By Adesina Soyooye
Following the declaration of Nigeria, by the United States of America’s President Donald Trump, as a Country of Particular Concern, CPC, over alleged genocide upon Christians, his threat of War against perpetrators, and the controversy and confusion that have followed it, a young Medical Doctor, Iye Abel, recounts her harrowing and heart-stopping experience in Zamfara State during her mandatory Housemanship.
In her post on her Facebook page, November 3, she recounts how a six-month pregnant woman was ra*ed and her husband slaughtered before her; men shot on their genitals, women shot on their private parts, and children shot on their faces.
She is incensed that Government at all levels looked the other way while the people went through hell. She is sad that it took President Trump’s threat to wake the Nigerian Government up.
Following is her post.
“I worked in a tertiary health facility in Zamfara during my compulsory housemanship.
“That area was ravaged by armed bandits and kidnappers at the time. For every call duty, we had no less than ten new casualties, some brought in dead—men, women, and children.
“These bandits terrorized villages and killed people without mercy. I sutured different kinds of bullet wounds that period, people shot in their genitals, legs, anus—you name it!
“My nostrils were literally fed up with the smell of innocent blood.
“There were days I got emotional on the job as I could not stand the depth of unhindered wickedness that was perpetuated in the land.
Most of the medical officers in surgery department took lots of alcohol. I guess it was their own way of calming their nerves and zoning out of the realities at work.
“Most nights, the attacked villagers came soaked in their own blood, crying, cursing Nigeria and calling on God to help them. They had no one to call on, but God.
“I remember a six-month old pregnant woman who was raped and her husband killed in her presence. Soldiers were not left out too. They were badly bruised and injured. Some died, raining insults on Nigeria till they breathed their last. It was a horriffic experience.
“I still recall an eight-year old girl who was shot in her face. Eyes apart, face in shambles, but she managed to breathe through her disfigured nostrils. We referred them to ABU teaching hospital but the father said they had no money for surgery.They took her out of the hospital. I really can’t tell how that story ended. She was only eight!
“I ran home immediately after my House job and never looked back.
“People sit behind their keypads and drop hot takes when they have no experience of what mass killings is all about. They talk without empathy because they, or their loved ones, are not in anyway affected.
“The truth remains that real killings have been happening in Nigeria in thousands, and the government has been inattentive to it.
“I’m particularly thankful that these two days have aroused our leaders to action. Let them protect those who they are leading. Let them be held accountable for their negligence all through the years.
“And I sincerely hope that Nigeria recovers from this colossal disgrace.
“May peace dwell in our nation once again.”
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