mistytohcute:
my cousin's experience
7 years ago:


she was sent to get food stuffs from the market,
after 5 hours she had not return, her mum was very worried, she called all the family members on phone, we all thought she branched at her boyfriend's house as usual, so we were nonchalant

when she returned she went straight to the wardrobe, scattering everywhere while her mum asked her what was wrong and what she was searching for, she gave no reply, she was acting dazed then she just ran out, her mum caught up with her at the staircase, she slapped her twice then she fell unconscious


when she regained consciousness, she told us she was accosted by two men who asked for direction, the next thing she found herself in a secluded area, she was asked to go home and get Money or gold then bring it back to them. she was charmed

Mogidi:
My only experience with one chance is with #babaonechance don't know if that counts.

Anyway @OP, thank God you survived yours, pray we survive ours as well.

ypeace:


I don't believe charms do work. But seriously, did you witness this?

datigbogirl:


are you sure this is true as I'm yet to find any medical explanation for this oh.

moscobabs:
I just received alert of my salary January 28 this year . u know as Jan dey dry na I quickly start my car to withdrew d cash immediately as 50% of the money had been spent oredy . as I reach ecobank iyana ipaja na so people plenty o. then I decided to drop my car and go zenith bank in ileepo cos that ATM no dey fail me. as I cross to other side and enter a bus before we reach pleasure bstp this guys brought their pistols and asked us to drop all our belongings into one polybag but I tell them I don't have money apart from 150 naira on me and I forget my phone in my car .but they saw only the 150 and my ATM card on me and asked me to come down from the bus 2 of them escort me to the bank around 9:30pm I wud have shouted but I remembered my best friend was killed with gun by arm robber in Dec 27 I withdrew 150k and they gave me 50k out of pity

if I catch any arm robber...na jungle justice o

FrankValency:
As at that time, whatsapp messages kept on coming in from my wife saying it was too late for me to be outside at that time since I didn’t go out in my car. The chat went on and on….the only thing on my mind was to see a bus very fast going towards my route so I can go home to my family.

The bolded should be noted,chatting while boarding vehicles,bike can smetimes be a major distractor(though not ur fault @ op),I've once entered a bus to where I wasn't going because of chats,I learnt a bitter lesson that day. Though the government have a role to play,but we should pray and be our own security. Thankgod there were no casualties op. Remain blessed.

dancok:
eyah what a merciful guys,so kind hearted,so they now part away with 100k.nice guys sha.

arbass:
I don't have any personal experience and I pray not to.
This happened to the landlord of the house I stay. My landlord also happens to be an estate agent. On this fateful day he collected house rents of two apartments. He went to a bank with the aim to deposit the sum as was the custom but on getting to the bank there was so much queue so he decided to leave that particular bank to another bank in town as he also wanted to do his BVN registration then. So he flagged down a cab going to town. In the cab were two male passengers, one at the front with the driver and one at the back. My landlord got in the back of the vehicle. During the course of the journey a discussion ensued. The topic of discourse was about the just concluded governorship election that held in the state. "Mr. A has the rightful mandate, no no it's Mr. B". My landlord joined in this discussion and that was the last thing he knew. He said he woke up in a bush. The guys showed him dug graves and threatened that they could have him killed and buried there without anybody knowing. He came back home so ruffled up and he said the house rent he had on him had been dispossessed. He reported the case to the police and police said they had several cases like that. That since he didn't take down the registration of the vehicle that nothing could be done.
I think the lesson taught here is to try as much as possible not to engage in conversations with strangers in public cabs.

kandiikane:
Erm, not the same but....

.........We started approaching a bridge where there were police men, that's when I heard the car lock sound, my heart almost jumped out of my mouth. I was not sure why he locked his car right after seeing the police men, that scared me. After we passed them, I pretended that I was on the phone(mind you, it was dead). I started talking about how I will be there soon and also asking the driver where we were................

mistytohcute:
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I witnessed it


u do not believe in charms?

I once saw a man get struck with cutlass yet nothing happened

I was washing when I saw a man in the backyard, in the next instant he wasn't there

he is a notorious cultist

esere826:

In Nigeria, when you see the cops, you lock your door that's the way its done here

datigbogirl:

cheiii!!!! you can lie oh!!!!!

Krest3d:


Sorry man. You should have pressed on the poster harder or sat on it or even smacked it on the floor to silence the phone

datigbogirl:


infact another name for Abuja nah "one chance"...looking at their taxis and all...one chance go sweet for their die.

mistytohcute:


okay, I give up

I've got nothing to prove to you

biggy1528:
U pple shld Thank God 4 ur lifes.
Mine is funny nd smartness. Is durin fuel scarcity I struggle get fuel @ higher price nd on way to delta meanwhile am coming frm ikorodu. On gettin to ijebu ode I decide let me carry pple join body so dat I top my fuel on the road. At express junction ijebu ode I saw a guy calling ore I parked nd by d time I look d guy tru inner mirror dey become 3 guys . Am surprise wot happen here ders no houses arnd here nd where dis 2 guys comes frm, den I sense maybe dey hide inside d bush ,I roll my glass up nd leave little @ d edge nd wait 4 dem, dey said Ore I studied dem nd I notice one side view of one dem swell up nd said No. Den I move a bit forward stil watchin dem tru inner mirror d guy brought gun nd give it bak to one of dem. My nairalanders my zoom off speed is somethin dat day . Til I go nd come bak I didn't try such am just imagine my camry wld hav gone or wot just cuz of change dey can even shoot nd buried person inside bush.

esere826:


In Nigeria, when you see the cops, you lock your door
that's the way its done here

moscobabs:
I just received alert of my salary January 28 this year . u know as Jan dey dry na I quickly start my car to withdrew d cash immediately as 50% of the money had been spent oredy . as I reach ecobank iyana ipaja na so people plenty o. then I decided to drop my car and go zenith bank in ileepo cos that ATM no dey fail me. as I cross to other side and enter a bus before we reach pleasure bstp this guys brought their pistols and asked us to drop all our belongings into one polybag but I tell them I don't have money apart from 150 naira on me and I forget my phone in my car .but they saw only the 150 and my ATM card on me and asked me to come down from the bus 2 of them escort me to the bank around 9:30pm I wud have shouted but I remembered my best friend was killed with gun by arm robber in Dec 27 I withdrew 150k and they gave me 50k out of pity

if I catch any arm robber...na jungle justice o

LamLam15:
My experience in the hands of the dreaded men of the highway popularly known as “one chance” is not one to be forgotten so soon.
It is important for us to share our experiences so others can learn from them and see caution in other for them not to fall prey of one.

My experience goes thus:

It was on a Tuesday evening on my way back from work around 10:30pm. I had stopped over at a friend’s place that normally helps me in buying meat from his customers around Onipan; they sell good ones at very reasonable prices. I quickly rushed down to his house, picked up the meat, pay him for it and head straight back to Onipan bus-stop to board a bus going towards Ketu-Ojota as I stay around Ogudu.

On getting to Onipan bus-stop, in front of the police station beside Forte Oil filling station, I met about five other guys waiting to board a bus as well and the entire highway looks deserted with few vehicles going to and fro. As at that time, whatsapp messages kept on coming in from my wife saying it was too late for me to be outside at that time since I didn’t go out in my car. The chat went on and on….the only thing on my mind was to see a bus very fast going towards my route so I can go home to my family.

After a short while of waiting, here comes a neat well painted (Lagos Commercial bus colored) Volks-Wagen bus with a usual aggressive “conductor” shouting “ketu-Ojota-Mile 12….. N100 ketu-ojota”!! Only two of us ran to the bus with the rest still waiting at the bus-stop. I never sensed foul play as my mind was only fixed with one thing; home. After shouting for a while calling passengers, the driver moved to the next bus-stop called “Aladiye” still at Onipan. A very close friend was standing there busy pressing his phone, waiting for a bus when the bus parked by his side with the conductor repeating his lines “Ketu-Ojota-Mile 12…….N100.00 Ketu-Ojota”. He (My friend) felt reluctant at first; maybe for the fear of too many guys in the bus. Then I called him….”wale (not real name), wale”. He then responded “guy…how far now? You just dey go home?” then I replied “yes o my Brother. Na wetin man go chop cause am o”. So I told the bus conductor to stand up from my side and allow my friend sit beside me, he quickly objected as there was only one person in the back sit. Wale seeing me in the bus felt at peace and hopped in to the back sit. The conversation then continued with blutooth. Wale then said “Ore, why didn’t you go to work in your car”? “Omo with the traffic around Apapa these days, I go on public transport. I only take my car on Fridays…you know as e dey go now?” I replied. The bus had gotten to another bus-stop called “Church”. A Bros I know also entered the bus. I dodged for him; never wanted him to see me cos he is always in need begging for money. And I mean always.

The driver then moved on to Palm-groove bus-stop. With no passenger at the bus-stop, he drove on. Then the conductor started asking for money. I dug my hand into my front pocket, brought out N500.00 and paid for two; myself and my friend. While waiting for my N300.00 balance and at the same time in deep thought of my family, they declared thus “Hey everybody, you have entered one chance….respect yourself…” I rose up my head to this amazement of whether these “crazy bastards” still exist or they are only joking. The guy sitting beside me started struggling with them when one of the “one chance” guys sitting in the extreme end on the same sit started hitting him hard on the head with a big stone and the guys on the sit behind us hit him with knuckles and gun butt in a bid to calm him down. They hit him on the head until blood started gushing out of it.

I then raised my hands, with my Samsung Galaxy Note 4 in my hand and my BB in one of my front pockets. One of the two guys sitting beside the driver collected the Note 4 from me. Then they stopped bordering me as they focused on other victims. Deep down, I was happy as I still had my BB with my N21k in my pocket. At the time, my friend Wale who is obviously taller and relatively huge was their center of focus. The craziest one among them sitting right behind me holding a gun; pointed the gun at Wale; ordering him to surrender all he has to him. While reluctantly bringing t out, the “Crazy” gave him a heavy blow on his lips and threatened to shoot him. “Abi were nie ni…moni ko fun mi ni owo apo e. olo fe ma s’agidi. E be like sey I go shoot one person for leg so una go know sey we no dey joke o” he said as he released a shot in the air. Then Wale started begging; released all the money plus ATM in his pocket to one of them. “How much dey there?” said the “Crazy”. “N50k” said Wale. Then they asked how much the guy sitting beside me has in his pocket, he brought out N350.00, N2k Nokia phone and 2ATM cards. They asked how much he has in his ATM when the guy replied “N3k”. The crazy now said angrily “so na because of N350, N2k Nokia phone and N3k in your account you wan kill yourself? No dey try am again o. we go just kill you comot; nobody fit hold us”.

At this time we were already in Gbagada cos instead of going straight, they made a turn beside Batola Machine Tools Company, Anthony and headed towards Gbagada via Charley Boy before making a turn on the bridge facing Anthony-Oshodi again. I was nursing the ambition of going home with my BB and N21k in my pocket when one of them dug his hand in my pocket and took them. He then said “wetin be this (showing me my BB)? Sebi you say u don give us everything. You even get money” “haa….i no know say the phone even dey there. I think say I don drop everything o……na a your own, take am naa.” I said. Meanwhile, I had my ATM and another N2k with some change in my back pocket.
They then forced others to release whatever they had on them while pointing guns to Wale to release his ATM PIN to them. He quickly gave them a fake PIN. Not satisfied, they insisted he must follow them to an ATM machine where he will make a withdrawal for them. He then pleaded that he had withdrawn everything in his account which they already collected.

They later dropped us along the road in a flower garden very close to Anthony after UPS office, Gbagada. I then took a cab home with my friend Wale. On getting home, I narrated my ordeal to my wife who said she’s been calling my line to no avail. I then remembered I bought a Chicken Suya….”oh one of then eating it in the bus” I realized.

It was really an awful experience as they were so mean and ready to kill anyone found not cooperating.

I urge the Lagos state government to rise up to its primary responsibility of protecting the life and property of every Lagosian by working closely with security operatives in tracking these dreaded and heartless men down before it is too late.
Kindly share your “One Chance” experience if you have any so others can learn. If you don’t, kindly follow so as to learn from people’s experiences.

Please ignore errors and omissions as this was posted without cross reading.

God Bless Nigeria.

Lalasticlala please help move this to front page for better audience

babamadiba:
my friend even fell victim recently. Don't know what part of abuja he Leaves in that he has not heard about the numerous one chance cases in abuja.

biggy1528:
U pple shld Thank God 4 ur lifes.
Mine is funny nd smartness. Is durin fuel scarcity I struggle get fuel @ higher price nd on way to delta meanwhile am coming frm ikorodu. On gettin to ijebu ode I decide let me carry pple join body so dat I top my fuel on the road. At express junction ijebu ode I saw a guy calling ore I parked nd by d time I look d guy tru inner mirror dey become 3 guys . Am surprise wot happen here ders no houses arnd here nd where dis 2 guys comes frm, den I sense maybe dey hide inside d bush ,I roll my glass up nd leave little @ d edge nd wait 4 dem, dey said Ore I studied dem nd I notice one side view of one dem swell up nd said No. Den I move a bit forward stil watchin dem tru inner mirror d guy brought gun nd give it bak to one of dem. My nairalanders my zoom off speed is somethin dat day . Til I go nd come bak I didn't try such am just imagine my camry wld hav gone or wot just cuz of change dey can even shoot nd buried person inside bush.

datigbogirl:


as in fear dey catch me with those taxis for that Lugbe area cos na sharsharp dem dey load...which are dem do your friend sef?

ibolomo:

my brother, I will like to meet those armed robbers ooo. Armed robber wey pity you give you 50k deserve national award. shooo, Ogoneme did not forsake you.