A Turkey-based Nigerian, Emmanuel Olaitan Johnson, has narrated how he grabbed his wife, and children and ran from the earthquake that killed more than 2,700 people in Turkey on Monday.
Johnson, who recounted his ordeal, explained that he sensed danger when he noticed the crack in his building wall.
While speaking with BBC Pidgin, Johnson said he was dressed only in pants, picked up his children and dashed into the snow without any piece of clothing.
“I was in my building and I noticed it was shaking but I wasn’t perturbed at first. But when I saw a crack in the wall, I grabbed my wife and children and ran out of the house.
“As I speak to you, I and my family are now homeless,” he told BBC Pidgin.
Johnson, living in Gaziantep, one of the affected cities in Turkey, explained that he had just finished watching the 9/11 terrorist attack documentary before the incident began.
The Nigerian national explained that before my house broke down, I ran inside twice to pick shoes for myself, wife and children and also pick up our documents.
He added that the incident began around 4:17 am in the morning.
According to him, we are dressed in singlets and boxers and my children were walking in the snow with barefoot.
“While I was using my building’s staircase, I almost lost my footing while climbing because of the earthquake’s magnitude and how the building was shaking,” he said.
For safety, he claimed that some people sheltered in sports centres and museums with strong buildings.
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