By Innocent Odoh
Abuja
A faith-based organization, the Nigerian Women in Clergy (WIC), has given assistance to one of the victims of the April 14 bomb blast in Nyanya, Abuja.
President of the WIC, Prophetess Nonnie Roberts, who presented the token on behalf of the group to a widow, Mrs. Grace Omokore Joel, who lost her only son and only child, John Olukayode Joel, to the blast, said it is the group’s way of showing condolence, sympathy and support to the bereaved to reduce the pains of the disaster She condemned terrorism, calling on all Nigerians irrespective of creed or tongue to unite behind the government so stop “this evil.” She said: “The Women In Clergy as a body, condemn terrorism. It is not a fight for the government alone; all the citizens must join our hands together in prayers and in everything to try to curb this evil wind.”
She also recommended the Post Traumatic Stress Disorder to heal the wounds of victims and their loved ones.
The group also condemned the kidnap of over 200 school girls in Chibok, Borno state, by the Boko Haram insurgents, describing it as
“unimaginable and a harrowing experience,” and urged the government to expedite action to rescue the girls. She added that her group had taken the task of adding succour to the victims, saying “the body may heal but souls are hard to heal, the
physical pain may go but the emotional pain will remain.” Narrating her ordeal, Mrs. Joel said her only child, John Olukayode Joel, a 28-year-old graduate of Chemical Engineering from Federal University of Technology, Minna, just completed his NYSC programme.
She added that the young man got a temporary job and left home that fateful day for work only to be amongst those that died in the blast.
