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Re: 2002 Ikeja Cantonment Bomb Blast: 15 Years After (Throwback Photos) by teelaw4life(m): 4:17pm On Jan 27, 2017 |
ajademola2000: May their Souls rest in perfect peace. 1 Like |
Re: 2002 Ikeja Cantonment Bomb Blast: 15 Years After (Throwback Photos) by YesNo(m): 4:18pm On Jan 27, 2017 |
Very horrible experience... We were living upstairs in surulere while this was happening in ikeja. all the sliding Windows and doors bursted due to the effect of vibrations. the colours in the sky and the vibrations on the ground that night... you wouldn't want to see war in your life. #neverforget 1 Like |
Re: 2002 Ikeja Cantonment Bomb Blast: 15 Years After (Throwback Photos) by nefertitiram: 4:24pm On Jan 27, 2017 |
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 12 Likes 1 Share |
Re: 2002 Ikeja Cantonment Bomb Blast: 15 Years After (Throwback Photos) by ajademola2000(m): 4:26pm On Jan 27, 2017 |
teelaw4life:Amen sir, thanks |
Re: 2002 Ikeja Cantonment Bomb Blast: 15 Years After (Throwback Photos) by LorDBolton(m): 4:28pm On Jan 27, 2017 |
Can't forget that day, I was prolly still in js1 Was watching the "shell cup final" on NTA (ironically it seems it was being played at nat'l stadium surulere) The way the sky turned red? Way the ground shook? Way EVERYONE (from the aboki shop running barefeet to my igbo neighbour frantically packing anytin + his family into his benz regular to seeing my yoruba friends family speeding off in their mitsubushi gallant) My mom speaking bini asking my grandma if they were bombing benin. Power went off. That day I understood what chaos meant... it definitely contributed to my conviction that religion is a sham! The only true thing about africa is TRIBE... everyone was running to their VILLAGE! They thought it was a coup attempt!! 10 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: 2002 Ikeja Cantonment Bomb Blast: 15 Years After (Throwback Photos) by basmur(m): 4:29pm On Jan 27, 2017 |
THE BOMB BLAST SOUND THAT DAY WAS SO MUCH LOUDER... EACH SOUND CAUSIN SOME SORT OF VIBRATION OF THE GROUND IN MY AREA THEN.......RIP to the dead |
Re: 2002 Ikeja Cantonment Bomb Blast: 15 Years After (Throwback Photos) by nefertitiram: 4:31pm On Jan 27, 2017 |
walexy1: Your recount of events brought tears to my eyes 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: 2002 Ikeja Cantonment Bomb Blast: 15 Years After (Throwback Photos) by giftedben: 4:32pm On Jan 27, 2017 |
I was in St. Agnes catholic church Maryland, imaging we were in the house of God but that day we had no men of faith. i could still remember the priest saying don't run! don't run! you are in the house of thee lord. Omo See running. we all thought the world was coming to an end. in 2face voice "Nobody won die but they won go heaven" 8 Likes 1 Share |
Re: 2002 Ikeja Cantonment Bomb Blast: 15 Years After (Throwback Photos) by robonski15(m): 4:32pm On Jan 27, 2017 |
A very terrible day.... Was playing super Mario with my friends in the living room, all of a sudden we heard the first blast, we rushed out and someone was saying it was a filling station on fire. We heard the second blast much more louder this time the roof was beginning to crack. We rushed out again and we saw lots of people already running, then I saw my uncle coming in and warned me never to run i said yes sir.. The third blast was the killer blast I ran out and mixed with the crowd the flames where just so huge it seems it was coming towards us.. We got the oke afa close to the canal we were all matching on like zombies all of a sudden from no where I saw my uncle calling me walking towards me he pulled me out and said i told you not to run . That was my saving grace we took another route straight to aswani. I lost two of my neighnours.. Ayatu and habiba keep resting in peace. 18 Likes |
Re: 2002 Ikeja Cantonment Bomb Blast: 15 Years After (Throwback Photos) by pelumi10: 4:36pm On Jan 27, 2017 |
Check out my Short Story titled "Pay Back" He pulled her up gently, she looked at him and gave a faint smile "I never knew you will bring me pain one day, I have never thought that you will be the reason for my death" she said as she gave up the ghost.... Read Full Story Here https://www.nairaland.com/3592700/pay-back-short-story |
Re: 2002 Ikeja Cantonment Bomb Blast: 15 Years After (Throwback Photos) by walexy1(m): 4:41pm On Jan 27, 2017 |
RoyalMail: You are free bro! 1 Like |
Re: 2002 Ikeja Cantonment Bomb Blast: 15 Years After (Throwback Photos) by ephi123(f): 4:49pm On Jan 27, 2017 |
nefertitiram: So sad Yet I don't think they did any proper inquest into the deaths that occurred on that day. Nigeria has no value for human life. 1 Like |
Re: 2002 Ikeja Cantonment Bomb Blast: 15 Years After (Throwback Photos) by okeoghene4real(f): 4:52pm On Jan 27, 2017 |
It was a horrible day. My eldest brother ran with only boxers from oshodi to ojo. We still bless God for his life. Though lost a lot of neighbors. Idris, kemi and others continue to rest in peace. 1 Like |
Re: 2002 Ikeja Cantonment Bomb Blast: 15 Years After (Throwback Photos) by alaskido(m): 4:53pm On Jan 27, 2017 |
The names I read on the plague confirms that they buried Yoruba, Hausa and Igbo in the same grave and here they are on NL fighting themselves. What a funny world 4 Likes |
Re: 2002 Ikeja Cantonment Bomb Blast: 15 Years After (Throwback Photos) by walexy1(m): 4:53pm On Jan 27, 2017 |
nefertitiram: I understand the feeling, but you know life goes on. Thank God for life! |
Re: 2002 Ikeja Cantonment Bomb Blast: 15 Years After (Throwback Photos) by Abass07(m): 4:59pm On Jan 27, 2017 |
Ojo buruku esu gbomimu |
Re: 2002 Ikeja Cantonment Bomb Blast: 15 Years After (Throwback Photos) by EMEKA1MILLION(m): 5:04pm On Jan 27, 2017 |
January 27th... BlackSunday We just got back from church that evening and mom was in the kitchen warming stew for Sunday ritual rice when the first sound went off... She shouted from the kitchen that I should go pack our school uniforms and lock the windows since we thought it was about to rain.. . Then the second sound went off, this time the front windows facing the direction of the cantonement blew into the house. Omoh! See take off.. . I ran out of the house forgetting the broken glasses on the floor, I slashed my leg and bleed while running.... . Everyone was running to different directions, the thick smoke made it worse as 5pm seemed like midnight. My dad locked everyone else inside the house despite the tremors. Me wen be James Bond don run from Ikeja to cement around iyana ipaja with empty leg and a deep glass cut. I actually passed out at cement close to a filling station cos I lost so much blood and exhausted. I woke up the next day at infinity Medical Centre cos a good Samaritan saw me and carried me there. No fones den so I took them to my house 2 days later, my family was already mourning until I appeared... Rip Jamal, kemilotun, adebago... A sad day indeed 12 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: 2002 Ikeja Cantonment Bomb Blast: 15 Years After (Throwback Photos) by Ego2(f): 5:04pm On Jan 27, 2017 |
on this day my aunt lost her 2nd son(her fav boy) dunno if he's dead or alive. he got missing when everyone was running for their lives tho she still believe he is alive somewhere after moving from one church to the other. while i was @ my cousin bday party. 1 Like |
Re: 2002 Ikeja Cantonment Bomb Blast: 15 Years After (Throwback Photos) by Mbediogu(m): 5:05pm On Jan 27, 2017 |
SirJeffry:. Neither was it Massob nor IPOB. It was also not Afenifere or any Ijaw group. Na army arrangement. 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: 2002 Ikeja Cantonment Bomb Blast: 15 Years After (Throwback Photos) by Babarex(m): 5:06pm On Jan 27, 2017 |
This Day i will always remember...Soldiers and Police Takeoff Kabakaba...thank God We made it...REST IN PEACE to all the Victims. 1 Like |
Re: 2002 Ikeja Cantonment Bomb Blast: 15 Years After (Throwback Photos) by Nobody: 5:09pm On Jan 27, 2017 |
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... |
Re: 2002 Ikeja Cantonment Bomb Blast: 15 Years After (Throwback Photos) by Electroweb(m): 5:19pm On Jan 27, 2017 |
I remember it just like yesterday. I was staying at Mafoluku, Oshodi. People were running from the unknown. Abandoning their homes. Abandoned Children crying. Confused parents looking for children. A woman fell into a dry canal in my area (Shogunle) then, no one stopped to help her. Others that slipped and fell while running were trampled on. This must be a tip of iceberg of what civil war was all about. A terrible memory. Initially we thought the Ikeja cantonement was under attack. Later we heard it was bombs detonating on their own. What caused it?The worst were the souls lost in the canal. It was dark. Those in front marched into the canal first while others followed into the dark. The canal swallowed people. That was the first time I heard the name of the canal. Its 15 years already. Its funny the way time flies. May their souls continue to rest in peace. Amen 3 Likes |
Re: 2002 Ikeja Cantonment Bomb Blast: 15 Years After (Throwback Photos) by Reptyle(m): 5:20pm On Jan 27, 2017 |
Hmmm! I remember this terrible day like yesterday. I was living in Navy Town, Ojo and as far as that place was from ground zero in Ikeja, we could clearly hear the booming explosions, see the tower of smoke billowing into the sky and feel the earth trembling beneath our feet with each deafening boom!!! Suddenly we noticed people running out of the barracks both on feet and in fast moving cars because the Navy have an armament dump right besides the barracks mostly containing old and disused, but still active bombs, torpedoes and the likes. There was fear that the earth tremors caused by the explosions in Ikeja could trigger some of the old and disused bombs in the Naval armament dump. That would have led to another tragedy of equal, if not even larger proportion than the Ikeja one because the dump sits between the densely populated Navy Town on one side and the equally densely populated Kirikiri Prisons and Town on the other. Thankfully, nothing of such happened and I recall that in the wake of the Ikeja tragedy, the Navy launched a major operation in conjuction with some foreign experts to evacuate and destroy some of the expired bombs housed within the dump and only retain those that were still in good condition. It took some weeks before some families felt safe enough to return to the barracks. It was a terrible day indeed. May the souls that perished find rest. 2 Likes |
Re: 2002 Ikeja Cantonment Bomb Blast: 15 Years After (Throwback Photos) by Nobody: 5:23pm On Jan 27, 2017 |
I remember that day that year. I was visiting a cousin at Meiran and everyone thought there was an ongoing military drill at Command - Ajasa Barracks. We later heard Oshodi was burning ,ikeja was burning, coup rumour n I couldn't get home that night until the next day. RIP to those who lost their lives. The images on T.V of those that drown at Oke-Afa was graphic. |
Re: 2002 Ikeja Cantonment Bomb Blast: 15 Years After (Throwback Photos) by lilreese: 5:48pm On Jan 27, 2017 |
Nigeria is crused |
Re: 2002 Ikeja Cantonment Bomb Blast: 15 Years After (Throwback Photos) by mecussey(m): 5:48pm On Jan 27, 2017 |
Tunenez: ...and Indomie generation are here craving for war..only if they know the effects of bombs alone not to talk of the bullets and current missiles. 5 Likes |
Re: 2002 Ikeja Cantonment Bomb Blast: 15 Years After (Throwback Photos) by Phargbemmy(m): 5:49pm On Jan 27, 2017 |
I remembered coming home from school that day on visitation to see my Dad(R.I.P), when at about some few minutes to 5pm we heard the first blast. My dad having fought on the Nigerian side in the civil immediately rounded us all up and informed us that, that were *bombs* and possibly Lagos is under invasions. We went out side to see fighter jets on the horizon and this gives credence to his claims. He asked us to stay huddled together in a place and not stray outside again until when the bombs stopped around midnight or thereabout. It was late that night we heard the news and thanked God cos my dad feels its another civil war starting. Rest in Peace Elder Fagbemi Mathias of the Nigerian Army. RIP to all who lost their lives that day and may God continue to give strength to all who lost loved ones, amen. 5 Likes 1 Share |
Re: 2002 Ikeja Cantonment Bomb Blast: 15 Years After (Throwback Photos) by RaptorX: 5:53pm On Jan 27, 2017 |
HomeOfMe:The government did not make it a memorial day because human life is cheap in Nigeria and the government sees mass death in Nigeria as less mouth to feed. 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: 2002 Ikeja Cantonment Bomb Blast: 15 Years After (Throwback Photos) by mecussey(m): 6:01pm On Jan 27, 2017 |
ab11baddo: Sometimes, you wonder if babalawo is helpful...obj have survived many near death experiences. |
Re: 2002 Ikeja Cantonment Bomb Blast: 15 Years After (Throwback Photos) by tutudesz: 6:02pm On Jan 27, 2017 |
michaelobinna:which set? |
Re: 2002 Ikeja Cantonment Bomb Blast: 15 Years After (Throwback Photos) by Nobody: 6:05pm On Jan 27, 2017 |
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