Maybe I’m too woke. We need to stop associating with this scam tag. You people are laughing now owning scammers with your chest, when they deny you opportunities from stereotypes, you’ll begin to wonder why.
As a survivor of kidnapping and banditry, one of the things that still breaks my heart is remembering how we survived in captivity.
From the very first day I was kidnapped alongside 10 other victims, we were forced to trek deep into the forest to their hideout. Along the way, we survived on stolen yams and maize taken from people's farms. The bandits would order us to dig up yams and harvest maize before they cook it on open fire for us to eat.
When we finally reached their camp, some of the bandits brought raw rice. They cooked it without seasoning, without cooking oil just plain, stony white rice. They would pour it onto a nylon bag for us to eat. Before you could even take two handfuls, the food was gone.
Omo, I suffered. I cried bitterly.
After 22 days, I was transferred to another group. There, the food changed, but not for the better. We were fed ground guinea corn prepared by their errand boy. Sometimes they added a little salt, sometimes nothing else.
Most days, we ate only once or twice. Water was even worse. Several of us had to share just one litre of water. The only time we drank enough was during long treks whenever they moved us from one location to another.
The hunger, thirst, exhaustion, and uncertainty were unbearable. Looking back today, I still don't know how I survived it all.
I am forever grateful to God and to my mother, whose sacrifices brought me back home alive. 💔😭🙏🏽
We need to first uphold the fact that Nigeria is a secular state…
Not Christian
Not Islamic
Take your bloody religious intolerance elsewhere.
Because are we all mad!!!
This bandit situation has evolved into a full fledged Fulani xenophobia and very soon we won’t be able to find the thin line btw staying vigilant and wrongfully lynching innocent Fulani individuals.
This is what this government has done
Our language around governance is so interesting in Nigeria. We talk like when someone wins an election, the money and resources of the state become their personal largesse and any progress or work that happens is because they’re kind enough to “dash” us.
Our language around governance is so interesting in Nigeria. We talk like when someone wins an election, the money and resources of the state become their personal largesse and any progress or work that happens is because they’re kind enough to “dash” us.
The T£rrorist we Rehabilitate and allow back into the Nigerian society are the ones who were Forced into T£rrorism through duress and Not Combatant Terrorists”
~ Minister of Defence Christopher Musa says