Bianca Ojukwu’s Heartbreak At The Wickedness Of Nigerians At Enugu Accident Scene

A former Nigerian Ambassador to Spain, Her Excellency, Iyom Bianca Ojukwu, has expressed shock over the heartlessness exhibited by some Nigerians at an accident scene in Enugu.

Nigerians have an unforgivable habit of videoing and taking gory photographs of victims of accidents or other tragedies, with their phones, instead of giving a helping hand.

They watch them groan in pain, and instead of taking those still alive to the hospital, videoing and taking their photographs become their priority.

Recently, Ambassador Ojukwu, who is the widow of Dim Emeka Odimegwu Ojukwu, came across one of such horrible  scenes, and recounts her traumatic experience in a post.

According to her, when she got to the scene, she noticed that a couple of the victims were still alive and yearning for help. But all those who clustered around them, were not willing to help. They concentrated on their phones to record the dying moments of the victims.

Her words:

“I alighted from my vehicle with my aides, including those in my backup vehicles and approached the scene. To my shock and dismay, most of the people standing around there, who just parked their own cars by the side of the expressway were simply busy with their cellphones taking pictures and making videos of the gruesome incident.

“We literally had to fight many of them away from the scene, especially some heartless souls with their phones held up at point blank against the faces of victims, recording their agony and their dying groans.

“I noticed more of the victims were breathing and we tried to get motorists who were slowing down purely to watch the horror, to help us to transport the victims to the nearest hospital to no avail. They would slow down, peek and pass. I made my way to the victim that first caught my eye, a lady who appeared unconscious but was moving her hand. When I approached her, and she heard my voice, all she could mutter was, ‘biko, jide m aka’ (please hold my hand). I assured her she would be ok, the lady lying beside her, also dressed in the same uniform was groaning in intense pain.

“No emergency medical response services in sight, Not even Road Safety officials, I noticed three young men and another lady who were equally scouting for good samaritans to transport survivors to the nearest hospital. Nobody else seemed willing to help. Some were even trying to avoid my eye and my pleas as they snaked their way past the gory scene.

“Together with the three young men we lifted several of the victims into our vehicles and headed for the hospital. The road was blocked with traffic but we eventually got there. The hospital staff swung into action and battled to save those that were still breathing. Several did not make it.”