Brother And Wife Reveal How They Found Brother/Husband Had Died In Trailer Accident

Chude Jideonwo, host of #WithChude, discusses how trailer accidents continue to kill citizens in Lagos. Featured is the family of one of the victims of the crash that happened on January 29, 2023 at Ojuelegba, Lagos, Nigeria.

The brother of the deceased, Chidiebere Felix, spoke about how he had seen the incident while returning from church on Sunday, without knowing his brother was involved. It was when he received the call from his wife that he knew his brother was in the accident he had seen earlier that morning.

The wife, Nneka also shared how she received the bad news that her husband had died in the accident. “That Sunday morning, my husband went to church with my children. They returned after 30 minutes. So, I asked him why they returned so soon and if they were going out and he said yes that they were going to the headquarters to receive holy communion. I said ‘Ok’ and they left.

 About 5 hours later, I didn’t see him, so I began to call him. It rang for about four hours. Then I called my brother-in-law’s wife to ask her if they were still in church and she said they weren’t, but the people were still receiving holy communion, so I felt that was why he was not picking up his phone. I waited for another 30 minutes and started calling him again. 

Somebody picked up the call, immediately the person picked, I started shivering and ended the call. I called back and the person started asking me questions about who I was, so I responded saying I was the wife of the owner of the phone.

 He asked me where we were staying, at this point I was shivering. The person then said I should send somebody to Ojuelegba police station, and I started wondering why I needed to send someone there. I told him my husband went to church so why do I need to send someone to Ojuelegba police station. I called my husband’s brother and explained the situation to him. He said “ok”. I couldn’t rest so I got dressed and headed to the police station. Getting there, I met my brother-in-law, crying”

Chidiebere Felix lamented, “I have been living in Ojuelegba since I got to Lagos in 1996. Every year, the containers usually fall on the bridge, sometime, twice in a year. Some will wipe out an entire family, while some people will survive. I could never have imagined someone I know would be in that situation let alone my own brother. 

He shared the problems they faced getting the body from the police custody, and the silence from the government and ministry of transport after releasing the body and how justice has not been served, as the truck owner is still on the run”.