My joy is gone - Kadijat

Kadijat

AKEEM Akintunde, one of the four M.I.C members of staff that died in the ill fated Associated Airline crash, Thursday, in Lagos appeared to have had premonition of his death. Comments by sympathizers and checks on his face book account showed that his postings, up to the eve of his demise, centered around death. “For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today? And whenever the answer had been no, for too many days in a row, I knew I needed to change something. No events have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet, I have just one day, today, and I am going to be happy in it,” the deceased posted shortly before his death. The widow, Kadijat Akintunde was in pensive mood when our correspondents visited their 139 Tokunbo Street, in Lagos Island on Friday. She said that the deceased was her only source of joy and lamented his untimely exit. She said: “Akeem was my joy. He was all I needed to be happy in life. I always used my phone to trail him whenever he travelled because I always wanted him back in the house as early as possible. On Wednesday which was the eve of his tragic death, he sat on the generator outside and was fiddling with his phone. One of our children was ill and had a doctor attending to him. I was forced to ask him what he was busy doing outside when doctor was attending to our child. He told me that he wanted to send a message. “He didn’t sleep at home on Wednesday because of the journey. He slept in the same place with the people in their office because they were to leave very early in the morning the following day (Thursday).

Continue reading after the cut....

On Thursday, morning, I called him to know if they were on their way. He told me that they were going by air. When he said that they were going by air, I was disturbed and asked him why they wanted to do so. Later in the day, I tried calling him to no avail. When I passed through his place of work, I saw a large crowd in front of the place and they were all starring at me. They however kept the information away from me. It was later that I learnt of it. We have three children. The first born is eight years, the second, six years while the third is three.” She expressed concern about the future of her children, wondering how she would be able to give them get the means to give them the kind of quality education that the deceased had wished to give them. “Akeem was a responsible husband. He never shied away from his responsibility both as a husband and a father. His greatest wish was to give our children quality education but unfortunately, he is not alive to fulfill this. I don’t know how this would be achieved now that he is gone. I don’t have the resources to make this happen. I am just a petty trader. How would I cope with raising the children single-handedly?,” she asked. The deceased parents appeared to have taken their son’s demise with equanimity. They said as true Muslims, they have taken solace in Allah. The mother, Alhaja Falilat Akintunde, described him as a humble and caring child. She said: “What do you want me to say? There is nothing we can do about it. We have accepted it as the will of God. Akeem was a very humble and caring child. He was equally a firm believer in Allah. He led the prayer session at the mosque for the first time on the eve of the day that he died. He was my fourth child and 34 years old. He was married with three kids. He did not have any premonition that he would die. It is sudden, shocking and painful but we have taken solace in Allah.” The father, Chief Lateef Babalola Akintunde, said the late son observed special prayer and fast on the day he died. “He always observed special prayer and fast on Mondays and Thurdays. He observed this on the day that he died. He was a devout Muslim and we were proud
__________________________________________

This is unfortunate! May his soul rest in peace.

Share your thoughts...thanks!