Hajiya Bilikisu Yusuf may have died under tragic circumstances in the course of serving God, but she’ll never be forgotten for her advocacy for women’s rights, child education, and justice.
Until a visit to the Abule-Ado community, it is easy to dismiss the extent of residents’ loss as little, especially as the world – and – Nigeria – is focusing on the COVID-19 pandemic.
Residents of Abule-Ado, a community near FESTAC in Amuwo Odofin area of Lagos, woke up to a deafening explosion on the morning of March 15, 2020 after a truck crashed into gas cylinders stacked in a gas processing plant.