A female corper who was killed after a train rammed into her has been buried at her hometown in Rivers state.
The late Nneka Odili
Nneka Odili, the National Youth Service Corps member who died last
Thursday, as a result of injuries sustained after a train hit her at
Ikeja, Lagos has been laid to rest.
She was buried on Sunday, March 11, at her hometown, Ndoni in Rivers State.
It was gathered that the tragic incident occurred while the victim,
fondly called Nini, was heading home after the monthly clearance
exercise at the Ikeja Local Government Secretariat.
According to eyewitnesses, the deceased wore headphones thereby did
not hear the train's horn while trying to walk across the rail track.
She was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital where she later died.
Odili studied Home Economics at the Federal College of
Education,Technical, Omoku, Rivers State and later went to study Human
Kinetics at the University of Port Harcourt.
"Nneka Odili goes home this afternoon at Ndoni in Rivers State.
May her soul rest in peace. The stories about her death were all
false. The NYSC Lagos office has released the correct story that lead
to her death. She has no sophisticated phone in life and was not using
sophisticated phone as reported by some news paper. Please let us always
try to get our news correctly before going to the public." he wrote.
In a Facebook post, her colleague Abubakar Rukayat, described Odili'last painful moment.
"We lost one of our own yesterday 8th March 2018 by a train
when crossing the railway at ikeja. Please let try and use our earpiece
wisely, she had earpiece on and didn't notice d train..... someone
tried to push her off then she jumped into d train unknowingly.when
rushed to the hospital all she was saying was BLOOD OF JESUS until she
died .R.i.p Nneka odili." she wrote.
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