Jos Killing Happenings

 




Myself and other concerned Nigerians walked into the scenes of the attacks and nothing could have prepared our hearts for what we saw

The ground cried louder than the people

Every step we took was on blood

Not because we wanted to but because innocent lives had been poured out like water before our eyes

We stood with the people of Angwan Rukuba

Their cries pierced the heavens

Mothers wailing

Fathers broken

Young men standing in shock not knowing whether to scream or to collapse

We tried to speak but our voices trembled

How do you comfort people standing in the middle of such pain

From there we rushed to Jos University Teaching Hospital

The sight there was even more heartbreaking

Bodies torn

Lives hanging by a thread

Eyes filled with fear and silent questions

We held their hands

We prayed

We cried with them

One man looked at us

Shot by a gun

His face brutally cut open by a machete

Blood still fresh

Pain written all over him

Yet he was still breathing

Still hoping

Still fighting to live

From there we went to the morgue

Brethren what we saw there cannot be explained

Cold bodies lined up

Lifeless

Silent

Men women children

People who had dreams yesterday

People who laughed just hours before

Now gone

The air was heavy

Our hearts shattered

Tears refused to stop

Brethren how long will this continue?

How long will innocent blood keep crying from the ground

It is time to wake up

It is time to rise

May the souls of the faithful departed rest in peace Amen

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