12/07/2024
My Condolences To All Those That Are Victims, Directly and Indirectly In Jos.
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So today a distant friend of mine was affected after the school collapse.
I have been in mourning ever since I got the news. I called him immediately after I heard the rumors to confirm. He told me he had not heard anything and was going to rush there to confirm.
The call ended shortly after.
I quickly made calls to a friend of mine who lived close and she told me she was at work, but heard the news about the collapse.
I called my friend again and he told me it was true. He was at the scene staring at the collapsed school building.
He said to me.
"Praises, I never see my daughter. I still the look around for her. I still the search. I never see her."
He later called me back and told me they just brought out her body.
"She don go. My daughter don go bro."
I didn't know when I let out a shout and a tear dropped from my eyes.
I visited him this evening at the hospital where he was standing. He had gone to drop off her body at the plateau hospital and couldn't return home anymore. He just found a tree and sat down.
When I got to him he told me three days ago, his daughter told him that she saw him carrying a small casket and dancing with it on his head.
He didn't pay attention to it. He just told her to reject the dream and he took her to school.
This morning when he was preparing her for school, she told him she didn't want to go.
But he told her she was having an exam and she needed to go to school.
"Praises, I talk with my daughter today. We play. Because of how happy I was I gave her 500 naira for lunch. My daughter enter school I say make I go shop. Now see na."
It was his only child.
I saw other parents crying.
A man lost his 4 children at once. That man couldn't speak.
I saw death today and saw the real casualties live on with pain in their heart.
Heaven received little Angels today.
May the souls of the departed rest in perfect peace with the lord. May he grant the family of the deceased comfort as they go through this trying period.
True Life Story
Written By: Praise Obior