COMMODORE ABI-KALIO'S WIDOW

Commodore Abi-Kalio was among the victims of the Dana plane crash,he was said to be travelling from Abuja to Lagos on official duty before the incident.

The grieving Mrs Abi-Kalio could not believe her husband i dead to her its all like a dream and she prays it remains so.she strongly believes that her husband is still alive and would soon join members of his happy family.

all she could say was; i don't believe them that my husband is dead, my husband is dead. He cant die,i don't believe he is dead he cant live me like that, that was not what he promised me.


She recalled how her husband called her at about 8:am that black Sunday, informing her that he was going to church and to go to the airport later. “He told me he was going for an official duty in Lagos. At about 1:pm, he called again to tell me that he had arrived at the airport.

Some minutes past 1:pm, he called again to tell me that they were checking them in, and the next thing I saw was a text message telling me that he had boarded the plane,” she told Daily Sun in tears. The grieving woman explained that she was still sitting on the same seat to receive her husband’s message, when somebody called her on phone to enquire if her husband travelled.

“I told him he travelled and she asked me the aircraft he boarded and I told her it was Dana aircraft. And she told me that she got information that the plane crashed in Lagos.

“Till 12 midnight that Sunday, I never believed he was dead. I thought it was a dream, that he did not die. As I’m talking to you now, I still don’t believe he is dead. He is coming back home because God promised us that he would see his children’s children. The graduate of Sociology from University of Port Harcourt, disclosed that she had been jobless since she graduated in 2010.

“He is the only one sustaining the family. I have six children, four are in school currently, two are in the university while two are in secondary school. The other one has graduated but has no job like me. I don’t know where to start from, my God! Don’t leave me alone, God, I know you will give me the strength to bear this. If it is true that he is dead, it’s God’s will. He is the ultimate, He knows when it will happen.”

Mrs Abi-Kalio appealed to the Federal Government and the Nigerian Navy to give his husband befitting burial and to ensure that the family does not suffer. “My husband was dedicated to his duties and died in active service.”