"thou shall not kill"
Friday the 5th of October has become a day that will be remembered by many, here in Nigeria and in other parts of the world, by as many who saw pictures or watched the video that was circulating of a brutal murder scene in broad daylight while people stood by watched, cheered and recorded the whole event.
The four friends, Ugoona, Lloyd Chidiaka and Tekena who happened to be undergraduate students of the University of Port-Harcourt Nigeria under still to be clear circumstances, were stripped naked, beaten and set ablaze by people who claimed to bemembers of a vigilante group who had apprehended them for theft the night before.
Not to go on and on about this jungle justice style of judgement that resulted in the early death of these four promising young men, as several other issues yet to be addressed presently (flood, boko haram, kidnapping still rule the charts)
The Aluu community has finally received world wide attention, but as the usual Nigerian style, its not for anything good. The blood of this young men remain on the heads of even unborn children of the land, whose own parents stood by and watched the labor of other women's God given gift of life treated and killed like wild animals.
Aside the shock of the whole event, its painful to note that today being the 9th of October 4 days after this horrific incident, our Dear President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan requested a live broadcast and refused to use the opportunity to speak on the situation so as to bring a sense of calm, in a way of showing concern, instead choose to tell the Nation his latest ideas of embezzling money, by setting up committees to look into the Flood crises which is well over 6 weeks now (perhaps patience needs more luxury treatment).
I remember clearly the African American teenager Trayvon Martin who was shot dead in his neighborhood by a vigilante in similar vein, during a live broadcast while President Barack Obama spoke on other issues, he used the opportunity the address the killings. Without setting up any committee to look into the matter, the relevant agencies know that its their job to look into the issue, get the facts and allow the rod of justice prevail.
May the souls of these four young men Rest In Peace.
The contents of the video show scenes of extreme violence and mans inhumanity to man, viewer discretion is advised.
