Mr Asaniyi Rufus, father of the late 29-year-old pilot, Asaniyi Taiwo, who flew the crashed military plane, has said that only God can console him and members of his family over the demise of his son.
Speaking with
the News Agency of Nigeria at his Ibadan residence on Monday, the 62-year-old
father of the late pilot, who betrayed emotion repeatedly, lamented the death
of his son.
“I struggled
to ensure that my children have the best. I did farming for 32 years to support
my teaching job, just to ensure that my children have the best of education.
“Since my
retirement in 2019, Taiwo has been the one sustaining my family. All the
responsibilities of the family had been on his shoulder, being the first male
child.
“He was a
blessing to us and our extended family. I had thought that the chain of
hardship had been broken, but God took him away,” the bereaved father said.
Asaniyi
appealed to the Federal Government to help find jobs for his late son’s
siblings so that he (father) would not die thinking of him.
“I want to
appeal to government to please help me find jobs for them because God has taken
my beloved Taiwo away,” he said, sobbing uncontrollably.
The
deceased’s mother, Mrs Rachael Asaniyi, 59, who could barely speak, also
appealed for government’s assistance.
Also
speaking, the eldest child of the family, Mrs Oluwatoyin Olaoye, who spoke
highly of her late brother, said the family had taken solace in the fact that
he lived a fulfilled life.
“Just a day
to the incident, he called me that I should get the list of things sent by our
in-laws for his marriage and that I should put costs on them and get back to
him.
“He also told
me that the military had asked him to proceed on a course in the United Kingdom
with effect from June 12.
“My brother
was exceptionally brilliant; he was the shining light of both our nuclear and
extended family, but God knows best,” she said.
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