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May their gentle soul rest in perfect peace

I never knew you, but you just did not deserve this, IT IS WELL.

This time last year I kept thinking of this beautiful family and why this had to happen to them. Today I saw the papers and the remembrance and I'm feeling the same way even with more tears in my eyes and pain in my heart. Maimuna I never knew you but I know you were a happy woman, your happiness was written all over you and though short your life was a beautiful and fulfilled one. Rest in peace the Anyenes, God please grant them eternal rest............Please.

May their souls rest in peace and may God continually comfort their families.Have mercy oh Lord

Painful' is an understatement. I wish someone could give reasons to why some things happens but what shall we do even if we know the reason? Rest in perfect peace, a wonderful family I never knew.

Rest in Peace.

My heart still bleeds. Rest in peace

May their gentle and beautiful soul rest in peace.

I don't know this family but get to hear about it during the time of Dana crash and after a year still heard a lot about this loving family and their wonderful personalities. My heart is filled with pains after going through site of your memories and I pray that almighty God will grant you rest in his blossom.Amen. Rest in peace this wonderful family.

i do not know you but this is an irreplaceable loss.I can only pray that your souls rest in eternal peace and that God in his infinite mercy will keep the family members you left behind.

Relax & rest in peace as u are remembered in our hearth......

Relax and rest in peace,you are always remembered everyday.......

Continue to rest in peace , you are remembered today and forever

u will be remember forever and loved.

It's exactly a year, rest on in His bossom.

"Forgiveness. Love."
Your last profile update. A very succinct and thought provoking message.
Whenever I scrolled past that message, I often stopped and wondered the revelation you had. What state of mind were you in when you put up that message.
We all know that only the strongest really forgive and only the bravest really love.
My prayer is that you and your family have received both divine forgiveness and love as you rest in the bosom of the most high.

In the last 12 months there have been so many 'had Onyeka been here' moments.
Just goes to show the immense influence you had on a lot of us. I have missed your rib cracking jokes and your mentorship.
They say time heals all. We will see how true that is.
Sleep on big brother.

Maimu, you are fondly remembered today and always, miss u lots. The memory of the times we shared will forever remain etched in my heart. Rest in peace always, the Ayene`s, Mrs B and all those who lost their lives on the 3rd of June 2012.

Aunty Maimuna, you have always been a wonderful aunt to me. You are so kind, nice, beautiful, and just amazing in all. Every summer my family and I would come visit for the the twins and your birthday. THose were the greatest memories ever. And I remember the time you came to my house for Memorials Day, we had just the best of times. You always looked after me and cared for my family. Once you departed from the Earth, I gave me a better insight of life all together. I love you, I love you Uncle Onyeka, everytime we visited you always gave me $100+, honestly it was too much but you didnt care. I love you Kamsi, you always brighten up my day being so energentic. I love you Kayima and Kayine, I always pretended that you were my own children. I love you Noah, even though I didnt get to meet you, it would have been nice to. And my big Aunty. I love you too. I will always remeber you, you will be always in the back of my mind. God has a purpose for everything.

As the year is about to end, thought of u all, hope you had a beautiful Xmas with the Lord. Continue to rest in peace,

continue to rest in peace ur family just crossed my mind

Continue to rest on in peace.....their story still shocks me but I know God loves them best

cant take your family out of my mind, continue to rest in the lord,

I have always wanted to do dis but somhow have always lost strength..I tink now I can,I will always miss and wish it never ended like this..I have to move on now but I know I will always carry all your thoughts in my hearts..Adieu

i am still in shock may their precious soul rest in perfect peace.God knows best

may ur sweet souls rest in peace.

Just stopped by to say hello,thinking of u all.Still hurts so much, but God knows best. God bless u all and may u all rest in Peace.

Dear anyenes, its nadine, i personally didnt know your family but i wish i did because you look so happy, loving and you have adorable kids but on the other hand im kind of happy i didnt know you people because i could never have gotten over your deaths but one thing is you lived together as a family and you also died as one im happy because you can continue as a family in a happier place (heaven where there is no sorrow or tears. Rest with the lord you all and to the children, you came to earth not too long ago but you have to go back so soon, but i have hearD that "the most precious in the eyes of the LORD is the death of his faithful" i would end now with rest with the LORD forever Amen!

The Lord has his reasons why such a mishap would happen to such a beautiful family , may God bless their souls and may they rest in PERFECT PEACE . This is so painful

So sad to see a whole family gone too soon.May the Lord God grant them eternal rest

This is all so painful. May God grant them eternal rest.

Rest in peace Mai. You will be greatly missed by your friends. God ll comfort those you have let behind.

Today marks three months that mr Onyeka and Family left this world,May your gentle souls continue to rest in peace.Amen

I do not know this family in person,but have been searching for more on them ever since the crash incident.My search led me to this site.

If God who alone work great wonders can allow this happen,you question the reason he made them so beautiful and allowed such beauty to be felt by man before ushering them back to himself.Instantly you question the reasons he did.I am only consoled because the bible let us know before this incident that the ways of God is never the ways of man.We the living should beware.

never knew you but my heart cries out for you all, especially these little angels but we take solace that CHRIST defeated death and He knows the best. may your beautiful souls rest in bosom of our creator

Just checking up on you guyz. Its falling more and more silent on this end... You remain in our thoughts. Continue to rest in peace & hope you are all smiling down at us... Huggs

still miss u so so much rest in peace

Mr Onyeka Anyene and family always on M̶̲̥̅γ̲̣̣̥ mind I can't stop crying for this family. The pain is too much to bear.

I Still can't stop crying,rest in peace!

Our hearts go out to you and your family in this difficult time, you are in our thoughts and prayers.

This is really a sober moment critically anchored on we the livings to fathom that there is time for everything on earth as recorded in the book of ecclesiates "time to die and time to born"so we have make peace with GOD nd seek for salvation .

Rest in Peace

Continue to rest in peace, those lovely kids, waoh!it still hurts

rest in peace

Maimuna may u and ur beautiful family continue to RIP, it is still hurting.....

Today marks exactly two month that mr Onyeka and family left us in this world,May their souls rest in peace ┏̲A̶̲̅┓̲м̣̣̥̇̊є̲̣̥п̥̥

Though i know you (Mr.Onyeka, Maimuna and Children) not but since the day i saw the pics on net, i can't stop crying and asking withint why!!especially for these lovely kids, OMG, we cannot question God. May their soul rest in peace

Happy Birthday to Maimuna ,Kayne and Kayma Anyene . Miss you all .

Happy Birthday Maimuna and the beautiful twins who would have turned 3 years today ... I know you 3 are enjoying your birthday with our lord . Continue to rest in peace till we meet again.

Pls this website is meant for condolence messages not for advertising

Mamuina we went to FSASON all those years ago, i just realized it was you. Im so saddened by this,May your soul RIP. May the good lord bless you and your family. RIP.... this is so hurtful.

Mr. Onyeka, Thank you for giving me my very 1st job after University in 2002. (Beyond Communications). May you and your lovely family continue to rest peace. May the lord be merciful to you and your lovely family.Eternal rest grant unto them o lord and let perpetual light shine upon them, may they rest in peace AMEN!!

I don't know you guys but i feel like i have known you for years,i have mourned you since i saw your pictures on the 3rd of June,people has begged me to remove your pictures from my display pics and allow you to rest,maybe now i have seen the site i have closure knowing you are resting with God,still cant understand why those innocent children were wiped out, i hope the angels took them before the fire started,don't want to believe they died in pains.The twins bears the same name with my twins oh my God what a loss,rest in peace the Angelic 4 K's. rest in peace Anyaene's.keep smiling maimuna and the lord would open his heart to onyeka and family s he has done to the poor around him.

God... all i did was seat right in front of my laptop as i watch the picture of this beautiful family with tears rolling down my cheeks uncontrolably. i never met them yet i'm already almost gonna kill myself looking at this. God i pray with ur arms wide open u will recieve this family into ur heavenly kingdom to rejoice forever. it's such a sad world. My heart felt sympathy to their surviving familiies.

ewo..........chimo......why..why...why....*sobing*

Collins, for that is the name I knew you by back in college and Law School. I'm still trying to wrap my mind around the events of June 03, 2012, but I'm having a hard time of it. Seeing the photos of those small white coffins, just about broke my heart into a million little pieces, however, i draw consolation from the thought that you all will always be together. Adieu and be at rest son of Ndiowu.

As you all are laid to rest today, may you rest in peace till we all see again.Even though we are not present there at the funeral, we are there in spirit offering prayers for God to receive your souls. Sleep well Onyeka,Maimuna,Kamsi, Kaiyenotochi,Kayimarachi,Noah. You all are loved, may God who made you receive you all in his kingdom.It is so painful but we look to God to give all that are affected hope and strength to bear this great loss. Rest in Peace angels!You live on in our hearts.Farewell angels!!!It is not over till God says it is over, we will see again in resurrection!

onyekachi?(who is bigger than God?)Absolutely nobody.Onyeka your name says it all.I pray that God gives your family,loved ones and well wishers the strength and grace to withstand all as they all bid you all farewell today.May God in his infinite mercy be with them.Its really a tough 1 today but Onyekachi?Rest in peace lovely ones.Rest in peace little angels..So so painful....

Maimuna and Onyeka, this week must be very tough for your extended family left behind as they say Goodbye to all 9 of you . I pray for strenght and God's grace to be on them all.

Theres just nothing to say. God you know best. You alone know why you let this happen. We thank you. Onyeka was good to me. I found frienship with him even when we both had nothing at our early sourjoun in lagos. Wv all become big now. I thought this was the time to live it up but death has made me realise that we actually dont need anything but to worship and praise God. Adieu my blood

maimuna and onyeka family ur exit was painful but we take solace that God is the giver and taker of life.may your gentle souls rest in peace.

IS MY FERVENT PRAYER THAT THE ALMIGHTY GOD GRANT UR RELATIVES THE FORTITUDE TO BEAR THE IRREPARABLE LOSS AND MAY THEIR GENTLE SOULS REST IN PERFECT PEACE AMEN

Am so painful and speechless, but I must express my condolence. Onyeka, may God grant you and your be loved family eternal rest. Goodnight to you all.

Its been a month plus.... It still feels horrible. But the healing will come. Consoled y'all are resting. I watched a movie 'United' about a crash many years ago & and a short clip of you hangin out at the park with a friend & cried uncontrollably. Then I realised again and again it will not be easy at all. Ai, Moh , Ndako & Onyeka's family must miss y'all much more than any of us ever will.... Huggs

Maimuna, words cannot decribe how haunted and sad I have been since the day of the fatal crash that took you all away. The pain is unbearable, the thought of those children dying in such a wicked way is so painful to the soul. I wish I could turn back the hands of time and prevent you all from entering the flight but only God knows why this happened. I lost a relative too on that flight and I am also pained by that.The thing I have realised though is that a lot of good people where on that flight, which makes me believe that God permitted this because he wants you to come home and that maybe the end is near for such good people to go in such a way. Oh Nwannem, I have looked through your pictures and I admired everything, ur smiles, your beauty, ur adorable kids and your brave husband and lovely mum. Please sorry that such a thing happened to you all. Ndo, because of you I have chosen to live life and smile everyday, I have chosen to appreciate my children more even when I am tired since you showed us such strength in your motherhood. I have chosen to take trips to theme parks ( I just went to sesame place in philadelphia) and prayed for u all there, since u took Kamsi there.I have chosen to live a happy life since no one knows when they will exit this world. Maimuna and family rest in eternal peace, may God receive you all and those angels, kiss Noah for me and enjoy heaven till we meet to part no more!!You are alive in our hearts and we love you all!

May your souls continue to rest in perfect peace. You will never be forgotten. May God console all the loved ones you left behind. It is well.

I am at a complete loss for words. I didn't know you, but my heart is bleeding. May you all sleep in peace eternally! With love from Bronx, New York

Beautiful Anyenes , its been one month already . In Jesus name it has also been one month since you all have been enjoying heaven. Rest well. May God continue to give your family the strength to bear this loss..

Spring’s carnival of pretty pastels, sweetie-pie florals and ladylike looks ushers in a new wave of femininity.

The death of your lovely family has left me asking a thousand and one questions.I pray that God grants your loved ones the fortitude to bear this huge loss. Rest in the bosom of the Almighty beautiful ones!!!

Onyeka, I feel very honoured to have met you. You ran the race of life...... you passed with flying colours!! God has decreed that you come to Him now; not just alone but with Maimuna and your beautiful kids to enjoy the rewards of your excellent sojourn here. Pam & I will NEVER forget you.

With heavy heart and tearful eyes i grieve with this family.May the all knowing and almighty God grant all affected and touched by the loss of this family the heart to bear. Amen.

Hmmmmm! OMG! Am speechless honestly, so pained in my heart. Wwords failed me to express my feelings. God grant them eternal rest

Inexplicable loss.I don't know any member of the family but I'm so pained by this loss. I wonder how their friends and family feel. May God grant them eternal rest and I know heaven will welcome them.

I'm filled with tears as I'm typing...I'm soo short of words. May d Almighty grant Ʋ all Eternal rest Απϑ let his perpertual light shine upon Ʋ all. May Ʋr souls rest in peace. Amen

for everything in life there is a season,but God knows why he had to take them away from us so soon.may your souls rest in peace

May their souls rest in the bossom of the Lord. Father Lord console their relatives.

God knows,so we can't contemplate why? You all will be dearly missed and we take solace that you rest in the blossom of the Heavens with your lovely family.

May you rest eternally in the bosom of The ALMIGHTY!

MAY YOUR BEAUTIFUL SOULS REST IN PERFECT PEACE

may u all rest in peace and may God forgive and grant u heaven.

OH GOD WHY WHY I STILL WAIL FOR THESE PEOPLE,I DON'T EVEN KNOW THEM BUT I FELT THEIR AGONNY.BUT ON THE SECND THOUGHT GOD KNOWS BEST.RIP

Our beautiful sister with her trademark dimples. My thoughts of you are so vivid that it’s almost like you’re standing right next to me. Seems like a few days ago; when we made fun of your red sweater, red jeans and red polka dotted shirt which you loved to wear when we were growing up. Seems like a few days ago when we stayed up late trying to put the twins to sleep. And it seems like a few days ago we laughed on the phone as we spoke of your plans for the future. My neighbor walked up to me and asked about you recently, he wondered what happened to my pretty sister who once participated in MTN’s beauty contest. I told him you’re doing well and you’ve got four kids now. If I see him again, I’ll still tell him the same.
You were not just a great sister, but also a loving wife and a doting mother (I can still remember years ago when you were crawling over Kamsy in my living room so my kids won’t trample on your 8 month old angel). You were a true friend to every one of us; Onyeka, mummy, me, your brothers, our family friends, UI colleagues and QC girls! You were a fighter who never let anyone be treated unjustly. You set your own standards and kept to them. You were a giver, in even the most unexpected circumstances. You shared yourself and your love with us. You were brilliant and had a competitive streak that made you always want to be the best.
My dear little sister, these lines are not half a testimony of who you really are. It’s hard to say it all. You will not be forgotten. Muna, I miss you. The world misses you. We all love you.
May Allah grant you al-jannatul firdaus.
 

Its so painful, right from the day I saw the manifest of the illfated aircraft. Death is inevitable, but in this case it was too early and sudden. I pray that God will grant ur souls eternal rest. Amen

This tragedy is extremely painful. WE ARE ALL AFFECTED , even those of us who dont know this family are in mourning. I have cried a bucket to God, why did he allow this to happen , the number of deaths from one family were too much but i guess who am i to question God. He gives and he takes so we just have to accept it and find some healing. Destiny

Please accept my condolence , I cant even begin to imagine what the extended family is going through. May God be with you all , and May they souls rest in peace

...Lord! This is too much to bear! It is to difficult to comprehend...! Please give the loved ones of this family the grace and fortitude to bear this loss! Lord! You know best!May their souls find peace in the lord. Amen.
It is well.

I admire this Family. Jesus Loves you all more. Adieu.

RIP.only God knows why and we cant question him.the pain is so much even to pple that never knew u like me.for a whole family to die in one day together is very touching and painful,may ur beautiful souls continue to rest in peace.Amen

YOU HAVE ONLY GONE TO REST AND LIVE IN HEAVEN, WHERE THERE IS NO WEEPING OR GNASHING OF TEETH

even though you have left this earthly kingdom, you will always live in our hearts.
JESUS LOVES YOU MORE

May your gentle souls rest in the perfect peace of the Lord. Only God knows why this happened. The pain is so much.

I met you when i first got into UI in 98. Sweet Maimuna, you were such a joy to have known. Even in death your life keeps touching those around. Reading eulogies left of you makes me appreciate all I have a lot more and just to enjoy life a bit more. You showed that love is the most important thing and family cannot be bought. Like Ebun said " let's do a Muna" everyday. Sleep on sweet angels.

This is indeed a sad story. RIP

Irememember the first day ur nephew gave u my number.u called and warned me not be late @ the airport so we could do our buisness.I remember the way u handled everybody from the workers @ the airport to your bro in the hospital with a lot of kindness.the advice was unending on how to handle my property buisness.the way u played with my twin boys,telling me u had twins too.wow I havnt stopped cryn but I know all of you are in the bossom of our lord JESUS christ.you are all forever blessed toghether with the other victims.RIP lots of love

Difficult to say,give Thanks in all but who are we to start questioning God.

When will this emptiness that I feel go away?
When will I be able to make any sense of it all?
Our encounter in this life has been so enriching to me, but yet so short that I am still unable to fathom that your “departure” is irreversible, and not just gone on one of your several trips, to return shortly, and then on to another fulfilling time tapping into your energy, advice, motivations, and outlook to life.
When I remember that you are gone, I think departure and not death, because, the memories of our encounters will forever live on in my consciousness. Your life lessons will forever stay with me.
Your life thought me commitment.
Your “departure” reveals to me the extent of your commitment to family, friends, peers, staff, partners etc.
You stayed committed, with regard for neither acknowledgement, nor praise.
Your life thought me mentorship.
You were never lacking in energy, time, or words to motivate, cheer on, and encourage. It seemed a rare joy for you to see those around you succeed and prosper.
Your life thought me humility.
You gave so much but yet asked for so little in return. I still remember the day in your office when you got so worried about a friend of yours who was suffering from cancer (needless to mention how you quickly got involved with financial and other forms of necessary assistance). I remember being completely overwhelmed by the extent that you went to (albeit the very short notice) to become a part of your friend’s burden. In retrospect, I see how much you hated any form of suffering for those around you.
And yet, you never asked for anything in return. You avoided as much as you could, even the simplest of “thank you”.
All that meant anything to you it seemed, was the comfort and prospering of those around you.
Words will fail me to appreciate you enough for the personal interest you took in my life. Had you been here now, you would have certainly discouraged this action of praise and thanksgiving, but since you are gone, let me start by saying…THANK YOU SIR FOR EVERYTHING.

Adieu Boss.
Forever in my memories,
Ifeanyi Akosionu.

Dear God, please comfort the families of those who died in Dana Air crash. Even we who don't know them personally are deeply grieved. Please Lord be their strength and support.

I am still left speechless !!! .
Your families loves you but God loves you more. Thats the only explanation to why this happened. God could no longer wait to make you all beautiful ANGELS. Sleep well all 9 of you and the rest 153 on dana flight. its not easy to lose such a number at once from one extended family but who are we to question God . How do you even begin to console and comfort the rest family. SPEECHLESS !!!.
May God comfort the families left behind. Amen. God will definitely provide Healing till you all meet again to part no more.

This is very painful and heart breaking!!! . Who are we to question God to allow them all travel in the same tragic plane. May their souls rest in perfect peace, Amen. May God grant friends and families the fortitude to bear this tragic and irreparable loss.
The Anyene and Maimuna extended family are in my thought and prayers .

Bros!
I am trying to post a tribute but every key activates torrents of tears. So, i will stop. The book on you, Maimuna, Kamsi (my claim to a famed God Father) and his sibblings as well as Maimuna's mother and your cousins in-law, can never be finished and will be written into perpetuity as you live through your works and all the lives that you have touched and whose seeds will continue to generate unending fruits! I will return to this page when i have enough courage and may be with "first lady" by my side to nudge me on as usual. The best is yet to come and your legacies live on. Thank you for your labour of love. Rest in God's bosssom.

I just cant stop crying , How can a family lose 9 members and 3 generations in one day. O Lord , you alone can provide healing and strength . Please be with the rest of their extended family , Amen. Send you holy spirit to comfort them and protect them, may they never have cause to experience this kind of sorrow again.... My heart is so heavy from this story . Too many dreams cut short .. Lord lord Lord !!!. Lord you know best , you give and take at will. It is well

A generation gone just like that.! filled with awe..! Our God is not asleep, He would avenge your deaths and especially deal with people who out of greed and selfishness contributed to the disaster.
May the Good Lord comfort your relatives' hearts and fortitude to bear the loss, Amen.

A generation gone just like that.! filled with awe..! Our God is not asleep, He would avenge you deaths especially deal with people who out of greed and selfishness contributed not the disaster.
May the Good Lord comfort your relatives' hearts and fortitude to bear the loss, Amen.

TRIBUTE TO ONYEKA AND HIS ENTIRE FAMILY (Unending Love)
ONYEKA, my kid brother, I don’t know exactly what to say. Where will I start and where will I end?
The love, peace, joy and harmony that radiated in your family which I witnessed when I spent two quality evenings in your home at West Hertford before your journey to Nigeria on 26th May will forever remain with me. I can close my eyes visualizing Kamsiyonna sitting on your head, the twin girls Kamarachi and Kayinetochi sitting one on each lap while Noah was upstairs. I can visualize Maimuna’s smiling face with her lovely deep dimples. Maimuna, you always kept your door wide open for everybody. You are a Sister in-law everybody would love to have. Your warm welcome is amazing.
Maimuna; as the Lord would have it, you went away with your entire family. On May 26th, when my friend Ify told you she didn’t travel with her husband because of fear; you simply told her it was better to die together than to die alone. O! Death, where is your sting? Indeed, this is an unending love.
What shall I say about our four little Angels, bundles of joy to the nuclear family and the entire Anyene and Mijindadi families. Onyeka, God chose you to be a channel of blessing to others and you never complained. You were a problem solver. You were a silent giver, no wonder many are now testifying to your financial help. Onyeka, you were a caring and compassionate brother. You were a bridge builder, a peoples- person, never tired of helping others. You have put smiles on many people’s faces; no wonder God blessed you with a lot of resources, materially and financially. GIVERS NEVER LACK!
Deep in my heart I feel the continuous sharp pain, but I know this is an acid test for our faith. The grace of God is sufficient for us. His grace has kept us and will continue to see us through. Our aged mother, Mama Mercy Anyene, alias “EbemNwere Jesus, Odighiihekorom”, who was so close to you will bear it through the love of Christ our Saviour.
Our Father named you Chukwuma (Only God Knows) and We all are living by it.
It is well with us.
I know the Lord’s hands are wide open to receive all of you.
Adieu, Onyeka and Family!!

My Dearest onyeka,
You lived a short but eventful life,breaking down barriers,making many friends and touching even so many lives in the process.You were a people's person,kind,humane,generous and yet so humourous.In your short life span,you achieved so much intellectually,financially and all spheres of human endeavour,though a brilliant lawyer and an investment guru with a consuming love for center stage presence,your greatest investment was in your friends.....
You were also an quintesential family man,always doting on Maimuna and the kids,providing the best that life could offer.
On sunday,3rd of June,2012,Onyeka,you slipped the surly bounds of this earth to touch the face of God,taking your whole family with you,initially,when we heard of the crash,we kept calling your phone numbers,praying and hoping that somehow,you missed or did not board that flight..........we may never know why you left so suddenly,but almighty God is still on the throne and only Him has all the answers,adieu, good friend as you continue to rest in the bosom of the almigthy.It was a great priviledge to have known you for you were one of a kind,sleep on brother,till we meet to part no more!!!!

Uncle Onyeka,
Where do I begin? I feel robbed of time. Time I would I have used to get to know you better.
However, your legacy is astounding! The lives you touched! The destinies you changed! The leaders you helped raise! The people you inspired! The flame of hope you fired up in the hopeless!
The faceless angel God used to mend broken lives, answer silent prayers and remind those who had forgotten that there is a God.

Oh death! Where is your sting? The Lord gives and He takes at the appointed time. Uncle Collins (as your nephew so often called you), if I could do half the things you accomplished in your time on earth, I can't imagine what my mansion would look like in heaven. As you arranged for everyone here, I am rest assured that you're arranging for us up there.

I am honored to be associated with you. That the blood of such a phenomenal entity runs through the veins of my husband, your nephew and my kids. That I am considered family to such a great man. And I know we'll meet again on the other side. Till then, work well because there must be more hands needed in heaven for God to have reposted you to heaven.
See you later!

Onyeka the vacuum you created in my family who will fill it? Who?. Since 3rd june till now I can't sleep, it seems to me Onyeka will call me the following day as usual. Onyeka you leave me Uche as walking corpse. Boss, go, we will meet to part no more.

My dear friend Onyeka – soar with Jesus. He alone understands what has happened. I have tried hard to understand but I am only human. God knows best.

You were an enigma – drawing people to you by your intelligence, your whit and your humour. I thank God I met you, you taught me that the Nigerian dream is possible.
I still expect you to send one of your mails saying “ my people you thought I was gone? I just hid somewhere and came out later” but that is not to be. You are happy where you are - with Christ and with your family.
Thank you for being there for me. Good night my friend, good night! I will miss you greatly. You are one of a kind. After you na you again!

T’lo or Pay-lo 

Onyeka (Kachi boy) Anyene
A Poem for my dear friend
HE IS GONE
You can shed tears that he is gone,
Or you can smile because he lived,
You can close your eyes and see all that he has left.
Your heart can be empty because you can’t see him
Or you can be full of the love that you shared,
You can turn your back on tomorrow because of yesterday,
Or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday.
You can remember him and only that he is gone
Or you can cherish his memory and let it live on,
You can cry and close your mind, be empty and turn your back,
Or you can do what he would want:
Smile, open your eyes, love and go on.

ONYEKA - THE ONLY LEARNED MAN IN MBA 6
In January 2001, we were all gathered in a class called MBA -6. Everyone was a ''jambite''. Integration and getting to know one another started during the introduction. It did not take time for Onyeka to demonstrate that he was a lawyer with a determination, not only to know and master the business world, but also to dominate it. He was able to achieve this in his lifetime.
He was vocal and jovial. His contribution in the class was always interesting with funny questions and examples. He had a nickname for every one. I still remember, when I was promoted to the position of Senior Manager in 2001. Onyeka said, Abel is now a ''Senior Moniger''. What a funny and wonderful man!!
He was in the forefront of PIE Estate. He got the land, registered it and allocated it by way of having shares in the company that owns the land - he was Intelligent with a good foresight.
What about joint study during the week to complete our assignments? At every meeting in your office (off Awolowo road, Ikoyi) to review our case studies together in order to complete our assignments or prepare for weekend in focus; we always end the meeting with a very hot pepper chicken suya from polo club. You were a rallying point indeed.
Dear Onyeka, I have personally looked for the day you will be given that prestigious SENIOR ADVOCATE OF NIGERIA (SAN); one of the dreams we all had as we were graduating that one day (starting from our graduating day) we will all occupy strategic positions in this country to make a difference. Your being on board of one of the airlines is a testimony to this.
There are so many memories of you to remember. One thing is certain you will always live in our hearts.
WE WILL DEFINITELY MISS YOU DEARLY BELOVED ONYEKACH
JESUS LOVES YOU MORE

IN LOVING MEMORY OF A BROTHER AND FRIEND – COLLINS ONYEKA ANYENE

My dear “James Brown”, words fail me to express the shock of your passing unto glory. We shared too much together for me to imagine I would have to be writing a tribute to you so soon.

We were the “Abuja” family of our MBA 6 class, you trusted me with the spare keys to your flat, you were always inviting me to lunch when you were around and drinks in the evening thereafter. Even though most of those times I ended up paying the bills, it was the spirit of togetherness I cherished most, and will now dearly miss. You proved to me more than once what true friendship was, keeping someone in mind. That is why wherever you were in the world, you kept in touch. My family, that became yours as well, will miss you dearly. The kids will miss a fellow wrestling fan and daddy’s friend.

I mourn your early passing, but am comforted by the truth that you have only gone ahead, for we all shall go the same way of all mortals, to meet our creator. Then we shall live to part no more. Rest in the Peace of Jesus Christ our Lord and saviour my brother till we meet to part no more.

My dearest Mainuma.....My 1st day in Uni Ibadan was when we 1st met in Trenched Hall for registration(as 100 level students,jambitos), we became friends immediately .....goingevery where together......u where God sent to me because I didn't know anybody. I remember u waiting for ur guardian to pick u up after skool daily from my Aunt's house on Bart Road UI.....I remember the gig we had at Koko Dome where ur love Onyeka met u and later showed up in my house at 6am some days later in search of his wife Maimuna....u were an inspiration to me.....u were kind, Loving, peaceful, nice, intelligent, beautiful on d inside and outside with ur lovely smiles that u will always be remembered for.....I will never forget u.I wish to see u and ur entire family in heaven when I get there someday. I wish u all eternal rest my dear Maimuna,friend and sister. I miss u dearly.

GOD GIVES GOD TAKES
The news of Onyeka’s death was very devastating to us at Lagos Business School Alumni Association (LBSAA). But even more devastating, for lack of a better expression, was the fact that he went with his whole family and extended family members. Indeed, when the news broke, we were not sure whether to go to his house to pay condolences. Who we do we condole with? We asked ourselves. We finally went and met his twin sister.
Onyeka was a very good alumnus of Lagos Business School (LBS). He was a member of the Governing Council of the LBS Alumni Association and Class President of his Class, the Executive MBA Class 6 of 2001 – 2002. We remember how he laboured to ensure that his class members attended our alumni events, including single-handedly paying for many of his colleagues to attend the alumni dinner. In his busy schedule that took him away most times from Lagos, he was always in touch with the School through the alumni association.
What a tragic loss to the Anyenes and the Mijindadis. What can we say? Who do we blame? Did we question God when he joined Onyeka and Maimuna as man and wife? Did we question him when he blessed them with four adorable children in quick succession in far away United States of America? Surely not. So, should we question him now for deciding to take back as a whole what he created, perhaps for them to continue to live as one happy family with him in heaven? What would have been better, take Onyeka and leave Maimuna with the children? Take Maimuna and leave Onyeka with the children? Take the children and leave the parents...? The questions are indeed many but God knows the best.
We pray that God grant the souls of Onyeka and Maimuna; their children, Kamsi, Kayna, Kayne and Kamal and MrsMijindadi and the others eternal rest. May he also grant the bereaved the strength of heart to bear this truly irreparable loss.

Maimuna, I have replayed the video posted on your Facebook page over and over again. I was full of smiles when i saw you with Kamsi, Kayma, Kayne playing in the park. Little Noah was still in your belle longing to come out and play with his siblings. Maimuna was one of my best friends and I will never forget how much fun we had together.

I am so glad I was part of your life when you began your journey with Onyeka. How you were so excited each day when you looked forward to receiving his calls. Onyeka never missed calling you even for one day. My duties were well laid out for me " Your faithful escort ". As there were no mobile phones at that time when we were in University, we had to go out of school to a cafe at Agbowo at 6pm everyday to wait for Onyeka's call and he never missed it.

Onyeka was a generous bearer of gifts, so it was a no brainier to route for him. I liked him very much because he also had loads of wise counsels to share each time we met.

I had a good laugh when i witnessed your union as man and wife. You asked me to get your a bouquet of flowers and immediately Onyeka saw it he laughed and said I should take it away. You still smuggled the flowers in and you told Onyeka that there will be no wedding without flowers. He had no choice but to let you take pictures with your flowers.

You called me in March and told me you will be coming back home with your broody bunch and that you all were excited especially Kamsi. I asked you what little Kamsi knew about Nigeria and you said he knew he Daddy lived in Nigeria. He woke up each morning saying Dada, plane, Nigezzhia. How I laughed so hard.

Maimuna, your mum was a selfless woman, God bless her soul.

I would hold so dearly to the memories of all the good times we had together. Onyeka, the demise of your family still hurts so deeply but only the good Lord " The master planner" knows the answers to this hurtful puzzle. I am happy you all are together and no one was left to feel this pain. I know you all are already in your mansion in heaven having a good time with God.

The 1st time i heard Nelly Furtado's song "why do all Good things come to an end". I thought to myself; Good things don't come to an end but alas she is right. Onyeka, your family was a Good Thing and a blessing that has come to an end.

May you all Rest Peacefully in the Bosom of the Lord Amen.

My dear Friend and Sis Maimuna, I can't believe I am writing this about you because that means you are no more, and gone FOREVER. Wow! I am totally shocked and short of words because I spoke to you a week before you left for Nigeria and we spoke @ length like we always do. I wanna say you certainly will be greatly missed. Your kindness,yourgeniuness and sincerity will be missed. Thanks for being such a wonderful friend.Thanks for being the embodiment of the saying that a friend in need is a friend indeed. I have cried many many days and still wonder why it happened,but I certainly can't question God. My dear friend, continue to rest @ the bosom of our Lord and savior until the day we meet again @ his feet. Rest on with your Onyeka,your mom and your beautiful children.

Honestly Maimuna, still hard to believe you are gone FOREVER and we won't get the chance to see your beautiful face with its lovely dimpled smiles and hear your soulful laughter.

We lost a shinning one and the Heavens got an additional star.

I would always remember our G21 days in UI! Our times together were beautiful,I have fond memories of u and would carry them with me forever.

Rest on dearly beloved with your the Love of your life(even death could not separate you both) your little Angels and your Mum!

Our dear Bros!,
Your sudden departure has left us wondering who will take your place in our plans to improve this country via politics and our yet to be activated VABB (Vanguard Against Bad Behaviour - remember?). We met you about ten and a half years ago and it is like we have been together forever. Your wise cracks, genuine friendship and selflessness is legendary. The plain truth is that you are irreplaceable. It hurts that we never got to tell you how very special you and your family were to us. We flaunted your children's pictures in our living room and Kamsi's on our dressing mirror and in Isa's office and everyone who saw them wanted to know who the lovely children were. We love and miss you all but God loves you more. We are consoled that God was also missing you and has taken you to Himself. We will never forget you.
Is I miss you all terribly but I am comforted by the thought that you are all together in a better place. May God grant strength to all of us you have left behind. You shall never be forgotten.

With love ChineduNdubuisi (Nee Momah)

To the fabulous msdimples..Qc w class of 96 could not have been the same without you..always had a big smile on your face. Even when you were mad,your dimples would show..you had your 4 amazing babies,married the man of your dreams n left an amazing example for those of us left behind.
You came to Abuja to see"w" girls not knowing you where coming to say goodbye...we will always love you,always miss you,and always think of you n celebrate your life. Thank God for sending you to us many years ago (jss1w)...n thank you for the years..now you see the number of lives you've touched across the globe....

For twenty one years, I had been lucky to be blessed with the friendship of MaimunaAnyene nee Mijindadi, a friendly, cheerful, lady always ready with a dimpled smile.We were close friends and class mates in Secondary school and maintained contact after that. it didnt matter how long we were not in touch, when ever we did meet we always picked up where we left off.
We had hooked up for dinner the friday before the incident and she was so full of life and making plans for the future. I met her lovely, cute and friendly children. It was with a heavy heart I learnt of the crash. I choose to remember my dear friend Maimuna as the person i last saw and give thanks to God for making this wondeful person a part of my life.

The Icon of his age mates is gone! His beloved wife and four children are gone. His mother in law and their helper ........Are gone. People are bewildered and ask, WHY?. The focus was not on Onyeka's perishable " earthen vessel" ,the jar of clay,but on the priceless content of his heart. He worked hard for his success, and never suffered indolence gladly. He was admired. Onyeka, had deep love for his mother, who lived with him in Lagos, deep love for his brothers and sisters,love and respect for his uncles, aunts,cousins and indeed for everyone, SO WHY?
David in his psalms, was a man of many questions and "praises". We too have many "questions" and "praises", but we shall here limit ourselves to Praises only. Praises to the living God.Praises Onyeka, that you knew your God. Praises to the good Lord that as Onyeka was called home,his bones were not broken. Praises Onyeka to the good Lord that you made a good and Godly success of life, in your brief sojourn here on earth. It is not how long,but how well. Praises Onyeka,to our Good Lord that you are now resting in his bosom.
Onyeka, WE ALL DO MISS YOU! As we mourn, we shall be reminded by the circumstances of your transition, that we too, can be called home at any time. We are reminded to learn to number our days! As we mourn, we shall remind ourselves, and particularly the Anyene family, THAT THOUGH WE CANNOT CHANGE THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF LIFE THAT DAILY CONFRONT US, WE CAN CHOOSE WHAT WE MAKE OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES. OUR REACTION TO WHAT HAS HAPPENED, IS NOW MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHAT HAS HAPPENED.
Onyeka ADIEU! ADIEU! ADIEU!

TRIBUTE TO MY BROTHER AND MENTOR ONYEKA ANYENE

This is not what I could ever have envisaged that I would be doing at this time, not this week, not this year, infact not ever. How I can I imagine writing about you Onyeka when I should be sitting across from you as usual going over our numerous life experiences. I can still hear that medium pitched voice of yours, with a ring to it, your laugh as you dismissed even the most threatening of life experiences.
You, EmekaObiakor and your other friends had a sense of humour that was out of this world. I always felt so priviledged being in the midst of you and your friends and you always made me feel so comfortable and equal not minding the few years difference…or huge difference in your achievements. When life’s complexities become too much to handle, I just call u. Your wisdom was beyond comprehension….there was nothing you didn’t know about. You had answers for everything. Onyeka, who do I call now??....i feel so alone.

Onyeka! My cousin, my elder brother, my friend, my mentor, my business partner you were faithful as a friend, shrewd as a business man more than protective as a brother and wise beyond your years. The indomitable and indefatigable Onyeka. Your name always precedes you, Onyeka to me while Collins to others. Am glad I recently confided in you that whatever I am today is majorly due to your influences and help. I remember how you quickly waved it off with your hands saying ‘Tagboabegabeg!!’ but when you saw tears coming down my eyes, you knew I meant every word of it. I started modeling my life after you when I was still in secondary school and I used to come and stay with you where you were staying at Aunty Nkechi’s BQ at Glover Road Ikoyi. As you were progressing and moving to better ,biggerhouses and environs I was always coming to stay with you until I got transferred to Lagos. Naturally I stayed with you in Lekki until I got my own apartment.

Your personality was infectious and I vowed to model my life after yours because it was inevitable that you were destined for greatness. Although you had an outward arrogance that held back people that wanted to take you for granted but you actually had an inward humility that I had always wanted admired and wanted to copy.
As God blessed you with success in your endeavours, you blessed others so much…..you must have been training and feeding well over 100 people in Ndiowu. Some of them in schools abroad. While so many others you used your contacts in getting jobs that changed their lives. You had a phone line dedicated just for them…once it rang, it meant a there’s a problem that needed solving and you never avoided it.

I can think of our numerous brainstorming sessions for new businesses and projects, our numerous trips and outings, the confidences shared and your numerous help. We had so much activities cooking and simmering.

When I was hit by a mild stroke this February, you were calling me in the UK several times everyday to know how I was progressing and to your greatest relief I recovered and came back okay.
Ofcourse you helped out in settling my outstanding debts that had piled up as a result of the ailment.
Onyeka I will always always appreciate what you did for me in my life and I say a big THANK YOU!

We rejoiced with you when Maimuna the girlfriend became Maimuna the wife. We drank and celebrated the birth of every child and you would go soft and beam as we complimented you, whilst still pretending to scowl. The memories are unending .

On the ill fated Sunday you requested for Chika's UK number, on the understanding that you would call her once you landed. I had your keys and waited to go get you from the airport. To say this was sudden and heart wrenching would be a gross misrepresentation of facts. Onyeka, grown men are crying!!!.

Onyeka, I am struggling….really struggling to deal with this situation but we can’t question God. All the counsel I’ve gotten on this is that you are all in a better place away from all the numerous issues in this world. I’ll have to take solace in that!!!
A promise…? I will try to continue to model my life after yours and live out your dreams.

You left too soon, no doubt, but you lived a very good life, touched numerous lives and bowed out with all that truly mattered! Goodbye great one, there can NEVER EVER be another you.

You and your family should rest in the bosom of our Lord until we meet to part no more.

To A Wonderful Family
On the 28th of May, 2012, I thought of you. I hadn’t seen you since 1996 but you just come into my mind. I said a little prayer for you and your family. Thus, it was with much joy when I heard you were in Abuja and you were having a mini get-together.
Your beautiful smile and pretty face had not changed. Your children were all so handsome/pretty and loveable. I can’t forget Noah refusing to sit quietly or Kamsi asking for milk or the twins playing with their toys. When I left you at the Guest House on Friday, little did I know that that would be the last time I would see you all. Haba, we made plans to “hook up”, but God knows best.
To the Anyene family, we love you but God loves you more. You will be missed but forever remain in my heart.

For twenty one years, I had been lucky to be blessed with the friendship of MaimunaAnyene nee Mijindadi, a friendly, cheerful, lady always ready with a dimpled smile.We were close friends and class mates in Secondary school and maintained contact after that. it didnt matter how long we were not in touch, when ever we did meet we always picked up where we left off.
We had hooked up for dinner the friday before the incident and she was so full of life and making plans for the future. I met her lovely, cute and friendly children. It was with a heavy heart I learnt of the crash. I choose to remember my dear friend Maimuna as the person i last saw and give thanks to God for making this wondeful person a part of my life.

On behalf of my family and I - The Oladapo-Sadiqs, I write this Tribute to a Beautiful Family - The Anyenes.
Maimuna, not only were we classmates in Queens College, we were friends. Apart from the fact that you were truly Beautiful, Graceful,Sweet, Kind, Loving and Caring there was something else - You were Genuine- You were the real deal my friend and your smile captured this so beautifully. It's no wonder you were blessed with multiple dimples!!!

I was really looking forward to our meeting again on the 10th of June at the Reunion we planned in your honour. I just wanted to tickle your kids and hear them laugh; they were so beautiful.

It hurts but we have chosen to celebrate the beautiful Anyene Family. We celebrate your Love, your Joy, your Charm, we celebrate your beautiful hearts.

Rest dearly beloved. Rest in Perfect Peace. Amen.

We Love you.

Not, How Did She Die, But How Did She Live?

Not how did she die, but how did she live?
Not what did she gain, but what did she give?
These are the units to measure the worth
Of this woman.

Had she befriended those really in need?
Was she ever ready, with word of good cheer,
To bring back a smile, to banish a tear?
Not what did the sketch in the newspaper say,
But how many were sorry when she passed away.

Maimuna, you always had a way with people – always respectful, full of cheer and subtle strength. No one ever described you as anything but BEAUTIFUL, and you’ve embodied this word in its true sense through life and even in death. Your beauty is evident in all that concerns you – your husband and your lovely children.
God bless you all as you are welcomed into the embrace of God. May He surely grant you beauty for your ashes.

Chidubem Momah

I was in the same house with her in Queen's College and I have vivid memories of her amazing dimples and brilliant smile. She was ever respectful and to be honest I never heard a cross word from her. Meeting her again in the University of Ibadan was another pleasurable experience as she greeted me again with that same warm smile that seemed to reach into one. My heart broke into little pieces when I heard of the tragic way she lost her life and its more painful to know that her husband and her precious babies suffered the same fate. We cannot question our Maker but I cannot but feel the fates have been too cruel this time! Having known her, I am assured that Maimuna and indeed her late family are where they truly belong.....right up there with the angels!!!!! Shine on and on forever OGQC! I celebrate your life always.

Beautiful Maimuna... beautiful inside and out... so sweet, so loving and filled with positive energy and light. I am so blessed to have known you and so thankful for every moment I shared with you. Your life was filled with so much love – love for your family, love for your friends, love for people in general. You were a friend that never ceased to give support and encouragement, in good times and in bad. You had a way of making everyone feel special. It was impossible to be sad for long when you were around; with your gorgeous smile and genuine laughter, you made everyone forget their troubles. You loved to laugh, sing, dance and play. You were Miss Dimples, Maimu, Mijinmummy, Maidadi, Mona Lisa, our beautiful prom queen. Intelligent, creative, godly, articulate, personable, funny, charming, principled, stylish and so down-to-earth, it was always so naturally easy to be around you, so much fun.
From the moment I met you, you welcomed me warmly with that beautiful smile – you embraced me as if you’d known me for years. I still remember my first personal encounter with you... there was a tear gas incident somewhere near our school, and we all ran off to escape the fumes. I didn’t know where to go, but you saw me, and despite just having met me, took me to your room where you fed me from your provisions and told me all about your family. Thinking back, that encounter encapsulated so many of your qualities – your warmth, generosity, motherly nature, friendliness and sweetness... your amazing spirit. And that continued throughout the years – it was a joy and privilege all the way. You encouraged me and inspired in so many ways... I remember how we would be joking and laughing about something else, and then suddenly you would say, ‘Ogo, better use your talent o’.
Over the years, you always kept in touch; no matter how busy you got and how much distance kept us apart... it was always ‘Ogo, how now?’ You would ask after my each member of my family, even the ones you’d never met. Your concern was always so real and sincere. You were a true friend and sister in every sense of the word. You lived such a rich life, Maimuna, because you gave so much to others. I never got the opportunity to meet your loving husband and beautiful children, but you always talked about them with such love and pride – from the time when you and Onyeka were still dating, to the arrival of Kamsi and the twins, to one of our last chats when we were talking about Noah, and you said in your typical manner, ‘I claim his nose!’ Being a wife and mother gave you so much fulfilment and made you glow so beautifully from within.
It hurts so much to think that I won’t see that gorgeous face with the amazing dimples for a while, that I won’t hear that delightful laughter, but I’m comforted by knowing that it’s only for a while. We will meet again. Until then, rest in God’s arms with your beautiful family and the mother you loved so very much. You are deeply loved and will always, always be fondly missed and remembered.

Have You Done A Maimuna Today?
It has been 3 days since I lost my best friend and sister (MaimunaAnyene), my Godson (Kamsi), Kayine, Kayima, Noah, Onyeka and Aunty Mijindadi. Somehow in my 34 years, I have been shielded from grief so I am in an unfamiliar and very strange place. Intense, numbing pain (60%); uncontrollable tears (35%); logic, rational calm (5%). I am currently in a 5% moment. However, this note is not about me or how I feel. It is all about Maimuna and her family. Not the way they died, but the way they lived. My purpose for writing this (and I struggled on whether to post on FB) is to share lessons I have learnt from her life in the last 24 years I’ve known her and hope her life can continue to inspire others for good.
10 things about Maimuna:

1. She had a strong, unshakeable faith in God: Anyone who knew Maimuna knew she was a devout muslim. Not just by mouth, but deep down in her heart and in her actions. No matter where we were, Maimuna prayed 5 times a day. She finished her sentences with “Insha Allah” or God willing. When we were in UI, even if we were all dressed up to go out, she would stop and pray. Her unwavering faith really defined her character.

2. Dedication to her family: Maimuna loved, respected and honored her family. She always talked about her late dad, mom, Aisha, Mohammed and Ndako with love and endearment. She loved her aunties in MD and Detroit. When she got married and had her beautiful children, she lived for them. Aunty B. spent a lot of time with Maimuna over the last 4 years to help with the kids and Maimuna always listened to her mom’s advice and learned from her wisdom. Family meant everything to her. Maimuna upheld family values and we had so many conversations about how she &Onyeka wanted to raise the kids to be Godly, respectful & kind. She loved the times Onyeka was around because they were all together. She loved him so much.

3. Strength of character & principle: Maimuna’s “yes” was her yes and her “no” was no. She had very strong principles and moral values she lived her life by and these permeated every facet of her life – work, home, friendships. Maimuna was one person who never let situations or circumstances change who she was. I’m sure her childhood friends and also her new friends in CT would describe her the same way. She always told the truth. She faced every challenge or success that came her way with love, determination, humility, courage, honesty and faith.

4. Had the most diverse friends (and shared them): Honestly, I don’t know anyone who had as many friends as Maimuna! She made friends with all kinds of people from different backgrounds, religions, ethnicities. You only needed to meet Maimuna once and you liked her. Always smiling and positive. I remember telling my sister that Maimuna has the most diverse friends I know – she made friends at work, in her community. She didn’t care if you were Nigerian or not. People were drawn to her and she made them all feel special. In UI, all the cleaners, wardens, knew her name because she greeted everyone with a smile. She kept in touch. She asked about things you cared about. She remembered birthdays. She made you laugh. Another thing that was unique about Maimuna was that she shared her friends. Some of my good friends are people I met through Maimuna – Amaka, Bisola, Dosu, Esibi, Nene, Eka, Jameelah, Nikki, AlewoToky, Ada Toledo - I could go on.

5. A fiercely loyal friend: Maimuna made friends for life. She was someone who was always on your side, rooting for you, encouraging you, fighting for you. She was non-judgemental and you could tell her anything (and she kept your secrets – we all know how important that is . Maimuna also told you the truth, even if it wasn’t what you wanted to hear. The only time I remember arguing with Muna was about bridesmaid stuff (I was being a bridezilla and she told me!). We counted down our pregnancies together, talked about starting a business venture together so we could get rich and retire early (distributing “zobo” drinks in the US – Muna even wrote a business plan but we quickly realized it wasn’t a great idea . She encouraged me to start a baby hairband business (which I just might do now for fun).

6. Loved life: Maimuna loved life. She had this effervescent spirit and positive attitude. She loved adventure. She was so witty. She loved to travel. She laughed. In our G21 days, she &Amaka came up with a concept of “Room awards”. She organized a choreographed dance. I remember in UI, we took bus rides to my home every weekend to hang out with my parents and collect money and supplies for the next week. The bus rides from UI to Ojoo to New Ife road was when it was just the 2 of us and we caught up on the week, laughed, talked about the future. We explored London, NY, Chicago, Toldeo, Hartford together. She did creative things with Kamsi, the twins and Noah. She is the only person I know who would welcome the “challenge” of taking a 2-year old and months old twins from CT to London so they could all experience the city, reconnect with friends & family. She lived each day with such a great attitude. Even when she was feeling down, she found a way to smile. She loved people. She cared for people.

7. Extremely generous: Maimuna was one of the most generous people I know. From our UI days when she would buy an extra loaf of bread for the “room” and share her “provisions” to giving me the best wedding present I received to buying a fur coat for my daughter on her 1st birthday; Maimuna always gave and never borrowed. A few years ago I was teasing her about how she was able to give all that – she said that she tried to save as much as she could. I then remembered that she had always saved money from our UI days where she would have to budget for the whole semester while some of us were quick spenders of our weekly stipend. That was something about her that inspired me.

8. Never used the “I am too busy” excuse: Maimuna wore many “hats” and rocked them all. No complaints, no excuses. She always picked up the phone or texted back. So many times I called Maimuna and I could hear one of her kids trying to get her attention. She would say “hold on” hold the child (or feed or whatever needed to be done) and get her handsfree set to talk to you. She made time for you. If she had to go, she would call you back. She never complained about how much work it was to have 4 kids under 4, but instead would share the fun things they were up to and in the process give me tips on how to get my toddler to eat Amala.

9. No pretty girl “B#$*!..hit”: Without doubt, Maimuna was the most beautiful, prettiest person I know. As most of us would have done, she could have used that to be manipulative and get what she wanted, had “fine girl drama” and put on airs and graces. Eventhough she was breath-takingly gorgeous, she had none of the personality flaws that usually come with that. You might have been initially taken by her beauty, but you quickly realized that what is inside was even more beautiful. She kept a level-head, relied on hardwork and determination to get what she wanted.

10. Loved being a wife and mother: Maimuna naturally fit into the role of wife and mother. I remember when we were much younger, Maimuna wanted to have 6 kids. I always teased her that she still had 2 more to go. She naturally fit into the role of wife and mother. Eventhough she had a very successful career, MBA, Economics degree, she was the ultimate mom. She made time to play with the kids, take them out to the park, cook, take photos regular photos of the kids and mail to her friends (I don’t know how she found time!). Her kids and husband gave her joy. This gives me a semblance of solace when I think they all left this world together.
So now you see who she was. Was she flawless? No, but she sure was close to perfect (no bias here). We are all broken by this loss, but we need to use this tragedy as a platform to turn our lives around. No matter your religion, personality, gender or situation in life– there are numerous lessons to emulate from Maimuna’s life. Pick something. Start today. “Do a Maimuna”.

My Tribute

OnyekaAnyene

It is with a heavy heart I write this tribute.

Brother, Friend, devoted father, loving husband, detribalized Nigerian, jovial, generous, respectful, respected, philanthropist, fun-loving, full of life, energetic,thorough-bred professional. Behind that “unserious” mien was a sharp mind, astute investor and businessman who made great success.

It is amazing how one person could have so much packed into him. You worked hard & played hard and God blessed you immensely.

You touched so many lives in diverse ways.

My affinity grew when I discovered we were the only classmates in business school that went to the same university (Jos) and also our birthdays were a few days apart in August. Yours actually falls on my wedding anniversary. I always sent you birthday wishes.

Onyeka gave everyone in class “names” and mine was “egbon” – elder brother in Yoruba - which I believe was borne out of mutual respect. My wife remembers you because I was always talking about you (acts, deeds, achievements).You made business school interesting with those witty, outlandish and crazy comments in class. Who can forget our Barcelona trip!

I remember with smiles when we “yab” you about how whether any one of your numerous projects were “jobs” and you would reply that you are the original “jobberman”

The first (and only so far) year book published in Lagos business school was your idea and you made it happen.

You were instrumental to the joint project we ever had as a group – the PIE Estate.

When we lost of one of our classmates, you mobilized and ensured we performed our roles excellently. You kept in touch with late Dominic’s widow and recently you organized and ensured we made a contribution to her and another of our classmates who had fallen on hard times.

On my first business trip to South Africa, you gave me references to people there and the reception accorded me at the mention of your name was incredible. Meanwhile you had told me that I should use your “other name” – Collins. I smiled and said that we don’t know you as Collins in business school and whether you have “jobbed” them. We had a good laugh.

When I started out on my own, we met and you gave some advice and I wanted you to be a member of my board but didn’t get round to making the offer that day (which I regret).

You always reached out: I remember when knowing that I would not join your “group 5” activities, you said we can still meet at Terra culture for lunch. When you had a project recently, you invited me and wanted me to work with you together with another of our classmates. However, the project didn’t take off.

Our last communication was when I needed some assistance and I sent you a message requesting for a meeting. You replied immediately that you were out of the country and that once you get back you would contact me. Alas, it never happened.

Onyeka, you touched lives, made an impact and made a difference. You ran your race well and finished your course.

It is an honour to have met and known you as friend, brother, classmate and colleague.

God need angels and He called you and your beautiful family home. Sleep well in the bosom of your Lord. Good night Onyeka!

'Osetia' or something to that effect is an expression that will be very familiar to the 45 strong characters that journeyed through LBS in the acclaimed EMBA6 programme.

You would often hear this expression from the all so familiar 'half-man/half-woman' voice of Onyeka, very apt for running pungent diverse commentary from his central location in the class. It must mean something to the effect that 'water don pass gari'.

Onyeka, within his band of 'little rascals' in the class, as I often regarded them (they regarded me as an over-the-hills grumpy conservative), was the king of capers.

How many recall his putting a call to CNN to express his keen interest in getting to meet a desirable lady presenter. Or his intriguing 'kolobying' of the visiting Management Accounting Lecturer from IESE whose teaching went largely above the heads of majority in the class.What about the rolling commentary from the hotel to the university premises in Barcelona and his dalliance with some female foreign language student during the trip to Barcelona whom, I am prepared to wager, understood Onyeka only by sign and body language.In essence, never a dull moment around Onyeka.

Multitudes will miss him. But I have experienced significant calm since visiting his home in Lagos on Tuesday 12th June and meeting his older brother. My calmness stems from the fact that the distressing thought about whether the Almighty could not have spared Onyeka, his wife, lovely kids and in-laws that trip on Dana Air and the possible terror of their last moments on that plane, is a misplaced one. Misplaced because our vision and understanding here on earth is often at variance with how the Almighty orders the events in Creation and by extension in our lives. To each man (and woman) his/her destiny. The events of June 3rd, I am beginning to be convinced, could hardly have been altered.

Adieu Onyeka. You lived this life on earth and left it, through your activities, better than you met it.

A precious person has gone, our hearts are broken and a million words cannot bring you back, we will always have beautiful and happy memories of you. I will always remember our etiquette class at LBS, the faculty prepared diligently to take the course. Onyeka, you were on the same table with me and I cannot stop laughing anytime I recall how you brought humor into the practical aspect of the lessons.'

I met Onyeka at the MBA 6 program of LBS in 2001,everyone of us had made it to the program one way or another, so it was an achievement of sorts. We were different individuals with diverse backgrounds and years of experience in the class, but yet we had a strong bond.
Onyeka was a Lawyer and a businessman at the same time (still beats me), he could sniff a good deal from a mile and yet was a very seasoned lawyer. He was a determined and focused Igbo boy that knew what he came to do in Lagos. Determined, extremely intelligent and witty, he made the most serious person laugh and when he teased you just had to take it in good faith without being offended.
Onyeka was very caring, a dependable and loyal friend, he had a special nickname for everyone, he had a knack for just coining the right nickname
and he knew everyone so well. He ensured that we kept the strong bond of friendship even after the program, he was too generous to a fault and he had a heart of gold. He loved and cared for all his classmates.
Even after the program we maintained the friendship, he strove to ensure that our class was represented well as a serious Alumni, even if he had to make some sacrifices, he made sure we met occasionally as a group, he looked out for his friends. I believed Onyeka would be instrumental to monumental changes in Nigeria, as He believed so much in his country. I believe he was able to achieve most of his dreams.
He will be sorely missed by all of us. KACHI Boy ......Nwanem! ........ Good night till we meet again

My Tribute to Onyeka (Collins) Anyene
When will this emptiness that I feel go away?
When will I be able to make any sense of it all?
Our encounter in this life has been so enriching to me, but yet so short that I am still unable to fathom that your “departure” is irreversible, and not just gone on one of your several trips, to return shortly, and then on to another fulfilling time tapping into your energy, advice, motivations, and outlook to life.
When I remember that you are gone, I think departure and not death, because, the memories of our encounters will forever live on in my consciousness. Your life lessons will forever stay with me.
Your life thought me commitment.
Your “departure” reveals to me the extent of your commitment to family, friends, peers, staff, partners etc.
You stayed committed, with regard for neither acknowledgement, nor praise.
Your life thought me mentorship.
You were never lacking in energy, time, or words to motivate, cheer on, and encourage. It seemed a rare joy for you to see those around you succeed and prosper.
Your life thought me humility.
You gave so much but yet asked for so little in return. I still remember the day in your office when you got so worried about a friend of yours who was suffering from cancer (needless to mention how you quickly got involved with financial and other forms of necessary assistance). I remember being completely overwhelmed by the extent that you went to (albeit the very short notice) to become a part of your friend’s burden. In retrospect, I see how much you hated any form of suffering for those around you.
And yet, you never asked for anything in return. You avoided as much as you could, even the simplest of “thank you”.
All that meant anything to you it seemed, was the comfort and prospering of those around you.
Words will fail me to appreciate you enough for the personal interest you took in my life. Had you been here now, you would have certainly discouraged this action of praise and thanksgiving, but since you are gone, let me start by saying…THANK YOU SIR FOR EVERYTHING.

Adieu Boss.
Forever in my memories,

Onyeka, you were so full of life. You easily connected with everyone and always willing to help. You gave of your time, resources & indeed of yourself for the benefit of those around you. You were a real gem. You will always be in my heart!
With your beautiful family, REST IN PEACE!

TRIBUTE TO ONYEKA ANYENE (COLLECTIONS)

WHEN I REMEMBER THE THINGS ONYEKA SAID IN CLASS I JUST LAUGH UNTIL I CRY. HE JUST YABBED EVERY ONE OF US RIGHT LEFT AND CENTER AND JUST DIDNT WORRY WHETHER HE WAS TOUCHING A SENSITIVE NERVE. SO IN RETURN ANYTIME SOMEONE ELSE HIT HIM IT WAS TO THE DELIGHT OF ALL.

I REMEMBER THE INCIDENCE OF THE POLICE GOING ON STRIKE. IT WAS A FRIDAY EVENING AND WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF A LECTURE, SOMEONE CAME IN FROM THE LBS MANAGEMENT TO OFFER US A CHOICE TO POSTPONE THE LECTURE AND CLOSE SCHOOL EARLY SINCE THE STREETS MAY BECOME DANGEROUS. ONYEKA ASKED THEM TO EXPLAIN TO HIM AND SO EVERYONE WAITED FOR HIM TO GET THE GIST OF WHAT WAS BEING SAID. BEFORE THEY WERE FINISHED HE SAID WHERE WERE YOU (we his class mates) WHEN HE WAS GETTING ACCOMMODATION ON THE ISLAND AND THE REST OF US WERE LIVING IN FAR FLUNG AREAS OF TOWN lol HE ACTUALLY WENT ON TO NAME SOME NEIGHBORHOODS. HE CONCLUDED BY ASKING THE LECTURER TO PLEASE CONTINUE WITH WHAT THEY WERE TEACHING HIM. AM SURE THE TUTOR WAS INCREDULOUS. Lol

THIS IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HIS CLASS CONTRIBUTIONS. TO SAY HE HELPED IN NO SMALL MEASURE TO MAKE OUR CLASS LIVELY AND REDUCE THE TENSION OF OUR INTENSE AND FOR SOME OF US INDEED ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAM. WOULD BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT.

JUST BENEATH THIS ROUGH EXTERIOR LAID A KIND, HUMBLE AND COMPASSIONATE SOUL. IT WAS ONYEKA WHO TOOK ME TO THE DIRECTOR OF LEGAL/PUBLIC RELATIONS OF MTN, WORKING HARD TO GET ME INTO MTN AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL. IT DID'NT WORK OUT EVENTUALLY BUT HE WAS A VERY GOOD BROTHER TO ME.

SOME OF US WOULD TEASE HIM ABOUT HIS UNMARRIED STATUS JUST TO REPAY HIM FOR SOME OF HIS EXPENSIVE JIBES AND HE ONCE SAID WE SHOULD GET HIM THE CURRENT MISS WORLD AND HE WILL MARRY HER.
ONYEKA DID GET HIS BEAUTY QUEEN AND HE HAD LOVELY CHILDREN. WOW!!!
IF THERE WAS EVER ANYTHING TO PUT IN GOD'S BOX OF "I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS" IT WOULD BE THE LOSS OF THIS BEAUTIFUL FAMILY, BUT THE BIBLE SAYS THAT IN ALL THINGS WE ARE TO GIVE GOD THANKS. WE THANK GOD.
WE ALSO SINCERELY PRAY FOR ALL THOSE LEFT TO MOURN. MAY GOD GRANT YOU PEACE AND INCREASE YOUR FAITH IN HIM. MAY HE BLESS YOU ALL INDEED AND THE CLASS OF MBA6. MAY WE NEVER EXPERIENCE SUCH IN OUR MIDST.

Each time I think of you Maimuna, I remember your face, your warm smile, your dimpled cheeks, your warm heart.
I remember the first time I met you and you told me your last name was Mijindadi and realized that I had known your
sister Aisha for a couple of years at school. I still see your smile that day.
So many are saddened by your loss but what's more amazing is how many lives you have touched. It was so evident
how much you loved your family. We see it in your pictures.
You've been called superwoman because you did it all - be a wife, mother and career woman- all with such grace; not
just the grace with which you handled it all but with Grace of God that sustained you.
May you all live eternally in that Joy and peace that you brought to so many others.
You will be dearly and sorely missed!

Onyeka, you were not only my cousin but a friend and a mentor.
Still hard to believe we will never see in this life again.
Thank you for all you did for me and so many others.
You will sorely be missed.
Go in peace until we see again my brother.
May the souls of you and your family rest in perfect peace.
Amen.

What an angel you were, it seems like some kinda dream that I need to wake up from.
Hmmm.... so sad! I keep wishing you left on Saturday for Lagos!
My angels all hugging so close, my heart breaks and breaks and breaks . But I'm comforted because you are in a better place .
Rest well darling friend, at least I got to see you one more time.
Sleep on, till we meet again.

Each time I think of you Maimuna, I remember your face, your warm smile, your dimpled cheeks, your warm heart.
I remember the first time I met you and you told me your last name was Mijindadi and realized that I had known your
sister Aisha for a couple of years at school. I still see your smile that day.
So many are saddened by your loss but what's more amazing is how many lives you have touched. It was so evident
how much you loved your family. We see it in your pictures.
You've been called superwoman because you did it all - be a wife, mother and career woman- all with such grace; not
just the grace with which you handled it all but with Grace of God that sustained you.
May you all live eternally in that Joy and peace that you brought to so many others.
You will be dearly and sorely missed!

It’s difficult to put in words the relationship we shared. As my investment advisor, you never let me put my foot wrong; you had your ears to the ground regarding which property was up for sale or which cooperative was about to commence a housing scheme.
As my legal advisor you were spot on and never afraid to say ‘oga dis one no go work oo’!!! When it was time to pay your professional fees and I start to haggle as usual, you will say to me ‘ogabikowenite aka’.
As a friend, our Sunday morning hot yam pottage breakfast was a time to banter and talk about everything. I could go on and on, but no amount of time or space will be enough. We will miss you dearly, but heaven has gained a new family.
We thank God for your life and the lives of Maimuna and the children. We cannot question God; He knows what’s best for us.
You all sleep well in the bosom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Amen.

Tribute for Onyeka Collins Anyene
Onyeka, you came to this world as yourself. You were very independent. You worked hard for everything you have. You individually struggled to achieve every milestone in your life time. You thought a lot of your friends how to be focused, determined and committed to be a success. You excelled in everything you did above your mates.
And you crowned all these qualities with a good heart. Your commitment towards helping people was very obvious to everybody that came in contact with you. You assisted the less privileged and even your friends that were in need. You extended your hand of goodwill to people that least expected it.
You were generous.
You were determined to make leave your footsteps in the sands of time, and you succeeded.
You were hard on those who are not making efforts to succeed, just to encourage them.
You have lived a good life.
You left this world too early.
Farewell and May your soul and the souls of all your family members that perished in the crash rest in perfect peace. Amen.

ONYEKACHUKWUMALUIFE
Onyekachichukwukéréchóóyanmādókunónáekénéchukwudalú,
aka Abraham, aka King, aka Ace, aka Zaire, aka Noah.
If names could give life, you would certainly have more of it than everyone.
The tapestry of images that tell the story of our experiences are countless.
The strings of relationships strewn together by my interactions with you remain endless.
Life has handed us a jig-saw that we obviously cannot solve.
God in His infinite mercy will only resolve.
That Maimuna, Kamsiyochukwu, Kanyimachi, Kayninetochi and Noah transited with you can only be under the authority of the Holy one.
Accepting the fate and judgement of the most high is a powerless option for everyone.
Dear friend and brother, I feel guilt referring to you in a tense and writing about you like in folklore because the story of my life includes some of yours.
Trudge on I must, in pursuit of the dreams we shared and tell of you till the end.
That “time and chance happeneth to man”, I still don’t understand, but you worked assiduously to bestride life like a collisions.
And as you rose, you gave it your all and preaching the gift of giving.
You were all that you could be, Kind and Rash, Courageous and Careful, Generous and Shrewd, Ambitious and humble, but in all you engaged everyone.
You already said that you are in heaven and I believe you, and from there you will continue to look after your family and friends like you always did.
Daisy and I will hold on to our last time together with you and we thank God that He gave us you.
Like energy, you have only transformed to another form, where you dwell in God`s bosom................Our prayers will never cease and our candle will never run out.

Onyeka, Colin-King.We will forever miss you and your characteristics. A rare gem has passed on. Only death can conquer you beloved brother. Adieu. May you rest peacefully in the bosom of our Lord God.

Tribute to Onyeka Collins Anyene,

Onyeka, you set out quite early, striving to be a step ahead all the time.
Memories of those early years when we didn't really have much of a care in
the world to the stage when we started becoming responsible young men and those
times at your flat at Akobi Crescent, Surulere, those are the memories of your time
here on earth that I want to hold onto.
In the words of Hugh Walpole "it isn't the life that matters but the purpose and courage which we bring into it"
Though your sojourn here on earth was rather brief we take solace in the fact that you brought courage and applied it purposefully into your life via the number of
lives you positively impacted upon.

Sun re!,Onyeka my brother, Sleep well and Rest In Peace

The cruel hand of death has indeed done it's very worst. In a split second, it wiped off our Onyeka, his lovely wife, Maimuna and all of their four young children! We need to at this point take heart, and pray to our Almighty Creator Who remains our cornerstone, to comfort the extended family of Barr. OnyekaAnyene. God MUST comfort this family and Specially bless them.

Onyeka's life and times remains a testament that with hard work, focus and some luck, the sky will be a man's limits. His story and entire life is a combination of determination and hard work that has made him attain this level of success in all his very endeavors.

A giver to a fault to the less privileged, Onyeka single-handedly sponsored education for a lot of children and assisted the very poor. He will be missed by all.

May their souls rest in peace.

It is difficult to accept that it is real. Given an option i would
gladly have sacrificed myself for u and family. U deserve everything
because u gave ur all to everyone. I just feel so incomplete and
frustrated. We will do our best to take over the batton and continue
the race in order to keep ur name and legacy alive. May u all rest in
the bossom of the Lord.

….And the saints marched on
Onyii, Mems and my little angels, your avoidable death on that black Sunday, 03 June 2012 was a rude shock to me, you all moved on to greater glory and left me bewildered. As it has pleased the Lord to call you all home on that fateful day who am I to question the Lord’s decision.
By your death, you left a huge vacuum in my life, my family and the entire world, I do not know whether I am supposed to be writing this or not because I am still very much confused. For a week or more now I have been expecting your 1 (one) minute call to me everyday asking me is everything okay? Is there any problem? “Udoadikwa” and that important call of my life still has not come.
Onyi, Agu, omenma, king etc! As we call you, I wish to say a big thank you for the influence you had over my life and that of my family, my husband has always seen you as his mentor and would always tell me “I want to be like your brother Onyeka” Chimame is asking me, mum, when are you taking to us to play with Kamsi but I do not have an answer.
Most things I learnt about life both great and small came from you, your selfless nature and act of love was so mind blowing, I remembered the money orders you sent to me while I was a student in FGC Wukari and you as a student in Uni Jos. How you would ask me to put my suya( which you referred to as 3 days dead meat) or pastries which I purchased with my last card in the garbage and many more and because of that I hardly will purchase anything by the roadside or eat suya, again thank you for the discipline. I am so grateful to God for this precious gift of a dear brother like you and for the opportunity of living with you.
Mems, I could not have imagined any other better half for my brother than you, you understood, trusted and loved your husband even unto death that you moved to greater beyond with him. You would walk into my room with you infectious smiles (I can see the dimples) and we will do all the “gossips”. I can remember our last discussions about kids and family, is that why you all moved on at the same time?
My little angels, I know that there is another sweet fellowship in heaven, till we meet to part no more.
As mere mortals we are busy counting numbers (years) but I know that God does not work with numbers, I know for sure that the ministry which the Lord committee to care you have completed it, I can see the Lord saying welldone! Good and faithful servants. Therefore, with heavy heart and tears in my eyes I say thank you Lord for everything and more specially because it has pleased you to call your faithful servants home.
By your deaths the devil wants to try our faith in God and steal our joy, but just like Job prayed “ though he slay me; yet I will trust in him” our faith will remain unshaken and unwavering.

Good bye my dearies.
Jeenkeomanwannem, nwuyemnaumum.

MY VERY SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO MY BELOVED TWIN BROTHER
June 3rd 2012 ushered into my life, my journey through grief. I know that death is a necessary end that comes when it comes. However, nothing prepared me for this rude shock! A disaster of this magnitude is unimaginable. To find the right words to describe the death of Onyeka and his family is an effort in futility because no words come close at all.
There aren’t too many other things more devastating than losing a very loved one as my Onyeka. I do not know if I will ever get over this shock; that suddenly you are no more! Something in me refuses to accept this very painful reality; A reality that will stay with me forever.
Onyii your maker put out his hand for you to go. You had no time to let us know neither did you know that your work is finished here.
You could have chosen to come in with a morning flight. If you did, I would not be saddled with this odious task of writing a tribute in your honour. Rather, you deemed it proper to honour your creator by attending church service first before proceeding on a journey of no return. Truly, our lives are only a lent as the bible says.
Today I feel an emptiness which can never be conquered because a voice I love is still, a void left by your absence that can never be filled and my perennially wet eyes keep seeking you everywhere. Words can never be enough to express my pain and loss.
During the years Onyii and I grew together, he planted seeds in us especially in me; seeds of love, encouragement, patience, compassion hardwork and above all charity among many many others.
Onyeka was my prince in shining armour. The best twin anyone could ask for!!! For 11 years, you were the father my only child-Ifunanya knew. She had the best things life could offer because of you. Indeed God used you to supply the needs of many according to his riches in glory. I feel truly privileged to have someone so remarkably selfless in my life; privileged to have shared my life with you. You have left indelible footprints on the sands of my life. I sing your praise because your were the shining star of our family; a dutiful son to our mother; a loving husband to your wife; an adorable father to your lovely children; my backbone and pillar.
Maimuna thank you for being a help mate for my dear brother and a dutiful mother to his children, I appreciate your strength and character. Rest in Peace.

TRIBUTE TO A GREAT FRIEND
Since your tragic death with your family, I have been seized by different types of emotion-anger,hopelessness, inertia, confusionand sadness: all shadowed by the reflectionson memories of our long friendship. Our first meeting was in in 1981 in your house at Ndiowu when I came with my older brother - Kevin who was Onyebuchi-your older brother’s friend on a visit. We rekindledour friendship years laterwhen we attended Nigerian LawSchool, Lagos in 1989. We became brothers and shared a lot together. We shared a room in Aunty Nkechi’s house at Glover Road,Ikoyi, our challenges, our meager resources and dreamt of the future together. In that same room, EmekaObiokor joined us, and later JideoforEzeofor. We had lots of fun in those early nineties. I remember our first interview at the Law firm of Anger & Emuwa,now Aelex. I remember our numerous exciting, funny and embarrassing escapades. We worked together on many businesses. In all of our escapades and struggle to make life better, many qualities stood out about you – your uncommon intelligence, tenacity of purpose, fearlessness, courage and kindness. You had the courage of Caesar,the convincing tongue of Cicero with a heart mirrored after Christ. You have left this world,and made a lot of points of inspiration with your success that came from extreme hard work and dedication, but most importantly, you have obeyed God’s greatest injunction on Love by feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, giving shelter to the homeless.
I remember you Maimuna. How can I forget you? Your radiance at your wedding, our 2006 Christmas together at Ndiowu with your husband and my wife-Ada(who is as distraught as me over this tragedy),our visit to to Owerri where we met your lovely mother(may God grant eternal rest to her soul) and your maternal grandmother who you looked so much like. You were vivacious and full of life. Your love for your husband was so obvious, and it, certainly added to his success. The last time I saw you was before you travelled to America to stay. And the good news about your four lovely children who came in quick succession made news of happiness in my home. I hoped to see them some day, and that my children will play with them, and grow up together to become friends as I was with their Dad; and you will continue your friendship with Ada … but for this tragedy.
… It is too much for my understanding… I believe God knows best.I thank God for your meaningful lives.
I pray that God, in his eternal mercy, shall grant you, and your lovely Angels eternal rest in his bosom.

Onyeka, knowing you is a light that shone and is still shinning in my life and that of my family. Your early exit when you were still needed could have been shifted indefinitely if men were God.
God alone knew why he called you back earlier than men expected. I believe that a better place and assignment has been prepared for you.
Rest in peace brother and friend.

I have been hesitant to leave a comment. My heart is still so heavy from the loss and I am so emotionally broken. How can a family lose so many at once, what comfort can someone give to the rest of the family left behind after 9 members die ? It’s just too sad but God knows why he allowed it to happen. Tears flow at this thought of this crash so many **if only ** you all had missed that flight or the aircraft had not flown that day

Maimuna, I remember you from Queens Hall G-block; then again met in an MBA case competition in 2005. I didn’t get the chance to say more than hello but I wish I did. Your friends and family were blessed to have known you and Onyeka and your wonderful memories will keep them strong . I hope God gives you all rest from this wicked world . May he also console and heal the family and friends living. RIP

Though I never knew you personally,yours was a story that touched every heart and moved every soul.Such a lovely couple,such wonderful children.Only God knows.May God grant your beautiful souls eternal rest

I was devasted when i heared a whole family went with the crash, The pain is more seeing your pictures. You were all amazing and your smiles, can break any ice. Rest in peace my dears, GOD console and heal your loved ones.

I did stumble into this page and though I don't know you, I can't help but be in grief about this ill fate. May the God who created you and your lovely family, keep your souls in perfect peace. Amen

May your souls rest in perfect peace. Your family is in my thoughts every morning and night. We miss you all terribly. We were privileged to have known you. Your gentle souls will never be forgotten.

It is so sad and unimaginable the calamity that has befallen this family. when i remember this, i get goose pimples all over me. i cant fanthom this. it is only here in Nigeria people can die carelessly like this and this has continued unabated. The only consolation for this couple is God knows why he decided to take all of them in one swoop. We pray for their souls to be accepted in God's kingdom till we meet to part no more. Adieu Barr Onyeka and family. i cant be consoled enough!!!.

your pictures r still registered clearly in my mind...rest in peace

Rest in peace........

Collins, still think this is a bad dream. Despite the fact that our families are close, I had to meet your family this way- Collins-Onyeka, I guess you guys were meant to be together forever. RIP.

Too many dream , so many visions and hope got lost in Dana Air crash ... We can only console that God gives and he takes. May God give you all rest , rest from this wicked world . RIP

Onyeka onyeka , maimuna my friend . Chai , what happened to all the long term dreams and vision. The moving , new job. Dreams cut short so soon , way too soon before the ovation even started. Who are we to question God, he allowed it to happened. Rest in peace beautiful ones, i am sure God received all of you including Mother-inlaw and the two other cousins on the flight into his presence. The two of you were so beautiful on the inside which made you what you are. Death so painful but we know that it is well

It is a wicked world we are living in, may God receive you in His bosom, amen. It's just too sad.

Lord Knows i've flipped through this memorial page for over a hundred times...speechless, and i still am but just incase you ALL are reading from up there, i'd like to say REST in peace and to you Maimuna we love and miss you!!!ALWAYS.

You seemed like such a beautiful family and I remember talking to your brother and he mentioned how you fought to be together.My prayer is that God will continue to comfort all those you left behind( the Mijindadi's and Anyene's and all your friends and love ones) in Jesus name.

I Never know this family but i'm so touchech and sad,what a lovely family,may all your soul rest in perfect peace Amen.

You guys runs through my mind,and i decide to stop by and show some LOVE!!! R.I.P cuties pies..

God knows best. May you smile and shine with the Angels...Sleep on in the bossom of the Lord.

I dont know you guys but it is obvious your family was a beautiful one. God alone understands why. Rest in peace at the bossom of the Almighty, your families will be proud of the angells you guys have become.

I don't know this family at all,but I cry each time I remember them,seeing d pictures always brings tears to my eyes,I find it very hard to get you out of mind,cos its so so sad. Such a lovely & wonderful family,but who are we to uestion God,I also have a lovely boy & 2 lovely girls(twins) just like you Memuina,all CÃÅO pictures shows how loving & caring you are as a mother,ur lovely mother & wonderful husband,ur kids are so lovely,am so touched & devastated but God knows best & he alone knows why this happened.may Almighty God grant you all eternal rest. May God be with ur remaining family & all of us too.

its so touching and painful to see such a wonderful and happy family go away just like that...May their souls rest in perfect peace... Amen

i cry whenever i go through this pictures.rest in peace .so sad

I just go thru d picz, n I felt so sad. Well I hav once lost a L♥√ 1,so I no how d family feels .May Allah give peace to maimuna n onyeka.N May God also put a new Joy in der Parents heart .we will alwaz L♥√ع U̶̲̥̅̊ . Peace

Your darlings and your hubby that God has blessed you with i pray God grants perfect rest.

Such a shock, still is. I remember our UI days and i was checking out my room as a jambite then.you waved with that smile of yours in white Kaftan, were you also allocated on this floor, welcome.You are a beautiful person with your radiant smile.Always saying Hello to everyone that passes.An epitome of beauty so much that you were voted Miss Idia in our carnival hall event.I still have the pictures we took together with Solape.words cannot express the confusion and sorrow experienced when i got a phone call that confirmed you were on board that airline.May your soul in perfect peace.We love you but God loves you best

I have always connected to the Mijindadi family. Losing the Anyene's is heartbreaking but the Almighty knows best. My thought and prayers go out to the loved ones you left behind....Aisha, Moha and Ndako.May the good Lord continue to strengthen you. Safe journey home, The Anyenes.

I did not know this family but maimuna's picture seems like someone I met briefly somewhere. As a mother I felt so connected to this family cos I kept thinking what she was going through on the plane those last minutes of realizing that the plane will crash. This tragedy has made me realize how important it is to be closer to God at all times. Nothing has affected me more than this death to give me a big awakening to be closer to God. The anyene's, very beautiful family, may ur gentle souls rest in perfect peace.

An irreplaceable loss, still find it very hard to fathom!
You were exceptionally beautiful, in an out. Will miss you dearly....rest peacefully darling.

May your soul and the whole family rest in perfect peace.............

It so sad but sure God knw watz best for us all rest in peace we love Ʊ but God loves Ʊ more

A great loss,God knows best.RIP

May your soul and the whole family rest in peace, you were a gem from what i have read.It is well with your soul

Dear maimuna, I know you did not want to die ,neither were you prepared to lose your world
I never met you ,yet I feel such pain I cannot even explain, seeing your children are of similar ages as mine.All I can say to you is I hope you are sleeping peacefully, I hope you feel secure and warm. We will all get to that bridge , we only hope it will be easier . rest in peace.

What a great loss, such a beautiful family. Rest in the blossom of God. May ur souls rest in peace and may God grant the bereaved the heart to bear this loss.

Nigeria is painfully running around leaving scars, collecting families jars of hope.. To sad . RIP beautiful family . God has you all now

very touching story.God knows it would be very painful for you to be separated.continue to take care of your kids and husband over there.R.I.P.

Such a great loss,
May Almighty God grant you his paradise and forgive all your sin.
God knows best, Rest in peace

We pray that the Anyene & Mijindadi families receive strength, comfort & peace from the Almighty God to bear this shocking, unbelievable losses. Our grief knows no bounds, our hearts are heavy and our thots & prayers are with you all as you pull through this dark period. It is well with your souls. AMEN. On behalf of Queen's College Old Girls' Association.

such a loss. may God bless ur soul forever & strengthen those left behind.

MAY THEIR SOULS & THE SOULS OF ALL THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED 2RU THE MERCY OF GOD REST IN PEACE. AMEN.

This is beyond tragedy and i pray the direct families and friends will have the brave heart to bear this great and mass loss. On behalf of the AKHAINE FAMILY of Tunga Lowcost, Minna, Niger State, Nigeria do hereby express our sincere and shared-heartfelt sympathy and regrets to Maimuna and Onyeka Ayene,children,mother-inlor and cousins who died and also to the living total direct family members. Who are we to question God? I will always love and remember this great family and may God bring to justice and purnishment to the evil-face of June 3.2012.

What then do i say than to thank the Lord. God please uphold and strengthen the bereaved and may the souls of the departed find peace in you. Amen.

On behalf of the Kwembeh family, I sympathize with the families of Mijindadi and Anyene on their irreplaceable looses. May God give you hope and grace to continue your journeys here on earth without your loved ones. May their souls rest in peace.

I am so happy that many people remember Maimuna for who she was and not how she went. I never got a chance to meet you, but you seemed to have lived life to the fullest...even from eternity you are inspiring people that never met you. R.I.P

Oh what a pity for a whole family to depart this way a wonderful family even as i didn't know them but through their pictures i have saw on net i know it was a blissful family. So pls my dear lord wherever they may be right now most especially the little innocent children baba God pls take their souls and let them rest in your everlasting arms.

Oh what a pity for a whole family to depart this way a wonderful family even as i didn't know them but through their pictures i have saw on net i know it was a blissful family. So pls my dear lord wherever they may be right now most especially the little innocent children baba God pls take their souls and let them rest in your everlasting arms.

Oh what a pity for a whole family to depart this way a wonderful family even as i didn't know them but through their pictures i have saw on net i know it was a blissful family. So pls my dear lord wherever they are right now take their souls and let them rest in your everlasting arms.

My heart goes to their families left behind..To live in the hearts of those we love is never to die,
Death is the last chapter in time, but the first chapter in eternity,
a thousand words won't bring you back, I know because I've tried; neither will a million tears, I know because I've cried.
Each happiness of yesterday is a memory for tomorrow,you guys will
Always be on my mind; Forever in my heart,thought i never have the opportunity to meet this family,
The life of the dead is placed in the heart of the living,
Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal,May your gentle souls rest in peace.

My heart goes out to their families left behind.. To live in the hearts of those we love is never to die.
Death is the last chapter in time, but the first chapter in eternity,
a thousand words won't bring you back, i know because I've tried; neither will a million tears, I know because I've cried,
each happiness of yesterday is a memory for tomorrow,you guys will
always be in my mind; Forever in my heart,thought i never have the opportunity to meet this sweet family
the life of the dead is placed in the heart of the living,
seeing death as the end of life is like seeing the horizon as the end of the ocean.
Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal,May your beautiful souls Rest in peace.

Beautiful family You’ll be missed by many, and will bring tears to many faces . It’s terrible when life is cut short for a Beautiful family with so much to live for, but you guys are in a better place now. In your time here, you brought happiness and joy to many people, and that is a true blessing. R.I.P.

i love you,know u all will be with Lord Jesus

Beautiful family all lost to our country's negligence. May the Good God in heaven rest your gentle souls and comfort your family.

Really Really sad. The shocking wave from this sense less tragedy were felt all over the world.
may they find rest in peace.
They will never be forgotten. Two beautiful people gone like that May God comfort their Kids. Amen.

The first name I saw on the manifest was Onyeka Anyene. I thought It was a joke untill I counted six Anyenes'. I remebered the first time Onyeka called me after Ikenna Orizu's death(my late husband and his friend and roomate at UNIJOS). He started paying money into my little daughters account on monthly basis for more than four years till his death eventhough I only saw him once in his life time(last year). I kept thanking God for such a kind hearted man and asked that he (God) will give me the opportunity to pay back. What a love! What a family! God, please grant them eternal rest. Amen!

i never knew dis family from adam but wit wot ve seen.......i saw a wonderful family of God, filled with love, happy pple....tear drops running down my eyes, i think i feel their death dan any of their family members, i find myself thinking abt dem evry day..am sure dey re in heaven rejoicing.....RIP

RIP loved ones...... u guys looks so beautiful...wish i knew u ... May ur beautiful souls Rest in Perfect peace....In Jesus Name Amen...

It is with tears and deep unfathomable pain that I write this. I never met this family, but looking at the pictures of their normal everyday life, their lives and everything that came with it i.e, their happiness, laughter,joy, challenges, struggles, achievements, etc, was destroyed, deleted...just like that...with no warning...all because of the carelessnes and greed of a government? Something little that could have been easily avoided, has destroyed much...Only God knows best. May your souls rest in peace. Those beautiful children are with the Lord again. It is well.

My heart goes to their families left behind. May He comfort them, heal their wounds and welcome these gentle souls into His kingdom.

So sad and shocking,may your souls rest in the bosom of our Lord Jesus Christ. AMEN.

Life is so unfair but God is fair.How else can i explain a painful death such as this.Can i ever upload the pix we took together in UI, or even look at it again?I may not.I wonder what will be going through the emotional mind of Awele Okafor,your best friend in UI and many others you shared close times with.I also wonder,how come you affect peoples lives positively even at a tender age?I come to the conclusion now that you were an Angel sent by God to make people happy.This has been expressed by so many people who are mourning your death.Oh God,just like yesterday,i still remember how we gist sometimes on your way through the narrow path in computer science to social science.Oh my God, i still remember how regal you were going through the rigours of University life with that smile when others like me were always frowning.It just dawned on me that only angels are that endowed to push on without fretting.Rest in peace dear Maimuna,i will mourn your loss forever but i am consoled that you are smiling at me right now,saying its well.

I am still in Shock because you died in a crash that could have been avoided by our senseless Government.I cried,am still crying.Seeing you,amongst the dead brings back a sad feeling.We were close in the university.I still remember your presence in my life everyday,and your forever smiling face.You never get angry.It is so unfair that you had to go this way.My consolation is that everyone who met you speak so well of you.You led a good life.May God accept your soul and all those who died with you.I am sure you are with the good angels now because you were an angel.God bless you.

This is very painful.i have been through their picture...what a lovely family..i ask myself..why do bad things happen to good people? i pray the good Lord grant them eternal peace n protect the rest of the family..that he should give them the power to move on

I pray that our Lord Jesus Christ will comfort the family of Maimuna and Onyeka.

What a lovely family with so much to live for. This is a very sad heart wrenching accident. May you all rest in peace in Jesus name.Cant just stop thinking about these beautiful children.

I stare blankly at this page all the time, still in shock that my dear friend has been called by God. Memories of you and the precious ones cannot be forgotten(Rare Gem).You are such an inspiration, always positive, a super mom indeed..... Maimuna,Onyeka,Kam boy,Noah,kaima, kainye n Grandma, I believe it is well with your souls and you are in a better place.

What a lovely family!Eternal rest grant them O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace. Amen.

May thier Soul rest in perfect peace.

May their Souls and Souls of all the faithful departed rest in perfect peace Amen.We'll miss you greatly.

Tragic, just tragic... It's a pity you had to go out this way but looking thru your life in the pictures gives the assurance you gave it a nice shot, albeit a short one. Adieu, God knows best! RIP with your loved ones

Rest in peace with your whole family, I just hope you are all together now. You were blessed with a beautiful and lovely family. My heart bleeds for you all, how I wish one of you is left. But.... who are we to question God, he knows best. Adieu may the good Lord grant you eternal rest IJN and console the family left behind to mourn you.

What a sad sad thing! Rest in peace Angel...May God welcome you all into his bosom. God Bless all those you left behind. It is well!

Hum! Words could not express how deeply sad, angry & emotional each time I see Onyeka, Maimuna & their lovely kids pictures plus their other relations that died with them.
May the Almighty father continue to comfort their loved ones they left behinde & their souls will continue to rest in God's harmony Thru Jesus Christ Our Lord Amen.
Do accept my sympathy. star)flower)

I may not know u but ur incident has given me another meaning to life.. We all leave in an evil world. But d good ones re taken away fm d evil 2 come. RIP

We can't question Almighty God, but question the inadequacy and non-maintainance of all our old rugged (molue) crafts. My heart bleeds for those beautiful innocent children. Even at death, you are a mum. Sun lese Jesus titi ojo ajinde.

I pray that God heal the heart of their family members and I pray that lost souls rest in the bossom of God.

Only God can explain. Pslam 115v3 - Our God Sits in heaven and does what pleases Him. I love everything about u even at death. What a 1daful mum you are. Rest in the bossom of your maker with your loved ones. Adieu!!!!

What a great loss.Rest in the Bossom of the almighty God.

Maimuna, maimuna,maimuna. How can i ever forget that beautiful smile that lightened the whole of social science department(University f Ibadan)from 1997-2001 which were my U.I years as well. Death smiles at us all and all we can do is smile back. your death and that of every member of the Maimuna Anyene family is a colossal loss to U.I and Nigeria as a nation because even in death, you became more popular.You will forever be in our hearts.Elysian beckons.rest in God's perfect peace. Donte

Oh, what a loss! I pray for eternal rest for the departed souls, through the mercy of God rest in PEACE, Amen!

it's so painful aw i got 2 knw abt u bt reading a liltle abt u 2dy as made me changd my mind abt lyf just nw.i pray God gives u peace.

This is so painful but God knows it all. Adieu

Even though we never met before your demise, but the thought of loosing you all in a day is so painful to death itself, you all should rest in the bossom of Christ.........we love you

No human being can explain why this should happen to u at this time, but only God knows the reason. May ur souls rest in peace until we meet to part no more.

My beloved neigbours,it is so painful that it all happened at this time,may God grant you all eternal rest.we love you all and will continue to love.La nu n'udo ka emesie nwannem.

Hmmmmmmm..am speechless,so painful,I pray υя gentle soul rest αη∂ tђє family..

The place you home (Nigeria) has failed you. But then am sure you 're still smiling at that realization because your face can't just hold a frown. Your uniqueness stands out. Rest in Peace beautiful family. May God answer the questions burning in your friends and relatives hearts. It is well.

Its so painful you left so soon. Goodnight Maimuna. May the Lord grant you all eternal rest. See you in the morning of resurrection.

It's so pathetic but God Knows best.
My heart bleeds each time i recall the faces of your innocent children.
You might been gone but will forever remain in my heart.

Fare thee well till we meet to part no more.

Though i didn't know you, the testimonies tell it all. I pray the good Lord to grant the family you left behind the fortitude to bear this irreparable loss...May your beautiful souls rest in peace...It is well

For this perishable part of us must put on the imperishable nature...O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?1Cor 15vs53-55. Even death could not seperate the love you share as a family. You all had to go together. May your souls continue to dwell with the Almighty. Rest in Peace

may God grant them eternal rest

Maimuna, in life you radiatied and now in death you are radiating more. What a lovely lady you were. I remember the good times we shared being dorm mates in Obi House, your double dimples like I used to call them and your ever cheerful spirit. So heartwrenching that you and your lovely family had to pass on this way. May God grant you all eternal rest and comfort your family, friends and all who have been touched by this. It is well.

U guys left too too soon,my heart is heavy but in all we give God thanks.u shall be missed so much,l pray God to console d family,loved ones,friends and me cos l can't get over this, its just too much.

Hope springs eternal, life is not immortal only the Creator knows best. I truly was touched by this story even though I did not know the family a spark of grace and testimony of their love touched my heart. Their Creator called a wonderful family home, knowing there lost would bring a closeness of the whole body of Christ and angels to heaven to rejoice in his majesty

Sympathy "In the seeds of this life, we find hope for a better life to come... May it comfort you to know that your loved one is now at peace.

To the Anyene family: Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. (Matthew 5:4)
May it be a source of inner strength to know that there's a loving God watching over you, and that, throughout this time of need, He'll stay close by your side.

In loving memory.

The Lord has given and He has taken blessed be His name forever. May their gentle souls rest in perfect peace. May God also grant the family the grace to bear the great loss. Amen

May your souls rest in perfect peace.

what a painful exit. I Hope the angels were with you all with this occurence. I am so sorry for this tragedy. May all your souls rest in perfect peace

Rest in peace dear friends and family.

May your souls rest in the bossom of the lord our God and may he give the rest of your family the fortitude to bear this very painful loss.

What a horrible, horrible tragedy. May your souls find eternal rest. At times like these we tend to question God as to why it had to be. May your family find comfort in knowing that each and everyone of you are at peace in Heaven; resting safely in the arms of the angels. R.I.P

I don't knw u bt ur story among d victims was d most heart breakn,I can't imagine how d tragedy started dat moment it dawned on u dat ur death is inevitable at dis point I can't stop thinkin of d helplessness,how u watched ur children nd urself being burnt till death I don't think dat u or any human being deserve dat,may ur beautiful soul b comforted in d LORD and also dat of ur children and dat of ur family and rest ppl amen

I am finding it so difficult to cope with this tragedy.. My heart has been in so much pain since last sunday and I wonder if I can ever get over this... As I write I am in so much tears. Being a mother I can only imagine your pain at seeing your children helpless but you cannot help them. O Lord God Almighty please comfort the surviving families... May you all rest in perfect peace...

This is too tragic and i am heartbroken,i can't stop crying this is so painful. I don't even know you but my thoughts and prayers are with our parents & families. May you, your husband and kids rest in perfect peace.

I do not presume to understand the reason for this great sadness. I will not even make an attempt to try to understand it.

My heart bleeds for your family. RIP.

Beyond me to question..

May your beautiful soul rest in perfect peace. My soul cries for you and your wonderful family. May your souls fly with the angels in Heaven above. 1 Love

I didnt know you personally but everyone I know that does all had lovely things to say about you and your family. Its so sad that your lives were cut short but I believe you are all resting together in the bosom of the Lord. RIP

It took me an entire week to come here and write something because the pain is just too much to bear. I wept uncontrollably for days and was deeply touched when I learned you all were gone....my sister went to Penn State with you so hit closer to home & as a mother of young kids all under the age of 5 plus twin girls myself, I just could not imagine it! I'm shaking still as I write these words but who am I to question God's will & purpose. I pray for strength and comfort for all your friends & family in this time of grief & sorrow.

May all your souls rest in perfect peace! Amen! Words are not enough to convey the sympathy to all families touched by this very painful, sad & unfortunate incident.

We all live at the mercy of our creator Almighty God and therefore May God give their family strength and courage to go through this sad loss.Rest in peace

That day will forever remain a 'black sunday'. May the Almighty God wipe the tears of their families and loved ones with the knowledge that they are happily resting in the bosom of the Lord. Rest in perfect peace.

I am obviously speechless but i just can keep quiet without expressing my condolence. Its really so sad as this is the worst case to me in the plane crash. I pray that God will grant them eternal rest.

May God's will be done. It brings tears to my eyes, but we cannot question the almighty, the one who created us all including you and your beautiful family has asked for you to return and take your place amongst his angels. I thank him for your life, your beautiful spirit and family. May God give your family strength to bear the loss and continue on with you in their hearts. You are an angel now so please pray for us and for our country that this tragedy might never repeat itself. We are all dust, and unto dust we shall return. Love unto eternity

My heart goes out to the Anyaenes at this time of mourniung,,may God give them the fortitude to bear the losss..God knows best.!!

Sweet Jesus! Sweet Jesus!! Oh Sweet Jesus!!! Words indeed fail me on this one! OH GOD ALMIGHTY! OH GOD!! O DEAR LORD, OH!

May your gentle soul and those of the rest of your family, rest in peace. God knows best why He let certain things happen. I pray He gives all your loved ones the heart to bear the loss.

Muna,God is Love and he knows best beyond our understaing.our hearts are very heavy but we know you and your beautiful family are with God. We love you always and forever

Dear God, I have no words. I am speechless as I humbly bow to you my Heavenly Father. Please accept this wonderful family into your beautiful kingdom in the mighty name of Jesus. Amen.

Hmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Since the occurence of this ugly but manmade disaster i've been trying to understand how god could have allowed this to happen but it remains a miostry to me. I keep picturing your beautiful smile,oh those lovely dimples of yours,i remember you very well back then in UI,you were a year my junior,we were both hall and faculty mates. I finally found peace one week after your sudden,painful and unforgatable demise together with your hubby and lovely kids knowing that God allowed this to happen for the best.I strongly believe that non of you could have lived without the other particularly you and your husband no wonder you took this inevitable journey together. May you rest in peace together with your beautiful family . I sincerely pray that your passing will a positive change in the aviation sector in terms of safety.

Never been touched by any disaster as this one, you were all too young to die, but God knows best, who are we to question Him. May you have eternal rest in the Lord'S bossom. Wishing remaining family members God's speed.

When i sat on the same row with your family on your connecting British Airways flight from London to Abuja on 26th May 2012 it was one big happy family. Onyeka struggled to stow away the luggages in the overhead cabin while the kids played and cried. I can never forget the smile from one of your kids siting next to me! . God knows best RIP.

this is total eclipse,This is kpim of death,since the incidence happened I continue asking God, Y,? But the reply was always nothing but ''. We re nothing but clay in the hand of the God''. Goodnight to u all till we meet to die no more.

Hmmnnn...it's a very situation but who are we to question God!? I believe He has reasons for this too. May ur beautiful souls find repose in the Almighty. Rest on sweets souls

I would have said God why?why the death of this lovely couple,innocent children,mother e.t.c But who am I to question God...He knows everything,My happiness is that the whole family had opportunity to make peace with their maker...May your souls rest in peace..Amen

Some things in life just can't be comprehended...we just have to accept it as it is...as heart wrenching as it could be, we can only but accept it...the departed are in good Hands now, may their families be given the grace and strength to face each day without them...Rest on in the Lord, the Anyene family...rest on

We are saddened beyond word, we are agrieved like never before, we can only say one thing , Our God Almighty knows best and will in time comfort all of us who knew & loved you so dearly. May your souls, Rest in Perfect Peace in the bossom of our Lord

You will live in our hearts forever......Rest in peace dear ones...

May ur gentle souls RIIP!! Dis is so heartbreaking n indeed devastating... A loss dat cld hv avoided*crying* rest in d bossom of d lord! May ur loved ones left behind find consolation in d fact dat u all are in a better place...

May your gentle souls rest in perfect peace.
It is too tragic and painful.

My Darling Maimuna, i still remember your lovely smile.I know that you and your family are resting with the lord.Till we meet to part no more.Rest in Eternal peace.

gone too soon.i cann't get over this.RIP dear ones.it's so so sad.

i am so heart broken i have been cryin i dont even kno u n it hurts so bad

I dont knw wen i'll stop crying 4 ur souls. Its so so painful. Rest in peace and u'll always be remembered

Please accept my condolences. May their souls rest in perfect peace.

May your beautiful souls rest in perfect peace. I pray the Lord grant your loved ones the grace to live one day at a time.

It is well. My heart is so sore.Lord pls forgive us and have mercy towards us. Never again in our life time. May their beloved souls R.I.P

If only words or tears could bring you all back,a beautiful and happy family but who are we to question God? He knows best.
May your beautiful souls rest in perfect peace.

This is too sad,painful and heartbreaking that words can not express. What a lovely family! I can't stop crying for this tragedy that were wiped away innocent souls at the peak of their lives.
I pray that God will grant you and your family eternal rest.Amen.

This is sad but we thank God for a totally fulfilled life.Though I have never met the family but the pictures speak for them.This is a wonderful family.May their soul rest in peace.Amen

How feeble and futile must be any word of mine which should attempt to beguile the Anyaenes and Mijindadi families from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering my condolence and I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the pain and grant the departed souls eternal rest

Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope. 1For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.

According to the Lord’s word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep.

For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. Therefore encourage one another with these words.

How feeble and futile must be any word of mine which should attempt to beguile the Anyaenes and Mijindadi families from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering my consolation and I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the pain and grant the departed souls eternal rest

Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope. 1For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.

According to the Lord’s word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep.

For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. Therefore encourage one another with these words.

I didnt need to have known you nor your family and friends. I stumbled on this page and realised the gravity of this loss to all concerned.

It may be difficult to understand it but thinking that your family was complete at such a time gives me the faintest hope that you all (held hands and) said a FAMILY prayer before the final tragedy struck! That Hope of mine feeds my FAITH that, truly, you all are in a better place.

From these pictures, it is apparent that you all enjoyed a good life - however short. I would take it as a lesson to enjoy mine with my family and friends. I saw FRIENDSHIP and LOVE in the pics with your children and husband; I will share same with my wife and children.

Finally, please stop weeping for them because they are obviously in a better place. Rather, let's take the countless examples they have left us and make the best of them. But while the loss is still fresh, may the good Lord grant the fortitude to pick up from the ashes soonest, and spread their legacy to the world.

GOD BLESS THE DEAD - Tupac Shakur

I didn't get to meet u when u were alive but am touched by the whole incident,in all having lost my hubby not too long,I only pray for the peaceful repose of your souls,that your journey on earth has ended only indicates that you have the priviledge to spend more quality time with God,RIPP

We didn't plan this exit
Its HARD you went so fast
My heart races just thinking about it
I had next week planned out for us
I wish all you did was not show up but
We all miss your absence.

Tick tock I try to prepare for this day
It hit me hard when you left
Tears welling my heart
It crumbles like clay
I want to run with you faraway.

my emotions like lightning struck
my feeling like sleepless eyes
my regrets like raining days
my thoughts like shattered rocks

I long for peace of mind
U left a hole in me
I try to remember our love
Your promises, character, your touch
Then I shiver, WHATS NEXT??

One day, I'll clear my heart
Reveal my loneliness to God
Let him remold my pain to beauty
And I will bless the Earth the way you blessed me.

Dedicated to the bleeding hearts (families of the Nigerian Plane Crash), To friends who have lost someone

I never met you or any member of your family but am deeply touched by the loss of you and your beautiful family. There is always a reason why things happen we can't question God. I heard about your loving hubby from Hon Yemi Arokodare, how loving and nice he was. May god rest your soul and that of your family and may He grant us peace. Amen

My heart aches at this terrible loss...but I pray our good God comfort the Anyene & Mijindadi families at this time of grief & soothe their pain. May the beautiful soul of Maimuna, along with that of Onyeka,kids & mum rest in perfect peace.

Maimuna can't still believe u are gone,ur grt simles keep coming 2my mind,may God accept u,ur husband,ur wonderful kids &mom in his blossom,u will always live in ur minds.Ade can't stop cryin she miss u dearly.rest in peace d Anyenes.

I have never met you but I watch this pictures of you and your loved ones and my heart aches.
You were indeed an angel and an epitome of beauty blessed with a sweet husband and cute kids. Nevertheless, in all things, we judge God faithful because He never makes mistakes and nothing happens without his knowledge.
God knows why it happened this way, why you left this tragic way and I pray that He gives your Family, Loved ones, well wishers and Country Nigeria the fortitude to bear the loss. May your souls rest in Peace.AMEN..

Maimuna, at your memorial service. I still can't believe this. But, Allah knows best. May your gentle soul and those of your kids and your hubby and your mum RIPP.

I watch this pictures of you and your loved ones and my heart aches.
You were indeed an angel and an epitome of beauty blessed with a sweet husband and cute kids. Nevertheless, in all things, we judge God faithful because He never makes mistakes and nothing happens without his signature.
God knows why it happened this way, why you left this tragic way and I pray that He gives your Family, Loved ones, well wishers and Country Nigeria the fortitude to bear the loss.

My eyes are heavy with tears and there's nothing I can say but God knows why and we can't question his ways! May their soul find eternal rest and may God Almighty give their family strenght to go on.

Brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men, who have no hope.
We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. According to the Lord's own word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left till the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep.
For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord for ever. Therefore encourage each other with these words.

WE LOVE YOU BUT GOD LOVE YOU MORE...REST IN PEACE, GOD'S FAMILY

Words can't explian my true feelings, God always knows best that's why he always certain good and bad things happen but we are still of the flesh so we might not understand. I know u are all in the bosoom of the lord smiling. Rest in peace children of God.....

I never knew the family but I'm indeed so touched and hurt at this senseless tragedy. I take solace in knowing God is sovereign and his decisions absolute. Rest in Peace Child of God... May God heal your Families and Friends

I cant stop crying....i cant even imagine what your family members are going thru now, may God give them the fortitude to bear your loss. I dont know you guyz but i know Ɣ☺ΰ ® all i̶̲̥̅̊n̶̲̥̅̊ heaven sitted at the right hand of our merciful Lord Jesus Christ. My heart goes to your loved ones. This is such a senseless loss!! Awwww o God.......adieu

My dearest friend, I still can't bear the pain, after a week. I'm missing you all the time. I asked why God did such things, and a friend said he only picks the most beautiful flowers in a field. Rest in peace my dear, with the people you love and love you. I feel some peace thinking you are still together in the heaven as a family, that you are never alone. Love you always...

I don't even know U guyz but I feel like I do. Its so sad d way U left this earth but I know and believe there is a God!!May God strengthen ur both families and the loved ones U left behind!Keep smiling in heaven with that stunning smile of urs....May God cause U all to RIPP!!your all in a betta place now...xxx

I never knew your family but it's clear that you were and are still loved. I guess God loved you the most and really wanted you all for Himself.may you all rest in peace in the bosom of our God,amen.

MY DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF THESE BEAUTIFUL ANGELS. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY BUT I DO KNOW THEY ARE IN GOD'S PARADISE, NO PAIN, NO SUFFERING AND THEY ARE TOGETHER. TOGETHER

What a great loss!!!!!Your family is an inspiration to me..even in death U were bonded in love.Who are we to Question God? He only Knows best. Rest in Peace and continue in the Glory of God....D Anyenes!!Amen

I did not personally know you, but i know a few people who knew you and your family personally. May God grant you and your family everlasting peace. I am lost for words...

Dear Lord, May you grent the souls of this beutiful family and others affected in this man made tragedy eternal peace in thy kingdom. May you comfort their friends and surviving loved ones.

Eternal rest grant unto them o lord, and let ur perpetual light shine upon them... I don't know the anyenes.. Bt I m touched by their untimely demise.. Am sure all of u r united in heaven.. Ur smiles r indeed infectious.. God wldnt hesitate to make u an angel in heaven.. Ur kids r cute, ur hubby, mom... May u all rest in d bossom of our lord..

Maimuna Onyeka and the family, rest in the bosom of the lord. such an awful tragedy but God knows best and we cant question him. It is well!

I have thought of what to say but there are no words. You were on the same flight with my sisters from london and they helped you out with the kids who are aboslutely cute. So full of life and looking forward to the Nigerian trip; To think you all had to leave together hurts but God knows best. Beautiful family, May God keep you. And may you all rest in peace, Ameen

Dear Maimuna, I saw you pictures go viral, we had last seen in our days at UI. I fought with the pictures saying No it couldn't be.May the Lord receive you and yours in heaven, strenght I pray for you, hubby and the kids, Grandma and siblings to climb the planes and join on high. It hurts bad to leave in such a tragic way, one can only pray that the Light shines steadfast, glowing leading you home, where we know there is no suffering and pain. ADIEU Maimuna

i went to ui as well,even tho i dont know you personally,your death hurts so much,you have such an infectious smile,your kids are absolutely gorgeous,God knows best may you all rest peacefully in the heaven with the almighty.

I don't know you all personally but your stories are really heart felt ,I believe you all are together in a better place and with the angels ... Your memories lives on

The death of Anyaene's ȋ̝̊̅ڪ a huge shock though I do not personally know them but one thing I know for sure ȋ̝̊̅ڪ that they W̶̲̥̅ι̥ℓℓ find rest nd peace i̶̲̥̅̊n̶̲̥̅̊ †ђξ Lords bossom.Adieu maimuna,ur mom A̶̲̥̅̊₪d̶̲̥̅̊ lovely family.

I will always remember you from UI days as the pretty girl with the biggest dimples i have ever seen. May all your souls Rest in perfect peace

YOUR DEATHS CAME TO AS A SHOCK WHICH WAS AS RESULT OF AN AVOIDABLE ACCIDENT.YOU GUYS ARE NOW ANGELS AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS TRAGEDY WILL TURN HISTORY AROUND AND MAKE US NIGERIANS TO RETHINK AND PUT SAFETY AS OUR PRIORITIES AND THIS WILL HELP TO SAVE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO TRAVELS BY AIR IN NIGERIA.REST IN PEACE

Oh!i dont know where to start.Maimuna i hav neva seen u,ur husband,ur mum and ur angel kids before(sobs..)But i feel as if i know u before and i miss u all especially ur kids(cries...)Dear Lord pls accept them in ur kingdom pls am begging u(cries...)

I join with so many others who knew the Anyenes in offering our deeepest sympathy. There are no words to describe the utter grief that I'm feeling right now, and I cannot also possibly imagine the shock and sorrow that has been thrust on your families as well. May the God Lord grant your families the fortitude to bear this loss. We just can't question God. REST IN PEACE.

May all your gentle and beautiful souls rest in peace. Amen

The holy book says to everything on earth. There is a time. A time to be born and a time to die. It also says "with long life will I satisfy you. Though we walk through the valley of the shadows we shall fear no evil. It is well. We love you.

Maimuna and Onyeka it is qutie obvious that the love you both share is genuine that is why the good lord found you inseparable and decided to call you home together to continue your love in heaven with your adorable children and Mum. Though your journey here was short, it was well worth it and all those you have touched with your smiles, presence and friendship will always carry you in their hearts. May you all rest perfectly at the bosom of our savior in heaven. Amen. God grant your families the strength to bear your absence but know your light will continuously shine down on them.

Dear Lord, you know why you took the entire family. Please grant them a better life there than the beautiful memories we see here. Amen. Rest in peace Anyene Family.

With a very heavy heart & very difficult to believe or understand the message of your demise came in the plane crash.
God Almighty shall wipe away your tears & strengthen you in Jesus name.

Dear Maimuna and family, even though i barely knew you, i have however come to adore the beauty of your memories since your departure. With a heart burdened with the pain of a sudden demise, i find my cheeks being flooded with streams of uncontrollable tears whilst attempting to relive your lives till the very last moment. It seems incomprehensible that i have come to appreciate someone i barely knew. Your friends and families are surely blessed to have known you all albeit for an earthly short time. Something, somewhere, makes me believe that you'd rather be celebrated and remembered for the great values which characterised you. It is why, whilst saying adieu to you all, i also chose to do 'a maimuna' from hence forth. Thank you for a life well spent.

Inna lillahi wa inna ilaehi raajiun.
Praying for fortitude for the family to bear this extremely tragic loss. May the Almighty wipe their sins and overlook their misdemeanor, may this suffering be a means of forgiveness for them. Grant them and the little ones peace in the hereafter. Amin.

Days and years may pass but the memory of this lovely family will remain evergreen in me.Rest in the bossom of the Lord Barr.Onyeka and Family.We mourn you all with heavy heart and tears but God knows the best.Adeiu Nwoke obi oma!!!

one thing i know the bible says that death has been defeated, but it remains the last enemy that will be destroyed on the last day. To the bereaved families, i pray that Holy Spirit who comforts, should strengthen all of you in Jesus Name. Amen. It's well.

Maimuna,this is still a big shock 2 us all.May d Almighty grant u,ur hubby,mum n lovely angels eternal rest n May he grant Moh,Ndako n Aisha d fortitude 2 bear dis great loss.RIP dearie

Darlin,its such a shame that a life so beautiful had to be cut short.But Allah knows all n sees all.It is our belief God calls to him early the ones He love most. May ur truly gentle soul, that of ur wonderful husband and beautiful children rest in perfect perfect peace. Till we meet again........Ms dimples,keep smiling.

it is well may the good lord keep the remaing family.we shall never hear nor experience such again in jesus name. take heart

Every moment of flash on this tragic incident breeds endless tears, but the joy of eternity whelms it in joy. Maimuna, though I do not know you, the memories you left behind infer the level of impact you made on humanity during you short stay. It is rather late to pray for the dead, I believe you and your good family knew Christ while you were here and would be glad to meet you someday at the Lord's bosom.

Words fail me. Though I have never met you, but my heart bleds. Rest in peace Mainuna and Family.

ITS REALLY SAD AND WORDS CANT EXPRESS HOW I FEEL...I STAY AROUND THE CRASH SITE WHICH MAKES IT MORE SADDENING TO ME.
REST IN PEACE THE ANYENES

My Heart bleeds as read people's comment and see your pictures on black berry. Still short of words though but our redeemer liveth. May this incidence be far from those you left behind. Rest in peace my dear, rest in peace. Shalom!!!

This is just too saaaaaad! I dont know you but your radiant smile and beautiful family say it all. May the good Lord comfort and console your family. May His peace that passes human understanding be with them now and forever. Amen. RIP

I have never met you but my heart goes out to your family and friends... Rest in Perfect Peace Onyeka Anyene and Family..May all Souls Sleep With Angels and Live With God..

What moves through us is a silence, a quiet sadness, a longing for one more day, one more word, one more touch, we may not understand why you left this earth so soon, or why you left before we were ready to say good-bye, but little by little, we begin to remember not just that you died, but that you lived. And that your life gave us memories too beautiful to forget.Rest in the bossom of the lord Maimuna and family.

May God rest her soul and the departed families.(Amen).There are many things that is beyond human comprehension,but our trust and hope should be on God almighty who made us.He is the only one that can answer the questions of life and can also comfort us.Adieu Maimuna and Family may the good God give us all the fortitude to bear the loss.

May God grant your family the fortitude to bear this huge loss...I don't know you but its saddening that a whole lot of generations has been wiped of in that crash through yor family..I look at the eyes of those beautiful kids and can't help but wonder what they would have been in the future...but God knows best...keep resting in the bossom of the Lord

Eternal rest grant to their beautiful souls oh Lord and let the perpetual light shine on them.
I have never met them but deeply touched by their deaths.

The sorrow of the faithful
is not that of permanent loss,
but the tender sense of sadness
that comes in saying good-bye for now
to someone we love.
May today's sorrow give way
to the peace and
comfort of God's love. Onyeka, May God Grant You And Your Family Eternal Rest In His Bosom.RIP

May God grant d family d fortitude to bear d loss. Der soul is nt in d ground bt in heaven, may god forgive dem nd grant dem internal rest in JESUS name AMEN.

Even in death i know they are endowed in the GLORY of the Almighty!!!..My deepest sympathy with this Family<>

May God grant you and your beautiful family enternal rest in his bosoom! its too painful for me and yet I never met you so I can only imagine what your family and friends must be going through! You will surely be missed! See you later.

"In the arms of an angel......fly away from here.....from this dark, cold, world...and the emptiness within....u have been pulled from this world.....from this wasted land"......but you will never be taken from our hearts......i never knew this family....but now i do.....through the happiness radiating from ur memories......GOD rest your soul because you all are now in his embrace.

Beloved,
Though we've not met in person but the wonderful encomium i head about you meant that you were very nice and from all looks you really worth it, my dear, my prayer is that God will grant you and your family eternal rest, we are very sad concerning this exit of your entire family, good nite

Never knew you, never met you..but your love is all consuming...radiating even in death. You look so happy together..even tribe,culture, color and tradition could not part you. You both are an inspiration, and in death you united a lot of strangers in love and tolerance. adieu Brethren, adieu little angels. kamsiyo, my little girl bears the same name as you. Take care of your little ones as you have always done. Enjoy your rest in God's bosom, where there is no sorrow, no pain, no nepa, and definitely no more Dana Airplanes. God bless you all. Goodnight. see you on the glorious morn!

Rest in peace, may God give your brother the heart to bear the loss... i think about you even in my sleep even though i dont know you.. REST IN PEACE!!!

I never met you but my heart breaks for you all and the family you left behind. Rest in eternal peace

:I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY!GOD DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN AGAIN.
REST IN PEACE TILL WE MEET TO PART NO MORE!

The Anyene's, i admire you and family for the bonding till death.
Dont mind them in this sinful world. Will be joining you soon!

Uncle onyeka...smart,young,intelligent,very generous and easy goin.your death has taught me a lot of lessons that no matter how young we are we should always try to live a life that will impact others.Maimuna, I neva met you but now I can see the attraction of both minds.both of you are beautiful on the inside and outside.we will never forget you uncle,a lot of people have come to say what you did for them how you touched there lives n how they had plans to meet you for one thing or the other until ur death,your works in d life of others will always speak...I kno you and your family are smiling down on us and givin us hope to stay strong.Rip the Anyenes

Lost for words as many questions are unquestionable from God.

RIP ALL.

May your gentle souls rest in peace. I am deeply touched. What a beautiful family. I begin to question God why he allowed this to happen but as HE said "HIS ways are not like ours". HE knows the best.

I saw several pictures and felt so bad, so much pain and hatred for shear ignorance and negligence but i saw urs, OMG, i saw that picture u and the 3kids with ur unborn and i couldnt hold back the tears! Right now, even as i write these words, im so struggling to contain the tears.
You have such loving kids and the picture shows u would have been an amazing woman.
I believe you lived for christ, thus, u surely have a wonderful resting place in the bosom of the Lord.......

How could death take away such a wonderful family, is it their destiny? God I leave all the questions on my mind to you knowing they are in ur bossom.RIP to the most wonderful family dat ever lived on earth.

This is inconsolable. I pray God grants the family and acquaintances the fortitude to bear this inconceivable loss.
Amin

Why o! Why, is life sometimes so cruel, only God knows best........... I don't know you, but enough to know u all left a radiating luv behind, that wld alway be embedded in our memories for a long time...hmmm.... I pray that the almighty Father bestow on to ur relatives the strength, they need to deal with this terrible multiple loss, and for them to know u r all surely resting peacefully in the bosom of the Lord. I feel I can say this.... U all were my Godly family, I luv u all, now and forever.......RIP|

We can't question God the almight who knowth the end from the beginning, these memories keeps reminding of d last day where u can't help any1 but only stand 4 urself, words and feelings are not enough to express my sorrowful mood over this great tragedy. I miss you all thou I don't knw you. May your souls rest in thy bossom of thy Lord. Amen

Oh God what a great lost. So charming and happy family. Am still speechless full of grief. I dont know them but am feeling a sense of loss within me.

I come to this site everyday and still short of words to write. This is painful and sad. God grant the departed eternal peace and let their souls rest in perfect peace

‘Death be not proud, though some have called thee
Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so….
….One short sleep past, we wake eternally,
And Death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.

John Donne (1572 – 1631)
‘The Holy Sonnets’
When such great tragedies as the death of Onyeka and his family happens, it is natural to forget in our grief that we are but mere mortals, puns in the hands of God. Let us therefore lay all our pains to God Almighty and trust in him for succor, in the confidence that death’s triumph is but fleeting. Let us remember Onyeka and his family as knew them and pray that Almighty God will receive their souls into eternal rest.

It gives me joy that they've departed to sleep in the LORD. It's most joyful that we'll all meet someday under God to part no more. Adieu!

Though I knew you not, the testimonies about you are overwhelming. You were truly blessed. May you all rest in peace.

Am still speechless. Woke up with them on my mind this morning just wondering what manner of death this is. Am still speechless, can't even speak the pain I feel. How can one ever forget this. May God help the living.

May the lord receive your souls.u all were such an angelic family.I wish it is only a nightmare.

They are not dead,
Who leave us this great heritage of remembering joy.


They still live in our hearts,
In the happiness we knew, in the dreams we shared.


They still breathe,
In the lingering fragrance,windblown, from their favourite flowers.


They still smile in the moonlight’s silver,
And laugh in the sunlight’s sparking gold.


They still speak in the echoes of the words we’ve heard them say again and again.


They still move,
In the rhythm of waving grasses, in the dance of the tossing branches.


They are not dead;
Their memory is warm in our hearts, comfort in our sorrow.


They are not apart from us, but part of us,


For love is eternal,
And those we love shall be with us throughout all eternity.
Adieu

I pray God almighty grant dis beautiful family eternal rest....Adieu d Anyenes.Nigeria mourns u!

Kabiyesi....O Lord who can ask u WHY?..What a loss...ahh what a waste, an entire generation of beautiful souls wiped out! My God this is soo sad.. beyond comprehension of this untimely deaths and aborted destinies even as I shed tears for these lovely family whom I never met and for Nigeria as a whole,in the wake of this tragedy, may your gentle souls rest in perfect peace in unity and love in the bossom of our Lord Jesus Christ who knows the end of a matter before the beginning...He knows best and may He comfort your loved ones left behind

though I don't know you or your family,still my heart bleeds for this great loss that has befallen your family. Rip all of you!

I never met you Maimuna, but how sad can i express this, may the your gentle soul and that of your family members rest in perfect peace...............amenADIEU

Though this beautiful company may have departed from this mortal world, their memories will live as long as life endures.
They have further paid the tragic price of the weakness and curruption in the Nigerian aviation industry.
May their beautiful souls dwell safe and secure in peace in the bossom of the Almighty God, The All Knowing Divine.Jaso Osuafor

I never met you personally Maimuna,but ur brother Moh is my friend..I Can't seem to get over the fact that you and ur beautiful family are gone!!and your beautiful mother too!Words cannot express the void you have left..I've only heard beautiful things about you..you touched so many lives possitively with your beautiful smile!RIP Maimuna and family!!may your beautiful memories never be forgotten..

The Anyenes,am so so sad for a family dis beautiful and full of life cut short is so pathetic.I don't know this family but am crying as am typing cos as a daughter,sister,wife and mother too of same age-range,my heart bleeds.There was thunder-strike yesterday and my 15month old daughter ran into my arm for comfort,she looked straight into my eyes and smiled knowing am there to help and I starting crying again remembering you people and the helplessness of a parent.With the pixtures of the family av seen so happy,I can't but imagine you reassuring them it's OK.But,truly,it's OK.For y'all will be together to part no more. Adieu the ANYENES FAMILY

Inna lillahi wa inna illai hir rajiun!Iam a complete stranger to you but u've touched every inches of my heart.what a heart breaking loss!!a beautiful family gone too soon;I've cried n still do when I think of this family.SPEECHLESS.RIP

Even in death, the family is so loved and they are an inspiration.We love you but God loves you most. Adieu

I pray God in his infinite mercy to grant d departed rest,Amen.

May your gentle souls rest in peace. May Allah grant your family the fortitude to bear this great loss.

It is hrtbrk and painful, may their souls rest in peace

Wit tears in my eyes,i kip askin y dis happened??? May ur soul nd dat of ur luved ones rest in peace.

God knows best why He said its time,...R.I.P

MAY YOUR GENTLE SOULS REST IN PERFECT PEACE.

So sad u pple have to die dat way..veri painful and pathetic.may ur gentle soul rest in perfect peace.

RIP

my Gooooooodddddd why!!!!.... dis is so sad.... with tears rolling down my eyes...... seeing ur lovely kids and husband all gone... words cannot explain.... I am deeply sorry maimuna for your happy life to be cut short... what a tragedy... only God knows y... Pls don't be angry..... rest in peace...

A beautiful family gone too soon. May the good lord continuously guide this family in the afterlife. Amin

May their souls rest in peace!!!

Although I didn't know you but its obvious you were a wonderful person by the way those who knew you talk about you.Rest in perfect peace with your husband and lovely children. To us that remain here, it is a lesson to all of us to live our lives in a way that when we do leave this place we will be remembered as Maimuna Was.My deepest sympathies to the loved ones she left behind.May the Almight Father grant you the fortitude to bear this great loss.Amen.

May you all Rest In Peace... Amen!

........ALL2 SAY IS MAY THEIR SOULS REST IN PEACE

My prayer is that God comfort all your loved ones during this very difficult time.

Even though I don't know you all,but is very painful cuz I stayed up all night so sad about this strategy,but God knows best!continue to rest in his bosom!amen

Rest in perfect peace. God is control of our lives and nothing happens by accident. May God be praised in Jesus' name. Amen.

Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji'un. Rest in peace Maimuna, u r loved but Allah loves u more.
U shall b truly missed.

I do not know what ti say just so so so so sorry

Muna, my dearest sister from another mother. We have indeed shared alot from childhood days in Zaria, to adulthood in the US. If I saw in my dreams that I would be writng this message to you, I would wake up quick to pray strongly against it but hey, only GOD knows why it had to be this way. However, our friendship has not ended, as I believe that we are only parting to meet again someday...I must confess though, the way you left is really disheartening, as I cry everytime I think of the tragedy. May your soul and the souls of Mommy(sweet Aunty Bilkisu), your husband, relatives, and beautiful kids all have Eternal rest ...Amen

May your beautiful soul rest in peace with that of the family i dont know you but God know u best. you leaved very short but you left us all with something very important to embrace our love ones you showed us how beautiful it is to love in so many ways.... May God almight grant you all enternal rest.... does beautiful kids,mum,husband went just like that why why i cant get over this God knows best ......

What can one say at a time like this to your families and friends?I did not know your family before this tragedy yet your thoughts have not left me since that weekend. Saying I know what your families and friends will be going through is only understanding the obvious. My prayer is for God to grant you and your entire family which died with you eternal rest and happiness. May your lives be filled with smiles in the beyond. I also pray that God comforts your families and friends. They are not alone, the world is with them at this time. Rest in peace you all.

Dear Maimuna,
I knew you in Queen's college where we shared a dorm in Obi house. You were always a cheerful and sunny person. When I read that your husband and Children were with you on that tragic flight,I was short of words. I know that God alone, has the answer to why this happened and he has taken you all to a better place where nothing will hurt you again. May the journey of all your souls be smooth. Rest in peace in the knowledge that you are very much loved, and you will be sorely missed.

I do not know u in person but I feel drawn to ur family. I seat in bed every night n every idle time I have since sunday wandering n wishing we coud go back in time n undo a lot of things but I guess that only happens in movies n who are we to ask God y certain things happen....I pray u all find eternal rest n ask the merciful father to mend every broken heart n fill up d vacuum ur exit has caused.

Hmmmmm! I'm totally speechless. This is really heart-breaking. My hrt goes out to yu all & even de remainin family members. Only God Almighty can console yu. I neva knew yu guys in person bt I knw we all shall meet in de resurrection morning. Adieu my dears!!!

the name does ring a bell,i remember u from u.i days.i really don't know wat to say,because i am hurting,however i know God loves you more

May Maimuna's mother's soul Rest in PeaceAmen!

It is beyond tragic that you and your lovely family have been wiped out in the twinkle of an eye, makes one think of our own lives and mortality! Though i vaguely remember you from QC,from these pictures of you, your face with your beautiful,dimpled smile will forever be etched in my memory. My deepest sympathy to those you left behind, I Pray The Lord enables them to somehow find comfort and the will and strength to carry on. May your soul and those of your husband and kids Rest in Peace Amen!

Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihirraji'un!( from Allah we come, and to him is our return). Such tragedy is too much for any family to bear, but Allah in His infinite mercy will comfort your families, Moh, Ndako, pls be strong, no one can ever understand your pain, but Allah will comfort you all. My heart also goes out to Onyeka's family, it is well with you all.

Maimauna, i went through your lives in pictures. A short of words. Your beautiful radiant smile melted me heart. You were indeed blessed with beautiful family.My heart is heavy, pained, sad and overwhelmed at the thoughts that you and your beautiful family lives were abruptly siezed on that terrible tragedy sunday june 3. My heart good out to your and your husband's family. I can see through your pictures that you were indeed a happy woman. I pray and believe that you and your family are resting in right hands of God. He knows why it happened. Looking at your pictures as has had a great impact in my heart, making me to embrace life more, be grateful to God and not take a day a second for granted with my family. Thank you and Rest In Perfect Peace and Eternal life IJN Amen.

This has been soo painful to bear.. U brought soo much light 2 this world i wish u were all still here to keep it shining. Ai, Moh & Ndako, i wish u all cld see d pained depths of my heart. Your mum was very nice, kind and received your batallions of friend like they were d first. I never really thot y'all were over ur dad yet. Then dis??I'm soo sorry. May Allah get you all through this no matter how long it takes. They remain ever green in your hearts and ours too. Amen.

Maimuna, I feel very sad just looking at your pictures and the lovely life you must have lived though short - its so full of love and happiness. But whilst I know it must be painfull for the loved ones you have left behind, for some reasons I believe strongly that your death must have been painless because the angels of God came and took you and your family immediately to heaven. Beloved though I never knew you adieu and rest in the bossom of our God who loves you best and allowed you all to go home at this time.

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Maimuna, I feel very sad just looking at your pictures and the lovely life you must have lived though short - its so full of love and happiness. But whilst I know it must be painfull for the loved ones you have left behind, for some reasons I believe strongly that your death must have been painless because the angels of God came and took you and your family immediately to heaven. Beloved though I never knew you adieu and rest in the bossom of our God who loves you best and allowed you all to go home at this time.

Rest Rest and Rest my sister!!!

Maimuna, I still can't believe you are really gone. And I am deeply saddened when I imagine the harrowing distress you and your family were forced to endure in the moments just before you were all abruptly seized from us. You are loved and will be terribly missed. Your dimpled smile will always remain with us... a comforting reminder of the beautiful person you were, down here. Rest in peace, Beautiful. Love, Ije.

To Maimuna and Onyeka and family resting in the bosom of the Lord, nothing has quite affected me in recent times as your utterly unnecessary death.Though I did not know your family, my mind keeps reliving what you must have gone through as you stared death in the face, the disbelief, the panic and concern for the children, the fear, etc. How can this happen? I take solace soley in the fact that eternal God has all the answers; He knows best and I know you are all with Him in heaven. May you all continue to rest in His Perfect Peace, Amen.

Sleep Well! My thoughts and prayers go out to your families.

Terrible loss....I pray God grants you eternal rest.

Terrible loss...I pray God grants you eternal rest.

Rest in peace Maimuna, Onyeka and your little angels. We love you but God loves you most and has decided to take you away to be with Him. May His perpetual light continue to shine upon you and may He comfort your family and loved ones.

Maimuna, Ada ekwueme my friend was your husbands niece that was how I met u before you got married. I and Ada were always at elf estate where your husband lived. You were so gentle and kind, your husband was way too calm and good, he was willing to share the last plate of soup with anybody. When I heard from Ada that all of you were on that I'll fated flight, my heart still bleeds. When your corpse was found your husband was on top of you and your kids, he protected you and your children from burning but rather got himself burnt beyond recognition all for his family. You both loved each other to death. Maimuna, we will not question our creator, but may you all rest in perfect peace till we meet to part no more. Love u today, tomorrow and forever

Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji'un. Rest in peace, u are loved but God loves u most.

Eternal rest grant unto them oh Lord and let perpetual light shine upon them.May their souls rest in peace.Amen

I am really saddened by the loss of this beautiful family. Adieu and rest in the bossom of the Lord where there are no pains or tears.

How

I could help but cry, I can't help asking why but yet thank God for this ones, this is a great tragedy, I don't know this family but I sincerely share their pain. I pray God to grant them eternal life.

.................,May the good God forgive you and your family.Rest in peace!

I am unable to shake off this heavy burden of the loss of Onyeka and his beautiful family. I never met his wife and family but I can truly picture the haven and radiating joy that would have been the life they shared. "Uncle" as I would always call Onyeka, constantly mentored me through his life, his words, his relationships. He was soo absolutely committed to his relationships to family, friends, church, business associates. Words fail me to express the emptiness and hopelessness that I feel with this loss. I am consoled only by the fact that he is in a better place, and even more so, that he is with those he loved the most. May theirs souls enjoy eternal rest.

Oh death where is thy sting in midst of life whe are just a walking corpse, Goodbye .

God has taken his own away from dese miserable world. Wish I met dese beautiful family. Dey ar d true definition of love. Am all smiles cos I know u all ar wit d father of love, God himself. U all shld pray 4 us on earth and our country Nigeria. I love u all

I am so sadden by the sudden tragic lost of a whole beautiful family 03.06.12. Who had so much to live for... Father Lord Why? Why? Why? Father Lord you know best o. May their gentle souls rest in perfect peace. Father Lord continue to give their family & friends they left behind the divine strength to get over this terrible loss in Jesus Name Amen

she got a life every lady would pray for. God loves you and your family best. Remain in His bossom.

she got a life every lady would pray. God loves you and your family best. Remain in His bossom.

May your souls rest in peace. Nigerians will never forget you. I never knew you personally but I grieve along with other Nigerians, especially at the way you and your family just left. You guys shall forever be in our hearts. Sleep well, the Ayenes.

Ha!!!! iku loro o...my heart bleeds for this lovely and beautiful family...*teary eyes*

Maimuna,know we never spoke much back in school but one major thing i admired about you was your smile.it sad you left us to soon.it really painful i never knew it was you until i saw your picture.May your soul rest in peace.

Maimuna,u had a beautiful family,an inseparable one at that. God probably dint want to separate any of u perhaps d reason y u all died 2geda! May ur wonderful souls RIP. It is well! God knows best.

Rest in peace for all eternity. Yours was a life cut short. You and yours will be sorely missed blessed angel. May those you left behind find the fortitude to bear this insurmountable loss.........

May your souls rest in peace. Father please accept their souls. So sad. God is love. It is well.

Words fail me! I pray ur beautiful souls find rest till we meet to path no more Amen

My heart still bleeds from this tragic loss! God almighty knows why and so he shall give you all eternal rest. Peace upon your souls

Father, you're the giver of life, thank God for these beautiful ones who are resting in your bossom. Grant their family the grace to bear the loss and heal all that mourns at this time. Amen

I don't know whom you are but i feel a need to reach out to you and i pray thatthe Lord will give all those whom you have all left behind to bear this unthinkable loss. God knows best

This is so sad. I couldn't stop crying while looking through the pictures. It's heartbreaking. God knows best. May your souls rest in perfect peace. Amen.

Maimuna, you are wat you are described as Beautiful, ur mouth is so shaped with smile, I can call u smiley. U have a wonderful family. Its so sad dat u r all gone, but u all Rest in perfect peace. God will give all your families the fortitude to bear ur losses. Sad!!

My prayers are with your and your family. I don't know you but I feel your loss as you remember those who have now passed on. Know that God is with you always......

Words can't express the feeling. I saw so much happiness in the pictures though, and thank God that the family experienced such happiness.
I pray for the Lord comforts those left behind like only He can.

May all your beautiful and gentle souls rest in perfect peace.
E Sun re o.
Inalilahi wa Inalilaihi Rajioon.

May all your beautiful souls rest in perfect peace amen.

Words can't express the feelings but God Almighty will comfort your families&grant them strength to bear this loss.Rest in Peace.

I really don't know the family. But this is so sad. Such a beautiful family. My heart goes out to both families. Only God can comfort both families. May their gentle souls rest in perfect peace. Adieu. I know they are with the Lord.

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May the souls of the Anyenes and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

My deepest condolences to the family and community that has been affected by this terrible tragedy.

Can't express how I feel with words. Only God knows why such tragedy is permitted. This is a sad incident indeed, may God rest all the souls of all we have lost, and grant the family and friends the fortitude to bear such a massive loss.

May the souls of Anyenes rest perfectly in the bossom of the Lord. Adiue

I can't still imagine this happened to one family. Though, i don't know u personally, but where are family thruogh God Almighty. I pray God grant d lost soul eternal rest. Most especially d little kids that has never taste sin, i kept imagining how this happened to those kids. Tear runs down my cheeks wen i saw their pix. How could those sinless kids gone so soon....question that can not be answered except God. Tears........Adieu !!

.....hmmm!Very sad the whole family went "just" like that,esp your lovely kids that were visiting their fatherland for the first time. It was their first and their last....SO SAD! But who are we to question God.He giveth and He taketh. But i believe you are all resting in God, that is our consolation. ADIEU THE ANYENES!

'Or ten times happier, be it ten for one;
Ten times thy self were happier than thou art,
If ten of thine ten times refigured thee:
Then what could death do if thou shouldst depart, Leaving thee living in posterity?"
O death, where is your sting? O grave, where is your victory?We pray it is well with those you left behind to mourn you and cherish you. Rest in perfect peace of the Lord forever lovely souls.

Growin up with maimuna in the ancient city of zazzau,fond memories of an always smiling,preety lady,she was very intelligent.we kept in touch even afta she left the shores of nigeria.she had a wonderful personality.its tragic how you left my old friend.but who are we to question the almighty,may you gentle souls of maimuna and her family continually rest in perfect peace.till we meet again to part no more.adieu

I jst dont know what to say..tears streamig down my eye while going tru those beautiful pixs.its so sad that you all had to go this way.the ovely kids,firsst time to Nigeria and it became their last.Im so bitter with this country.God help us...I know u all are together up there in heaven smiling down on us...May ur beautiful souls rest in peace..Amen.

this world we live in is so cruel....i cant stop asking God why? 3 generation wiped out just like that. it still hurts. i know you and your family are resting now. may the good lord continue to comfort those you left behind.Amen. Adieu little Angels

Wow!!! I don't know you directly but yours is the saddest story ever. One cannot ask why? Even if we ask no answer will be deserving enough. I'm lost for words. I can only pray that the good Lord will comfort the ones that are close to you most. No one deserves this.

Hmmmm, words cant explain the void you have left in many peoples hearts, they say "things happen for a reason" i am yet to fathom the "reason" behind this. The only comfort is that you and your family rests in the bossom of your maker. And i pray God truly grants those you have left behind with strength to move forward, i met you only 2 times in my life and i will NEVER forget you, thats how BRIGHT your light shone (and will ALWAYS SHINE). E sun re o.....

Gone like a candle in the wind! Your memory and wonderful life that you lived is an example to many...RIP and may God grant you eternal rest.

Words cannot explain how i feel, but somehow i find solace in the fact that God is a master planner....He has taken u all away from this sinful world into his marvellous light. I know that you and your family are continuing in more love and peace in the bossom of God.
Rest on Brother! Rest on the Ayene's!!

Meimuna, words can't express the feeling each time i remember our days in UI and how lovely and wonderful you were. I never for once saw you fall out with anyone. Your natural dimpled and smily face always made even the saddest heart lighten up! Now all i can hold onto are the memories...... I believe you were an angel sent to this world for a purpose. May your soul and that of your wonderful family rest in perfect peace. Adieu angel!

Words cannot describe how sad I've been since I heard the news of the plane crash and especially the Anyene family loss. All I can say is that God knows why he took you all so soon for we cannot question him. I send my condolensces to the rest of the family you left behind. RIP

Painful, painful, that's what it is . May God grant you and your beautiful family eternal rest in His bossom . God will give the other family members of the family the fortitude to bear this irreparable loss in Jesus' name.

This is so sad, I'm sitting here and my heart is bleeding, I'm fighting the tears. Its painful.
I never met you, didn't know who were.
From your last facebook update, your pictures, comments from your friends. I can tell you were full of life.
I pray that you rest in peace, yourself, your husband, kids, mother in law.
God took you away fro this sinful world for a reason.

May the Rest in peace

Onyeka aka Collins, i am still speechless, i never knew Maimuna but i knew you were hitched, we last saw in 09 i think, you worked opp my house with chinedu ekwueme, emeka obiakor and my brother uzoma nwakuche. I don't even think they are able to truly believe your all gone. God knows best but this is a true tragedy, a good man, humble, sharp, always well presented, workaholic, kai its not easy for the living but we shall meet again until then Adieu.

My heart weeps for the lost of such a beautiful family, i never met you but i can't help feeling very sad . Rest in perfect peace.

Though I never had a opportunity to meet with you, but it hurts me so so much to see a large, happy family like yours perish.May the blessings of the love you show to others be upon you, May its peace abide with you, May its essence like your smile illuminate your hearts. Rest Peacefully in the Bosom of your maker.

The news of the sudden incident that claim you guys from us came as a shock. I did not heard of you before this day but i never stop praying to God to heal the broken hearts of many folks you left behind.

I pray that the almighty keep your souls in perfect peace with him till eternty.

I never met you but the untimely death of your family really touched me deep, I can't help thinking about it. Such a painful one, but God knows best and we can't question His actions. Rest in eternal Peace

I am still short of words to describe this indescribable loss. While so many questions kept on going on my mind, revel in the scripture that says "precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints. I look forward to seeing you guyz on the 'Resurrection Morning' by then we might have an understanding of why this happened at this time.

My heart deeply weep for such a lovely family but God knows why. I pray that God should grant them peace and comfort in his bosom.

Still dazed by what happened! 9 family members?? Innaalillah wainna ilaihirrajiun, may their souls rest in perfct peace! May he give their families to bear such great loss!!! Ya Allah

you all may have been blown into eternity like a candle in the wind, your young and glorious lives cut short. They say you are dead but i dont believe it foryou yet live in our hearts and memories. Rest in the bossom of our Lord till we meet again

To the family: Be comforted knowing that the Lord has extracted his saints to be with him, for that is where we all desire to be as Christians, but the timing is up to the Lord to say when. The Lord will strengthen you as you process this grave loss IJN

Maimuna, I have tears rolling down my eyes as I type. How can a thing like this happen in real life?

Like many on this page who do not know you personally, I have been deeply touched by this incident. How can 6 to 9 members of the same family be wiped out in one day? God have mercy!!!


I pray that you and your lovely family find peace and comfort in the Lord's presence until the resurrection morning.

I pray The good Lord will grant the family of the Ayene'sand their in-laws the hstrenght of heart to bear this loss. This is enough to set the mind numb with questions, but all we can at this time is to give thanks to God for the eventful live they lived. Pls take heart as their souls surely rest in peace in the bossom of the Lord.

we cannot question God.He knows best.I dont know you but looking at your beautiful pictures,im sure this is a close family with so much love.May your souls rest in perfect peace.God will comfort the families u left behind.

We cannot ask why this has happened, we can only leave it all in God's hands. I know we never met but this is a wound so deep,i feel my heart breaking over and over again. I know that you and your family have gone to be with the Lord. May God grant you perfect peace in HIM and may he comfort your loved ones. Good night and God be with you.

My heart bleeds for this family. I pray the good Lord accepts them under his wings. So, So Sad. The good Lord also comfort their loved ones left behind and may they all RIP . Who are we to question God? It could have been any one of us.

What a lovely family! We can't question God bcos He knows best. Good night lovely angels. RIP>>

This family,s death is a trajedy and only God knows why.Nigerian Govt should be ashamed of herself to allow an airline like Dana to operate.This is an indictment of our country that is being destroyed by corruption.How can somebody fly Nigerian airlines with confidence and not be afraid of meeting untimely death?It is time for total revolution in Nigeria or go back to the British since we were better off then.May the ALMIGHTY GOD console of the families of the whole victims of this disaster that was preventable.

Although I did not meet you in person but from what i see of you in the pictures you are truely adorable.
Rest in peace my dear in the bossom of the Lord.

What a lovely family while alive.We love you but God loves you most. Rest in perfect peace.

The memories back in school will remain happy ones...Your Life, and that of your loved ones also lost,will be celebrated, for always...Rest in the LORD..

I wonder if Angels ever die. R.I.P Angels

May your gentle souls rest in peace.

May your souls rest in the bossom of God. I saw your picture and i realised this is what i craved for: a beautiful family. But God knows why and i pray may your close family have the heart to bear this loss.

Hmmm....words elude me, i never knew the family but i am really saddened about there demise in such a frightful way,the Lord grant you all His eternal REST. Amen

I dont know this family personally but I am deeply saddened because the failures that led to their untimely death are unlikely to be properly dealt with until another major disaster and then same heightened escalation and out-pouring of emotions. Hopefully, these ones have not died in vain. May their souls rest in perfect peace. And may God almighty give the family and friends the fortitude to bear this lose.

Hi Maimuna & Family,

I never knew u but my heart bleeds for u guys and u will foreva be remembered in my heart n d heart of most Nigerians. I know words can Neva be enuf to say how sad this event was but I pray u n ur family are happy and in a place free of all the cares, pain n suffering of this world. It's so hard to say but ' Rest In Perfect Peace' the Anyene's. Rest in the bossom of our Lord.

I never knew y'all but I feel as distraught angry and sad that many important lives were cut short from what could have been prevented. I pray for peace for all of you in the afterlife. Sunny-Unachukwu John. South Africa

Oh Maimuna, even though I never knew you, just looking through pictures of u and ur beautiful family, my heart bleeds even more. Your beautiful and warm smile penetrates even to the soul of strangers. Its sad to believe that you all are gone, but u will always be remembered. May your souls rest in perfect peace. Amen

All i can say is, may all your beautiful souls rest in peace and may the good Lord give your families the grace to bear this great loss. Such a beautiful family. Who are we to ask God "why".

i did not know this family, but God did and still does. my heart bleeds at the loss, we cannot query God. REST IN PEACE ALL OF YOU TOGETHER. MGod condole all left to mourn them in Jesus' name.

i never met u guys and didnt know u but, even at that no one deserves the ill fate that met u guys. i shed a tear even as i type these words cause even in death i see from this page that you were such loving and caring people. life is deep and we learn everyday it's my own personal opinion to suggest that you are definitely in a better place.As sad as it is to us all that have heard of this tragedy or know u all personally,we can at this point only shower you with our prayers and hope they're worthy enough to see you to the Lords bosom! rest in peace beauties!

My Heart bleeds as I writes this, I've soaked my shirt with Tears... This is soo untimely, I'm very happy because you all possessed a happy soul. I'm consoled because I know that you all are resting happily in the Arms of God lord Almighty... We are no one to question him... Sleep well my dearest!!!

Last time I saw you was 2005 - Penn State, State College. You insisted I come to your apartment and watch a movie over a bowl of ice-cream. Just tried to reconnect with you via facebook, you accepted my request on last week Thursday, never knew we would not reconnect. You were absolutely pleasant. It hurts to know you are gone... Sleep Well Maimuna,Husband and the beautiful little souls... Rest in your Father's bosom

It's so sad to see this wonderful family all gone. I do not know you but i feel the pain deep in my heart. I believe God had a reason. i know you are all resting in the bosom of the Almighty God. R.I.P....the Anyene. adieu.

"Snr" Maimuna Rest in peace.I'll always remember ur kindness n smiles n THOSE dimples. May the good Lord grant u n ur Family eternal rest,Amen.

I neither knew you nor your family, but the friends we share(d) in common feel the loss personally.

Your loss (and that of your family) is both tragic and astounding; bringing into question the fundamentals of ones belief.

A loss such as this brings a greater hope of heaven...

Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity; For we shall see Him then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

1 Cor 13:12

The Mamas & Papas Magazine in South Africa would love to send our condolences to the families off Maimuna and Onyeka. We are deeply pained to have lost our mother, father, our lovely children and the rest of the family in our circle of parents. They are in our prayers and may they rest in peace.

Sigh!
QC brought us together, only to find out we shared relatives. You gave me my first Maryland Cookies, and im still addicted till date. I always marveled at the depth of your dimples which caved even when you spoke.
We lost touch after school and its so disheartening to hear from you via this occurrence. But Maimuna, I celebrate your life. From all indications, you lived a full life and undoubtedly shared an unbreakable bond with your beautiful family. Heaven welcomes home their own.
RIP(Rise In Place)

lovely family,going through your album breaks my heart,i dont know why God decided to take all of you at the same time.your memories will continue to live in us.Rest in Peace.

I never knew anyone of you, but by extension an inlaw of yours "Yewande nee Gidado"is a friend. As a mother, sister, wife and a woman from a close knit family. Words cannot adequately express the grief and sorrow this tragic incident has rooted in my soul. The though of your young children, your brother who was about to wed, your motherm husband!!! Oh my God, untimely death! May you all find peace and eternal rest, above all may your loved ones whom you've left behind be granted the grace to bear this unspeakable loss in Jesus name, Amen!!!!

Really as a Husband,Father and a Son i am so short of words,all i can say is that MAY THE ALMIGHTY GOD GRANT THEM ENTERNAL REST IN HIS BOSSOM NOT MINDING THEIR PAST and also COMFORT THEIR REMAINING FAMILIES THROUGH OUR GREATEST COMFORTER THE HOLY SPIRIT IN JESUS PRECIOUS NAME..............AMEN

Avinaash Bhavnaani & Family.

I was not priveledge to know this family during their lifetime,but i really miss them.May ALLAH bless your souls with eternal rest. This is a loss beyond shock,beyond verbal expressions,but ALLAH knows best. Those kids!!! ohhh my GOD. THIS IS THE REAL TILL DEATH...RIP

Luv diz family though I dnt know them. May all their soul rest in perfect peace Amen

Although I did not have the pleasure of meeting you and your wonderful family, I can tell that you were highly favored by God. The Lord will keep you and your family in his safe arms. Your family is beautiful and you all will truly be missed. May God grant you eternal rest.

What a tragic exits ! May d Almighty God grant d bereaved family d fortitude to bear d loss. Rest in peace d Anyenes !

So so sad!!!!!, I wish you all,eternal rest, I don't know you personally BUT,I will say I LOVE YOU all.

Though I don't know u personally, ur death & that of ur entire family is more than a tragedy. One of its kind. The nation morn u. May ur souls find enternal rest. To those u left behind, may they find solace in GOD Almighty...

Yours was a life well spent. You radiated light to those that had the priviledge of meeting you. You were a loving wife and mother. Rest in the bossom of the lord knowing that you did your best while on earth. We may forever mourn you, but we know that you are happier out there with the lord. I know that you continue to smile at us as we write. Rest in peace Maimuna.

I never really knew you, but your lovely smile would make even angels weep. May the Lord keep you both safe in His arms, as u rest in unending peace. May your kids also rest in peace.

I don't know this beautiful family, yet l have mourned them all, the pain is deep and unbearable. May the almighty God grant you all eternal rest AMEN

Hmm... Words fail me! This is one too many... Though I don't know you personally, I can't but shed tears going thru your family pictures especially your lovely kids. Its only God that can console your families. May God grant you all eternal rest.

Rest in peace.

When I heard the news, I was so stunned and filled with grieve. I still remember your charming smile, the most angelic that lit up everywhere you went. Your family is so beautiful and I believe you're all in heaven and that gives me some form of comfort. May your souls continue to rest in peace, amen

God why . How does a family heal from this. 3 generation plus a cousin with her 2 sons making an extended family losing 10 people in one day ..
God you know best sha ,May God continue to strengthen the whole family . My thoughts and prayers goes out to you all
Beautiful Maimuna , I remember the Queens Hall days at G-block UI . Rest well my dear, rest well

The smiles on your dear faces spoke volumes. We should live a full and joyful life with our families while we have the chance. May you find peace and everlasting joy togehter where you have gone.

I love you Muna. I love your beautiful family. It us well my love.

As i look as the pictures my heart is sooo heavy! I didnt Know you guys, all I can say is rest in perfect peace. and may God comfort ur family and friends you all left behind.

Dear Maimuna, even though I never knew you, just looking thru pictures of u and ur beautiful family, my heart bleeds even more. Ur smile penetrates even to the soul of strangers. Its sad u are gone, but u will always be remembered. Say hello to those cute kids for me. Rest in the Bossom of our Lord

Though i dont u personaly but i couldn't stop thinking about u and ur family.But who are we to question God,rest in D bossom of Almighty God.

its really so sad,i pray they rest in peace,n may God grant d families d fortitude to bear d loss

Even though I didnt know u or any member or ur family,its so sad and heart wrenching that u guys had 2 leave the way u did,but the Almighty knows best and I believe that u all are together in a better place. I pray the Almighty grants ur family the grace and strenght to bear this loss. Adieu beautiful people, may u all rest peacefully in the lords bosom.

Even though I didnt know u or any member or ur family,its so sad and heart wrenching that u guys had 2 leave the way u did,but the Almighty knows best and I believe that u all are together in a better place. I pray the Almighty grants ur family the grace and strenght to bear this loss. Adieu beautiful people, may u all rest peacefully in the lords bosom.

THIS IS SO SAD.MY HEART IS TORN ,I'V NEVA FELT SUCH PAIN AS DIS,I'M GLAD 4 D LIFE DIS FAMILY HAS LIVED .MAY DIA GENTLE SOUL REST IN PERFECT PEACE.

''What is this life if full fear we have no time to stand and stare''.
Maimuna may God rest the souls of you and your family in His perfect peace. The news reached me like
everyone else- just can't believe it. I can rememeber our fun days on Benue road quarters in UI...so so sad.I ask myself if I feel this way, then i shudder to think what her relations and closest friends are feeling right now. May God grant us all the fortitude to bear this grave and unjust loss of such a beautiful, loving family.

HMMM, WORDS FAIL ME.MAY ALL YOUR SOULS REST IN PEACE.

Even though I didn't know u, your family particularly has been on my mind since that fateful day and I have imagined the love you people shared. What a lovely family u have and I say 'have' cos I believe you guys are still together. Rest in perfect peace!!!

i know there are no right words to heal this sharp wound in the hearts of maimuna's family but the good lord will give you'all the fortitude to bear this loss. DO REST IN THE BOSSOM OF THE LORD MY DEAREST FRIEND

I just opened this page and tears rolled down my eyes. The lovely smiles on the beautiful and lovely children faces.......all disappeared like vapor. A very sad and touchy one and i can only imagine your very last moments together. Though you have all gone but your story of love lives on. I pray God grants all f you eternal rest.

my dear Maimuna i have open this page thousand times even though i dnt know you in person but i felt the pain after seeing you and your lovely family,i wish i know you guys before now R.I.P my dear friends

Words can't explain how sad i am.Thou i don't know the Maimunas but i extend my heart felt condolence to the family members, loved ones and to myself.This is really a great loss.
May their soul rest in perfet peace.

I never knew this lady and her family but this is really sad and touchy,may the soul of Maimuna,her hubby and beautiful kids rest in the bossom of the Lord.

Its really really sad,Maimuna may u nd ur family rest in d bossom of d lord.I can imagine d horror in ur heart knowin u're dying,words can't xpress my grief even tho I don't knw u.

Words can not express the shock of this loss. Almighty God will continue to comfort you and give the grace to move on, only HIM knows why and when.

May their soul rest in perfect peace

Words fail to express the depth of sorrow over the loss of this beautiful family...rest on in the Lord.

The story of your love lives in.

i am short of words...i dont know how to put in common english...How could life be sooo unfair? i remember you maimuna in school...such a warm and genuine smile....OMG!such a beautiful family... Rest in blossom of our Lord Jesus Christ.....I pray God grants ur Aisha and your relatives the fortitude 2 bear the loss.....

I have opened this page countless times, with an intent of leaving a message or some words to express the depth of my grief over this beautiful family...........I am totally speechless!! words fail me! o thou balm of Gilead, only you can bring comfort and healing to the hearts of the families of this ones. Why would the blood of such innocent and sweet children be shed on the land of our country O God? Why would such beautiful lives be cut down at their prime O God, the question why and why can go on countlessly, but you alone have answers to this questions Father. Who are we to Question You?? Please grant them eternal rest, let them find peace in your Bosom, and Holy spirit comfort us that mourn their loss

Its still unbelieveable the events of sunday (03/06/12), words are still hard and thoughts very aching. It all we bless God for the amazing life you lived and cannot imagine how blissful knowing you are at peace with your creator in Heaven. Rest in peace Maimuna. May the family and numerous friends you touched gain the strenght to live with this tragedy but above all rememeber their happiest moments with you.

Though I never knew you but your death have pierced my heart. They say that we should not question God but I still ask Him why????? Why are we here on this earth??? I ask Him why didn't he spare your lives , even the innocent lives of those kids! I keep upon wondering the pain you might've felt when you heard the distress call 'May day" ....All I pray that God should receive your souls and grant your extended family the fortitude to bear this great loss. Where ever today, I know you're in heaven with those lovely kids of yours and hubby. You must be very happy with them there. Rest in the bossom of our Jesus...Adieu! I pray I'll meet you in heaven, since I didn't get to know you on earth....

I have never met or known the Anyenes', but ever since this fateful incidence i feel so sad, and got to meet them in this sad way... Eternal rest grant unto the whole beautiful family oh Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. Dear Father accept the souls of your dear children and ease thier premature mourning by granting them all PEACE in your kingdom. Amen.

So pathetic and sad news...wot a beautiful family we have lost,May your souls continue to rest in perfect peace!

My heart bleeds!!!
I have thot hard about life in this last 4 days but cant get any answer in return.
Uncle Onyeka as Amaka Agugua calls you, May God grant you & your be loved family eternal rest and console those you left behind.
When i look at the faces of the Ayene kids crying becomes my order of the day. May you all find rest in the bossom of our Lord Jesus Christ. AMEN.

This is the most tragic news I have ever heard of in my life.A whole family perishing.its most painful.we take solace in the fact that you live a good life and affected many positively.Sleep on till we meet to part no more

Although I do nt know u or any member of ur family,but as a human I feel wat ur relatives ar feelin rit now.2 leave dis world painfully on d same day wif ur husband,kids ,moda-in-inlaw nd siblings.its so sad.I pray God grants ur relatives d fortitude 2 bear d loss nd 4 u,I pray dat u nd d rest find peace in d bossom of d lord.rest in peace angels(sobbing)

The Anyene.....Rest in blossom of our Lord Jesus Christ till the resurrection day...Beautiful & Lovely family.....4ever in love....Rest in perfect peace.

My heart bleeds, there are many unanswered questions...that God only can answer...your life may have been cut short, but yours was an exemplary one...rest in peace, till we meet at the feet of OUR FATHER, ADIEU Onyeka, Maimuna, Kayimarachi & Kayinetochi, Kamsiyonna and Noah....we love you, but HE loves you more...

Although i didn't know you or have a connection with you but i'm human and can't help but be sad. I pray that you'll find eternal rest in the bossom of the almighty. Remain the happy family that you were while on earth and let your love brighten the heavens. sleep on. Adieu the Anyene's

I really do not know when we as Nigerians will get over trading blames and learn to deal with the issues or take responsibility for issues. It is soooo sad. I did lose a dear boss and colleague and really cried myself silly over other people who died on that plane. Sincerely am still grief-stricken. Most especially for Maimuna her kids her husband, her mother in-law her siblings. Lord have mercy! i do not know her but am drawn to this family. and every other person who lost their life.
I think us, as Nigerians are just overwhelmed with the death spring around us, have become too inhumane to reason, and value human life. It is just sad. In my opinion, it is not just the airline providers that are to blame for the saga but also the federal agencies who are supposed to monitor these investors. There are no performance monitors to check for lapses in this country, and no one is responsible for anything. I always say we are 200 years behind time and until we as a nation become responsible for one another perhaps, we will embrace change.

it's sad you have to leave this world in a very painful way..may God continuously grant you and the family rest in His bosom..Rest in the perfect peace of God.

Kai! this is sooo sad!May your soul rest in perfect peace! and may the Almighty give your family and loved ones the fortitude to bear this painful loss. Amen.

Gone with those you love the most. To a peaceful place. The sorrow in my heart is great. But where you are, there is no sorrow. Just peace.

I have thought hard about life in the last 3 days, but I have more questions than answers.

Please let the family left behind take comfort in knowing that our heart bleeds and we are praying steadfastly for them everyday

Although i dont know you nor your family...I find myself drawn to you and pray that almighty God grants you and your loved ones eternal rest.

May your gentle souls rest in peace.

Oh Maimuna, you used to be my senior in QC. You were very nice. Your death was so painful, GOD knows best. May the good LORD protect those you left behind.

It is so painful, I wept when I heard about you and your family's death. The good LORD will guide, console and protect those you all left behind. We shall all see on the day of ressurrection.

Was expecting to see you at the wedding over the weekend so we could have a drink, have a good laugh, talk about the good old days, but do you and the kids, your mother and your husband had to go so soon…Ehm, sleep well Maimuna take care of the kids ok. GOD bless you. Good bye!

Who can know the mind of God... though i didn't know you... i find myself drawn to u. May u and urs find eternal rest with God. May ur light shine brightly in heaven as u watch over us.

May God grant their souls eternal rest and the families left behind the fortitude to bear the loss. Amen

I dont know this family but its obvious they were pleasant and happy i pray God grants there their families the grace and fortitude to bear their loss In Jesus name.

I wish we have a country that protects us, as much as we protect ourselves. May the almighty God grant you (the anyene’s family) Peace and Internal Rest …Amen