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Kaduna Crash: Pilot’s Widow Says Three Months Marriage Was Heaven On Earth

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3 years ago

May 25, 2021

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Flt. Lt. Alfred Olufade and wife, Jennifer

Jennifer Olufade, the widow of Flt Lt Alfred Olufade, the pilot of the military aircraft that killed 11 military officers, including the Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Ibrahim Attahiru, in Kaduna on Friday, has described her three month marriage to him as a heaven on earth.

In a tribute she made on her Instagram page, she noted how he woke her a day before the crash of his involvement in an air crash in Kaduna and how they prayed against it.

She also observed their dream for ‘three children’ to be named Zain, Zion and Zoe, a dream, she said will neve come to fruition again.

Jennifer and Alfred Olufade got married about three months ago.

She wrote:

“Oh sparkle, you left me so early. Oh, my best friend, where do I start from? I am broken and pierced, my heart aches. This wasn’t what you promised me; you said you will always be there for me.

“On 20th of May, at about 4am, you woke me up with fear and said ‘baby, baby, I had a bad dream. I dreamt that I crashed on my way to Kaduna.’ You said it looked very real. I prayed for you seriously that morning and asked you not to worry and asked you your mission order and who you were flying with and you told me Flt. Lt Asaniyi.

“I said ‘don’t worry, you will go and come back.’ You went to Enugu, Owerri and back to Abuja. We did video call and also spoke at length and you were just smiling. Little did I know that was your last smile.

“The next message I received was that you were going to Kaduna. My heart shattered, I smelt danger, I started calling you, you didn’t pick. Why didn’t you pick? Why? I wanted begging you not to go.

“These three months have been heaven for me. We eat together in the same plate, we prayed together, we laughed and cried together. This wasn’t the plan you had for me.

“You said you will always be my side. It is still like a dream that I can’t see you. I know you are coming back to me. All I see is condolence messages. How do I stand them? Reading them pierces my heart even more.

“I feel like a failure, I couldn’t stop you, I couldn’t stop Asaniyi, oh my God, Oh My God. You saw this,” Jennifer, the widow of one of the pilots of the military aircraft that crashed in Kaduna wrote.