16th March, 2020
The Principal of Bethlehem Girls College, Rev. Sr Henrietta Alokha has reportedly lost her life in the pipeline explosion witnessed in Abule Ado community, Lagos on Sunday.
The Director-General Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, seventeen people died and 25 injured in the explosion.
Alokha was said to be rescuing some students who were trapped in the boarding school, but died after the roof of the educational facility fell on her.
The late principal is the younger sister of WB Anselm Alokha.
Here are some tweets on her demise below;
https://twitter.com/UgonnaMario/status/1239231598597414914?s=20
Rev sis Henrietta Alokha [SSH] at her death was the Principal of Bethlehem Girls College Abule Ado.
She saved her daughters from the explosion that rocked Lagos today but couldn't make it.
Tell the angels that here is ugly and remind God of our suffering and pain.
Rest in Peace pic.twitter.com/OJq5ffhuCz— The 5th of The Six (@RealGabbizcenzo) March 15, 2020
https://twitter.com/bonehlanky/status/1239262352601686016?s=20
Rev. Sr. Henrietta Alokha SSH, Principal of Bethlehem Girls College, Abúlé Ado (after Festac, Lagos) struggled to rescue her students in the pipeline fire explosion in the morning of March 15, 2020. The roof fell on… https://t.co/PGBNvkA6Fe
— #JesusSPA (@Flourishingvic) March 15, 2020
My daughter also escaped with minor injuries and has been treated at navy hospital and discharged but many others were seriously injured and are on admission.Are you aware that the principal of Bethlehem Girls died in the fire?. Bethlehem Girls college is no more.Everything gone
— Ferdi Obiora (@FerdinandObior1) March 15, 2020
You have said it all.Somebody is coming to condemn the action tomorrow.They derive pleasure in the death of Nigerians
— Aanu Jokotoye (da_guitarprince) (@aanu_da) March 16, 2020
U went to presentation national high school too?
— KHYRA_TU_LLAH ❣️✨™ (@ebonycutyyy) March 15, 2020
Oh my God… So sad… Accept my sympathy
— Augustine Mario, MFV (@UgonnaMario) March 15, 2020
I know her well, she use to come for mass at Retired Priests home in B/city. God rest her soul.
— Okoeri Stephen K (@EhiOkoeri) March 15, 2020