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Is it  possible for me to forget the events that took place in lagos nigeria at okeafa isolo in which many sons and daughters with a supposed bright future lost their lives as they were trapped and drawned in the okeafa canal in an attempt to excape from the bomblast that took place in ikeja military cantonment which was just a stone throw from okeafa where this sad incidence took place ? I had just concluded my post primary education(secondary school) in okota and was residing somewhere in surulere then, memories of that events seems like yesterday. Eyewitnesses reported that early that morning people had woken up and had prepared to go about their normal business.. Husling and bustling which is the case with settlers in lagos. Unknown to many that what seems like another blessed day would turn out as a day of mourning in oshodi isolo local government area of lagos state.  Reporters had it that some dynamites and other suffisticated weapons of mass destruction supposedly left over and recovered from the biafran war which was buried in what looks like a careless manner underneath the ground exploded in turns due to subjection to intense temperature and prepared. Whether this is true or no remains a mystery as there were different accounts to the story. it happens that those residing within this catchment in other to excape death ran into this death trap enmass like an unguarded herd of cattle. Since it was actually dark as the sun had prior to this time gone to its resting place. Many people especially children supposing that the canal which was covered with leaves and grasses was a dry land, rushed into it like the biblical Egyptians ran into the red sea in the pursuit of the israelites. The consequence was that they all met their end. parents were robbed of their children, people were did place from their homes, new accommodations and rents skyrocketed and became difficult to afford as load other, landlords and landladies saw this as an opportunity to enrich themselves.  Today is a 13th year memorial service for that sad unforgettable event. May the souls of all these faithful departed continue to rest in peace as we all will live to remember them.. Amen.

By Efio-Ita Nyok

Calabar delinquent and deviant street children A.K.A Scolombo, sequel to the lynching of one of the sect’s members by a disillusioned public, in the outskirts of Calabar on Saturday 17 January 2015, decided on a return march, in the attempt to demonstrate probably to the public that their invidious inclination to terrorise the peace-loving people of Calabar has not in any way been dissuaded.

The story has it that between 11 am and 12 pm of Sunday 25 January 2015 along Iboku Street, Mbukpa Street and State Avenue, while devout of various Churches where on their way back from their respective church services, encountered these delinquent and deviant juveniles holding the three streets mentioned above and adjoining streets to a ransom by harassing and embarrassing them, forcefully depriving them of their phones, electronic gadgets, and introducing general chaos as passers-by were terrified.

On Friday 23 January 2015 by 8 pm, it is said that a similar ignoble feat had earlier on been perpetuated by these lots in Mbukpa street. Now, they have repeated it in a space of 48 hours in the same street. In fact, they extended their geographical coverage! Who knows when, where and in what dimension they are planning to strike?

It is surprising that the security infrastructures in the state are yet to include Scolombo in their detail. Is it that they are not aware of this recent event? Or, do they lack the required motivation for their job? What is really the problem? Yes, what is preventing our security institutions from responding accordingly? I may not have the answers to these fundamental questions; but these are inquiries that are begging for answers, not empty answers, but real and practical answers.

I and every Cross Riverian including every inhabitants of the state indeed, who wishes that the state of peace and tranquillity returns to the previous status quo would appreciate if the first of such responses comes from the foremost security officer in Cross River State in the person of the Executive Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke.

We are waiting Sir!    

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