Following the reactions of some Nigerians on the brutal killing of the young boy who was burnt to death at Alafia bus stop, along Badagry Expressway of Lagos, on the 15th of November (read here) for stealing a phone, a Twitter user, Harri Obi, took to his page to narrate how his younger brother, Obinna, was also robbed and killed by the notorious gang of phone thieves at the same bus stop.
Read his tweets below…
”I flung my phone and ran out as fast as my tired legs could carry me, half naked. I didn’t even know my mum was following me. I got to the hospital and saw my brother’s lifeless body on the floor with dozens of people staring at him.
I fainted, but some folks revived me. Long story cut short, my family is still recovering from the trauma of that night. It has been months, but go and see my mum now. She looks frail and has been aging rapidly, thanks to over thinking.
I sent messages to @YomiShogunle and @rrslagos767 and also to @aleeygiwa. @aleeygiwa called back & we spoke for minutes. I complained about that busstop, but they refused to do anything.
@aleeygiwa promised to visit and check out the notorious spot himself. I’ve been waiting since January. Now, read carefully. After the murder of my brother, I have heard that close to a dozen people have lost their lives to the same phone thieves at Alafia bus-stop.
I happen to know one. A young and newly married man. I have also met people who have escaped these murderers by a whisker. The thieves in Alafia busstop don’t ask for your phone. They stab you and then take it from you.
See, It is easy to speak up against lynching when you’ve never been a victim of these fuckers. You don’t have nightmares like my entire family does. If I was there, I would have personally bought d fuel used in burning him.
The thieves had no plans to stop. Hopefully, when the community starts to take matters into their hands and show these retards that we mean business, they might stop making families miserable.
And oh, these guys once threw a man off that Alafia bridge for refusing to hand over his phone. I am against lynching by the way. But this particular issue is very personal to me. Thanks.”
Eya! They should look for a way to curb the Alafia bus stop robbers ASAP…no wasting of human life
Wow…….I know the details of this story will come out slowly. Wait for more details, my best friend was robbed around that neighborhood too. Her car window smashed with a gun and they carted away with her stuff including her wedding band. From Orile bust stop to Festac, down along the Badagry expressway is a huge terror, pray traffic does’t meet you there. I mean broad daylight robbery.
So this boy can reach a grown man’s neck? Or will lynching this boy stop the atrocities in that area? Some people have water not blood flowing in their veins
Lord have Mercy
Government shld look into dt area
God please arrest all of them
Hmmmmmmm I understand his pains. May his brother’s soul continue to RIP.
I’m so sori 4 ur loss.odas ll b caught jst lyk dis boy mayb den dey ll learn.buh I doubt it,dey ll only change locations or,wanna try again.God help us all
I understand Harrison’s point of view, I think to an extent I knew what he went through when his kid bro was murdered it really wasn’t funny and I understand what it means to not be able to to get closure for something that is draining you emotionally but even at that you can’t say you’ll be a first hand party to lynching a human because you feel terribly hurt by him, what then makes you different from the one you’re helping to lynch? Jungle justice makes both the victim and the perpetrators criminals, It’s a crazy world we live in, the Nigerian justice system is waay fucked and not helping matters at all but still we should leave them to do their jobs and not try to do it for them.. If everyone takes laws into their hands then which one of us will be safe? We’ll all have lost at least one family member to an aggrieved person. #notojunglejustice
Eya! They should look for a way to curb the Alafia bus stop robbers ASAP…no wasting of human life
Wow…….I know the details of this story will come out slowly. Wait for more details, my best friend was robbed around that neighborhood too. Her car window smashed with a gun and they carted away with her stuff including her wedding band. From Orile bust stop to Festac, down along the Badagry expressway is a huge terror, pray traffic does’t meet you there. I mean broad daylight robbery.
So this boy can reach a grown man’s neck? Or will lynching this boy stop the atrocities in that area? Some people have water not blood flowing in their veins
Lord have Mercy
Government shld look into dt area
God please arrest all of them
Hmmmmmmm I understand his pains. May his brother’s soul continue to RIP.
I’m so sori 4 ur loss.odas ll b caught jst lyk dis boy mayb den dey ll learn.buh I doubt it,dey ll only change locations or,wanna try again.God help us all
I understand Harrison’s point of view, I think to an extent I knew what he went through when his kid bro was murdered it really wasn’t funny and I understand what it means to not be able to to get closure for something that is draining you emotionally but even at that you can’t say you’ll be a first hand party to lynching a human because you feel terribly hurt by him, what then makes you different from the one you’re helping to lynch? Jungle justice makes both the victim and the perpetrators criminals, It’s a crazy world we live in, the Nigerian justice system is waay fucked and not helping matters at all but still we should leave them to do their jobs and not try to do it for them.. If everyone takes laws into their hands then which one of us will be safe? We’ll all have lost at least one family member to an aggrieved person. #notojunglejustice
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