Jennifer Olufade, widow of Ft. Lt Alfred Olufade, pilot of the ill-fated aircraft that killed 11 military officers, including the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Ibrahim Attahiru, on Friday in Kaduna, says her husband of three months had a dream of a plane crash, a day before the incident occurred.
Consumed by emotions, she posted on her Instagram page, @joba_star, the after the dream, she prayed with her late hubby over it and he had successfully traveled to Enugu and Owerri States and returned to Abuja, before embarking on the ill-fated flight to Kaduna.
Jennifer said when she received a message from him that they were again heading to Kaduna, she tried reaching him to dissuade him from embarking on the trip without success.
“Oh sparkle, you left me so early. Oh, my best friend, where do I start from? I am broken and pierced, my heartaches. This wasn’t what you promised me; you said you will always be there for me.
“On 20th of May, at about 4 am, 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 a 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 to beg you not to go.
“These three months have been heaven for me. We eat together on 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 by 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 are 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”, she wrote.
