"Can this month end already!!!"
Today is the last day of October 2012, a month filled with so much tragic stories. Nigerians i'm sure cannot wait to see the end of this month which has been tagged 'Month of Horror'
The reson for this tag is not far fetched. Join me as i chronicle the bizarre headlines printed this month.
October 5th: Aluu Killings: 4 Students assassinated by Aluu Community in River State
October 7th: Ogun: Pastor, 8 church members die in Auto accident
October 8th: Gunmen open fire on residents, kills 17. Army retaliates, kills 30
October 9th: Blast kills Army Lieutenant, 31 others in Maiduguri
October 10th: Man jumps to his death from 8th floor in Portharcourt
October 11th: 14 killed in reprisals in Plateau
Gunmen kill 2 FRSC officers in Kano
October 12th: Girl, 13, murdered, kept in freezer
Mother, daughter drown in Anambra
Woman commits suicide after giving birth to twins
October 15th: Gunmen kill 20 at mosque in Zaria
Grandson kills 120, 140 yr old grandparents
October 16th: Gunmen kill 5 Ibadan ram sellers in Maiduguri
October 17th: 15 die, property destroyed as fulani attack Benue community
Soldiers kill 24 Boko haram members
October 18th: 20 killed, 30 injured in bomb blasts in Potiskum, Yobe state
October 20th: Enugu poisoned meat: 6 dead, 60 hospitalized
October 21st: 33 die as coaster bus plunges into River in Ogun
October 22nd: 6 drowned in Bayelsa
October 26th: 16 die in Ilorin Auto crash
October 28th: Kaduna suicide bomb attack; 8 confirmed dead
*wipes sweat from fore head*
Dear readers, as you went through this chronicle, you must have realised one thing: We are blessed!
Its not like we are saints or the best people on earth but here we are, still alive and well.
See you guys in November, God willing.
i'm off to count my blessings.
By the way, Happy Halloween *rolling my eyes*
Nelly I enjoy the way u bring ur story. It is so informal and funny. Wish to relate wit u, can I get ur email
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