Nigeria is on Fire

in busy •  7 years ago 

This just happened at Otedola Bridge, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Hundreds of vehicle burnt, hundreds of commuters dead after a tanker fell on the road.

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Source: Silverbirdtv Lagos Nigeria Facebook Page.

I saw this on facebook and I was drawn to tears. I've been living in Ibadan for almost 5 years now and I've never heard that there was a gun battle in a marketplace. It happened today.

On Saturday, 23rd of June, 200 innocent people were killed in a communal crisis between farmers and nomadic herdsmen.

In, January, when 73 people were killed in Benue, by Fulani herdsmen. These nomadic herdsmen are the new terrorist.

A report in thisdaylive states that 901 people were killed in the middle belt of the country from January to April. I'm pretty sure that this is an underestimation because a lot of these killings don't make it to the news.

I hardly pay attention to some of this news but this is too much. I can't keep shut anymore. Are the Fulani herdsmen now more powerful than the entire security agencies in Nigeria? For goodness sake don't we value human lives? Are cows suddenly more precious than humans? What sort of negligence are we allowing to persist in our transportation networks? Too many lives have been wasted these past days. What is going on?

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JESUS!!!!

May God have mercy pls

Lol bro! Nigeria can’t be on fire! Just a part of Otedola Bridge at Lagos/ibadan express way. Everything is calm now!

Nigeria is a time bomb waiting to detonate The Government can do nothing about all these killings because in their quest for power and racial domination,they are secretly supporting these so called terrorists.This is much more than terrorism,in case you didn't know,this is a conquest for Fulani-Hausa domination of Nigeria.And they are getting close to success.Don't forget that when G.E.J was president,Buhari publicly announced that an attack to the Fulani Herdsmen is an attack to the North.If anyone is expecting the current government to do something about this,they are dreaming.This is politics and its a shame it's been played with human lives .

I understand your plight, I don’t think for any reason to bring here on this platform... don’t let other people see Nigeria as something else..

Why shouldn't it be on the news or social media?
Should we conceal evil and killings from the international community?
International Criminal Court declared Nigeria's evil president wanted prior to the 2015 election yet he was still voted into power despite his past evils.
You cannot change an evil person over night.
We just need prayer to sustain lives alive. No security in this shithole called "Nigeria"

And ever since that 2015, what has been done? You have said it all let's just continue to pray for our beloved country Nigeria.

Casualties haven't been officially reported tho.

But this month of June is bloody
May God save his children

This is really terrible. God have mercy

I am totally speechless...Nigeria has never been like this even under the military...blood everywhere.

The actions or is it inaction to all these makes it appealing. Nigeria definitely need a change of government to have hope of stopping these bloodshed everywhere.

Sorry bro about the bad things happening in Nigeria,why cant the government respond quickly to this??

The fighting in Nigeria has really taken a very long time and whats needed for it to end really,this is too much.

The Government is just the biggest killers
They are silent over the happenings. A group claimed responsibility for the killings yet, no arrest was made

Yeah.... this thing is really saddened........ I watched the videos was like is not going to be real..... All of this in Nigeria just coming out of the Plateau crises where over 200commuters got killed is just too bad.

Pray for define intervention

God of mercy...still mourning plateau own then this 😭

It is well.

When i watched the video on Instagram it sent shivers down my spine, God needs to forgive Nigeria as a whole.

OMG !!!