Lagos bound traveler slums and kicks the bucket at Abuja airport
On
Tuesday, April 19, a female passenger identified as “mama Tobi” died at the
Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, while boarding her flight to
Lagos. Sources have claimed that she reportedly slumped as a result of high
blood pressure.
An
eye witness, Felix Ashimole, who claims to be a lawyer said that the woman died
in his hands as medical response from the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria
(FAAN) didn’t show up on time.
The
lawyer took to his social media to call out FAAN as he wrote;
Where
is the money they claim was sunk into renovating the airport into world
standard? For 13 minutes, no FAAN medical personnel. She died in my hands and
few others. A medical doctor on his way to Kano tried but as he finally said,
“we lost her.
But
she would’ve been saved, had FAAN provided basic insulin. She was diabetic. Her
sugar went high; She entered coma; No medical attention; She saw the light and
moved towards it. We kept calling her, Mama Tobi, Mama Tobi, don’t leave us,
wake up, Good morning but saliva trickled down, foams bubbled and I knew she
had seen a better place and wouldn’t be coming back!
“FAAN
and the entire airline staff on ground were stupidly acting as if è no concern
them. They kept announcing boarding and NEVER USED their speaker to ask if
there are any medical personnel on ground. Finally they brought an ambulance
from their fire fighting department, to take her corpse away! Good
night Mummy Tobi. Your country and countrymen, failed you,” the lawyer
wrote in a social media post.
However,
a representative/spokesperson of FAAN, Faithful Hope-Ivbase confirmed the
incident, but denied the accusation of FAAN medical team not responding on
time. In her words she said;
“Our
doctors were there. We are not happy it happened. We regret it happened but God
knows the best in every situation.”
