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Efforts to save one of the six remaining survivors of the Associated 
Airlines plane crash in Lagos on Thursday didn’t pay off as he died on 
Saturday. 
 
The death toll from the plane crash now stands at 15, with five survivors still battling for their lives. 
 
The plane which had 20 persons on board was conveying the corpse of 
former Ondo State governor Olusegun Agagu to Akure for burial when it 
crashed few minutes after take-off in Lagos. 
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Samson Hassan, had along with another survivor, Taiwo Akintunde, been 
kept under close watch at the highly sterilised Intensive Care Unit of 
the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja. The 
efforts of the medical personnel however proved unsuccessful as Hassan 
gave up the ghost on Saturday. Hassan’s death was confirmed in a release said to have emanated from one
 Mrs Bolanle Okusanya-Feyita, who spoke on behalf of the Magbamawo 
Industrial Company (MIC) Royal Ltd, where Hassan was a member of staff. 
 
The Chief Executive Mr Olatunji Okusanya, his son, Mr Olatunji Okusanya 
Jnr and four members of staff-Mr Akeem Akintunde, Mr Chijioke Duru, Mr 
Kingsley Amaechi and now Hassan, had lost their lives in the crash. 
 
The only female survivor at LASUTH, Toyin Samson, who was at the 
Recuperating Ward of the Surgical Emergency ward was still stable, same 
as the duo of Feyi Agagu and Femi Akinsanya, who were at the BT unit.

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Parents of Olaide Bournes, who was allegedly killed by her lover, are in
 agony and they want justice to take its course, writes GBENGA ADENIJI 
 
Tears
 welled up the eyes of Mrs. Bournes as she welcomed our correspondent to
 her Aguda, Ogba residence. There were a few sympathisers outside the house, who came to comfort the Bournes family. 
 
A few days earlier, Bournes had lost her daughter, Olaide, a part-time business administration student of the Lagos State Polytechnic, who was allegedly killed by her lover, Abuchi Cyril. 
 
Initially,
 Mrs. Bournes was too heavy-hearted to talk about her loss, especially 
as the continued arrival of sympathisers reinforced the reality of her 22-year-old daughter’s demise. 
 
Although there was nothing to suggest that she was walking to her death on the day she died, Olaide was reluctant to leave home, repeating the same house chore several times and taking a long time to dress up. She had planned to see her alleged killer, Abuchi, in his house and later head for a branch of an old generation bank to open an account in which her first salary would be paid. 
 
She
 worked as a contract staff with a popular confectionery firm in Ikeja, 
Lagos State and she was expected to resume by 3pm on that fateful day. 
 
Mrs. Bournes described her late daughter as a very quiet and peace-loving person whose death has created a big vacuum in the family. 
 
She
 said, “She was always eager to assist others. Olaide hated argument or 
anything that will lead to a fight and she was never happy seeing people
 exchanging words. The day she died, we were together talking outside the house
 because I was waiting for the sanitation exercise to end so that I 
could display my wares. I am a trader and we observe sanitation every 
Thursday. Later, she went inside to get dressed and her phone rang. I 
had her phone with me so I rushed inside to give it to her. She told me 
it was Abuchi who was calling and that she wanted to see him before 
going to work. She said Abuchi was leaving for Malaysia during the week 
and had asked her to come so that they could celebrate before his 
departure.” 
 
She added that before the deceased left home that day, she told her she would go to the bank to open an account where her first salary would be paid. 
 
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“She started working with the confectionary
 company on January 28 and was yet to get her first salary. They were 
told to provide their account details and many of her colleagues who had
 done so had been paid. She filled the form a day before the incident,”
 Bournes stated amidst tears. </blockquote>
 
But expectation of joy turned 
sorrow when, a few hours after her daughter left home, Mrs. Bournes 
noted changes in the way people were relating with her. She later learnt
 that Olaide was rushed to a nearby hospital where she died after she 
was allegedly beaten by Abuchi. 
 
It was not the first time 
Olaide’s boyfriend had abused her. Mrs. Bournes confirmed that there 
were times when her daughter would return home sullen after visiting 
Abuchi. She recalled that she met Abuchi for the first time at a 
hospital where her daughter had gone to receive treatment for malaria. 
 
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“I
 asked my daughter who he was and she told me he was her friend. I 
remember that he sat looking as I questioned my daughter about his 
identity. Olaide used to tell me that the guy was fond of beating her 
and I warned her to be careful and desist from seeing him. But she would
 reply that they had settled whatever the problem was.” </blockquote>
 
Our 
correspondent gathered that the deceased and Abuchi had been dating for 
over three years before the final fatal meeting. It was also learnt that
 Abuchi, who lives close to the deceased’s house with his parents, often accused the late Olaide of cheating on him. 
 
Abuchi,
 said to be popular in the area, was alleged to have beaten Olaide 
during an argument after which she hit her head against the ground in 
the suspect’s room and became unconscious. The suspect later went to the
 Area G Police Command to hand himself over to the police. He was 
subsequently detained. 
 
The deceased’s father, Akindele Bournes, 
who was visibly distressed as he spoke to our correspondent, said he was
 shocked to learn that Abuchi attends the same church with him. 
 
He
 stated, “I never knew that the suspect attends the same church with my 
family. At the close of service every Sunday, he would call my late 
daughter to tell her that he sat beside me
 in the church. I know that my daughter has been killed but the manner 
of her death was painful. I cannot believe that I have lost my girl. She
 was a source of joy to me. I want justice to be done. When I was at the
 Area G Police Command and the suspect was brought out for me to see. I 
was shocked when he said he knew me in the church.” 
 
Olaide’s 
elder sister, Olabisi, said she would miss everything about her late 
younger sister. “I miss everything about my sister. Is it her smiles, 
jokes, beauty, gentle nature or caring attitude that I will forget? We 
did everything together being the only two around since our other 
sibling is not in Nigeria. She would joke about my choice of clothes and
 tell me what to put on and what not to. I would then tease her by 
saying ‘big girl.’ Her hearty smile to my taunt often made me laugh 
happily. I cannot believe she was gone forever,’’ she state. 
 
The
 late Olaide’s friends in school, who paid the family a visit, were 
unable to hold back their tears. President of the institution’s 
students’ union, Mr. Udechukwu Ifeanyichukwu, said his first encounter 
with the late Olaide was in 2012 when she mistakenly stepped on him on 
the campus. 
 
He said, “I told her she stepped on me and her 
response was so awesome. I didn’t forget the episode because I was moved
 by her apologies which was warm and courteous. 
 
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“Since then, I took notice of her and got to know that she was a very nice person.
 She was quiet and friendly. It is so painful that such a lady so full 
of hopes and promises could die so cruelly,” said Ifeanyichukwu. </blockquote>
 
When
 contacted on the telephone, the Deputy Police Public Relations 
Officers, Lagos State Police Command, Damascus Ozoani, said the case had
 been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Yaba, 
Lagos. 
 
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He said, ‘‘The suspect has been moved to the State CID where further investigation is currently ongoing on the case.’’ </blockquote>
 
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