A heavy duty truck, conveying crates of soft drinks, yesterday, at the Okorodafe Roundabout in Ughelli, Delta State, crushed a four-month-old baby girl, who had fallen off the back of her mother travelling on a commercial motorcycle, popularly known as Okada.
According to witnesses, the mother of the baby, who is in her 30s and simply identified as Ese, was said to have been struggling to adjust the wrapper with which she strapped the baby to her back, while the Okada was in motion.
One of the witnesses, identified as Efemena Okiemute, told Vanguard that the baby fell on the middle of the road and was immediately crushed by the truck, which was directly behind the Okada.
When Vanguard visited the scene, officials of Ughelli Command of the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, were seen clearing the remains of the dead baby from the road.
JESUSISLORD!!!!
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Omg..This made me so weak..omg omg
ReplyDeleteJesus oye Ebere!
DeleteJesu gba mi oooooooooo.
DeleteBLOG ANALYSER: My God! I am just too weak! I can't fathom the pain she must be going tru right now. God pls give her the fortitude to withstand the loss
DeleteGod! Sad news
DeleteNot this period.
DeleteFather protect your own.
Na wa o what a lose
DeleteOh no....omg....
DeleteOmg......
God, what a way to go......haaaaaaa.....I don't know what to say..omg
Oh dear! Sooo sad. May the little one rip
DeleteWhen Fashola banned okadas in Lagos, people complained. He banned pregnant women and woman carrying babies on okada, people screamed. Am sorry kiddo for the bad way you died. Your loved ones will miss you greatly
Deleteso sad. ..RIP lil one. ..that woman will never be the same again!
DeleteThis is too sad!!!!! My God!
DeleteWhy didn't she use keke napep? As far as I'm concerned, this is negligence not poverty.
Deletewhenever I see women and kids on a bike, I feel bad. Dear God please bless my husband and I with the resources to adequately take care of our babies.
rest in peace beautiful angel.
Oyibo
This story has vexed my bones... women have bn told severally to stop carrying babies on their back while on bikes. Jst d oda day a baby was rushed to d hospital where I wrk. Wat happened was that his mother put him on a baby carrier ON HER BACK n didn't knw dt one of d ropes was dangling n b4 they knew it (cos they were on d high way), d rope entered d wheels n boom d baby fell off n hit his head on d floor + dey moved a lil distance b4 they even knew wat happened. To cut d story short,,, d baby died in d theatre afta d doctors tried everything to save d baby... His mum strtd acting like she had lost her senses. Bad news
DeleteOoh God! Sad
DeleteOh my God!!!!!!
DeleteSo sad!
DeleteRIP lil' one
The poor woman may never be d same again...:(
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ReplyDeleteHOW HIGH ARE YOU BOY KEVIN ? ? ?
DeleteIf you read without understanding , pls ask question than this your foolish theory .Age is indeed a number in this case .
Nawa oo this is sad but should the truck be that close to the okada? Moreso, i thought they banned okada a long time ago? It all dies down to one thing, poverty is a vagabond. May the poor child RIP
ReplyDeleteShould the truck be so close to the okada ,,a mad man is sensible enough not to ask this...
DeleteEveryone around me knows how much I detest any mother who puts her child on okada. I can't count the number of times I have stopped bikes, or chased after bikes that is carrying a woman with a child on her back, or with a toddler cramped on an okada. I always take it personal and I become so confrontational that people wonder what the fuss is about. Here's the reason. How on earth, for crying out loud? I know the less privileged have no choice but then....i feel pity and anger at the same time. gosh
DeleteOMG!!! Poor child.......
DeleteRip little angel.....
Kelvin, am sure you dont drive a car because if you do, you would know that there should be some distance between the car you are driving and the one in front of you but hey i cant judge you cos youre still a kid. Grow up n then we can have a conversation. Mscheww
DeleteSisi eko , i agree with you.I do the same when i see women strap babies on their back on okada
DeleteMay God console the woman.
@samira hall....most if not all Nigerians to adhere to that distance thingy o..inpatience and hurry to meander the
DeleteNigerian bad roads no let them obey that rule o
Jeeez. ........
ReplyDeleteMothers should stop this na.
Stop entering okada with your baby.
Poor child.
May her soul rest in peace.
It's not her fault..
DeleteHusbands should struggle and buy cars for their wives.
That's the only way they can appreciate them for carrying pregnancy nine months then pushing during childbirth.
Men should stop being stingy and lazy..
Ishhhh
Stella I was more than shocked wen I read this news this morning. Black christmas for that woman nd her entire family. How she will be blaming herself right now eehn...smh
DeleteRIP to the little girl..
Pregnant women n women carrying babies shouldn't be taking okada...I don't know how some ppl are not even safety conscious at all...I'l rather walk dan take okada
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ReplyDeleteChaiii y na......y did she not put her in front of her na imagine adjusting wrapper wen d bike was in motion dat is carelessness ..may God console d family
ReplyDeleteOMG!
DeleteThis is one of the many reasons I can never back a baby. I hate it and I have never tried it.
I always say it's too risky.
It's better to use a good baby carrier to carry the baby in your front. That way, you can easily support the baby with your hands.
Why enter bike with a baby?
Well, no need to blame the woman, I'm sure she didn't anticipate this.
I feel so sorry for her. I can't bear to imagine the agony she is in right now.
Rest in peace dear Angel.
May God console your mum and loved ones.
This is so so sad.
Hmmmmmm!
God help mothers.
Hope she isn't a BV all this aproko women dah has refused to take cues from their ancestors,pay more attention to their phones than their children,,some even throw theirs outside the fence during giveaways ,isn't dah worst than this.
ReplyDeleteOMG.....epic comment
DeleteKevin you are one useless human being aswear! I just hope this is all about attention seeking and not your real self cos if not, you are a waste of a woman's travail. Mtscheew
DeleteWhat exactly are u on about Kelvin? Pls Pls Pls and Pls this is not the time to throw jokes. Do u not understand the gravity of the disaster that just happened? Pls Pls this is a damn sensitive matter and you shouldn't be talking this nonsense Abeg.
DeleteYou're a special kind of stupid!
DeleteThis Kelvin must u comment. Sadist.
DeleteWhat on earth are you saying?is this the best you could come up with? I'm still trying to find the correlation... A Lil baby passed on and this is what you could think of..???
DeleteShut the fuck up
DeleteMust you spew rubbish from your maggot infested mouth.
If I open my mouth right now the only word I hv for u all is...''ogun go all of una wey dey under my comment'' buh I'm a good person I won't say it.
DeleteIf I open my mouth right now the only word I hv for u all is...''ogun go kill all of una wey dey under my comment'' buh I'm a good person I won't say it.
DeleteIf I open my mouth right now the only word I hv for u all is...''ogun go k*ll all of una wey dey under my comment'' buh I'm a good person I won't say it.
DeleteTomorrow now your idiot self would come and beg for school fees or recharge cards or jobs from bvs bah? Stoopid little boy
DeleteDis kelvin guy is just on another level of stupid...brainless as always...mshew....May God grant d mother d strength to bear d loss
DeleteThat's what happens when IT DOESN'T MATTER is singing right inside ur brain...
ReplyDeleteHow many seconds will it take her to clear from d road and adjust her baby's position...
My dear, it doesn't matter, matters alot.
DeleteShe was a passenger and not d driver.
DeleteRIP to d young one.
Goose bumps! Gosh. So sad.
ReplyDeleteSowie
DeleteMy God,such a pity
ReplyDeleteThis is really sad
DeleteJust like that?A whole child? What a disturbing news!!
DeleteSo pathetic... Horrible to even imagine... Sigh... Lord rest her lil soul...
DeleteJesus Christ! Kai this is so sad.
ReplyDeleteMothers pls if u have to take a bike,don't back ur baby put him/her on ur lap
Jesus christ. So speechless
ReplyDeletewhen i was 9 months old mommy was taking me for measles immunization. We dont have a car. So she used okada. On the way. Wrapper wey she use back me com cut God saved me because i fell in another man's car bonnet that was how i lived up till now. I would have been a past tense by now. But to God be the glory. Mommy learnt the lesson since then she never backs any of her kids behind. Rather it be in front..
ReplyDeleteGod Please Provide for the needy mothers so they wont have to climb bike with their new born Amen.
May God Grant the baby's mom the fortitude to bear the loss. Amen
#I SEE DEAD PEOPLE
No wonder you see dead people..
DeleteSo sad. I hate wen women carry babies on their backs and 'fly' okada. It is well.
ReplyDeleteFirst time commenting after 1year of being reader
ReplyDeleteJesus Christ!!!!
ReplyDeleteEyaa that iis so sad am so weak to comment n I wonder hw d mother wil evr feel n wil always blame herself for d death of her child. Dat ibibio chic
ReplyDeleteO my God, dis is so sad
ReplyDeleteOMG...Dats carelessness on the mother's part
ReplyDeleteOmase o.
ReplyDeleteRip to d child.
ReplyDeleteCalamity!!!
ReplyDeleteYepaaa! How she wan use cry dat kind cry! Oh my Lord!
ReplyDeleteOMG! Some mothers can be careless sha.
ReplyDeleteSuch a sad story. RIP little one.
oh my God!!! so sad, really sad
ReplyDeletekai kai this is soo sad*intears.
ReplyDeleteI don't know why anytime I see women tying their babies on their back and sit on top okada; fear grips me as if the babies are mine and they will suddenly fall off.such a pity.sorry to the mother and may she be consoled
ReplyDeleteLord have mercy.
ReplyDeletePoor baby....rip..
ReplyDeleteWat a tragedy
OMG
ReplyDeleteImagine that moment of pain when the truck crushed that child,the mum would wish she rather be the one....O Lord, have mercy....the baby is an angel, rest in peace little one!
ReplyDeleteJeeez!!! Its unimaginable. Jst sad,may her poor soul RIP
ReplyDeleteLord have mercy!
ReplyDeleteGod...y now..poor innocent baby just died in such a horrible manner....this is so painful....
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ReplyDeleteEwo! Chai, thank God no pics,mehn I can't even imagine it
ReplyDeleteOMG! This is so not good ooo. Can't help but shed some tears. Devil is such a bastard - Iyabo
ReplyDeleteOMG! So sad
ReplyDeleteBlood of Jesus!
ReplyDeleteHorrible way to die
Lord have mercy...
ReplyDeletewat kind of bad news is dis? Mothers shld learn to take precautions now, adjusting a baby while on a bike is a NO NO
ReplyDeleteABEG THIS ISNT TIME FOR BLAMES ,THIS IS SERIOUS TRAGEDY ,IF THEY BAN OKADA ,PEOPLE SHOULD WALK LONG DISTANCE ABI ,OKADA IS THE FASTEST MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION.CHOOO POOR WOMAN .WHEN THEY WONT START BUILDING SUBWAYS .I JUST DEY VEX.
ReplyDeleteThis is unfortunate. I won't blame the mother though.
ReplyDeleteNa wah oh, what kind of carelessness is this.
ReplyDeleteWhen will mothers learn? How can a woman tie her baby on the back and mount a bike? Each time I behold the sight I always feel disgusted. Hmmm, when the devil has gone to sleep , people will go and be pulling his moustache. Na wa o.
ReplyDeleteWhy not put the baby infront instead. This is such a bad news...RIP to the dead.
ReplyDeleteOMG. This is so sad and very ugly.
ReplyDeleteNna ehn.....!!!!!
ReplyDeleteWhich kain story be this....????
GOD BLESS NIGERIA.
This is so painful. I believe this will teach other mothers a great lesson. Save the Future Please. May her gentle soul rest in peace and God comfort the Family. Amen
ReplyDeleteNot a good news at all, the guilt will hunt the. Mum, just a little carelessness, quite a pity
ReplyDeleteMy God! I don't even want to imagine. This is so sad. Rip little one.
ReplyDeleterip to d little baby
ReplyDeleteJesus
ReplyDeletePersonally I have warned mothers I see on the road doing this rubbish
I hate to see it, mere looking at it scares me.
May the soul of that lil' child find rest.
Blood of God!!!
ReplyDeleteOMG! OMG!! OMG!!! This is too sad abeg. Parents should stop biking with their kids nau hennn! Chai! This christmas won't make any sense to the family of the baby o. What a painful way to die. I just tire sef. Ha!
ReplyDeleteRip to the Innocent Child
ReplyDeleteOh dear. So sad. I just imagine what the mother is going thru.
ReplyDeleteKelvin Happiness, you no well o. Though I feel sad but you're just making me laugh. Chai! U funny abeg
ReplyDeleteChoi!! Blood of Jesus! This aint the kinda news I wanna see/hear this period. As I am typing this, I am just using my mind to picture the scenario.. #shudders
ReplyDelete#Sleek
Oh dear! What a sad news ds xmas.
ReplyDeleteNobody should judge anyone,its d situation of things in our blessed country.I am sure its not anyone's wish to jump okada up and down,its evryones desire to be rich and comfortable in life. May d baby's soul RIP and I pray dt God grants d mother the strength to get over this,its something so terrible for a mother to witness. Not dt am happy its just sometin to be thankful about again,dt am alive today,even as ds xmas s one of d worst in my life,i still thank God for me and my entire family and also.my fellow BVs,we are alive,we no dey hospital bed and we wont die by accident in Jesus name.
ReplyDeleteChai poor child,may her soul rest in peace,wht a sad story
ReplyDelete*Sigh* so Sad. RIP lil angel.
ReplyDelete*Ayah Shehu*
So sad.even if she had to back the baby,she should have used wrapper and shawl.its a lesson to other mothers not just the baby falling out,sometimes ritualists do snatch babies from their mums back.
ReplyDeleteOh what a pity,d woman must be traumatized now,..oh lord heal her heart
ReplyDeleteWhat did I just read? This is so sad. Gosh.
ReplyDeleteOluyomi Odukoya
So sad and pathetic. What a way to spend christmas. It is well.
ReplyDeleteHaaaaayiiiiiii gooooose bumps oooo.Okada should be barned....hay...ama ndi ana eze .ooooo
ReplyDeleteOh God lord. This is so painful. I'm so knocked down right now reading this. Poor innocent pure heart kid. Mothers please be more careful with how you handle our future leaders.
ReplyDelete»Jealous SDKer«
Oh my God...... Sad xmas for d family...... RIP to d litle angel.....
ReplyDeleteWow......I can't deal OMG!
ReplyDeleteWhat!!! Hand on my head!!! Ehn poor baby..
ReplyDeleteNa waaaoooh bad news
ReplyDeleteDt 's why they banned pregnant women and women with babies on there back on okada before.
God comfort the mum, she must be blaming herself now..........
Awww so sad.
ReplyDeleteOh Lord, have mercy!!!! This is such a nasty freak accident..God help that family, that woman especially..
ReplyDeleteKelvin Happiness, that was such a mean thing to say...something that nasty just happened to someone and not an ounce of sympathy from you....what if she wasn't doing any of those things you mentioned but was just trying to adjust her wrapper?
You think the mother hasn't blamed herself enough? Do u even think she can forgive herself ?how do u think this end of the year is for that family right now?
All these one na poverty cause am sef
Jehovah!!!!!!!!!!!! Lord have mercy!
ReplyDeleteOh my God,after all d stress,pregnancy,delivery and all aahhhhhshe for no born o
ReplyDeleteWhat a pity
ReplyDeleteOMG.So sad.RIP Baby
ReplyDeleteDoes it mean the okada was riding right in the middle of the road instead of side? Chai,I pity the poor child.
ReplyDeleteThis is so sad!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is so sad
ReplyDeleteThis made me sick toy stomach...carelessness of some mothers make u wonder if they didn't go through labour pains...pity
ReplyDeleteomg! Now all the people against baby carrier, atleast the people would have been safe being in front where the mother will see her. So so soooooooooooo sad
ReplyDeleteWot a pity!!! RIP 2 the baby
ReplyDeleteOh Poor baby and mother.....
ReplyDelete@Kelvin happiness.....U̶̲̥̅̊ sef N̶̲̅☹ serious.....hahahaha.
I shudnt be laffing wen drz a serious issue
Jesus christ, have mercy. Sad news
ReplyDeleteJust saw this online, it is well.
ReplyDeleteWhat a waste, why will pregnant women or women with babies climb okada? why? why?!
ReplyDeleteOMG,why would she back dat baby on d bike...Jezzz,datz so sad..
ReplyDeleteOMG! What a terrible way to die. Poor baby. May her soul rest in peace
ReplyDeleteWhat??? adjusting wrapper while the okada was still moving?? What was she thinking??? Poor baby, what a terrible way to die.....RIP, baby.
ReplyDeleteAm sppeechless,cnt even type RIP,whatis this!!
ReplyDeleteOMG! This is an act of carelessness!
ReplyDeleteUbiam bu uchu! Tufia! If she had kept that baby in her front or beta still enter taxi!!
That was how i witnessed one accident yesterday, a lady on bike, she just found her self on d middle of the road, thank God the on coming vehicle was very fast to apply brake!
RIP poor baby
There is nothing more annoying than seeing a baby strapped at a mother's back on a bike! I don't care if u are poor or in a hurry! Take a fucking BUS!
ReplyDeleteStella it was on Monday 22/12/14.I was driving to the market when I saw the road jammed,had to turn and went back home only for my cousin to call me she just saw the most scariest thing ever,the baby's brain was scattered to one side while her body was on the other side of the road,she said the baby was obviously fair skinned and very pretty,she couldn't sleep all through the nite cos she kept thinking about it.i can't begin to imagine wat the mother must be going through.
ReplyDeleteEiyah! So sad.. May God gv dem d hrt 2 bear ds.. So terrifying
ReplyDeletenawa. in this season? Rip to the little one
ReplyDeleteOh this made me weak. I cannot imagine what the mother is gong through now, she will blame her self for ever. Oh God give her strength to understand that the baby is now one of God's Angels. May the babies soul rest. Oh so sad :(
ReplyDeleteRIP to the little angel.But the mother should have put d baby on her laps bcos a 4month old is too small to b tied on the back.
ReplyDeleteDamn, very bad news I must say...
ReplyDeleteI read this and I've been feeling traumatised all morning.
ReplyDeleteGosh, this is horrible!
I can't begin to think how this mother would be feeling or what sorrow the family would be going through.
Lord deliver us from such horrors. Amen.
Jesus christ
ReplyDeleteSoooo painful,,,bad news
ReplyDeleteOMG!!!
ReplyDeleteOMG!! cant imagine what the family is going through now.....may her soul RIP.
ReplyDeleteLord Jesus!!!...My heart!I've just got goose bumps all over. What kind of sad news is this?Mercy Lord.
ReplyDeleteSo sad,i hate okada,lazy men can't provide a car for their wives
ReplyDeleteRip to Lil Angel
OMG, dis made me sick, and to think dat I do dis everyday, mine is even worse cos I ve to put my 2yrs old son in front of d bike man n I strap my 5months at my back. Each time I wnt to climb I always ask for God's safety. There's no Keke Napep in my area n so bike is d only option. I just wish God wil grant my heart desire by providing a car for me next year. I remember sumtimes in August wen a bike threw us into one dirth water in my area, my dota was just 1months+ den, d scene wasn't funny but I thanked God dat day dat no life was lost. I cnt imagine d pain dis woman must b goin thru now. God pls console her n protect us all frm unseen dangers....Amen
ReplyDeleteHmm you picture doesn't depict your plight at all! Misconstrued
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DeleteOh God
ReplyDeleteOgheneeeeee! Oh this is sad. God pls give this mother d courage2 bear this lost.
DeleteOMG rip baby, may God comfort d mother
ReplyDeleteThis is so sad! RIP to the little child. I fear okada ehn!
ReplyDeleteOMG this made me cry.
ReplyDeletebut why will a mother back a 4 months old baby and she climb okada with it, wasn't she supposed to bring de baby to her front wen she climb de okada and I thought it by 6 months, one can starting backing a baby.so sad.
I'm so sad. I have a 4 month old too....Chei! Can't believe.
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Oh my God c hw dis baby died as a result of d mother's carelessness.God pls teach us to be careful.RIP 2d precious baby
ReplyDeleteOh my God c hw dis baby died as a result of d mother's carelessness.God pls teach us to be careful.RIP 2d precious baby
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