Horror

I was deep in thought after watching the movie ‘hostel’. It was really graphic and just played with my emotions. I watched it with a friend and I asked if this could be happening in real life. In a nutshell, the movie is about the rich indulging in their fantasies by killing humans through which means they want. Innocent girls or boys are lured by sex or fun and they get killed off by these wealthy individuals. Any way, I was just thinking if something like this goes on in developing countries. We got into this debate and it occurred that in my very own experience it goes on in developing countries like Nigeria. We have all heard horror stories of people being kidnapped and parts of their bodies taken for ritual or for other purposes. I know for one that God save my family from such horror as my younger sister was almost kidnapped just in front of our house in Nigeria. She ran as she was being chased by these two men in the car, they tried hitting her with the car until God brought help for her (I will ask her to write that story).

Many people would tell the same stories of how they escaped from being killed or used for rituals. The kidnappers are normally paid by wealthy individuals to get specific kinds of people. Some months ago, I read in a Nigerian newspaper how a pastor escaped from being killed by these individuals. He was kidnapped, taken to this remote village; he witnessed the people that were on the same bus he was kidnapped killed off. Their body parts were to be sold of to individuals with money according to his report.


Today on the papers, I read of a baby farm found in Enugu state in the eastern region of Nigeria. I read with horror as I took the bus to city centre. Newborns are sold for £72.00. The newborns are either sold to traffickers who would move them on to prostitution or used as slaves. These types of stories happen to real people and thank God they have been found out on this occasion. I hope other remote places that such horror happens will be found out and necessary action taken. I hope the government will make a strong stance against such atrocities. Better life, good jobs and development in general should be government’s priority to curb this atrocity.