Mrs. Favour Ayuba, the devastated mother of late Promise, who was murdered by terrorists in Jos, Plateau State, has instructed her late son to avenge his death.
In a video obtained by our correspondent on Friday, the woman spoke in an emotional tone, saying she hadn’t eaten since the Palm Sunday terror assault that killed him.
Mrs. Ayuba was previously seen in viral video footage wailing while cradling her son’s lifeless body, which had been hit by terrorist bullets.
The most recent violence in Plateau State happened on March 29, Palm Sunday, in the Angwan Rukuba region of the Jos North Local Government region, when gunmen attacked residents, killing at least 24 people and injuring several more.
Mrs. Ayuba, speaking in Hausa, pulled out a cutlass wrapped in a white cloth from under her robe.
She buried it in her son’s coffin, seeking retribution.
She said, “If you want me to forget, baby, avenge your death. I carried you in my womb for nine months; you suckled at my breast. Baby, I trust you to take revenge for me, revenge for me. Please, wherever they are, follow them and avenge your death.”
Mrs Ayuba, speaking amid intermittent tears in the backdrop of the video, referred to the biblical account of Gideon, who went to war and returned victorious.
“Today (Thursday) is your birthday. I am grateful to God that today is your birthday, baby. You don’t like seeing me in tears, and I will not weep for you. Baby, I have not eaten since Sunday.
“I am begging you, because you have not warmed food for me to eat, but from today I promise you I will eat. I have a gift for you, baby. I trust you; I named you Promise Gideon Ayuba. Gideon in the Bible went to war and came back victorious,” she added.
