The agony was excruciating..It
could be touched..The mannerism , speech, sighs at every word spoken, the regrets,
the why why why question were repeated over and over again.
But what could he do, God
knows best.
These words best describe the
agony going through the mind of a Lagos based businessman Kelvin Nwaoba and a
native of Amainyi in Ehite Uboma LGA of Imo State who just lost his only child
(daughter) in one of the most tragic incident ever known .
Kelvin a seasoned trained banker
now in his mid 30’s told CKN Nigeria how he received the death of his 2 years
daughter and his sister inlaw with her husband in a robbery incident along the
Asaba Benin Expressway on December 13th 2014.
His sister inlaw Mrs Nkem
Okoro based in Houston Texas in the United States were in the country for the
burial of her brother inlaw.
On arriving Nigeria both
couple set out for Mbano ,Imo State in a white SEQUIA Utility Van.
The couple for the love they
have for their sister inlaw who has become so fond of their baby decided to
allow their child to accompany the couple on the journey alongside their house
girl and a driver.
Mr and Mrs Kelvin Nwaoba have
been married for ten good years without a child before they had their little
girl.
The idea was to join Mr and
Mrs Okoro the next day in Mbano , Imo State were the burial was to take place.
Hear Kelvin, CKN I have been
married for ten years. Infact my initial plan was to get married early in life so
that when I am in my late 30’s ,I would have been through with having children
and face the full realities of life.
But we waited for over ten
years before God could answer our prayers.
My little girl was all I had.
On the tragic day,my sister
inlaw alongside her husbamd and my kid set out on a journey,the journey has
been very smooth because we were communicating until they got to a place along
the Benin Asaba expressway.
According to the driver, they
encountered some armed robbers along the way and the driver in his wisdom in
order to avoid them tried to make a quick detour to the other side of the road.
In the process the vehicle somersaulted
several times, Mr and Mrs Okoro and my daughter died on the spot alongside my
baby
Attempt by sympathizers to
rush them to a hospital was not successful.
While the three died, the
driver and house girl survived.
On how he received the news of
the incident, Kelvin said he was on transit when he was called to return back
to base in Lagos where the tragic news was broken to him.
We mobilized and headed for
Delta State,to me that was the longest
journey of my life,I was praying to God that the news will be untrue
I insisted on seeing them
because I have already made arrangement to fly them out of the country for the
best medical attention money can afford, because I just didn’t believe they
were dead.
The reality of it dawned on me on arrival at the morgue where I saw
my little angel,my sister inlaw and her husband lying down side by side in the
mortuary .(He opened his phone to show CKN snapped pictures of their body in
the morgue)
It was horrific.
Kelvin continued to ask,why me..Why
me CKN?,after all I have gone through to have a child of my own..
But God knows best.
Kelvin informed us that he has
buried his baby last week Thursday while the late US based couple are still in
the mortuary and will be buried in the new year.
He also informed us that the
man whose burial they came for from the US has also been buried.
For now,Kelvin Nwaoba’s wife
have not only been left to mourn the tragic loss of her only child but also her
sister and brother in law within seconds.
Don Okoro was a business man
who hailed from Mbaino in Imo State, while his wife was a nurse who hailed from
Umuahia.
The couple had five children.
One of them, Jennifer who was born in 1988 died of cancer-related issues on
December 26, 2010.
What a TRAGEDY OF THE HIGHEST
PROPORTION