PetroDollaxxxx: chai, nigerians now rub anointing oil on their bodies to escape being kidnapped in that smelly zoo
Revealed: Funny Precautions Nigerians Take To Avoid Being Kidnapped by dre11(m): 10:09am
by KUNLE AKINRINADE, PAUL UKPABIO and BIODUN ADEYEWA
Against the backdrop of rising cases of kidnapping in the country, many Nigerians have devised funny means by which they can avoid being kidnapped, report KUNLE AKINRINADE, PAUL UKPABIO and BIODUN ADEYEWA.
AS a routine, Jamal Adeolu, a system engineer with an engineering consulting firm in Lagos Island, does not return home through the same road he leaves for work. His strange itinerary is not without a reason. It all started mid-last year when he narrowly escaped being abducted by some gunmen close to his Abule Egba residence.
It was a cold evening after the rains that pounded the Lagos metropolis. To beat the heavy traffic that usually follows such a heavy downpour, the father of three started hurrying home at about 4 pm. Unfortunately, his fear became a reality as he was caught in a snarl of traffic around Oworonsoki section of the popular Third Mainland Bridge.
Three hours later, he arrived at Abule Egba and decided to do some shopping for his family in a mall around the area at about 7.30 pm. As he drove out of the premises of the mall after purchasing a few items, he noticed that a Toyota Corolla occupied by four men was coming behind him, but he had no inkling that the occupants could be kidnappers.
He was, however, observant enough to realise that the vehicle was showing up behind him at every turn. Not one to leave anything to chance, he drove into his neighbourhood on Meiran-Command Road at neck-breaking speed, still the men in the Toyota car followed him. At that point, he realised that the occupants of the vehicle were up to something sinister.
On getting close to his street, Adeolu stopped and jumped out of the car, running into safety. “Although I was ahead of them, I knew that they might catch up with me if I continued with the race. So, I quickly parked the car and jumped out into safety near my street,” he said.
“When they got to where my car was parked, they shot three times into the air and everyone around ran for dear lives. They started saying that God saved me, otherwise they would have brutalised me before abducting me. I was palpitating where I hid myself in a water tank.
“Since then, I have made it a habit not to return home through the same route I left, because I felt that some insiders in my neighbourhood might be involved in the botched attempt to abduct me.“
Like Adeolu, Aminat Rahman’s traumatic experience with suspected ritual kidnappers has led her into taking some funny precautions at bus stops before boarding a bus to her destination.
It all began after her miraculous escape from the den of kidnappers around Sagamu, Ogun State, barely two years ago. On that day, she had left her residence at Isolo to visit one of her friends at Iyana-Ipaja, boarding a commercial bus at Iyana Isolo Bus Stop. Unknown to her, the occupants of the vehicle were kidnappers.
She said: “I had no inkling that I was entering into trouble when I flagged down a bus under the bridge at Iyana Isolo Bus Stop along Oshodi-Apapa Expressway. I got to the bus at 1:00pm and that was the last thing I knew. By the time I regained consciousness, I was already blindfolded among several other captives at a grove. By Providence, the priest rejected me when it was my turn to be sacrificed and I was dumped in a thick forest.
“I ran for several hours and dashed out at a place close to a popular cement factory in Sagamu, Ogun State.”
The experience, according to Aminat, has made her to always wait longer at bus stops before boarding a vehicle.
“What I do now is to wait longer at bus stops and see that passengers disembark from a bus that I would board. I chose to do so because kidnappers don’t drop off their victims on the road.”
But Aminat’s strategy has not been without its consequences. “Sometimes, I wait for more than one hour at bus stops just to make sure I see a bus that would drop off passengers. This often makes me to arrive at my destinations very late, especially when I am returning home from work in the evening,” she said.
Others cases
Wale Adebayo, an administrative clerk in a Lagos-based finance house, is nursing a gash on his forehead after he was thrown off a moving bus by suspected bus robbers, popularly called ‘one-chance’, around Alakija Bus Stop on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway.
He was returning from work and joined a commercial bus at Oshodi en route Iyana Iba area of Ojo when the occupants of the vehicle seized him, took his phone and the N20,000 inside his wallet.
Shocked by the development, Adebayo initially struggled with the robbers. In the middle of the struggle, his head was hit against the door of the bus, leaving him with a deep gash on his head.
“It was a terrible experience,” he said. “For days, I could not go to work because I was nursing the wound on my head. Even as I speak, I am still nursing the pain weeks after the wound has healed.”
Adebayo, who attends a white garment church, said the pastor of his church had foretold the incident during a Sunday service, but he did not pay any attention to the prophecy.
He said: “The pastor of my church, during a Sunday service two weeks before the incident, had asked the parishioners to pray against falling victim to ‘one-chance’ robbery. However, I left the church without joining in the prayer in order to attend the naming ceremony of my elder sister’s daughter somewhere at Okokomaiko.”
Adebayo recalled when he narrated the incident to his pastor, he (pastor) gave him a small crucifix to keep in his pocket at all times, assuring that the item would save him from robbery or kidnapping.
He said: “My pastor blessed a crucifix and told me to always keep it in my pocket, assuring that I would be saved from evil, especially kidnapping and robbery.
“To an extent, the crucifix my pastor gave me is working for me. Because there was a day I got to my neighbourhood and everywhere was deserted, only for my neighbours to congratulate me for not falling victim to a robbery operation in my street during which a man was killed.
“They told me that the sons from hell shot indiscriminately during the operation and a man that ran into them in his car was hit by bullets.”
For Anthony Ilevbare, the narrow escape of his daughter from kidnappers instigated by his housemaid four years ago is an ugly incident he would not want to happen again. According to him, the State, his housemaid connived with some persons to abduct his daughter from her school.
Luck, however, ran out on the abductors when his neighbours sighted them and raised the alarm, leading to the rescue of his daughter after the strange men were apprehended and handed over to law enforcement agents.
“Since then, my daughter does not leave home for school without being rubbed with a special anointing oil my pastor gave me. I strongly believe that only prayers can prevent one from falling victim of these heartless persons prowling around for victims. You know, when God is your fortress, there is no way you can be harmed. Hence, I also apply the oil on my head and body so I won’t be kidnapped too.”
Waheed Onasanya’s story is not different from others. Worried by the recent onslaught of kidnappers against travellers and commuters on Itoikin Road in Imota area of Ikorodu, the 45-year-old trader at Mile 12 Market revealed that a Muslim cleric-cum-spiritual leader of his Islamic denomination gave him a seal to always put in his pocket in order to avoid being abducted.
“I am not used to taking items like that until kidnappers recently made life unbearable for those of us living in the Imota axis of Itoikin Road.
“There was a particular day we heard that some landlords in my area were kidnapped and later released after an unspecified amount was paid as ransom. A few days later, some commuters were also abducted by gunmen along the road, and that made me to run to a Muslim cleric and founder of an Islamic organisation I belong to. He gave me a prayer seal to put in my pocket to avoid being kidnapped.
“Although some of the kidnappers terrorising my neighbourhood have been arrested by the police, I have not failed to keep the seal in my pocket for fear of running into kidnappers.”
Two years after, Mrs Yewande Awujoola, a resident of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), is yet to overcome her ordeal in the incident occurred on February 2015 when at his Ogijo residence in Ogun in the hands of vicious gunmen, who stormed her residence and whisked her away for five days.
The 50-year-old native of Osogbo, Osun State, who had been living in Abuja with her husband for more than 10 years, shared her ordeal, saying: ” The incident happened on the third day of a fasting and prayers session I was doing. I was preparing a meal to break my fast around 6.30 pm and my daughter had gone out to fetch water outside our apartment, hence, the door to our apartment was not locked. As she came in carrying a bucket of water on her head, three young men accompanied her into our apartment. At first, I thought they were robbers.
“But they didn’t ask for money, jewelry or take anything from the house. They asked me to cooperate, and led me out of the house and took me in the dark into a rocky forest near Abuja.
Their hideout was under a rock that looked like a cave. They didn’t call my husband that night until the second day when they demanded for a ransom from my husband and also informed him not to involve policemen because that would be counter-productive. They didn’t dehumanise me, however.
“On the fourth day, two members of the gang left for the city in search of food. So, I was left with the third member of the gang, a young man. When I asked him why they were doing such a dirty job, he said it was because they didn’t have any good work to do. He apologised to me and asked me to forgive him. I prayed for him and asked him to forsake that evil way.
“I was eventually released on the fifth day in the night and dropped at the outskirts of Abuja. Since that encounter, any time I see two or three persons coming towards me or passing, I always feel unsaved, and I would detour and hide somewhere to allow them pass again.”
Also sharing the precautions he has adopted to forestall being kidnapped, a foremost filmmaker, Mr Fidelis Duker, said: “I have reduced long road travels and I advise others to do same. I travel by air whenever possible. I have also reduced the level of personal information that I give out to people when travelling or within my environment. Whenever I am driving, I watch out if I am being trailed or monitored and I advise that people should be extra cautious of their
Ghanaians worried by rising number of kidnappings By Isaac Kaledzi | 12.06.2019
The release of two kidnapped Canadian women is welcome news in Ghana where people are becoming increasingly anxious at the number of people seized, both locals and foreigners. Almost 70 cases were recorded in 2018. The two young Canadian women who were seized at a golf course in the city of Kumasi have been freed from the hands of kidnappers. According to security service sources, the aim had probably been to hold them until a ransom was paid. POLITICS | 29.05.2019 How Ghana can help us understand the EU
The two women worked for Youth Challenge International, a Canadian organization that sends young people to work on development projects in Africa, Asia and South America. Ghana is considered to be one of the most secure countries in West Africa but the number of kidnappings has risen sharply in recent months, causing a wave of anxiety among foreigners in the country as well as among local residents. Almost 70 kidnapping cases were recorded in 2018. In April this year, a 30-year-old Indian man was kidnapped in Kumasi by men who demanded a $500,000 (€442,000) ransom. An Estonian diplomat was seized in the capital Accra during his regular morning walk. Shortly afterwards he was freed by the Special Weapons and Ammunition Tactics (SWAT) Unit of the Accra Regional Police Command who stormed the house where he was being held.
PetroDollaxxxx: Look at this fool. What is wrong with shoe shinning and doing petty jobs? At least they were not robbing or kidnapping people, they were not 419ning yahoo yahoo they were doing legit jobs, something nigerians are not know to appreciate. That is the difference between Nigerians and Ghanaians a nigerians goes to another country and brings with him all his known criminal tendencies. They are very lazy and don’t like hard work. so what do they do? They resort to crime and will turn around to brag about it that is the nigerian smartness very foolish people what kind of animals are these?
Samorobo please remind this Ashanti boy the story of the Ghanaian boy who came to 9ja just to steal cars, cos according to him Nigerians drive expensive card.
vaxx2: Aren't you the same idiot who says sanusi isn't the brain behind Islamic banking in Nigeria. how will you be sensible when you are not smart?.
this sanusi here proposing Islamic banking in nigeria to the Senate and why it most be welcome. and you foolishly says, he did not use its Sudan degree in the financial sector. how stupid can you be?
sanusi, my brainle ss wasn't appointed based on Islamic studies, he was appointed because he was found capable of doing the job.
Again Nigeria was already a member of IOC which means Sharia and Islamic banking was already on ground, as such sanusi did what was necessary like obansajo being a Christian brought Sharia to Northern Nigeria by recognising it.
vaxx2: tell me the single fact he destroyed. you are stupid like him . just tell me one. the fact that YOUR goverment keep sending student down to ghana on scholarship or that you guys have found new home in Ghana.
when we ask which of the governors.. You'll say Bayelsa state government. Ok.. any other ...No... When did he send them, ok 4 years ago. Which is enough to get a degree. By now they should have rounded up their programme.
So My brainle ss friend, I ask you, which Nigerian Government sent students to Ghana?
vaxx2: You have a problem with understanding. no Ghanaian will opted to school in Nigeria unless he or she has a Nigeria background . how difficult is that not sinking into your skull. you are dull but you aren't that stupid.
vaxx2: How stupid are you? which school what course? writing something online is a guaranty that is true right? what a stupid conclusion. Ghanaian are not schooling in Nigeria except the one with Nigeria background
there's a guy currently in my local church his dad was a lecturer in AAU Nigeria he studied here. When his dad passed on sometime ago he went to ghana to bury him. And came back.
Not to mention the Ghanaians here notorious for shoe shining and petty jobs. They are diligent though. Very diligent. I made one my personal shoe shiner or cobbler
vaxx2: You see how stupid you are ? you stupidly did not sanusi was the brain behind Islamic banking in Nigeria. you stupidly did not know he is recipient of a Islamic financial medal. Anyway below screenshot explain what you foolishly can't see.
it is a fact Nigeria troop into Niger and Sudan to study . denied that pls. sanusi did and many like him.
hey, Empty brain, I still repeat Sanusis wasn't appointed based on his Islamic studies.
Are you an lMBE'CILE , Sanusi wasnt the brain behind Islamic banking in Nigeria, he only helped due to his position as the CBN Gov. Besides ISB only came during the end of his tenure.
Stop wallowing in kente. It's rendering your brain Useless.
Just30: my government abrogated it before it even started
whats your problem?
The private sector does better providing housing than government will ever be able to
I agree with you on this, public officials some how corner the projects to benefit them directly or indirectly. It's peculiar to every Developing country
pokuasi: that's a screenshot of a Ghanaian girl on Facebook today telling people how her sister is studying in Nigeria
These guys think they've arrived because few Nigerians study in their country. When jamb frustrated me, I almost opted for Ghana. Thank God I didn't. Not because Ghana was better but because I heard I only needed my Waec result.
One thing I noticed about Nigerian is that majority of us love to travel to other Countries. I was surprised to hear that Nigerians are in North Korea doing wonderfully well. Without being harassed.
vaxx2: Do you really understand yourself. if your goverment can found it reasonable to spend dollars in a private school in Ghana with a life span of just 10 years ? don't you think your myopic conclusion is not relevant. the reality is, foreing degree are taking over most of the vibrant position in Nigeria and that is a reality. and it doesn't matter where it is from . be it Niger or Sudan. sanusi lamido(CBN)is a proud Sudan product .
ok, I initially got your post wrong. Your head must be empty To think Nigerians go to Niger republic or Sudan to study. I once had a Nigerien girlfriend who came to kano state for her post graduate studies on scholarship, she was extremely happy. The foremost University in Niger is Abdou moumouni University from where she got her B.SC.
Sanusi never studied anything relating to his career in sudan.
Now get this little piece from Google into your empty Ghana Skull.
He then attended King's College, Lagos, where he graduated in 1977. Sanusi was offered provisional admission to Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) in Zaria, where he obtained a bachelor's degree in economics in 1981. ... Sanusi studied at the International University of Africa in Khartoum, receiving a degree in Islamic law.
Islamic Law had nothing to do with Sanusis appointment as CBN Governor.
You see how fooolish you are. Learn to use your brain and avoid arguing with an empty skull filled with kente.
SUFFERInSMILIIN: When I visited Lagos I went to the average areas if I wanted to take bad pictures I would have gone to macuco the floating island slum. I hear in makoko they have their own currency which is not the naira
Thunder fire your left blockos. Inshallah amin. May you become more unfortunate for every lie you tell.
Back to topic, Makoko Has schools and hospitals built by Lagos state Government.
Just delete those lies from your brain. It's dripping already.
No it doesn't. His supposed facts are pathetic. Those pictures shows he lives in poverty, coz he chose to dwell in the part of Lagos where the poor resides than the heart.
I can't imagine myself visiting Kenya and going to turkana. When there are beautiful places to lodge and women to fu€k. Mostly Eldoret heard their women are good fukkers
SUFFERInSMILIIN: Please what manufacturing does Nigeria have. Is it the goods which are smuggled from Benin Republic to Nigeria. Since the land borders was shot in Nigeria I heared the prices of food has skyrocketed and people are now dying of starvation. Benin Republic used to send 4 billion US Dollar in food into Nigeria. All of this time Benin Republic Cameroon and the chair has been the one feeding Nigerian now that the land borders are closed prices of food in Nigeria skyrockets
I told you to stop demolishing your arguments.
Before you post a citation, please ensure it doesn't contradict your whole point.
As for what that farmer said...paraphrased " closure of the border is affecting them positively"
Mkenya2019: Nigeria is nothing but OIL. When oil prices drops - the music stops. Nigeria in around 2006-2014 when Oil was retailing for 100 dollars was kicking in all it's cylinders. Now since 5yrs after Oil boom ended - it not even crawling.
Right now your president has gone to South Africa to beg for leniency from South Africa mobs. Just imagine that.
Almost are happy the oil price is going South. This will force the government to diversify. Don't forget Nigeria rakes in more money in tourism than Kenya. The Manufacturing industry is equal to your total GDP.
Mkenya2019: Only in Nigeria do gov mean military dictatorship or semblance of that. In kenya - gov is the PEOPLE.
Article 1 of constitution in kenya says.
Article 1. Sovereignty of the people. (1) All sovereign power belongs to the people of Kenya and shall be exercised only in accordance with this Constitution. (2) The people may exercise their sovereign power either directly or through their democratically elected representatives
oh.. I thought you'd understand... Let me rephrase, IS HE IN THE GOVERNMENT?
The IGR of one of the top states Naijjans have bleated about constantly! What about the remaining,poorer,less literate states? Tbh,if I were the Naij FIRS guy I wouldn't even want to know!
what's your point exactly?. The whole manufacturing industry in Kenya is not comparable to one City in Anambra. If I were Kenyans I would ensure all starving souls in turkana are fed at least twice a day.
Mkenya2019: Okay that seem as huge as Kenya. What are the plans to plug this deficit. I think first you should stop that absurd 2yr rent demand - otherwise what will happen - most people (majority) who cannot afford - will live in informal settlements or cram themselves into available housing.
SUFFERInSMILIIN: Professional illiterate let me advise you one thing in cotonou they speak French everything is written in French I show you the pictures of Benin Republic. There are no yellow buses in cotonou there are no Nigerian plate numbers in cotonou. There are no three-wheeler yellow motorcycles or motorcycles in cotonou. Tricycles are banned from Benin Republic. Is some of my pictures I showed you Nigerian flags next to Richard buildings.
keep losing to yourself. When you are done with Benin please visit Niger and Ghana.
vaxx2: You are found of writting more with little impact. stop regressing unneccasry. my input is not goal post shifting. it is still about your failing educational system that is becoming fragile and scary for every reasonable parent or guardians who has his her ward schooling in Nigeria.
You are not even in the system, yet you claimed alien certificate are useless in Nigeria. visit NCC ( national communication center) visit many ministry set up in Abuja. it gradually taking over by graduate of Niger republic and many India bogus colledge ( This I know for a fact )And i bet you, this are place you are dreaming to work. if Nigeria system can allow holder of level 5 informatics academy Singapore to hold strategic position both at state and federal level. what will be stopping a student that fully finished university degree from Sudan and. Somalia? . well , there are lot of Sudan medical graduate in Nigeria now. .
I have observed you know less of your country..
STFU Dude... You've lost it. Criticism should have limit for lies. Bringing up Sudan and Niger republic killed your arguments. Sudanese seldom speak English likewise Nigeriens. If we have expatriates they are mainly Indians which only operate in private settings. Maybe Nigeriens and ivoriens have taking over your healthcare and Government, it's your fucking business.
2 years ago, about 400 foreign doctors were rejected because they didn't meet the standard in Nigeria.
Everyone is entitled to his or her opinion but lies should have limits.
Nigeria is AU and AU is Africa. Kenya's PM once said when Nigeria sneezes Africa gets Cold.
Whoever has more influence in African politics wins the argument and the day AU decides to suspend a plan because Ghana or Kenya wasn't in support, its the day I'll take them serious
SUFFERInSMILIIN: In Benin Republic there are no tricycles and three wheelers. In Benin Republic there are no yellow Buses. In Benin Republic world-class development and infrastructure. This is the country which Nigerians have been making fun of since page 1 on this thread. Now that country is much better than Nigeria
when are you gonna post pictures of Botswana. With a population that isn't up to the least populated state in Nigeria, they should be doing better than most Countries in Africa.
Do you know why you are stupid? First, you claimed to be a Nigerian, you went as far as mentioning the village were from. Then you became a Kenyan And now, you chose Botswana. ain't you the lowest of the human rate, why would you hide your identity just to prove a dead point.
Again you claimed to have spent time in Nigeria and got tons of pictures to share, when in reality you only downloaded a video and got some pictures from them.
Worst more everyday you keep bringing up street news all over Nigeria when I can post worst stories from the US.
You are playing a kids game. Nigerians are way bigger than you, I for one hated arguments because if you bring up Singapore against US or Japan, Singapore will stand out coz they've got wonderful statistics ranging from busiest airports to booming economy but we all know which country really owns the game.
Enough with your posts, they are so childish.bring up educative comparison and we will feel the hear not tantrums.
AskiaHarem: You are not Nigerian or your a biafruadian Pseudo Jew with a mental deficiency. Keep your delusions to yourself.
what you are doing now, is what we did few years back. Trying to defend a "lame" nation, of which IMHO, its blind patriotism. We have wicked leaders who are feeding fat on our taxes, prolonging the war and becoming clueless along side their corruption. A fucking general as President who doesn't know how to organise the security of the Nation.
Tell me haven't we seen the worst. If under a former military leader and a general, the Nigerian military can be this disoriented and weak, what do you expect from a civilian. Abeg just leave this thread to continue resting because all sub Saharan African militaries are worst now than when the thread was on fire.
The act of suicide is a grave sin in Islam. Allah Almighty says in the noble Quran:
"...And do not kill yourselves (nor kill one another). Surely, Allah is most merciful to you." (4:29)
People who contemplate suicide do so to escape the suffering and pain of this world. They mistakenly think that by ending their lives they will end all their sorrows. But what they don’t know, according to the Islamic belief, is that by committing suicide their troubles have only jus
The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said,
"Whoever throws himself down from a mountain and kills himself will be in the fire of hell, throwing himself down therein for ever and ever. Whoever takes poison and kills himself, his poison will be in his hand and he will be sipping it in the fire of hell forever and ever. Whoever kills himself with a piece of iron, that piece of iron will be in his hand and he will be stabbing himself in the stomach with it in the fire of hell, for ever and ever." (Bukhari)
So not only will the person who commits suicide not find peace when they kill themselves but they will be tortured for eternity by their weapon of choice when they committed the initial deed. And they will never even hope to reach heaven.
The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said in an authentic hadith:
"There was amongst those before you a man who had a wound. He was in [such] anguish that he took a knife and made with it a cut in his hand, and the blood did not cease to flow till he died. Allah the Almighty said: My servant has himself forestalled me; I have for bidden him paradise."
so your brothers that are suicide bombers will keep bombing themselves and the devil in he'll?
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so what do they do? They resort to crime and will turn around to brag about it 
