I don’t know how best I can be consoled and comforted – Nigerian woman narrates how her son drowned in soakaway

A Nigerian woman, Blessing Jacob has mourned her son, AbdulHafiz Onimisi Abubakar, who drowned in a soakaway.

In a heart-wrenching Facebook post on Wednesday, December 18, 2024, she narrated how the toddler fell into the deep pit while playing around the compound. 

According to the grieving mother, her husband jumped inside and pulled AbdulHafiz out but it was too late. 

They rushed the child to two different hospitals where he was confirmed dead by the doctors on duty. 

“Black Monday! Monday 16th of December, will forever be a bitter date for me and my family,” she wrote. 

5pm 16th December, my husband came back from work, Hafiz as usual, ran to welcome daddy. 

Few minutes, after then, he starting crying for food. His father took him to a provision shop, and bought golden morn, and milk.

I made, it and fed my baby, after drinking water, he jumped down from where he ate, and started playing around in the compound 

I normally lock my burglary proof with it’s hook, and hang a padlock on it (not locked)

I didn’t know how he managed to pull through, and jumped out, with full energy, laughing and running around as a healthy and strong guy he is, my other child went out to quickly bring him inside, cause I don’t allow them outside.

He ran to grab Hafiz, but Hafiz kept running, he ran, and fell into an open latrine (soakaway) very deep , and filled with water.

My son ran back to tell me, and I ran out shouting like a mad woman 

Before help could come, my baby already drown. His dad dragged him out, we rushed him to 2 different hospital, but both confirmed my son dead! Yeeeeee!

I have buried my son, with my hands! Oh!  Oh! 

I don’t know how best I can be consoled and comforted. Oh!

The place soak away is, we don’t go there o… My children hardly play outside, except we’re all going out.

Hafiz was not use to the environment. Oh! 

I’ve lost him to the cold hands of death.

But, who am I to question what God has ordained?

Till we meet to part no more, AbdulHafiz Onimisi Abubakar.