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Femi Aina, father of Oreoluwa, deceased of Thursday accident when a Lagos State Government (LASG) staff bus collided with a train in the PWD area of the state, has said “if not for this cashless nonsense policy” his daughter, a National Youth Service Corps member (NYSC), would not have followed the bus.
In his words: “If not for this cashless nonsense policy, she would not have followed that bus. But she did not have cash, so she had to follow the bus. She had just N200. They just kill people anyhow in this country.”
Aina, in an interview, pointed out that his late daughter was preparing for master’s in UK.
The deceased’s father explained that he was in Abuja watching television around 9 am when he saw the incident. An hour after that, he got a call that his daughter was involved in it.
“Then I immediately called my younger brother and sister in Lagos. I later received two more calls in another 10 minutes and by then, she was already in the ICU (intensive care unit). They were attending to her and at the same time calling me from there.
Oreoluwa was very dear to me. She was a gift from God to me and that is what her name implies. She feared God and she was hard-working
“I even heard some of the staff members praying for her. So, I rushed to the airport to get any available flight back to Lagos but when my plane was ready to take off by 4 pm, I was told that she had passed away,” he said.
According to him, the last time he communicated with her was on Wednesday when his younger brother’s wife celebrated her birthday.
“She recorded the birthday and sent it to us. We all laughed at the video and the following morning (Thursday) she sent a WhatsApp message to me saying, “Daddy how was your night? Hope you slept well,” and I replied, “All is well” and there was no response after then. I even thought she did not respond because she ran out of data, not knowing that she was already involved in an accident,” he added.
Speaking about Oreoluwa, 28, (deceased) he said: “Oreoluwa was very dear to me. She was a gift from God to me and that is what her name implies. She feared God and she was hard-working.
“I used to tell her that she took the job like she was already a staff member of the state government. She was a very nice girl with visions and ambitions. She was preparing to go to the United Kingdom for her Master’s programme after her youth service ends in May, but unfortunately, all her plans had been dashed.
“She happened to be the first grandchild of my parents and she stayed with my mum here in Lagos because our dad passed away last year, so she had always been with her grandmother. She was dear to everyone around including church, school and at work. Her death is a great loss.”
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that late Oreoluwa studied Pure and Applied Chemistry at Osun State University. Until her death, she was undergoing her one year NYSC service with the state government and aimed at getting a meritorious award.