He has been shuttling from the hotel to the naval base to secure his flight to work, so he didn’t leave the house.
“He has been shuttling from the hotel to the naval base until I think it was that Thursday they were able to have gotten them on board the helicopter. So from the hotel, they left for the naval base.
“We communicated that morning because I sent something home for him and he called me to confirm that the thing had been delivered home for him
"We communicated around 7, 6:30, and 8 am that Thursday. We had a brief communication because I was preparing to go outside so we just communicated very briefly and he told me that they were at the muster point heading to the naval base to go off to work.
“At this point, basically and primarily, all that we’re after is for the bodies to be recovered, because that’s the most important thing.
"It’s so dear to us and we only want to see him, we only want to have him back. So, we’re calling on all relevant authorities to please do the best within their reach, within their confines to ensure that anything that has to be done is done to recover back the body because that’s what’s most precious to us at this point, that’s what will console us at this point.”
The wife, Mrs Mbet Ledum, described the incident as shocking, saying all the family wanted was to see their breadwinners dead or alive.
“It was devastating when we received the news and the information was shocking. We were weak,” the distraught widow stated.
Asked if she had been contacted after the initial information to break the news, she answered in the negative.
“We want everybody to help us recover his body, whether dead or alive. He told us he was going to work, so we wanted to see him back home,” she said while fighting back tears.
“The way we are now, we don’t know what is happening. We just want to see him. That is our priority for now. We want to see him."