A Service of songs was held on Monday evening for late Peter Kayode Bello, the co-pilot of the ill-fated Bristow helicopter that crashed at Oworonshoki on August 12 in Lagos.
Peter, a lifestyle and travel photographer, was 26 years old.
The programme was held at the Catholic Church of the Divine Mercy, Admiralty Way, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos.
As at 7:30 pm when our correspondent arrived at the Church, the auditorium was filled, with dozens more gathered outside.
In his sermon, Rev. Father Collins Ugochukwu said, “There are two doors every man must cross; Door of life and door of death.
According to him, “Life does not come to an end. When we die, we do not cease to exist only that our form of existence has changed.
“Death is a certainty, for which no one can escape. Whether tomorrow, next week, next month, next year, ten, fifty years…it must come.
“You can determine many things and everything may fall in place, but you cannot determine death and the events that surround it; Where, when and how.”
Referring to Peter Bello, the cleric said if it was possible to know when death will arrive, the deceased might have prepared.
“But we are here because he is gone; he left us at just 26-year-old. This shows death is a respecter of no man. We must be ready.”
His friend, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, who read ‘The prayer of the faithful’, thanked everyone who attended the service.
He disclosed that Peter would be buried in Calabar on Thursday.
The service was attended by family, friends, media personalities, young entrepreneurs, staff of Bristow Helicopters, among others.
DAILY POST recalls that the helicopter scheduled to arrive Lagos at 15.35 pm that day had 12 people on board including the crew.
The chopper with registration number 5N – BDG – 760540 took off from one of the nation’s oil rigs in the South South region.
Six persons were killed, while the six survivors are receiving medical treatment at a Lagos hospital.
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