Insecurity: I have been hiding myself, family and living in fear since 2022, Mrs. Amos laments
By: Celestine Ukah
The insecurity and incessant rains of attacks against Christians in Nigeria has led Mrs. Amos Funmilola Esther, her family and children to be hidding and living in fears since 2022 after the Owo attacks by suspected herdsmen.
Mrs. Amos in a chat with this newspaper narrated her ordeal saying she and her children are not safe anymore in the country as they don’t no where to run to.
According to Mrs. Amos the terrorist group attacks on the 13th of November 2024 around 3am in the wee hours of the night at their home where they are currently having refuge at Agbarho near Warri, Delta State and that they managed to escape through the back door because there wasn’t electricity supply as usual and that she ran out without carrying her last baby Elora Amos due to being afraid for her to cry and attract the insurgents to come after them to kill them both as they ran inside the bush.
Mrs. Amos Further stated that her child Elora Amos when they got back to the house after taking refuge in the bush, they found the child some how lying on the floor believing that they have done something bad to her child because the child was not sick before and they quickly rushed her to the nearest General Hospital at Ekhwerhe village Agbarho near Warri, Delta State and wasn’t attended to and that they decided to rush the baby on emergency to another hospital where the child was confirmed dead by a medical doctor.
Hear Mrs. Amos. Funmilola Esther narration further in this exclusive investigation:
“I Mrs. Amos. Funmilola Esther, the wife of Mr. Ajayi. Ilori Amos is here with a grieving heart writing to report an attack. The incident happened in the early hours of the morning around 3am on the 13th of November 2024.1 and my last child Eliora were at home because all the children I have in boarding school because of the attack my husband Ajayi Ilori Amos always get, so I decided to put them in boarding school for security purpose, neither do I come out too, even if I do am always in the vicinity, but I thought everything was over after one year my husband traveled. I went to harvest in the church on the 10th of November 2024 I guessed that was where some people saw me, I never knew they were still looking for pastor Amos’s family after he has travelled more than one year. That faithful day, I heard some people saying, If your husband is not around, he ran to Canada, his family cannot hid forever. If we cannot see him we’ll get his family.
“They said you cannot hide forever, we finally got the information, we are everywhere, I started shivering and was confused, I don’t know what to do, I took the back door to escape, there was no light so I use my phone to help me manage to see, but I left my child in the room because if I should take her along, she would be crying and they will run after us and kill the two of us, so I ran into the bush to hide there for some time before remembering to call one of my husband’s friend, Mr. Ola to come and pick me up a nd also called Pastor Adeleye, when we got back to the house, I found my child some how and quickly rushed her to the nearest hospital, General hospital Ekhwerhe village but they didn’t attend to us we decided to rush to another hospital that was when the child was confirmed dead.
“I have been hiding myself and living in fear ever since 2022. Please to whom it may concern, I and my children are not safe anymore, as am writing this letter am in tears and agony with grip of fear, I don’t know where to run to, because in Nigeria nowhere is safe, as safety and security is not guaranteed, as at now I stay with my husband’s friend, please for how long will I be hiding and living in fear and sorrow, am so afraid I don’t want to die, please help to save me and my remaining children, no one knows their next move of action.”
She’s also appealing to the international community to come to their aid to extend safety and further support to her family.
