Rebecca Ikumelo, aged 33 and Gaby Hutchinson, 23 died after people forced their way in an Asake show on December 15, 2022 leading to overcrowding and the gig being cancelled half way through.A third attendee, a 21-year-old woman, remains in hospital in a serious condition.“She was stunning, so, so beautiful,” Rebecca’s aunt, Mary Ikumelo, told BBC. “Such a beautiful individual, not only on the outside but also inside.”“Rebecca was a bubbly person,” her mother Yetunde Olodo added. “She was very outgoing, caring, loving.
She was an amazing mother.”Rebecca was a nursing graduate and mother to two children, aged seven and five. “She’s got two young kids, they’re missing their mom,” added Yetunde.“They don’t really know what actually happened to their mom.
We really want justice.”Gaby Hutchinson, who was a security dog-handler, would “make a really big impression on you, hopefully a good one”, her mother Christine told BBC.“My heart feels like it’s broken.
It’s never going to mend again. I wish it had been me rather than her because she had a life to live and at least I’ve lived 60 years.”Gaby’s sister Nina, 32, described her sibling as “a great soul”, adding: “She had a lot of passion in there.
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