#BringBackOurGirls.... A story by Mayowa Depo-Oyedokun
The country has not been the same. Nothing good is reported perhaps except one celebrity get married or another acquiring a new car or changing girlfriends. Other than that, news hasn’t been the same. Nigeria has become a living hell for most people. People are dying anyhow. Most blame it on the incompetencies of the government and he agrees. Most nights, his wife weeps beside him as they watch the news together. ‘Is this the country Aramide will grow up in? What will become of our baby girl?’ she once asked him with teary eyes. He muttered something and turned his face from hers afraid his fear will show brightly through his eyes. Eniola called him from work one day and started crying on the phone; ‘There was another bomb blast in Abuja. Ayomide, it’s close to where Demola, my brother works. What if…’ she could not complete the words before she started crying again. He held the phone to his ear wishing he had something soothing to say. ‘This country has failed us Ayomide. My daughter will grow up here, in a country that has failed her. Children like her are being given to shameless men as brides. Because of lack of employment, millions are going for a job that about 5oo hundred people will be employed for. Funds meant for the security of all of us are being stolen and some idiots are being paid to report lies. To tell us the president is doing a good job and should be allowed to continue. They are telling us they are working to get rid of these Boko Haram people with no conscience. Everything is going wrong yet, some people are throwing lavish parties like the affairs of this nation do not concern them. Ayomide, are we going to just fold our hands, do nothing and allow our daughter live in hell?’ she asked him after her friend told her of her cousin that was killed in the north by Boko Haram. That night, they watched Aramide sleep peacefully on their bed determined to keep her safe for as long as they lived. If only they knew, they wouldn’t have let Aramide go to school that Wednesday....
Read the full story at Matey Scott's Blog...
http://mateyscott.blogspot.com/2014/05/bringbackourgirls_20.html
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