Chai! Na serious matter dis o! One 13-year-old boy, Timothy Daniel, don meet bad end because of soldier wey no sabi wetin e dey do. Na for church, during crossover night wey people dey shout ‘Happy New Year’ for Mount Zion Church, Ete, Ikot Abasi, na im this tragedy happen last December 31.
Miracle Daniel, na Timothy sister, she dey share her heart matter as she talk say e no suppose happen like dis. As she dey explain, she go church with her family. Everybody dey jolly, but she gree carry her younger sister go find toilet, na there wahala meet dem. Soldier come dey push dem around like say dem no be human beings. Na im she stand up tell the soldier say e dey harass her, wey make the soldier slap her like say na boxing match.
Omo, when she and her sister dey run away from the wahala, dem hear gunshot, and na so dem rush back only to discover say na Timothy the soldier don shoot. Wetin be dis? E dey like Nigerian movie for real!
As Miracle and her sister dey manage find Timothy lifeless body, na riot begin as youth for the area come dey vex, dem dey shout ‘enough is enough!’ But the soldiers wey dey try control the matter come dey shoot again. Some people no gree run, but when teargas drop, na so dem waka comot, sharp sharp!
Dem later find out say soldiers don carry Timothy body run go somewhere. E bad like that o! Families dey cry, but na wetin person fit do? Dem go cry, dem go shout, but who go hear dem? Nobody know where the body dey again.
Na so Miracle and her family run go meet police wey come check the matter, but na wa! See police wey dey respond. Dem come ask questions, but how many soldiers go face the law? Na only time go tell.
The Nigerian Army sef come meet dem and talk say dem no happy about the matter. Dem talk say dem go detain the soldier wey shoot Timothy. But wetin be the punishment? Dem no fit mention soldier name. How dem wan do justice without name? Na wah!
Na so families dey demand justice. Miracle mama don talk say she no go allow dem bury Timothy for their compound. How she go do am? She talk say na only justice go fit bring peace, and she want good compensation. But how much be N500m compared to life? Nothing fit replace life o!
As people dey talk, Miracle dey share her grief. Timothy no be bad person, him dey do chores well, him fit cook, and him no dey fight. Wetin person do dey lead to such cruel ending? The community dey feel the pain, and the calls for justice dey rise.
Now dem dey wonder if the government go even talk about this matter. As Miracle dey gist, she dey hope say dem go see justice. She no wan believe say dem go allow this soldier go free. This one don pass wahala! Soldiers suppose protect people, no be to dey kill innocent boy wey just dey live life.
Nigerians! We dey talk this matter because we no go let dem forget the blood of innocent Timothy. Na his blood dey cry for justice, and we no go rest until we see am!
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