A Nigerian lady has written
about a lifeless body she found in Lagos state unattended to. People went on
with their affairs leaving the body.
While sharing the shocking
image on Instagram, Titilayomi Yomi-Badejo wrote that she found the body while
on her way from work. See what she wrote below;
Saw this man lying on the
side of the road while on my way home from work. Must be exhausted I thought,
definitely doesn’t have a home for an afternoon nap…What a pity! Until I looked
closer…He’s dead! Why is he not breathing?! I call the attention of a LASTMA
Officer who was mindlessly controlling traffic.
Please check that man, I
urged. ‘Madam he don die o, na so I dey here since morning, him never move’.
Mouth agape, so many questions, none voiced. ‘Ah madam e dey happen like that,
na so they just fall dan die like that’.
By they I’m sure he
referred to the homeless, the mentally challenged, the less privileged. What
struck me about this scene was the presence of a presidential campaign poster
for the current government just inches away from the deceased. ‘Progress’ it read.
I looked at the lifeless
body once more, flies parading his body, ants all over his face…even in death
he’s still ignored.
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