By Emma Nnadozie
Listening to the shaky voice of Mrs. Ngozi Isiwu-Obodo, wife of Inspector Obodo, 45, who was crushed to death by a police convoy, last Sunday, in Enugu, must draw tears from even the stone-hearted.
She was lamenting the sudden death of her husband, a doctorate degree holder serving as an Inspector of Police in Operations Department, Enugu State Police Command until his untimely demise in the most harrowing manner.
More saddening is the fact that he died in the hands of his colleagues, who were racing in a convoy whose destination and occupiers were yet to be disclosed.
In tears, she recounted: “That evening, my husband waved bye to our three children who are still in nursery school and beckoned on me to see him off to the bus stop. I quietly obeyed and followed him. As soon as we got to the bus stop, he insisted on buying snacks for his children. After that, I saw him up to where he boarded a bus to his workplace in a hotel at Independence Layout, Enugu. What transpired later in form of a parting message did not register anything in my mind until I heard about his death. He simply told me” Take very good care of yourself and our children,” and waved at me before stepping into the bus. I did not know that it was a parting word to us.
