Haunted by fears of road accidents and kidnapping, Grace Afangideh decided that air travel was the safest option for her journey.
The young lady took a flight to Enugu, planning to continue the rest of her trip to the National Youth Service Corps orientation camp in Ebonyi State by road. However, fate had other plans.
On the evening of Tuesday, January 21, 2025, Grace left her home to stay closer to the airport. Since her house was far from the airport and she needed to catch an early morning flight, she made the decision to stay nearby.
“She could have travelled by road, but due to fear of accidents and insecurity in the Southeast, she opted for air travel via Lagos to Abakaliki,” her father, Mr Camillus Afangideh, told The Punch correspondent.
But destiny had already taken a cruel turn, as death waited, lurking in the shadows. She could not get a direct flight to Abakaliki due to a problem that was not revealed and her only option was to land at Enugu State airport, and continue her journey to NYSC camp by road to Ebonyi State.
With determination and excitement, Grace, as The Punch correspondent learned, boarded a flight from Lagos State to Enugu State on the morning of January 22.
The flight went smoothly, and she arrived safely. However, the journey was not yet complete, as she still had to travel to Ebonyi to begin her NYSC orientation camp.
Unknown to Grace, who later boarded an Enugu North Mass Transit bus with other corps members, the very danger she had feared most was waiting for her.
He said 30 minutes into the journey, the vehicle his daughter was traveling in collided with another vehicle, and she died immediately.
“Grace always had a deep fear of road accidents and kidnapping. She often expressed her concerns, never imagining that her worst fear would end up taking her life,” her father added, as he struggled to hold back his tears.
Even after her death, her father revealed, her siblings had dreams of her, insisting that she was still alive.
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