By Adesina Soyooye
The family of Michael Oyedokun, the Math Teacher who was gruesomely beheaded while he in the custody of their abductors has received the rescue, on Friday, of the other victims with mixed feelings.
Oyedokun was, on May 15, abducted along with his colleague-teachers and 39 of their pupils by heavily armed terrorists who invaded their schools in the morning. Inexplicably, he was beheaded and the gruesome action videos and posted.
It still is not known why the terrorists chose to behead Oyedokun, but it sent Shockwaves to Nigerians who had become unshakable due to the flow of blood in their country no thanks to non state actors. Outrage greeted it and confirmed how dangerous and vicious the abductors were.
While genuinely happy with the other families whose children and relatives were rescued on Friday during a delicate joint security operation, the Oyedokuns are mourning the gruesome fate which befell their own. “They are finally home. But as others celebrate, my family mourns”, said the family’s spokesperson, Oluwabukolami in a post on Friday.
She said the rescue of the victims does not, in anyway, diminish the pain of the murder of her uncle.
She wrote and posted: “They are finally home. My heart rejoices with every family that has been reunited with their loved ones after weeks of pain, fear, and uncertainty. Welcome home.
“But as others celebrate, my family mourns.
“My uncle, Mr Michael Olugbade Oyedokun, will never come home. He was taken from us, and his life was brutally cut short. Our joy is incomplete because one chair at our table will remain empty forever.
“Today, we celebrate those who returned, while remembering the one who never did.
“Rest in peace Uncle Michael. You will never be forgotten.”
In a poster, the late Oyedokun family remembered him as “A faithful servant of God, teacher, pastor, interpreter, treasurer, and Apostolic Church member.
“Beheaded in Nigeria for his faith. We mourn. We miss him.
We honour his faith and sacrifices.”
One other teacher was, also, shot dead in the school premises on the day of their abduction.
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