Mr and Mrs Edwin Chime parents of late Mrs Antonia Attuh, one of the victims of the Dana plane crash said on Thursday they first learnt? about their daughter's death while watching CNN.
Late Attuh, 45, a statistician, worked with the Westminster Council before taking up an appointment with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Abuja.
The couple, who expressed shock and disbelief over the crash, narrated their ordeal s while receiving sympathisers in their residence in London.
“Everybody is devastated. We are confused and can’t believe what has happened. She only went to Nigeria for her children. She wanted them to learn the language and culture,’’ he said.
Fidelia 72, Attuh’s mother described the deceased as a thorough professional, gentle and a kind person.
?“We are very proud of her. She was very professional and gentle.? She was a wonderful person, very caring and loving. She cared deeply about her family, about education.”
“Antonia was always smiling and was a wonderful mother,”? Fidelia said amidst tears.
She said further that family members in Nigeria were trying to recover her body, at the hospital.
“I have my cousin who yesterday had gone through 30-odd bodies trying to locate her, and today he has gone through another 40. We still have no confirmation of a corpse. It is very difficult and distressing.
Attuh is survived by her husband, Robert and three children Chichi, 12, Chikkie, 8? and Amara, 6.