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SAFETY INFORMATION AT HOME SHOULD NOT WAIT TILL THE NEXT SECOND
By Moshood Isamotu
The Yoruba has a proverb that says ‘aye oni fi oro wa kogbon’ (May the world not use our case to learn how to take preventive measures). This proverb often goes with when an evitable, preventable, or avoidable tragedy happens to someone. The import is that the worst that can happen to a man is to learn in a very hard way by personal experience when the consequence is irredeemable.
No human being is perfect; as humans, we are bound to make unintentional errors, faults, and mistakes. In some cases, the consequences are redeemable; however, in others, they come with eternal consequences and regret.
The above proverb becomes necessary because there are enough cases already in existence for us to learn from. Many bad cases.
The advice is that we should be on guard in taking preventive measures to avoid tragic experiences that will be a lesson to others.
There are examples.
On a Sunday in December 2010. A colleague of mine lost his wife in a home accident in a circumstance he would die with the weight of moral regret on his shoulders.
The family after a night meal said their regular prayer at their Amukoko home, Lagos. Chucks prayed for divine safety and security in the night and invited the Holy Ghost fire to protect the four of them in their sleep. He was praying for the enemy from outside but the enemy was within.
A meticulous man, very leery, he went around, as usual, to check for security gaps and switched off electrical appliances. When he got to the refrigerator, he got a surprised mild electric shock and unplugged the cable from the box. But only he knew the fridge was faulty that night. He went to bed, hopefully, to take this up with their electrician the next day. After all, it was a small ‘thing’. The small thing produced a butterfly effect, which ended up causing eternal grief to the family.
Early the next day, the wife was the first to wake up, said her prayers alone, and she commenced the daily routine. From the bathroom, still wet, she went to the kitchen and plugged in the fridge, unknown to her that it was leaking current. With wet hands, she touched the faulty fridge and instantly felt a heavy electrical surge which threw her off. By the time the family attended to her, it was late and she became late in just a few minutes. Electrocution.
The husband knew what happened but it was late too. The information about the faulty fridge should not have waited till the next day or he should have demobilized the faulty fridge that night. A lethal error indeed!
My friend, 43 then, promised to honour the memory of his wife by not remarrying which he has kept to date. But he still carries the moral regret of the Rookie mistake, pangs of conscience, and inescapable guilt which may go with him to the grave.
Recently, a very close pastor gave a testimony about how God saved his wife from a poisoned vegetable that he cultivated. As a retiree, the family lived in a very big compound where they planted a garden and cultivated vegetables.
The garden has been a good source of fresh food for years. Occasionally, my pastor-friend weeds the garden cautiously with herbicides, and the family would wait for days after each spray before going to their backyard farm for harvest. But, one day, a little misstep on the farm produce nearly turned fatal.
