An American family of six were among those who died in the Nigerian plane crash which claimed 153 lives.
Maimuna Anyene from West Hartford, Connecticut was with her Nigerian husband Onyeke and their four young children when the plane came down in the country's capital Lagos on Sunday.
The children were Noah, aged 5 months, one-year-old twins Kaiyen and Kaima and Kamsi, three, the children's godmother, Mari Sifo told local news.


Tragedy: Maimuna Anyene, pictured with three-year-old Kamsi (left) and her twins Kaiyen and Kaima, three, while pregnant with Noah, aged five months when he died


Tributes: Mrs Anyene was described by neighbours as a vibrant woman who was always smiling
They were on their way to Mrs Anyene's brothers wedding, Sifo said.


As news of their deaths spread round their home town of West Hartford, Connecticut, neighbours gathered at their Park Place Circle house laying flowers and struggling to come to terms with the tragedy, The Hartford Courant reported.
Mrs Anyene was described as an educated, vibrant woman who was always smiling. The family were well known in their neighbourhood.


Struggle: Neighbours gathered to lay flowers and candles, in memory of the family as they comforted one another

Touching: The soft toys left outside the house are a poignant reminder of the young lives that were lost
The crash also claimed the lives of Josephine and Jennifer Onita from Missouri City, Texas. The sisters who were also on their way to Lagos for a wedding.
They were the daughter's of Solomon and Lola Onita, pastors of a Missouri City congregation of the Nigerian-based Redeemed Christian Church of God, The Houston Chronicle reports.
Their older sister Christiana Onita-Olojo said: 'Josephine always made people laugh. Jennifer is sweet. These are angels.'


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rip

c as their life just waste 4 naija. . .very sad #God4sakencountry#

rip very sad. :-(

just got back from the house.. some people are still there laying flowers and candles... rip

what a life!

Damn.. beautiful people, beautiful family.. Rip

Life is so cruel. An entire family wiped out. RIP.

This is so sad! OMG why?

Akata family, American family, who gives a damn!

Death is a debt we all owe. It doesnt matter if you are White, Black, Akata, Akata-Nigerian, Nigerian-American, death is no respecter of persons. Why open a thread for someone just because they are Americans when we have hundreds of no-name Nigerians yet to be accounted for. American family of 6, 10, 11, or 300 millions I dont give a shoit; doesnt make me care any less.

We share the pains they bore. May God console their families and the families of every other person (they all matter) that died in the crash. Amen, Alleluiah!

We should leave God out of all these stuff. Let follow our laws, let put competent people at the helm of affairs and prevent a re-occurrence where possible. A thousand condolences will not bring back the dead.

May their souls RIP

onita children

Very tragic. Good gesture by the American neighbors

fstranger6: Akata family, American family, who gives a damn!

Death is a debt we all owe. It doesnt matter if you are White, Black, Akata, Akata-Nigerian, Nigerian-American, death is no respecter of persons. Why open a thread for someone just because they are Americans when we have hundreds of no-name Nigerians yet to be accounted for. American family of 6, 10, 11, or 300 millions I dont give a shoit; doesnt make me care any less.

Stop using dividing words like akata because this was a black family whose lives where lost. Just because they lived in america means that people should not feel sad? It is silly to only want to care about nigerians. Even if they were white I would still feel sad for their families. Have a heart. Look at the black skin and not nationalities.

bayooooooo: We should leave God out of all these stuff. Let follow our laws, let put competent people at the helm of affairs and prevent a re-occurrence where possible. A thousand condolences will not bring back the dead.

God is in everything no matter how much people try to remove him.

RIP