This is NOT an inspiring story of resilience. This is a painful exposition of the lack of empathy and blatant wickedness in our leadership. Why should a blind person be hustling to grind pepper while a politician is giving a prostitute a massage on a private jet.
Apologize when you're wrong. You're too young to be losing genuine people because of pride. Stop thinking everyone is replaceable and stop searching for quotes to defend your stupidity.
I almost lost my sister this week to organ harvesters in Abuja.
This is the reason I’ve been inactive for the past 24 hours.
For 48 hours, I've lived through a nightmare I still can’t fully process. She was kidnapped, drugged, and taken to a forest to be killed for her organs.
This is what happened and why I’m sharing this today..
My sister is an intern at the EFCC HQ. She boarded a cab in Gwarimpa, thinking it was a routine commute. Inside, she was sprayed with a chemical that made her dizzy.
When she woke up, she was in a forest and surrounded by the remains of past victims.
While locked away, she had to listen to the screams of other women being k*lled. She was told she was next.
The person sent to kill her picked up her ID card. She recognized our family name.
Years ago, my mum had been this woman's Matron in school and had been exceptionally kind to her. The woman looked at my sister and said:
"I can’t let you die. Your mum was too good to me."
She risked her own life to help my sister escape and even send an SOS to her nanny, knowing if her accomplices found out, she would be k*lled. She called it a sacrifice for my mother’s past kindness.
By the time we set out to find her with the CSO from her place of internship, my mum received a text saying they found her daughter’s lifeless b*dy by the roadside. For a sec, I felt what it was like loosing a loved one to death in the context of "Nigeria happened to you," it's a dark place to be.
She was found covered in blood, but she was ALIVE.
LESSONS You can take from this :
1. It pays to be kind. Never underestimate the power of a good seed sown. It may just save your life or the life of your child years later.
2. Nowhere is safe. Not a cab, an Uber, or a personal car. You are a target regardless. Stay hyper vigilant.
3. Look at the faces in a vehicle before entering. If there are several hefty men, suspicious vibes, or things feel off, women covered in hijabs down to the face, DO NOT BOARD.
4. Carry a spare nose mask or mini oxygen carnage. It could buy you seconds to scream for help or use an SOS if they spray a chemical.
5. If you use a @GooglePixel_US phone or Android, set up the emergency satellite SOS alert. Tapping the power button 5x alerts your priority contacts with your location instantly.
Pro-tip: Add friends in the EFCC, DSS, or Army to this list, the police will DISAPPOINT you.
6. Arm yourself. Carry pepper spray. For men, a pocket knife. It is better to fight back than to go without a struggle.
7. Check in on your loved ones. We get so distracted by Web3 that we forget to reply even a simple check up text. When I thought she was gone, I saw her last unread message to me and felt sick with regret.
I’ve been inactive for the last 24 hours dealing with this. I’ll be back soon to see how we could make the most off Q1 but for now, Hug your family. Stay safe. Be kind.
Most importantly, Lock in.
You see how Christians are not crying that a pastor was trading human parts in The Herd? That’s how Muslims should shut the hell up and stop saying that the film is against them.
Rubbish.