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| Swagger Island where I am currently |
Hey guys, I am so sorry. They took me away to this island in the outskirts of Lagos where I can barely receive or make calls much less use my internet. I actually went with my laptop hoping to be able to blog but this place...oh dear...you only come here if you want to get away from the world. And you can only get here via helicopter or boat...it’s totally away from civilisation.... but that’s where the reality show ‘Who’s Got Swag’ is being shot and as a judge I’m supposed to be here for 12 days but that’s not going to happen. I’m leaving tomorrow to be able to blog and do some other thingsss...:-)
I will make it up to you guys tomorrow, I promise.
Absolutely not a good story to tell, but it happened, so here goes. A white man was killed by a Nigerian guy in a hotel in Festac town last week. It was the white guy’s first time in Nigeria and the Nigerian guy was supposed to be his guide. The Nigerian dude had taken him around town for several days, but as the white man prepared to check out of his hotel, the Nigerian guide slashed his throat...just ‘cos he wanted to steal from him. It was the hotel staff that apprehended him as he made to leave with the white guy's belongings. We were at the hotel some days ago...horrible story/sight. I even have a picture but let's move on...
Not a good image for us...but that’s typically not who we are...so please foreigners, feel free to come here anytime. We are good people...:-)
I’ve been trying to send this message out to you guys since morning...I accomplished it thirteen hours later...dear Lord, I can’t wait to leave this place. Alright, let me go do my job...catch you guys tomorrow. Kisses.
Just WOW at that story!
ReplyDeleteI have no words! SMH
Missing ur posts girl even tho they've been quite depressing of late :(
oooo my gosh that story the white guy is just terrible...Which kain rubbish be that...that man dat killed him should just rot in hell...God will judge him...and Linda abeg I cant wait till u leave that place and come to back to blogging...i've been missing the site for a while...tk care
ReplyDeletewelcome bak
ReplyDeleteThe heart of a man is desperately wicked...Who shall know it?
ReplyDeleteI hope he faces the law...Asshole murderer!
@ the news from Festac: Oh WOW! That is so crazy!
ReplyDeleteTreat the Swagger Island as a mini vacation jare. Remote means fun...hahaha.
Thanks for taking the time to still blog Linds. I appreciate it!
ok, at least we know you're alright... dear Linda, please don't worry about blogging for the next few days. stay there and have fun. go to the water-side and relax yourself. make calls to your family once in a while. take these 12 days off and rejuvenate yourself, please. life is too short and blogging is the least thing u should be worried about now.
ReplyDeleteNa wa o!This place looks dingy
ReplyDeleteThank God o!!! wondering what happened to u...atleast u are hail and hearty.....take your time and we your fans are waiting patiently o....
ReplyDeletewe miss u!
OMG!!!!! WHAT IS WRONG WITH SOME PEOPLE?! doing all of that so you can kill him? how heartless can some people get? its rather sickening! may the dear man rest in peace!
ReplyDeleteNIGERIA, NIGERIA, NIGERIA!!!! LET GOODLUCK AND OUR (NEWLY) ELECTED GOVERNORS PLEASE HELP MOVE THIS COUNTRY FORWARD! please help us by giving jobs to our citizens and making life easier, and by that, im sure crime will go down by at least 40%. PLEASE! it makes me really sick, to say the least. now foreigners won't want to come to Nigeria again! we have soooooooooo much potential in the tourism industry, but idiots like this want to ruin it for us! people will be saying nigeria is a no-go zone, especially after all that has been happening in the north. my people, i urge you to CHANGE! please stop this madness! not only do our politicians need to rebrand Nigeria, but we need to start with ourselves and rebrand that.
RIP.
lets see the pictures please.
ReplyDeletelets see the pictures please.
ReplyDeleteNa wa oh for Naija.
ReplyDeleteMay his soul rest in peace.
I hope justice is served on the killer of the tourist.
Ofcourse! The foreigners are totally convinced that we are good people. I mean, what kind of foreigner wouldnt believe? Our brothers up North slaughter us when they realize we are not one of them (northerners or subscribers of whatever opinion they have) and now after we get paid to be tour guides, we slit throats just to steal some more.
ReplyDeleteWe are definitely nice people!
*snickers*
Heyyyy! What on earth is this now? I am sure the white man must have paid him so why did he have to kill him? Na wa o!
ReplyDeleteSwagger Island? WOW!!! The organisers of the reality show are swaggalicious. But please be careful there o. Don't let any guy ginger your swagger or swagger your ginger o.
ReplyDeleteAs for the Naija man that killed the white man, it is pathetic. I read it somewhere, the Naija man said the white man drugged him and raped him. That 's why he killed him in annoyance. But we all know it's a lie. It's this type of man that spoils our already damaged image.
I missed you die o. Did you miss me too? Yes or Yes.
Linda, so you did not vote? Lol! I'm on holiday in Lagos and bored (ish) due to no new updates here!! *waiting* Chilling.
ReplyDeleteLinda when i put my name, and click on publish my comment, it takes me to a site asking me to be a blogger! Dang!! I'll try to use anonymous and see if it works.
Linda, you were really missed o!
ReplyDeletei kept checking out your blog, wondering what's up
anyway, have all the fun you can at swagger island..u need am! lol
by the way, that man who killed a white man is a disgrace to us in this country..May God forgive him and rid us of all these bad eggs!
What?!!! Oh wow! This is too too sad for words, stealing is not good but why add murder too? Couldn't he just con the man out of his things and leave the man his life? Jesu, help us o! My cousin took her oyibo husband to Nigeria two years ago, come and see how his parents were shaking because they had read of the kidnappings etc. I had to promise that I would be with them every step of the way and keep them posted via phone call. I've been to Ghana and seen oyibo, Chinese, Indian walking about conducting their business without native entourage but Naija? That can never happen and now this has really put the nail in the coffin.
ReplyDeleteMay God grant that poor man everlasting peace and may His wrath be visited on that thieving murderer!
Truly truly devastating.
pathetic
ReplyDeleteNa wa oooo
ReplyDeleteLinda pls enjoy urself jare! Even dou I dey miss u sha
Hav fun!
I can take a bet that the Nigerian in this story is an Igbo man. I hate to generalise but this is our reality.
ReplyDeleteLinda, is there a man involved in this Swagger Island????
ReplyDeleteSpill the beans honey!
Who is this man?
What does he do?
You are hinding things from us:)
good on you girl and no need to rush back i am sure we can all wait for your blogg after you have had a nice rest can't we guys?
ReplyDeleteGOD PUNISH THAT IDIOT THAT MENTIONED IGBOS! ARE IGBOS THE ONLY ONES COMMITTING CRIMES IN NIGERIA? GOD WILL DEFINITELY PUNISH YOU!
ReplyDeletesecond of all, why is it that every time something negative happens, everyone is quick to point out tribe/ethnicity? but when its something good, irrespective of tribe, everyone in Nigeria wants to claim you and scream about how proud they are to be Nigerians. just shut the fuck up.
Am sure it was not an Igbo man that committed the crime but an Hausa Muslim from the North, since that is wat they re good at doing. slitting throats with the same knife they use in doing the suyas they sell to us. Damn butchers!
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