Nigerians mourn Lydia Komolafe

Unfortunately, this was not to be as she was among the seven students of the Medical Laboratory Science Department of the University of Jos who died in the blast.  Lydia was an active commentator on the sad drift of affairs in the country, often penning her thoughts and views on the social media.  She condemned […]

Unfortunately, this was not to be as she was among the seven students of the Medical Laboratory Science Department of the University of Jos who died in the blast.  Lydia was an active commentator on the sad drift of affairs in the country, often penning her thoughts and views on the social media.
  She condemned the Federal Government for allowing the Boko Haram insurgency to thrive by playing the ethnic and political card from the outset, while also expressing concerns that Nigerians were no longer safe in motor parks.
  One of her tweets read, “They ignored the red flag for terrorism when it started earlier in Jos and Kaduna. Nobody cared. They called it all kind of names. They called it religion, ethnic, political. We suffered in silence. They shut us up! Now it’s coming closer ‘home,’ the seat of government and everyone is crying wolf! If only we had curbed it earlier!”
  She had also expressed concern over the abducted Chibok schoolgirls, joining in the global campaign for the release of the girls.
  “Nobody should be punished for going to school! There’s no basis to this kidnap! Our hearts are bleeding. Please bring them alive! May the angels protect them wherever they may be,” she wrote in another tweet.
  Unknowingly, Lydia was being poetic about her own death through a Boko Haram bombing. It is sad Nigerians who have been using the social media to condemn the bomb blast as well as sympathize with her family and friends over her death:

John Friday Akpata
  A 2/1 student in the making and she loved to help people. From her tweet, you could see love, compassion and activism. As we hold, today, a service of songs for ‘’Baby Lee’’, may her thoughts and desires be fulfilled in our nation’s life.
Celestina Nkem Ilo
  I’m crying in my heart and pray that God will use the death of precious lady Lydia to put a stop to all this and disgrace the demons in this country. It is not easy to lose a wonderful daughter like you.
Richard Richard
  She was really beautiful, not just on the outside but inside too. Although I didn’t know her, I have no doubt in my mind that she  was an angel.
Etienne Nonso
  It is disheartening that such a woman with a cluster of bright stars shining around her has joined the pantheons of the dead.
Celestine Okai
  Lydia has left the scene, a very wicked stage in our history as a nation, for her killers to continue their wicked acts that would eventually lead them into the bottomless pit to enjoy the hellish reward of killing innocent souls.