The news threw Ekwulobia community in Aguata Local Government Area, Anambra State into mourning.
The late Okeke was a midwife with the S.O.S Children’s Village, Gwagwalada, Abuja.She was on her way to Owu-Ijebu, Ogun State on relief duty when she died in the crash.
Mrs. Okeke said she has taken consolation in the Lord since the crash affected many families. She gave the example of Job in the Bible who lost all he got and yet blessed God.
Mrs. Okeke warned Christians to amend their ways while alive to avoid regrets at death.
Information on the website of Nursing Nigeria World indicate that but for her seat that was allegedly allocated to another passenger, the late Okeke would not have been counted among the dead in the plane crash.
The nurse was said to have booked a seat aboard Dana Air flight 9J998 at 7.45am on the fateful day but found out that another passenger had been allocated her seat when she got to the Abuja International Airport at 7.30am
Her colleague at the SOS Children's Villages Nigeria, where she was a nurse, Mr. Mark Nwakudu, said the late Okeke left the SOS Village in Abuja for another in Owu-Ijebu, Ogun State, en route Lagos, to relieve a colleague who had travelled to Benin Republic on an official assignment.
Narrating his last moments with Okeke, Nwakudu said: "I was in Edo State when she was leaving Abuja but I was monitoring her movement on the telephone. She was at the airport with her sister and another colleague.
"I asked her why she didn't travel with a bus but because of her passion for the children, she said she needed to be at the Owu-Ijebu SOS village on time as our colleague there had travelled to Benin Republic.
"Her flight was to take off at 7.45am but she didn't get to the airport until about 7.30, when she was told her seat had been allocated to another passenger. Our colleague, who was with her, queried the unfair treatment."
The late Hope worked briefly at Dionye Hospital, Ekwulobia before going for further studies. She attended Umuezennefor Primary School, Ekwulobia Community Secondary School, Oko before proceeding to N.S.K.S.T School of Nursing Nkar Gboko, Benue State and Midwifery courses at the Ministry of Health, Makurdi also in Benue state. She is survived by three siblings and an aged mother.
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