MC Aboki eats from his pot of soup on the dilapidated Ovom Mechanic Village Road in Aba, calling on Governor Alex Otti to stop fixing roads on social media and focus on fixing the roads on the ground.
My friend went on a business trip and was kidnapped. We didn't know his whereabouts until three days later when a call came in and his elder brother was informed of 6m ransom.
There was a military raid and along the line, some captives died and he and a few others were miraculously rescued and were with the soldiers for three more days because it was dangerous for them to walk home from the forest.
During this period, they fed on the beverages of the soldiers and even wore raincoats of the same soldiers until late the third day when the troops were returning to their base. The captives almost had total possession of the soldiers phones and reached out to their family members at regular intervals. They stuffed them into their van and brought them home when the troops were done with the operation.
This could be the case with the lady holding that phone. The thing about kidnapping is that some details would remain mysterious if you'd never experienced it or your close ones.
God bless our troops.
I'm not a member of APC, nor am I a Tinubu supporter. But one thing is certain, I will never tolerate insults directed at my tribe. My tribe, my honour. I am a proud Yoruba child.
Let me share a short story.
My first serious relationship lasted from 2019 to November 2022. One of the major reasons we broke up was because he constantly insulted Yoruba people. Was he right about some negative behaviours? Maybe. Every tribe has its flaws. But constantly generalising and speaking down on an entire tribe in my presence was something I could never accept.
I even left Lagos for Kaduna because of him. That's how much I loved him. I kept asking him, "Don't you remember that I'm Yoruba too?" Yet he never had a reasonable answer. Ironically, he's from Edo, and my grandmother is also from Edo.
If I could walk away from someone I deeply loved and respected because he repeatedly insulted my people, then who is a stranger on the internet that I should overlook for doing the same?
Criticise Tinubu, Criticise APC, Hold politicians accountable, but leave the Yoruba tribe out of it.
And if you cannot call out those Igbo pages who constantly make tribal attacks against Yoruba people, then please don't come to my page expecting me to keep quiet or lecture me on how to respond.
OMOLUABI ni mi
Just few weeks ago a Five-Year Old girl was washed away by flood in Aba, Abia State. I did not see your post and passion about it as you are about Lagos.
Updated: in the course of the rescue operation, eight of the kidnappers were arrested and are now in DSS custody, while some of them were neutralised. There was no quid pro quo in the rescue as one of the terrorists, a kingpin, that the kidnappers demanded his release, is being prosecuted for his atrocities. The security agencies will give full account soon.