sure why they wish to be light skin on NL.[/quote]The same still occurs even today, I am way darker now (brown) and I still get this "you look igbo". While I was a little child, I was very light skin and could not speak yoruba then they say I am Igbo. there is nothing wrong in being called Igbo but I want to know why people say this out of ignorance.

I don't have a flat head.

Just last week or so, I was called an Igbo guy taught I was Igbo. Not that it is bad, I love the idea of association but I must point out that there is nothing like Igbo look or Hausa look or Yoruba look.

when people talk about people looking Igbo or looking this. I wonder what that means ?

I get people telling me that I look Igbo. What is Igbo look ? Anyone care to answer

[quote author=Ileke-IdI]Ouch!!!!

You're dealing with power (Tinubu), so what else do you expect?

Anything nigerian is disorganized to the core; why does the chairman not informed of the meeting?[/quote]Bawo ni ileke idi ?

Power ko, papa ni

Tinubu holds no power even in the SW or Lagos, stop deceiving yourself and likes on Nairaland. Tinubu only rod making him to stand now is Oshiomole and Fashola.

The people that still hold the power in the SW is Afernifere and that was why GEJ was clever enough to go meet them first. Buhari would be wise to do the same (at a political level).

dead on arrival. What the hate are they going to be using Atiku and IBB for ?

If ACN/CPC looses then please lick your wound and try again. DON'T pollute the party with likes of Atiku and IBB

Why not try to woe likes of Rochas, Lamidi etc in

Mods why do you keep hiding my post ? Igbo mod for Igbo lying propaganda. Rubbish

really anyone that thinks Agbotean is Alj harem must be the dumbest person on earth.

@ Agbotean, thank God for you. You have open the eyes of millions of ignorant Nigerians to the truth. All this lairs and propagandist must stop.

PStylish: ^^^
If Segun Aganga is not Yoruba, then what is he?
There are native Yorubas in 11 Nigerian states - 6 SW states,Kwara,Kogi,Delta,Edo and Niger (Jebba is a Yoruba settlement with an Oba).

Tell them o !!!

samkoro: Why I said Igbos understand yoruba subtle ways is part of what ur doing now;trying to curry favour from housa;mentioning your master all in a bid to fight Igbo.Is there any group ethnic gruop called housa-Yoruba? All Iv known is housa-fulani.Listen if want us to compete for housa favour,we know how to do that better?ok Cos if you betray today,we'll patiently wait for our turn to revenge,and that's it.

Besides kwara and arguably Kogi,Igbos are the largest non indigenes in all states in Nigeria.This is the truth for Gods sake!!!Ask any northerner

The Young yoruba Igbo speaker is the only one Iv encountered in my lifetime and could be the only one in the entire yoruba population,So don't use him as a general case and claim his glory.He personaly told me he despises a lot of things his folks do out of ignorance and bigotry.In humour yoruba friend had told me that his his people are tribalistic.For Gods sake,this has become an axiom;it does need proof again.
About the NYSC guy that went to Enugu for the first time.Yes,that could be true,because the land lord may have a relative in Lagos who must have told him his horrible experiences in Lagos as regards searching for accommodation,omo oniles,area buys in market,OPC(some Igbos joined OPC because of several reported cases of stranded Igbo businessmen killed and labelled theives,,it took time for Igbos to discover what was happening ) .Those in the east ar current with what happens here.Igbos were able to overcome accommodation problems in lagos when they started building residential houses and accommodating stranded Igbos.Before it takes only a good christian yoruba landlord to give accommodation to Igbo because poblem starts when Yoruba landlord arbitrarily jacks up rents to very high levels he won't do if the tenant is yoruba.

You see how ethnicity go round and round.Everybody is guilty in one way or the other but yoruba is the most guilty.They started ,laid the foundation and built the structure of tribalism;and still practice it to date.They call the practice SOPHISTICATION.Instead of taking the lead to kill tribalism look at what sophistication has done to Nigeria .The one politician that has been making efforts to fight ethnicity thru peace Conference is ROCHAS.That conference was held in 2001.That reminds me that Yoruba philantropists do not extend their one naira to the east.

On language,who will teach us in the east? Since ur running away from the east for fear of reminding Igbos there of Awos and Adenkunles Biafra genocide but Ironicaly its not like that.Strangers are valued and protected so much in Igbo culture.People that serve there wish to settle there if they get a livelyhood there.In my place,people like hanging out with strangers out of love,curiosity,new experience and desire to learn.They may even give you a tittle if you do the right thing.

On refusal to sell land.Its pure falacy.It defile all known rules about Igbo behaviour.If u want to buy land in developing towns ,just carry a sign post with bold inscription YORUBA and a micophone announcing u are YORUBA looking for land to buy.If you have the MONEY you will buy every land for sale and non will remain.Just try it.

East is the only place an motor park tout will treat u with courtesy.That attitude to strangers is what-by default,restrains us from reprisal attacks.Its also the reason why we reach out to people,initiate friendship cos we expect others to do likewise.

On language also,Yorubas get nervous,insecure and uncomfortable when one speaks Igbo with a fellow Igbo in there midst.This attitude puzzles and pisses me off.I don't know the reason why.If you are in their midst they will speak and exclude u in the discussion as if u don't exist.We don't complain about that,but why I'm mentioning this is because Igbos will switch to english for u to be part of the discussio,have a sense of belonging and contribute to it.

My friend if you know the essay I wrote before it would have thrown you off your feet because it seems like You just like many Igbos on Nairaland don't know Yorubas neither do you know any of your neighbours.

I am not going to post that because it would make me an ethnic bigot like you here. I live you to your delusion

BTW, Yoruba don't prefer Hausawas to Igbos, we see your two as the same. Although MOST yorubas have a soft spot for Igbos of which I am one.

The rest is for those that have time.

[quote author=Missy_B]Alhaji, for you

https://i39.tinypic.com/30kdrfc.jpg


Come to think of it, we're still thinking of what to call him. Any suggestion?


Exactly. You should get them all back. . . Maybe this thread should be on the frontpage again. [/quote]Thank you Missy_B, I knew you were the best *Alj harem eats really fast*

You can name the child Seun

You people give this iddeiot too much attention. Rubbish

As a yoruba man if I speak my language even in Lagos or Ogun state, Igbos would label me as a tribalist ? It makes no sense but Igbos can speak the language they want both in there home state and in Western state ? That is the most biased view ever.

There is no point in pushing this thing because my ability not communicate with others in there language HAS NOT DERTERDED ME from speaking my language when I get to my home state. I have never been in Ibibio land but speak basic ibibio.

I speak Igbo very well even though they think I can't understand there language and insult in it. I just pretend that I don't understand to show how hypocritical they are.

I am sorry, but if that is what is hurting the rest of the country. Tough luck, you can always go back to your villages. When we come to your land, teach us your language. I hope I have made myself clear !!!!

samkoro: Is Ijebu 100% or 30% yoruba?Is Ilaje 100% or 40% yoruba?Is Awori 100% or 48% yoruba.U tried ur best to be objective but u failed cos its not in ur nature and culture.If there is one thing an Igbo man understands very well,it is that subtle ways of pretence and setting fire on other peoples homes,it is an extension of that inherent quarelsome and talkative nature.I always say it that Yorubas are self absorbed and self centered.They don't respect anything that is not theirs,they hardly learn other languages except yoruba,they hardly travel the country except the ones from kwara or kogi who go north.

Did u think at all b4 saying this:Igbos should not claim Igbos no matter their Igboness,that means even when its 100%.All I can see is a bigot promising to help fight smaller bigots.

The social problem between yoruba and Igbo stems from the followqing
1)Igbo culture and some other neighbouring ethnic groups like TIV,Ijaw,Efic,ibibio exalts straightforwardness- ability to say the truth to elders and kinsmen openly without fear or favour,but this is found wanting in your culture,thus the overall impression that u are not straight forward.

2)Igbos understand yoruba and their ways and culture very well because Igbos are always the ones that initiate friendship,they are out going.For instance in my youth service days,Igbos are the ones to make friends with every body irrespective of ethnicity while the yorubas would hardly move with anybody not of their ethnicity or cannot speak gbati.They just move in groups.The larger picture of this is what goes on in the country.

3)The Yorubas don't understand the Igbos cos they are not interested.I believe its not totaly their falt cos its biological.Let me tell a revealing story.

There is this Young man I meet while buying a part for my car here in Lagos.Initialy I thought was Igbo
Cos he speaks Igbo perfectly.I mean perfectly,oh my God!! Although with a very negligible accent but men,he speaks so well that ull never think he is 100% yoruba.The amazing thing is that he has never set foot on Igboland before.He learnt it here in Lagos.On interacting with him,he told me that knowing the Igbo language opened him up to a whole new world of understanding of Igbo people and their ways and culture.He hears what Igbos discuss in secrete and open and knows their hearts and feelings.He realized that Igbos are the most detribalized,free minded ,objectve and business minded poeple that realy wants free,just and progressive society.This man despises his certain things his ethnic stock does especially when they harass his customers for packing..He just wished the yorubas could break that barrier of ethnic bigotry.

The young man is doing well around there.I patronise him lot.Infact he is incharge of my vehicle part needs.

Tribalism is indeed killing this country. When you are talking now, you said you met a yoruba man speaking Igbo to you in Lagos; what does that tell you ? We yorubas could careless of your ethnicity or language. I am Yoruba as well and I probably know more about Igbo culture or custom than YOU !!!.

You fail to realise that unlike many other ethnic groups in the country, it is only this yorubas that would speak a foriegn language in there states Yet you all still complain when they finally muster the courage to speak their own native language or interact with other yorubas.

The largest ethnic group after the yorubas in the SW region are the Igbo, 2 out of 20 commissioners in Lagos are Igbos. What else do you want. Do you want us to lose our culture all in the name that we are serving Igbos ? Certainly not !!!

Lets be objective here, I am yoruba and I understand and speak Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa, and a bit of Ijaw and Ibibio. I have never been to calabar but I speak Ibibio alone side with other Ibibios in Lagos. Am I still a tribalist ?

I eat any food from any ethnic group and friends with people from very different ethnicity, yet you all still call Yorubas tribalistic

I ask, how many none indigenes do people in the east rent houses or sell houses to ? A friend of a friend of mine was narrating how he is doing is NYSC in Enugu and could not get a house to live in just cause he is Yoruba. According to him, he said I quote " The landlord spoke Igbo to him and he did not understand so he replied in english asking if he could rent a house, The landlord then looked at him and gave him a ridiculous price so he could get out, He licked his wounds and walked out"

Till date he has not found a house to live in just cause he is not Igbo.

You as well you called Yoruba language gbati language yet you accuse yorubas of not mixing up ?

The largest ethnic group in the north after hausas/fulani and kanuris are the yorubas, these same people and hausa rarely fight in the north because they know how to blend in.

My brother, take out the log from your eyes before you do the same for others, you are very biased. Igbo tribalism is legendary from the banking sector to nollywood. You can not say Yorubas don't mix up just cause they don't like to go to the South-east. That is myopic !!!

Yorubas just like Hausas know what they are going through in this country in the name of tribalism. I cannot go my Igbo brother in Anambra without him calling him Aboki (because of the muslim dressing) or Yoruba.

FP please, very touching story

https://www.nairaland.com/965356/okwuchukwus-died-give-children-better

manny4life: I cried while reading this, my heart broke ... I'm glad Gov Fashola came to their aid.

My brother I am just glad God came to their aid. The story is very touching, most especially the little one that died .

Though Joel, Chisom and Esther lost their parents, Jeremiah and Josephine Okwuchukwu, on the day of the Dana plane crash, finding foster parents for the children is likely to free them from poverty, Motunrayo Aboderin writes.

Everyone our correspondent spoke to at the crash site of Dana airplane in Iju, Ishaga, Lagos State, described the family of Jeremiah and Josephine Okwuchukwu as very kind, loving and down to earth. They were less than an average family. But one would not know until you got closer to them. Things were not always rosy for the family. Before the parents died, the family went through a very difficult phase.

Teachers and a cleric said that there were days the children would not eat from morning till night. But one phrase was common in the mouths of neighbours ‘the mother loved her children.’

A pastor, Mr. Godwin Simire, of Faith Chapel International Church, said that Mrs. Josephine Okwuchukwu would have done anything for her children.

He said, “She was a wonderful woman, very hardworking and caring. She gave her all for her children. There was even a day she told me that she found a pair of old socks in a dustbin which she quickly washed and dried so that one of her children could wear them to school.

“That family went through a state of penury. But you would not know unless you were close to them. Mrs. Okwuchukwu did all she could just to make sure that her children live a comfortable life.”

Simire said that the husband, who was an okada rider before his death, was not really there for his family. He said his negligence started when he lost his job.

He said, “He used to work in a good company, but was later retrenched. That was when he started riding okada. It’s like the family moved from grace to grass. Mrs. Okwuchukwu found it hard coping. Imagine having money to buy what you want, then all of a sudden, you don’t have money again.”

Simire said that the Saturday before she died, Mrs. Okwuchukwu had said that if she was to die, she would not worry about her children because she knew she had trained them to be independent and strong.

The Pastor added, “Her four children were very hardworking and committed to Bible study. They were very intelligent and well-trained. Sometimes, after school, they would pass by our house to eat. Those children went through a tough time.

“On the day of the crash, I had gone to her house to visit her. I was worried because she had not been attending church services. From January until May 27, we did not see her in church. Even after May 27, she disappeared. When I got to her house, this was around 3pm, “I asked her why she did not come to church, she said she was washing clothes. I prayed with her and left. I did not see her husband. But from what I heard, he had attended a men’s fellowship meeting at his own church that very Sunday. During the course of the meeting, he took permission to go home.”

Simire said when he heard the news of their death, he was very sad. “I thought the whole family had died. I was later informed that three children survived. That before the crash, the mother had sent the first boy on an errand and when he did not return, she asked the other two children to go and look for him.

“After I heard that the three children survived, I quickly ran to the crash site. I met the children outside. The first boy did not want to leave the crash site, he kept saying ‘my mummy will come out; we just left her now, she sent us on an errand’”.

When asked about the welfare of the three children who have been adopted by the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Raji Fashola, Simire said the second and third children were not really aware of all that was going on and that it was just the first born, Joel, who looked sad. “I visited the children some days back and while we were all talking, Joel just broke down in tears. I felt so bad. But I know God will take care of them. At least, they will now have foster parents. ‘’

Our correspondent visited the children’s’ former school, a public school at Iju Ishaga, Fred Williams Memorial Primary School. Once you get into the school premises, you can’t help but say that the surviving children have moved from grass to grace.

A teacher, after hearing that the children had been adopted by Fashola shouted, ‘Wan ti fo lo, meaning these children have gone high.’

Describing the Okwuchuwkuws, Chisom’s (the 2nd boy) class teacher, Mrs. Adeniran, said the family was one of the best she had ever met.

She said, “The children were lovely. Chisom is an intelligent boy. I always treated them like my own children. They were so respectful and humble. They were so good in greeting people. Their parents really trained them well. The only sad thing about them was that they did not have money. Sometimes, the children will come to school hungry. There were days they would not eat throughout. But the mother was always trying her best. She would come to the children’s school at around 8 am and wait till 1pm when the children close. She loved them. She might not have had money, but she had love for them.”

Adeniran also confirmed a statement that the parents had to die for the children to enjoy life. “The woman was good. She hated the fact that she could not provide the best for her children. It was like she had to die for the children to enjoy. The Friday before their death, she said if she died, we should not give her children to her family members because none of them cared for her. It’s like she knew she was going to die. There was a day we spent over two hours talking. She just kept telling me about her problems. I felt sorry for her especially because her husband was not too supportive.”

Shalom’s class teacher, Miss Peace, described Shalom, who died with her parents, as a quiet but intelligent child. “She was so beautiful. She had a very good handwriting. She was in Nursery two. At first, the school put her in Nursery one but the class teacher said that she was too brilliant for Nursery one, then they moved her to Nursery two. I will miss her dearly.”

Other class teachers, said the children did not deserve to go through such pain. One of them, Mrs. Kuteyi said, “Everyone in this school knew the woman. She was very friendly. She used to come to school every day. She would sit down with the food sellers talking while her children were in class. It’s like she always wanted to be around them.”

Chisom’s best friends, Godwin Ukpevegbu and Steven Obinna, said that life would not be the same without Chisom. They were such close friends. They said they would miss him so much.

Despite the sad ambiance, the teachers were happy that the children would now have a better life. The Principal of Movet Group of Schools, Iju Ishaga, Mrs. Joy Adedoyin, who had a good relationship with the family, said that the children would now have the opportunity to go to a better school.

She said, “Before enrolling the children at Fred Williams, Mrs. Okwuchukwu had approached me. She said that she wanted her children to attend Movet School, but when I told her our school fees, she never returned. I think she did not have enough money to pay our school fees. I heard she also went to other schools around the neighbourhood, but their fees were too high. She later chose Fred Williams Memorial Primary School.”

Adedoyin said that on the day of the crash, Mrs. Okwuchukwu was weaving the hair of her last child, “If the girl had followed her siblings, she would still have been alive. But only God knows why it happened like that,” he said.

http://www.punchng.com/education/the-okwuchukwus-died-to-give-their-children-better-life-pastor-teachers/

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