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All of a sudden, I had several banging on my car that was slowed down to about 5 Km an hour. It was not stand still. It was moving. Three or four young men were hitting my car with their fists indicating that they were hungry and I must feed them. It was a command and nothing near a plea. I shouted back asking why am I responsible for their feeding.
I was on the fastest lane that was moving at the speed of the Tortoise, meaning at least more than the Snail. Here I was, living that same “daily life,” wishing the cars around me would notice my plight. I am sure they did but could not be bothered. I thought of crashing into the car next to mine in the middle lane as everyone drove on as if nothing was happening. I thought about the cost to repair two or more cars if I behaved instinctively.
I related my experience to a bosom friend who told me that his wife had been accosted at the same spot I was at and successfully robbed twice. Each time she was being driven, she normally fretted at that same spot, scared that she would be attacked again. She had seen other people being attacked and moved on as I would have done. But her husband made a significant point.
On a larger note, the signs of things getting to this point especially in Lagos have always been there. The increasing presence of unemployed, unproductive very hungry young men easily deployed as tools of political oppression and destruction in any society should not be left unattended to. The security menace they constitute only became more harrowing since we got the renewed hope government of Nigeria.
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