You were tired, aching and gasping 4 the breath of life... You look at the crowd and u see children, men and women that are ur fellow country men... Shock met disbelieve... Your hearts cried 4 help. You were thinking it was a dream, that this cannot be happening. They are not going to kill us...
You wanted to wake up so that u dream no more... But sadly enough, the dream was not an illusion but apparent reality... You shouted, Somebody Help! Please Somebody Help!...Click to continue.
Your Dad was not there to feel ur pain... Your Mum was not there to hear ur cry 4 help... Your Brothers & Sisters...were somewhere on their daily businesses, while u were dying somewhere in Aluu community... You were so badly beaten. You were hoping just to die so that it will all end... Then came the Petrol...and u were thinking... No they wont burn us... No No No Nooo! The fire came... The sun became so hot... You hoped 4 the rain which will never come... Oh the Pain... So Unbearable...
Then there was silence and peace... You crossed over to eternity, waving ur hands to ur lifeless body... Finally u found rest from ur tormentors. You were betrayed... ...betrayed by the person who won't pay his debt and dare turn on u and watch u die in such anguish. ...betrayed by the community who made so many assumptions and exercised their jungle judgement on u. ...betrayed by those who stood by and enjoyed this injustice. ...betrayed by the authorities that has no immediate response to community uproar. ...betrayed by every observer who thinks 4 whatever reason, u deserve this gruesome judgment. ...betrayed by any human being who whatever reason thinks any circumstance around ur death was justified by the judgment u were served. NO ONE SHOWED MERCY! NO ONE SHOWED COMPASSION! BETRAYAL WRITTEN ALL OVER THERE FACES AS THEY HACKED YOU GUYS TO DEATH... BY Andrea Chike.
what comforts me after this inhuman act is their crossover to eternal peace. i couldnt sleep yesterday after seeing the video. God pls comfort all their families and friends
ReplyDeletethose who did dis injustice will surely pay for it nd d person dah accused u of sth u knew nofin abt will have his own punishment...may ya souls all rest in perfect peace nd i pray 4 god to bless ya families. AMEN..i rili feel 4 ya guyz. may ya spirit nt be at rest until u avenge those that were involved in ya death
Deletewhat comforts me after this inhuman act is their crossover to eternal peace. i couldnt sleep yesterday after seeing the video. God pls comfort all their families and friends
ReplyDeleteLife is a journey, we all share in the pains but come to think of it few months ago it was CYNTHIA the country quivered, now its the ALUU FOUR saga, the question on every heart is who/what is next?
ReplyDeleteLife is a journey, we all share in the pains but come to think of it few months ago it was CYNTHIA the country quivered, now its the ALUU FOUR saga, the question on every heart is who/what is next?
ReplyDelete*Sob* Sob* So sad. Hard to breath when I think about this...which is any time I see a young guy walk by or on tv or read about this on the internet. I lost a brother who was the same age as these boys at the time he died. This is the most painful experience for me since his death. I see him in them. This is too sad.
ReplyDeleteSpeechless:(
ReplyDeletedamn!!!!!!!!!!!!!! sad mehn......rip sweet souls
ReplyDeleteHmmmm...my heart grieves anytime I read about these young men whose lives were cut short prematurely&wickedly.May God rest their souls& comfort their families&loved ones.
ReplyDeleteNice piece Andrea Chike!
Sad, really sad. They're gone now, may their souls RIP. I pray their souls get the deserved justice even in death.
ReplyDeleteNice piece of writing Andrea Chike. Its people like you that merit to be called "Human being" not those Aluu demons.
Kudos Ladi for publishing this article for Nigerians to pay tributes to our brothers and friends.
I for fear o! I tut ladun wrote dis Any way my guy U̶̲̥̅̊ try! Tnxx for Ʈђi§ ...may der Soul Rest in Peace!
ReplyDeleteRIP guys, :(
ReplyDeleteO M G WHAT A TRIBUTE,RIP.
ReplyDeleteit so painful, may there precious souls rest in peace
ReplyDeleteJust so sad....crying
ReplyDeleteBia where is the news on the guy that owed one of them money ? Can their parents investigate on this please? He cannot be somewhere drinking water and eating food! Lailai it cannot be soo .. RIP sons of David
ReplyDeletei cannot stp crying just wish i can race d death, oh i wish i was there i would hv done my best to stop those animals or they beat me join,it shall neve be well wt aluu people who did this,oh so by dis time last week those lovenly boys were alive and bouncing?gosh i wish God can mk lastweek friday a day that neve happen and move dis week to last week so that those lovenly boys wil stil be alive for me,oh how i wish somone contacted d parents or police earlier,oh how i wish there love ones or fellow good friends and students were there earlier?how i wish i can race d death,i hv no relation wt those guys or even knw them in person but ever since i watched that video i always feel lk i hv lost a love one i dnt knw y and i cant stop crying either.
ReplyDeletesad.....sobs
ReplyDeleteRIP young lads
ReplyDeleteJust sad
ReplyDeleteeach time i remenber how they were slowly murdered and what they were tinking at that moment i cryed cos i hv also been btween life and death too, d day i was kidnapped at night taken to a bush by dis huge guy wt his hands on my neck rumpling my top wt a dagger on my face asking me nt to drop a word or screem or else he wil drop d dagger on my face lk am a criminal i look all over me and all i could see was bush and darkness allover , for a young woman lk me rape and murder was what i was tinking cos i knw wt a girl lk me in d hands of such barberians rape and murder wil be there intentions i look at my self and said i was dreaming that i hv to woke up frm dis evil dreams but i cant i tryed to woke up by closing my eyes yet i cant ,d huge hand on my neck was so hurtful and painful that i hv to realise that dreams dnt hurt that much so d only ting i hv left wt me was my mind to tink but my mouth could nt speak out of shock and each time i look at those 4cute guys or see there pictures d shock of how there were feeling at that moment put tears to my face,u can neve understand til u find urself in a situation were death remains ur only option but i dnt wish anybody that.
ReplyDeleteAnytime i rmberthis horror, i'm always in tears. May the Lord comfort ur families at this dark peirod of their lives. It is just too sad.
ReplyDeleteJust so sad!
ReplyDeleteSerzly pls d guy dt owed dem money must pay 4ds o he shouldn't b anywhr on d planet n b enjoying after what he dd. RIP guys
ReplyDeletehmmm....God will judge.
ReplyDeletesad
ReplyDeleteGOD WILL JUDGE
ReplyDeletehmmm....God will judge.
ReplyDeleteMay their souls find peace after the torture and gruesome torment meted out to them. No matter what they may have done, ie assuming they were actually terrible armed robbers, no body deserves to die like that.
ReplyDeleteMay their tormentors and jeering murderers never know peace, may they suffer a worse fate than these promising youths, may their land be cursed until they cry out for mercy.
Its still too painful for me to read updates on these guys' death, so I scrolled down to check if Ladun wrote it. Thanks Andrea for the wonderful piece, I've saved it. Maybe one day, I'll be able to read it. Not now or any time soon
ReplyDeleteRest in peace boys .... You are in a better place than this cruel heartless world. God will not let our tears be in vain, you all will find rest . Very painful
ReplyDeleteMy heart goes out to their families. Only God can console you and he will.
ladun pls ladun pls. sad sad, this reoccurent posts on blogs and bbm broadcasts keeps reminding me of allu4 which am trying so hard to forget but not able to , i watched the video and now and then it plays in my head. howevee the consolation i have is the fact that this life is a jorney, like they say where i come from" this life is a mraket place when u do what you came for you go back home' i believe as human beings it is best if we start thinking of our eternal peace, because in the end thats all that matters. RIP Allu 4.
ReplyDeleteOne word "touching" its not fair o lord please console the familes of the dead
ReplyDeleteMy heart goes out to their families......God be with you till we meet again
ReplyDeleteSo sad.I pray dey make heaven cus dats wah can give dem eternal rest.God pls.Rip guys.
ReplyDeleteHeartfelt tribute. RIP boys.
ReplyDeleteIF THIS ISSUE IS SWEPT UNDER THE CARPET IT MEANS NIGERIA IS A CONFIRMED FAILED NATION. JUSTICE MUST BE SERVED, IF IT IS HAPPENING IN THE NORTH, IT IS UNDERSTANDABLE, BUT IN THE SOUTH NAA, NEVER, SHOULD THIS CASE BE ALLOWED TO GO LIKE THAT.
ReplyDeleteRip!
ReplyDeleteSome Aluu indigenes r decrying d burning of their property saying they were parties to the gruesome murder of those 4boys. They must all face d music. I am a mother and when I showed the video to fellow mothers,we were all shedding tears. Since sunday,I've been unable to sleep,I'm anxious to know d outcome of d case,whether dat demonic man with d plank has bn apprehended. I live in Portharcourt n I cn tell u categorically that majority of d Ikwerre ppl r wicked. Mk d mistake of renting an apartment from any of dem,dey literally mk ur life unbearable as dey demand u renew ur rent even bfr d time should lapse. I watched in dismay as women/witches stood as those boys were lynched in cold blood,one even provided d petrol. My God!Such bestiality! It is bad enuf that ppl are still being kidnapped bt 2descend 2d level of killing another person without him explaining himself is unacceptable. I want justice! I want all d culprits apprehended! It can be anyone! Justice must be served!
ReplyDeleteI read another such tribute on some other blog, made mention of them not running, thinking they could calmly explain the situation, that the chief or some other mature person present may listen to the voice of reasoning, the chants of "thief thief" became louder, still there was hope, they were stripped and dealt blows from all corners, still hopeful, paraded through the streets, hopeful maybe that a familiar face would spot them, that someone was coming to bail them from this awful situation, more beating, then the pounding, oh God, the pounding, feeling your skull cave in until brain matter is oozing, more pounding, then the wait...God end this, amidst ruffled mumbles, either still begging for mercy, or praying to God to end it. Hmmmmm
ReplyDeleteNigeria, yes this happens very often in Nigeria, a thief is caught "RED HANDED", beaten and burnt to death, yes we detest the viciousness of armed robbers, and we only sigh when one has been caught and killed, but how many of us have seen it live? I haven't. Even the mere sight of a dead body on the road, we grimace, but this video was very important. We can no longer delude ourselves that evil does not live amongst us. We decry boko haram for their callousness, no type of death is good, but instant is better than slow and painful. Chiadiaka's father described it as being killed like chickens, I can categorically say there is no animal that is killed in such a manner.ahhhhh, Nigerians are cruel. From the politician who keeps state funds in his pockets, leaving death traps we call roads to continue to deteriorate, or not paying old and frail pensioneers their entitlements, or not paying teachers and doctors for the inestimable value they add to our lives, to the armed robber who takes what belongs to another, maiming and killing, to the husband abusing his wife, physically and emotionally, sometimes maiming and disfiguring, to the mother who throws her baby away, to the police who instead of serving, want to be served, to the employer driving fancy cars but will not increase salaries, to the man/woman who will defile a toddler, even the treatment meted out to our house helps, employing children as slaves under the guise of paying "wages"! Let us ask ourselves how much we pay them.
Le us wake up, let us stop turning a blind eye to the injustice we see every day, under our noses. Let us acknowledge that we have PROBLEMS. we cannot help ourselves if we continue to deny problems exist, or exornorate ourselves if we are not directly involved. How did we get to this point? Are we no longer Christians or Muslims? Are we no longer our brothers' keeper? Most importantly, is this the Nigeria we want for our children? May God bless us all, some can make our country better. Amen
ONOME says.....
DeleteGod bless you for this write up. You summed it all up
Wat's a barbaric act by aluu ppl.d first day i set my eyes on dat video i was badly on pains and at d same tym crying lik a babay who long to eat. God wher is dis world and act leading us to?if i may ask does it mean dia is no graduate in a whol of dat village?who wil rise and tell dem it's atrocious to take such an inhuman decision. D penalty to dis shld b death frm dia highnss to d least persn in dat very hom of traitors.
ReplyDeletewould I ever stop crying each passing day? ...hmmm..so speechless. my eyes can no longer hold my tears, my hrt bleeds faster, my soul fainteth n i ask:..hope, hope, hope where art thou? no response. hope is lost, no where to b found. Its d same questions doz guys asked..where art thou oh Hope? But thank God who is the giver of life, my condolence rests in the fact that u guys are with ur Maker, hope may be lost, but Life abounds n as long as life abounds, hope wil turn up someday. hope cannot die. we hope for justice and vengeance by God. Adieu brothers....
ReplyDeleteWho are u to take a life when u cannot create one...Aluu village will neva know peace but will hear of its existence ,RIP friends!
ReplyDeleteThe 1st time it was reported that our friends were being butchered there was a cry of horror. Then a hundred were butchered. But when a thousand were butchered and there was no end to the butchery, a blanket of silence spread. When evil - doing comes like failing rain, nobody calls out "stop". When crime begin to pile up they become invisible. R.I.P Ugonna, Lloyd, Tekena and Aladin. Like Your song lyrics said " there is indeed no love in the heart of the city". Rip aluu4
ReplyDeleteTHE PERSON THAT SCREAMED 'THIEF THIEF' CAUSING THE DEATH OF THE ALUU4 MUST NOW BE VERY AWARE OF THE NATIONAL OUTRAGE.
ReplyDeleteSO WHERE IS HE? ITS BETTER TO JUST SURRENDER AND ADMIT YOUR PART IN THIS, THAN HIDE IN FEAR, AND FOREVER DEPENDING ON THE LOYALTY OF KITH AND KIN. THEY WILL BETRAY YOU CUS THEY ALSO WANT PEACE IN THEIR LIFE
ITS BETTER TO JUST COME OUT AND SPEAK ON THE PART YOU PLAYED (((HEAVY SIGHS))
So sad. RIP 2 their souls.
ReplyDeleteI cnt stop readin abt dis nd i cnt help bt griv,no justice can justify dis pain,i jst wish d people of aluu guilty nd nt guilty,men nd women infact everytin mentnd or labelled Aluu wil b wil b wiped out of d surface of dis earth,
ReplyDeleteAll I can do is wish. Wish dey never went there, wish they weren't burnt, wish sum1 helped, wish,wish, wish.... I wish they ddn die. Wish God can give their lives back.
ReplyDeleteI can't help than to pray for them dat God shud grant them eternal rest n give their families the fortitude to bear the loss. RIP UGONNA, ILOYD, TEKENA AND CHIDIAKA
ReplyDeleteRIP Tekena,Ugonna,Chidiaka and Loyd. I am all the way in Ghana praying for your souls.Your deaths will not be for nothing. God will vindicate your names and your accuser will pay.
ReplyDeleteGod keep you and may your families find the peace to move on. God save the human rase.