Haqqs still mourning Aseelah’s maternal death

Aseelah Haqq’s four children at their aunt’s home recently. They are from left to right Orlando with baby Akaylah, David and Akeelah.

When 32-year-old Aseelah Haqq died in September it was as if a light went out in her Middle Walk, Buxton home and this year there were no fairy lights or any form of celebration for the holidays.

With the death of mother of four her three eldest children were forced to move from the only home they knew to live with their father’s relatives in Beterverwagting (BV). Ayesha Haqq, Aseelah’s sister, said while it was a very painful decision she had no other alternative as she can ill afford to maintain them along with her