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When Sanity, Logic And Common Sense Come Under Attack by Ishilove: 12:24am On Nov 15, 2019 |
There is something fundamentally wrong with Nigeria. I wish I could really pour out my heart right now, but doing that will mean I will run afoul of Nairaland's Rule 2, so I will stick to just narrating the shocking and utterly appalling incident that happened to me today with as little vitriol as I can manage. A caveat: If your attention span is a tweet long, or you have challenges reading beyond TWO paragraphs of any article (Summary Crew), kindly close this thread now. Shockwaves- I went to finish up a job in Tin Can, Apapa. Everything went on fine until it was time to pay up. I had spent way above my budget so I attempted to make payment with my bank app, but the network was on the bad side of shitty, so I decided to use one of the ATMs after Coconut bridge. I went with the head of the team I worked with, a man from one of the South-Western states and who I have known for a long time. Since it wasn't far, we decided to walk instead of taking a bike and stayed on the left side of the bridge, close to the ubiquitous container loaded trucks parked by the side. The man walked in the front while was about a two steps behind him. We were close to the end of the bridge when I heard a loud screeching sound behind me, and before I could react, a bike slammed into me and sent me flying into the air. I landed on my side in an awkward heap beside the back tyre of one of the parked trucks. Stunned, I tried to get up but couldn't, so my companion had to lift me up and dust my clothes because I was in shock. The God who keepeth me, who neither sleeps nor slumbers ensured I didn't have a single scratch on my body, but the...the...'human' who left the road to come and meet me lay in an unconscious heap, his leg tangled with his bike. It seem he had scratched his face on the hot asphalt very badly. My companion led me to the side of the bridge where I sat down to recover. I sat down for about 3 minutes when I started hearing whispers. "dat na the passenger he carry." I quickly insisted that I wasn't the passenger, but when one of the truckers advised me to move away from the spot where I sat because "dem fit gather you dey talk nonsense", I knew something was off. Insanity- I and my companion, lets call him TJ, slowly descended the bridge and had gotten to the bike park when a passenger just arriving told me to go back to 'my boy'. Puzzled, I asked who 'my boy' was. 17 Likes 7 Shares |
Re: When Sanity, Logic And Common Sense Come Under Attack by Ishilove: 12:25am On Nov 15, 2019 |
Insanity-(contd) The passenger, whose accent proclaimed him of eastern extraction answered "the boy lying unconscious there". I was baffled. Why do I have to go back for any bloody reason when he is the one that hit me? I was already getting mega pissed by now and I told the idiot man as much and walked away with TJ. I had barely gone a few steps when I was surrounded by what seemed like hundreds of illiterate northern bikers commonly known as...you are. right. Very correct. I was wondering what was happening when someone rode up with the idiot biker who struck me. Apparently he had regained consciousness his right cheekbone was scraped raw and swollen three time it's normal size. They were all chanting "treat him" and were becoming agitated. TJ tried to explain that this hopeless guy had struck me from behind, but the more he explained, the more agitated they became. One of them who could speak English said I fvcked up. Ha, fvcked up how? He answered that after I caused the accident the least I could do was to stay behind to see if he recovered. Ha, aye mi o! How did I cause the accident? He answered that I caused it when I was "trying to cross the road". Jesus Christ... Ha, cross the road to where?? To go and dance Alingo on top of the double parked trailers on their way to drop empty containers at the terminal? I was heading to the ATM with this guy (I was pointing at TJ) when your brother came with his unfortunate self to jam me. Then it dawned on me. None of the members of this motley mob of stark illiterate bikers were present at the collision, but they were already cooking up strange and satanic stories in allegiance with their comrade. Demonic accusations were flying around, the strangest of them being that I 'pushed' the idiot biker and he fell. One of my staff members who happened to the passing by came down from the vehicle he was escorting and jumped into the middle of the crowd. He told them to stop pushing me. Instantly a set of hooligans pounced on him and gave him hot chase down the extremely slopy side of Coconut bridge. These people seemed volatile and were ready to unleash violence. The boy ran to the shop of one of the eastern traders to report the incident. The trader, an elderly gentleman came, and after hearing my own side of this ridiculous matter whispered to me that there is trouble in Nigeria, and that haven't i noticed how 'they' have practically overrun all sectors of the economy, and in Lagos state as a whole? Didn't i know they have an agenda? He advised that for my own safety and for peace to reign, I should just take the rider to the clinic. Another eastern gentleman who had left his shop to come and investigate this furor centered around an angry, wild haired, bespectacled and furiously gesticulating lady concurred. 12 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: When Sanity, Logic And Common Sense Come Under Attack by Nobody: 1:11am On Nov 15, 2019 |
Pls continue, I want to know how this film ended. So sorry about the accident. 4 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: When Sanity, Logic And Common Sense Come Under Attack by Ishilove: 1:19am On Nov 15, 2019 |
EXIT-Common Sense One of the bikers attempted to shove me with his filthy paws but I snarled at him to back the fvck off. By this time it seemed all the northern bikers in Apapa had congregated around me. Asides the grace of God, i am figuring that part of what helped me may have been my complete fearlessness in the midst of this...this...crowd of... Let me not break Rule 2. One of them who looked neater and more well spoken than the rest said that he too has once been forced to treat a passenger, so I should suck it up and treat the idiot guy. What's done is done. I am paraphrasing. So the long and short is whether I am the victim or not, I must treat the person who almost broke my bones. Another one said that if I truly fell, where is the injury? So in other words a visible sign of injury is an indication of truth. Never mind that my hip was aching me where the bike hit me. Another fellow who looked like a soldier (prolly one of those junior, jobless and semi-literate officers who go around yards looking for containers and Tokunbo vehicles to escort) but still of northern extraction commented that I was stubborn because I refused to be cowed and i was arguing with the ones who can speak bastardised English among them. Last last, when I realised that more and more bike men were arriving and the accusations were taking a dangerous turn, I accepted to follow them to a hospital, with the intention making calls and having these bagas arrested once we arrived. Would you believe that these guys drove me all the way to a small clinic in Kirikiri, despite the fact that one of the traders showed them a hospital that was very close by. When we got there, I marched up to the doctor and told him that I was kidnapped by those rabid hooligans behind me (they packed themselves like confused herbivores into the reception area and chattered noisily in their native tongue at the top of their voices). The doctor ran to Kirikiri prison and brought a security personnel who interrogated I and two of the... the... 'humans'. I explained my own side, vibrating with rage, and when it got to their turn, they said "the madam" pushed their brother and he fell down in front of trailer. I was flabbergasted. The security personnel asked the two men if they had been present when I supposedly pushed their comrade, but they kept on blabbing offpoint in English that sounded like esoteric tongues. He commented "Do you realize it's not possible for her (me) to push the guy when he is far from her and moving on high speed? So how was she able to push him?" They had no answer but insisted I was somehow responsible for the accident. The doctor examined the one who caused the whole hullbaloo to start with, and discovered that the guy was high on only God knows what substance the fool inhaled before jumping on a bike and carrying his unfortunate self to meet me. Doc: Who pushed you? idiot Biker: Soldier. Doc: Where did he push you? Idiot Biker: On expressway Doc: Did this madam push you? Idiot Biker: Yes The fool was so high, the doctor gave up on questioning him. 31 Likes 4 Shares |
Re: When Sanity, Logic And Common Sense Come Under Attack by Larryfest(m): 1:41am On Nov 15, 2019 |
Hmm, only if their were street cams around there to replay how events happen. Naija is something else. 8 Likes |
Re: When Sanity, Logic And Common Sense Come Under Attack by Ishilove: 2:17am On Nov 15, 2019 |
A Note of Caution- I was advised by the doctor that for peace to reign, I should just treat him and take it as a sacrifice for the 'Mber' month. He charged me 10k, but I was to give the bike people 2k out of the money. I went to the ATM, withdrew the amount and gave everything to the Doctor. God forbid i dignify those people by addressing them directly. I collected the receipt and walked out of the clinic. On my way out, i favoured them with the most disdainful look I could muster, hissed at them and walked away. My heart is full of anger, but I know, Dear Reader, that you know exactly what will come out of my fingers if I really give vent to what is in my mind about these northern bikers that flood Lagos on a weekly basis in cover body trucks, armed with nothing but the clothes on their backs and Yamaha bikes. They have this herd mentality that begs the question-"even if you no go school, shey you no get common sense?" It is still this same mentality that causes religious lynching in the northern part of the country. A rumour goes round and without any kind of investigation, they pounce on the hapless victim. Let me stop here before I run afoul of Rule 2, but l will drop a word of caution to my fellow Nairalanders of northern extraction- MAKE A CHANGE IN YOUR INDIGENOUS STATES. What I witnessed today made me understand for the first time why a lot of northerners are very vulnerable to extremist ideologies and conditioning. Many of these people have been so completely starved of even the most basic enlightenment that it seems like they are now incapable of rational thought, and as a result act like the Missing Link. Perhaps basic education will curtail the menace and complete nuisance so many of them constitute when they migrate to other states. 130 Likes 16 Shares |
Re: When Sanity, Logic And Common Sense Come Under Attack by Ishilove: 2:24am On Nov 15, 2019 |
The doctor's receipt. Each time I look at it, my blood boils, my hackles rise and I just feel like going around with law enforcement agents arresting every northern biker I see and hauling them back to the arid desert lands from whence they migrated from . This receipt represents common sense and logic turned on it's head. 29 Likes 4 Shares
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Re: When Sanity, Logic And Common Sense Come Under Attack by anonimi: 3:35am On Nov 15, 2019 |
Ishilove: Sorry for your loss and make you no too vex dear. As for the bold, it is one of the signs of the ongoing demographic change aptly captured below. [img]https://1.bp..com/-_spEZ7TwEzU/XRF8uDxWQJI/AAAAAAADR7I/gPwLfreuV1AGnnOpWLdknSIxhfvR5szUgCLcBGAs/s400/Fulani-Herdsmen-and-Militia-1.jpg[/img] www.nairaland.com/attachments/9795198_84993277395691landordiejpeg4e9cde4d1f1b63f086f46ef42189db30jpege41692071663a9c899389f679c53d105_jpeg3aba125f6b4048440c797a52b520b3fb 21 Likes 4 Shares |
Re: When Sanity, Logic And Common Sense Come Under Attack by anonimi: 3:44am On Nov 15, 2019 |
Ishilove: www.nairaland.com/attachments/9402486_operasnapshot20190516035220www_bbc_com_jpeg27a2e53d0353af1c1d6fdd2d61f7cfc1 www.nairaland.com/attachments/9402489_02_pngd9b6f4554ead74cebd62effb6a671a52 17 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: When Sanity, Logic And Common Sense Come Under Attack by izuch(m): 5:53am On Nov 15, 2019 |
A lesson for all 7 Likes |
Re: When Sanity, Logic And Common Sense Come Under Attack by Ishilove: 5:55am On Nov 15, 2019 |
I will try not to allow my experience taint my relationship with the northern neighbours who I have know for several years because those ones are though not educated as well, but have stayed in Lagos for so long that their world view has changed and have become more tolerant, but I guess it will always be at the back of my mind that when push comes to shove, will they be objective, or will they attack first and reason later? I fear. 46 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: When Sanity, Logic And Common Sense Come Under Attack by Ishilove: 6:03am On Nov 15, 2019 |
An industry colleague told me that such rubbish could never have happened in other areas of Apapa dominated by South-Westerners. He said when they start misbehaving, "those Yoruba boys will start reformatting their brains with slaps". End quote. Another said in places like computer village, they Easterners would have beaten them to a pulp if they pulled that kind of idiocy on an innocent person. One Nigeria is a mirage, and it's going to get worse. 76 Likes 6 Shares |
Re: When Sanity, Logic And Common Sense Come Under Attack by chiboyo(m): 6:05am On Nov 15, 2019 |
This is exactly why extremism and poverty is thriving in that region... When herd mentality and illiteracy is combined together. 48 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: When Sanity, Logic And Common Sense Come Under Attack by anonimi: 6:08am On Nov 15, 2019 |
Ishilove: You can say that again. Let us work on getting as many people's eyes opened to the reality before push gets to shove. www.nairaland.com/attachments/6411492_buhariunity_jpege6b944865fd28349d890aa9f1f00fb23 28 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: When Sanity, Logic And Common Sense Come Under Attack by sacx: 6:51am On Nov 15, 2019 |
What happened to you was very sad. Sometimes I try to advocate for this 'one Nigeria' stuff, but the more I see incidents like this, the less convinced I am. It was few months ago I witnessed how these boys burnt down someone's SUV because of one of their erring brothers who while moving with reckless speed, slammed into it from behind and died in the process, injuring the passenger. The driver of the SUV could have been lynched if he hadn't escaped from the scene as soon as it occurred. A brother to the injured passenger who came to check on him at the hospital was beaten to pulp and almost set ablaze if not for timely intervention. What more can we say of this lot? Extremely crude and dangerous. Presently, I don't see a solution to their menace if not disintegration of the country. I just hope by some miracle, there could be a turnaround to this trend. 48 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: When Sanity, Logic And Common Sense Come Under Attack by respect80(m): 7:02am On Nov 15, 2019 |
Cc: ishilove I'm sorry you were simply a victim of two things. 1. You are not a northerner 2. You are also not a Muslim Honestly, I used to be a pro- Nigeria unity, but as the day goes by, every single justification I have tried to give that ideology proves to be a miscue. I finally realized that the merger of people of different ethnic values and norms to birth this entity called 9ja deserves to be tagged one of the biggest scam in human history. Even though I'm not from the South, the entitlement and born to rule mentality the north has clothed them self with is like a ticking time bomb that will sure send this country to nonexistent either sooner or later and this has made me become indifferent about the secession agenda some regions are set to achieve (call me a pessimist, but that is the truth we must all accept). To sum it up, Nigeria is not one and may never be especially if its unity remains fragile as to being begged for by certain regions because no beggar can beg to perpetuity. Somehow, someday, when the chickens come home to roost, we will all realize how disunited we are in this country. Remember, nothing kills faster than pretentious love and unity, they have been used as weapons in wars and have sent so many to their graves. In conclusion, I would implore those who see the north as allies to beware of the dragon which blandishes with the head and smites with the tail. This is my dispassionate creed. BTW, sorry for the unfortunate incident. Let posterity judge every man according to his deeds. 50 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: When Sanity, Logic And Common Sense Come Under Attack by anonimi: 7:34am On Nov 15, 2019 |
sacx: Are you serious about the two highlighted parts www.nairaland.com/attachments/9902932_img20190309201017_jpegfa6e25105276c93d4ad72cf86e868b23 11 Likes |
Re: When Sanity, Logic And Common Sense Come Under Attack by GAZZUZZ(m): 7:49am On Nov 15, 2019 |
Re: When Sanity, Logic And Common Sense Come Under Attack by sacx: 7:52am On Nov 15, 2019 |
anonimi: Yes. He was following the SUV too closely from behind and on speed, so when the driver applied brakes, he just rammed into it. For the brother, they assumed he was the driver of the vehicle when he came looking for who was involved in the accident. Very similar to what happened with Ishi. 20 Likes 1 Share |
Re: When Sanity, Logic And Common Sense Come Under Attack by xynerise: 7:56am On Nov 15, 2019 |
These Northern bikers are constituting nuisance in Lagos. Some of the time you see their bodies on the expressway and even ending the valuable lives of their passengers after taking tramadol. Many innocent people have been killed or injured because they disagreed with these idiots. And for their agenda the Igbo man talked about, what is it all about? Seriously, I can't identify myself as a Nigerian if these people claim to be one. 34 Likes |
Re: When Sanity, Logic And Common Sense Come Under Attack by gbadexy(m): 7:57am On Nov 15, 2019 |
It was as if I was reading a story. Sorry for your experience. The other day a truckload of strange bikers were intercepted, people were labeling the government as ethnic bigots with some proclaiming their rights of free movement. 31 Likes |
Re: When Sanity, Logic And Common Sense Come Under Attack by anonimi: 8:44am On Nov 15, 2019 |
sacx: Thanks a lot for clarifying that. I hope that more of us will open our eyes to the menace that is creeping stealthily on us to destroy the basic things we value- law & order, sanctity of human life. 25 Likes |
Re: When Sanity, Logic And Common Sense Come Under Attack by anonimi: 8:57am On Nov 15, 2019 |
xynerise: Their agenda is to occupy land and claim as climate change dries up their arid north further and as southerners flee abroad seeking greener pastures. They may not even be Nigerian citizens, based on what Buhari and El-Rufai said. Herdsmen from Libya responsible for attacks – Buhari www.nairaland.com/attachments/9402488_zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz29_jpeg25eb429d8b5da5330939105d1c5ea0dc How we paid violent herdsmen to stop Southern Kaduna killings – El-Rufai 11 Likes |
Re: When Sanity, Logic And Common Sense Come Under Attack by MrPresident1: 9:27am On Nov 15, 2019 |
Hmmm...Pele o Ishilove. 1 Like |
Re: When Sanity, Logic And Common Sense Come Under Attack by Nobody: 9:46am On Nov 15, 2019 |
Ishilove: sorry again to be honest it is not a tribal thing in that sense i live in festac and they pull the same nonsense there on the regular when one of their fellow eejits gets into an accident. anywhere there is an accident, okadamen will gather and intimidate the owner of the vehicle, no matter the circumstances aboki will erm always be aboki, though it is also a nigerian thing. i am sure you saw me dragging with supposedly educated uber drivers who formed brotherhood and proclaimed they were right no matter what it is time for the govt to ban okadas. their wahala pass their usefulness. we sha have opay now 30 Likes 1 Share |
Re: When Sanity, Logic And Common Sense Come Under Attack by seguno2: 9:52am On Nov 15, 2019 |
anonimi: Na wa o. What do we do now? Where do we go from here? 2 Likes |
Re: When Sanity, Logic And Common Sense Come Under Attack by Syphax(m): 10:23am On Nov 15, 2019 |
I'm really sorry for your experience. It's a very sad one. Imagine paying 10k to someone that abused you? Chai, this country is a messed up place. This is why some Igbos clamor for Biafra. 27 Likes |
Re: When Sanity, Logic And Common Sense Come Under Attack by Ishilove: 10:49am On Nov 15, 2019 |
sacx:Jesus... Something must be done about this kind of impunity. 10 Likes 1 Share |
Re: When Sanity, Logic And Common Sense Come Under Attack by Ishilove: 10:53am On Nov 15, 2019 |
ornicus:Smh. I don't understand this country where the victims are victimised 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: When Sanity, Logic And Common Sense Come Under Attack by fatymore(f): 12:34pm On Nov 15, 2019 |
First and Foremost, this isnt about Islam(someone said because she isn't a Muslim, so that brought Islam in) We are have yourubas and other tribes who are Muslims and they don't behave uncouth like this. I read all and I am boiling down in my spirit. Check the roads now, majority of them are bikers and they drive carelessly with no regards for lives. These are what you can't do in their regions. The kind of mentality they have is so appalling. They can do and undo without anybody holding them. That was how they killed one guy in my area then with their small dagger. Illiteracy is one of the factors disturbing them. I saw a Maruwa tumbled because of one them some weeks back and yet he was insisting he wasn't at fault which was so glaring he was trying to double cross. We are in perilous time in this country. We just need to be extra careful, notwithstanding the educated ones among them are better. God bless Nigeria and the good people of Nigeria 12 Likes |
Re: When Sanity, Logic And Common Sense Come Under Attack by Nobody: 12:34pm On Nov 15, 2019 |
Ishilove. Doh Next time, don't argue, don't explain, just tell them you are taking the 'victim' to the hospital. Take him to a government hospital and abandon him. I was in a similar incident 2 weeks ago. I was on the right lane, about to enter my street on the right hand side. I trafigated and horned at the same time , sufficiently. One useless abokii still felt it was wise to overtake me from the right hand side. I swear i didn't see him. Next thing I heard was gbooooo. He hit my right passenger door and went down, my back tyre climbed his motorcycle. He wasn't badly hurt, just a few scratches. Next thing you know, I was surrounded by a crowd of abokkiiis, all insisting I take him to a hospital and pay for his bike. I obliged, put him in the back sit, and drove towards a hospital while the others followed behind. Instead of a hospital I drove to the police station. They all came in with me. I made a police report, and insisted that I won't pay a dime for the accident. I offered him 1k to treat his wounds. The police men were insisting I take responsibility, I told them to charge me to court if they think I owe anybody. Las las we dey station for almost 2 hours, they told us to return the next day. I went, aboki did not come again. 51 Likes 5 Shares |
Re: When Sanity, Logic And Common Sense Come Under Attack by Hofbrauhaus(m): 12:35pm On Nov 15, 2019 |
I hope i understood you well...Somebody hit you and lay unconscious on the ground and you left him there? You didn't even go to check on him to confirm if he is dead or dying? Did he hit you on purpose? No, it was an accident. A good Christian would have at least checked on him. 4 Likes 1 Share |
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