Observer Staff Who Died In Nyanya Bomb Blast Laid To Rest

THE remains of Late Mrs. Macelina Omon Iyogun, The NIGERIAN OBSERVER staff who died in the Abuja bomb blast has been laid to rest at her home town, Uhiele-Ekpoma, Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State. She was until her death, the Abuja circulation officer of the newspaper. In a short exhortation that preceded her interment, Pastor E. O. Graham of PIC Trinity Zone of The Redeem Christian Church of God, Abuja, extolled late Omon’s virtues, describing her as loving and kind hearted woman who was good to all that
encountered her.


Graham admonished the bereaved family members to take solace in the fact that Late Mrs. Iyogun had gone to be with the Lord, judging from the Godly life she lived. He reminded mourners at the burial of the need to give their lives to Christ, adding that it was the only way to guarantee eternal life in God’s paradise. It would be recalled that Late Mrs. Iyogun died in Monday, April 14, 2014 Abuja bomb blast which claimed over 100 lives and injured several hundreds of persons.
The late Mrs. Omon Iyogun (Nee Aigbirior) was until her untimely death, a mother of two, and was said to be pregnant at the time of the incident.

She joined The OBSERVER Newspapers as a Circulation Clerk on January 3, 2000.
She was in the Benin Headquarter’s Office until 2010 when she was transferred to Abuja office following her marriage in 2009.

According to reports, Mrs. Omon Iyogun was on her official duty to take delivery of the day’s Observer Newspapers at Nyanya Park, Abuja, for circulation when she met her untimely death in the unfortunate bomb blast.

Born on January 12, 1979, the late Mrs. Omon Iyogun hailed from Uhiele, Ekpoma in Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State.