R.I.P - Beautiful Faces of The Dana Air Crash

Chronicled by Afronuts @ Monday, June 04, 2012

I was at home yesterday, babysitting the kids when I got the call from Ben, a friend.
A plane had crashed into my parent's neighborhood three bus stops away from our family home.
So saddening.
I give glory to God though because my baby brother was planning to come home from Abuja by Dana Air. He's changed his mind now and decided to go by road.

Since all over the net the news is no longer news, I don't need to talk about what happened. But I went round trying to find out who and who was on that ill fated plane. These pictures I came across drew tears to my eyes...such promising faces...lives cut short by the tragedy...generations wiped out in an instant...

May we never see such again. Here they are...

Adeleke Oluwadamilare - a 400 level student of
Bowen University, Iwo.

Adamu Bamaiyi

Amaka Awani

Amina Bugaje

Amina Bugaje's last BB message before boarding

Ayoola Somolu - a very dear friend of Standtall's

Dunni Doherty 

Echendu Ibe and Jennifer Ibe (Mother & daughter)

Ehime Aihkomu - Augustus Aihkomu's son

Iniebong Asuquo

Jones Ifekawa

Kayode Okikiolu - An Alumni of my beloved high school - CHS Aiyetoro

Kola Ayoola, A branch Manager at Sterling Bank Plc. Lagos

Kunbi Adebiyi

Levi Ajuonoma - NNPC spokesman & Ace Broadcaster 

Lt Colonel Jumbo Ochigbo  

Maimuna Ayene was on board with her husband, kids & Mother.
Kids were visiting Nigeria for the first time.
 Maimuna is sister to Prophet Ugo Wems

Nadine Chidiac

Mutihir Isttifaanus

Alvana Ojukwu - was supposed to be off to Oxford in September

Pastor Akin - of House on The Rock

 Olumide Coker

Prof. Onwuliri, former Vice Chancellor of FUTO

 Rev. Ayodeji and Ngozi Cole - they left behind those 3 adorable kids

Uche Ulasi - a crew member who seems to have the most pictures online.
She was to go on leave in two weeks

Wale Eribake - a business consultant 

 Maimuna Ayene's cousin, Oluchi Onyenyiri
with Maimuna's two kids who were also on the plane. 

Sgt Adejilola Abraham of the Nigerian Airforce.
He was returning to work after his 2nd child naming ceremony. 

Ibrahim Matankari

Crew member, Vivien Effiong Atangakak was due
to get married on 28th of July. 

******Updated!*****

Joy Alison (Sent in by Ify Monye).
She left behind a baby and husband
5.29pm, 5/6/12

Tunde Alade Martins 
(Sent in by Alex-Adeomi Maimunat)
5.29pm, 5/6/12 

Awyetu Hope Wasa.

She was travelling with her mum Ruth Wasa.
(Sent in by Folake Adeyemi)

 5.41pm, 5/6/12 

Prof. Emmanuel Obot
 6.10pm, 5/6/12

******Updated!*****

Mrs. Fatokun Anjola and her kids: Ibukun & Olaoluwa
(Sent in by a loved one)
  10.10am, 6/6/12 

Alhaji Shehu Sahad Usman - Director Of Mainstreet Bank
(Sent in by Dawood Uthman)
10.10am, 6/6/12 

Eseoghene Okor and Stanford Obrutse
(Sent in by friend)
10.10am, 6/6/12 

Kalthum Abubakar
(Sent in by a loved one)
10.10am, 6/6/12 

Femi Shobowale
(Sent in by Oluwafunmilola)
10.50am, 6/6/12

Onyinye Mgbanwa
(Sent in by Kassimmah Dafi, her cousin)
10.50am, 6/6/12

Tosin Anibaba - She left behind a loving husband
and a 2yr old daughter.
(Sent in by Debbie)
 10.53am, 6/6/12 

******Updated!*****

Ruth Wasa, mother of Awyetu Hope Wasa (8 pictures above)
(Sent in by Sadiq)
3.15pm, 6/6/12

Okeke Hope, a dedicated nurse with the SOS Children's Villages, 
Gwagwalada,who was on an official assignment from abuja to lagos
(Sent in by Charles Omofomwan)
3.25pm, 6/6/12 

******Updated!*****

Obiola Ikpoki
(Sent in by Yetunde Olusesi)
 9.56am, 7/6/12  

Mrs Chinwe Dike and her son Ezugo Dike were on their way
to Lagos for Convenant University's Post UME.
(Sent in by a Olybarbie3000)
9.57am, 7/6/12 

Ijeoma Onyiuke was before her death the
Marketing Head for Hewlett Packard (HP);
a role she returned to Nigeria to resume
after years in the UK.
(Sent in by 'Buchi - bossom friend)
10.04am, 7/6/12

Aderoju Osunbade, husband of Tope
and loving Dad of Haniel and Jason.
(Sent in by Lapinchie)
10.10am, 7/6/12

Falmata Nur Muhammad. Survived by
husband, daughter, mother and siblings.
(Sent in by a loved one)
3.20pm, 7/6/12

******Updated!*****

Eyo Bassey. He and Femi Shobowale
(who was also on the flight) worked together.
(Sent in by a friend)
8.50am, 8/6/12

Adiza Otegbeye (nee Thompson). She is survived by
her husband, Leke, and her two children.
Tomi, her daughter, is 16,and Olorunleke, her son, is 13.
Here she is seen in the 2nd picture with her daughter,
Tomi, just before she boarded the ill-fated flight.
(Sent in by her elder brother, Joseph Thompson)
8.51am, 8/6/12

******Updated!*****

Lilian Naicha Las, a staff of ICAN.
Somehow her name was omitted in the manifest
but she was on board the flight as confirmed in this article.
(Sent in by Nafisa Ishaku)
1.07pm, 10/6/12 

Rajuli and Ugbabio Oyosoro.
They were returning home
to their (already widowed) mother.
(Sent in by Atilola Salu)
 1.08pm, 10/6/12  

Ike Okoye
He left behind a wife and lovely daughter.
(Sent in by Atilola Salu)
 1.09pm, 10/6/12  

Saka Otaru.
He is survived by a wife and three kids.
(Sent in by a concerned friend)
 1.11pm, 10/6/12  

******Updated!*****

. Okocha Christopher
He left behind his wife and a 15 month old daughter.

(Sent in by Temitope Williams)

10.42am, 11/6/12

May these souls and those whose faces are not here plus those who were 

on the ground when the plane hit rest in perfect peace...Amen!