I heard screams from a distance with people gathered...
“They have killed my child,” Mama Ejiro cried out loud, shouting and tearing at her hair as she tossed and turned in abject grief. Tears mixed with mucus coated her face as she bawled.
Perplexed, I moved closer to find out what was happening. Mama Ejiro continued to cry and shout hysterically. ” I’m in trouble ooo! my life is over; my own has finished today...
“what is it?, what is wrong?” I asked no one in particular, needing only to make sense of the unfolding drama. “Its her daughter Ejiro, she was hit by a car while trying to evade the soldiers enforcing the lockdown in the city, the lady by my side volunteered and explained.
I sighed. “what a pity!” Feeling dazed, but knowing there was nothing left to be done; I moved on with shaky legs.
Later that night, I thought about Ejiro as I laid my bed. A precious life had just been cut short, a young girl’s destiny destroyed. Who knows what she might have become had she lived?
Makes me wonder if what we fear most is the virus or the hunger that plagues the people of the country...
