Tribute to the 4 Uniport Students Lynched in Aluu

What happened to the phrase "Be your brother's keeper"? Since the incident, I haven't been able to bring myself to watching the video of the killing of these innocent boys. Whoever recorded those videos, whoever was in the crowd when this barbaric act was performed and did not do anything to stop it should know that God is watching and i hope you would ever be able to find sleep after it all.

To those of you who are not aware of this incident, here is a summary: 4 young innocent Uniport boys were mistaken for thieves and accused of stealing laptop and phones. The communiy vigilante stripped them naked, walked them around for 3 hours (video recorded), beat them to stupor with blood all over their bodies and then burnt them to death. SAD. Question is: if they truly stole laptops and phones does the purnishment not outway the crime?! My heart goes out to their families.....Read tribute below.

Here is a tribute by Andrea Chike, very touching......May their souls continue to rest in peace.

Some call u cultists Some call u thieves Initially u were worried about the shame of being stripped naked in full of the view of the crowd... The shame quickly turned into fear 4 ur life... They beat u so badly, u could not mutter a word... Your heart was saying "Please, please wait we're not thieves" but ur mouth would not move...

You were tired, aching and gasping 4 the breath of life... You look at the crowd and u see children, men and women that are ur fellow country men... Shock met disbelieve... Your hearts cried 4 help. You were thinking it was a dream, that this cannot be happening. They are not going to kill us...

You wanted to wake up so that u dream no more... But sadly enough, the dream was not an illusion but apparent reality... You shouted, Somebody Help! Please Somebody Help!..
Your Dad was not there to feel ur pain... Your Mum was not there to hear ur cry 4 help... Your Brothers & Sisters...were somewhere on their daily businesses, while u were dying somewhere in Aluu community... You were so badly beaten. You were hoping just to die so that it will all end... Then came the Petrol...and u were thinking... No they wont burn us... No No No Nooo! The fire came... The sun became so hot... You hoped 4 the rain which will never come... Oh the Pain... So Unbearable...

Then there was silence and peace... You crossed over to eternity, waving ur hands to ur lifeless body... Finally u found rest from ur tormentors. You were betrayed... ...betrayed by the person who won't pay his debt and dare turn on u and watch u die in such anguish. ...betrayed by the community who made so many assumptions and exercised their jungle judgement on u. ...betrayed by those who stood by and enjoyed this injustice. ...betrayed by the authorities that has no immediate response to community uproar. ...betrayed by every observer who thinks 4 whatever reason, u deserve this gruesome judgment. ...betrayed by any human being who whatever reason thinks any circumstance around ur death was justified by the judgment u were served. NO ONE SHOWED MERCY! NO ONE SHOWED COMPASSION! BETRAYAL WRITTEN ALL OVER THERE FACES AS THEY HACKED YOU GUYS TO DEATH... BY Andrea Chike.