Chief HID Awolowo Laments: ''Is it a sin to live long?''

Chief HID Awolowo, wife of the late sage, Obafemi Awolowo, former Premier of Western Nigeria lamented a mother’s worst nightmare when Bishops from Remo Diocese of the Anglican Communion broke the news of the death of her son, Oluwole, who passed on in a London hospital on March 27. Amid sobs, she reeled out names of her own parents, saying:

“’Oh Wole, my dear son! Why now! Is it a sin to live long? My parents lived long, why should longevity become a curse in my own case? 

“Bishop, you said I would not witness any more unfortunate incident. Bishop, you said I would not witness any sorrow again. Bishop, you said I would not witness any more pain.”