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| Ibim Semenitari is the Rivers State Commissioner for Information |
Meanwhile, the deputy registrar of University of Port Harcourt, Williams Modi, said the school will issue a statement once they get all the facts - I.e, the true identities of the victims and what actually transpired on the day of the reported incident.
Also, I heard that residents of the community have started fleeing the area to avoid being arrested. Please continue...
Before I broke the story on Friday, I spoke with three different UNIPORT students, one of them my cousin (he was the one who sent the story to me) and they all said the same thing. That the Aluu community said they killed these boys because they stole. I asked the students what the victims supposedly stole, and they said - the people who killed them said they stole phones and laptops. That was why I made that my headline...
But since then, we've heard different versions of what happened on that early Friday morning...different versions! Below is another one...which suggests the boys didn't steal the phones and laptop but took it by force...
At this point, I really don't care what these boys did. Not that I condone any form of crime, but there's no excuse for what the Aluu community did to these boys. No excuse! Even people that have been prosecuted for a crime and condemned to die are shown some kind of respect. These boys were treated like animals. Maybe even worse. Animals we kill for consumption are not treated like this. So we must all rise and condemn this act. This is the land that will be home to our children and children's children.
The right to life is a fundamental right!
#JusticeforAluu4
270 comments:
«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 270 of 270Anytime I see dis boys my hrt breaks!!!!I can't begin 2 imagine wat d family is goin thru......d pple dat d dis deserves 2 die a horrible death n I knw 4 sure God has a plan 4 dem n dey must b caught no matter wat d boys did dey dnt deserve 2 die like dat....I mourn 4 nigeria linda thumbs up
after independence, nigerian which way ohhh, i feel so sick, pained and miserable with kind kind of bad news, to watch someone beaten and then burnt to death...that man in charge is the devil himself....the evil that men do, amazes the devil himself.....Lord av mercy, justice on their death, let that man be found, even those watching were all guity as well as d person videoing without sending Bc for help or alerting d police....
dis is far too wrong wat ever dose boiz may have done it does nt wat it.we all may hv done some bad.dose villages won tell me dem wen dey beat dose boiz nor be thief 4 dat village cos hand never touch them fools of a pple make dem send force men to kill everybody 4 dat village na evil minds na dey there hw can a human do this this is a disgrace to manhood. am short of words let justice be done to dat community right nw
and d people of dat community wud hav bin criticizin boko haram sect wen they demselvs are more heartless and devilish, LORD HAV MERCY.that community has to b wiped off both women nd children cos i watch d video nd a pregnant woman standin was sayin "dis one neva die, dis one neva die.plz a bomb shud b dropd in dat community plzzzzz dis is ma humble opinion. tnx linda
Cruel world..Mehnn we are still backwards. May their souls rest in peace.Amen.
Kill anyone that has hand in there death..show no mercy...let it be an example for those who take law into their own hands...
The killers (number 1 on the list is the person who started chanting 'thief thief'), all deserve the same treatment. Stripped and lynched too. Caused the families of those young guys pain for the rest of their lives. They surely have killed more that just 4 persons.
Its on cool fm 96.9 and on @nigeriainfo993. The sister of one of the victims tekena elkanah, her name is Anne. She was there and said the police gave the people go ahead to kill the victims. That the police van was packed by the side while the atrocity was been committed.
The law must be allowed to take its course. And for the life of me all the while this was going on where were these police arresting people now? where were they? We seem to be putting our wrong foot forward. We are solving most of our problems from the wrong end. 4 young lives could have been saved if the police did their job. And again were they alerted? Was there no one in that crowd that could alert the police? No elder in that area that could take responsibility and stop these animals? Now that they have killed these boys, are they (the killers)any different? The Bible tells us that the mind of human is INFINITELY wicked!!! How true!! May God rest the souls of these young men and strengthen their families. It is a tragic loss.
SO TRAGIC
TRACIC
I feel so sad,as a mother of two,I cant imagine this at all,I saw the video and I wish I didn't cos its disheartening and sad...I live in uk and I'm always afraid to come home to my country wit my family...first it was kidnaping,boko haram now village killing...so so sad I even saw some women in the video watching them kill people's children like animals and they stood there..in fact may God punish all of them including the one taking the video and pictures...as for the fool that shouted thieves,u ll definitely get ur reward in a painful way too....the whole village should be arrested and sentenced to death too..God help our country...
I enjoy reading through this blog, I cried so much when I watched the video clip. Whatever these boys did they did not deserve this.pls pls the video clip should be removed, for the sake of their poor loved ones. Even if they were bad boys or good boys, their poor poor mother needs peace at this time, these pictures especially showing how people were callously watching, jeering and calling for their deaths. No mother deserves that, everybody has their perspective to every story but today let us think if ..... They were you son, brother, cousin or even friend.
Nigeria does not inspire an form of encouragement for me to bring my kids home to, what with all these horror stories. Bad things happen everywhere but the made in Nigeria bad things blow ones mind. May their souls rest in peace. Thanks
I WILL KEEP IT SHORT & SIMPLE.
EVERY COMMENTATOR SO FAR HAS PROVED WHY WE AS A CIVILIZED SOCIETY SHOULD NOT CONDONE VIGILANTE ACTION. THE TRUTH GETS LOST & INNOCENT PEOPLE CAN SUFFER.
SO FAR, THERE ARE SO MANY VERSIONS OF WHAT REALLY HAPPENED. PEOPLE SETTLE SCORES, NOBODY KNOWS THE WHOLE TRUTH. PEOPLE BEAR FALSE WITNESS.
MY LITTLE ADVICE IS FOR THOSE CONCERNED TO SEARCH THEIR CONSCIENCE AND ASK A SIMPLE QUESTION - HOW DOES THIS HELP THEIR SOCIETY? CHAOS BREEDS CHAOS. THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE 'VIGILANTE' ACTION HAVE CLEARLY SHOWN THEY ARE CRIMINALS THEMSELVES.
DAVID
JUSTICE, NIGERIA, JUSTICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JUSTICE!!!!!!
What was the intention of the person/people who stood by to take pictures and even make a video? Seriously? That's beyond insensitive. Animals are not even slaughtered in this manner. God help us abeg
The igwe son should be burnt alive so he can feel the pain
The killers (number 1 on the list is the person who started chanting 'thief thief'), all deserve the same treatment. Stripped and lynched too. Caused the families of those young guys pain for the rest of their lives. They surely have killed more that just 4 persons. If they say, they have lost faith in the Nigerian Police why didnt they take them to their King or Chief?
Terrible times we live in.Very terrible..Even when a criminal is condemned to die...They don't die with such brutality!!!!!Death sentences are made to be as quick as possible!!!!
The point is,NO one deserves to go like this,definitely not young lads.4 promising souls,in one day???Mba nu!
People of Aluu!What is this that you have done???Aluu Eme!!!Nnukwu Aluu eme ooooh!This is it!Yes,you are all very hostile and unaccommodating to strangers,but you took this one too far!Chai..This one went too far.How can u kill human beings like rats?Those of you who have seen the videos,thumbs up ooh.I couldn't.My poor heart isn't strong enough.
Linda,God bless you.Please,do not let this case die.Please...
RIP Aluu 4!
i dont even know who is giving us the right info. pls linda help us with genuine info. so that we will know what to say. God pls help us in this nation full of crime.
So we have to wait for people to be killed before we speak out or fight for our rights abi? Now y'all are investigating and showing concern after the deed had been done. God my heart bleeds for Nigerian and her people. Such a shame. All u so called journalists and bloggers,be true to urselves.
Yes oh justice must prevail
God has answered our prayers. The tears and horror the nation felt has not been in vain.
Linda you are a national treasure! We knew we could count on you to push for justice!
History has been made today! Lynching will one day be a thing of our past, a shameful past, but one that is dead.!
Thank you Linda!
Thank you Nigerians!
This is Unjust, Barbaric, Terrible, Savage, and Gory. Jungle justice in Nigeria reminds me of an incidence (while working as a Banker in a small town, Iyamoye-KG), where I went out at about 10pm (not knowing that they had curfew in that place)to get some medications for myself because I wasnt feeling fine. I fell into the hands of these Vigilante group, and they began to slap me on the back with cutlass and whip. Immediately they labelled me with so many names (that I am not), threatening to batter me. As they were dealing with me, I could remember calling the name of JESUS ( I think twice) and at that moment I began to stand up(cos they laid me flat on the ground and commanded me not to stand up)and I noticed a small opening between 2 of them in front of me(they surrounded me), Calling that MIGHTY name - of JESUS - I took off at a speed I cant describe till date. I keep thanking GOD anytime I remember that incident, for HIS Infinite and Divine Mercy.
Few days later, I saw one of their leaders telling a man that he could easily kill anyone he catches at night, kill him , and hide his dead body and no one would know about it.
We need to; "Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour" 1 Peter 5:8
Inhumanity in d highest level!i rily dnt k if dy stole d phone and laptop or took it cos d guy was owing dem money.dis cruel act is wrong,wrong and wrong.i havnt watchd d video and hv no plans to do so.but frm wat i saw in pictures and wat i've heard,i'm speechless.how are these killers nw beta dan dze boys slaughtered and burnt 2 death?i will nt curse them,let God judge dem and judge us all!God please save Nigeria!!!
...i do not conform to any form of BRUTALITY, my heart bleeds and always wish this world cld be free of evil, i'v seen and heard cult guys operate, they r usually the societies armed bandits in the long run....they r rootless, merciless...just that WHO DARES TO VIDEO THEIR OPERATION, wats a boy this good looking and wealthy doing as a cultist or a thief....this are all societal ills...ITS A VERY SENSITIVE ISSUE...but who DARE JUDGE EVIL FOR EVIL...the boys are victims, the pple of ALLU are victims too...crazy world... aiin't it...how THE GOVT INTERVENES too has to be very logical if not they will end up promoting this ills...BOTH ACTS ARE BARBARIC ANYWAYS...A VERY SENSITIVE ISSUE FOR OUR SOCIETY AT THIS TIME
My heart bleeds from the horrific video i just watched of people deciding to take lives of four promising young boys in the most gruesome manner... The man in front still spoke to them and popped their heads with more force than a carpenter uses to hit a nail into the wall; and went on to burn them. This confirms that many so called humans have lost the very essence of their humanity, they have lost their very souls. No matter what anyone did, no one has the right over another person's life: people are so fast to get petrol, tire, matches, why cant they carry the suspect to the Police and let the law have its full course? Most times its innocent people that they end up burning, all because someone started shouting 'Thief, Ole'etc. I pray that God comforts the family. Nevertheless, justice must be done. The Rivers State Government must act fast otherwise, there'll be a wave of human rights actions and even international organisations. Hmm...It is well. God help us!
i SUPPORT this movement.
i SUPPORT this movement.
Murder is murder, no matter the trigger, intent or motive!
#JusticeForAluu4
With grieve and pain I write this and nothing will replace this revenge on Aluu community. Irrespective of the arrest the govt claim to be making, nothing, I repeat NOTHING will stop us from avenging my brother and friends death. Their mothers, fathers, grand mothers and fathers, youths, children will go down in cold blood in what will be the bloodiest massacre in south east. Its a promise that will be kept in time. Genocide for junglejustice! I wish I could turn the hands of time just to save my brothers life. I will lay down my life to fulfil this. XxXk
LINDA u are blessed!! *weepos bitterly** GOD BLESS YOU AS MUCH AS YOU SHOW FEELINGS! please check the boy's facebook profile Tekenah elkanah this boy never shuda deserved that gruesome thing! haaaa!
Please can someone enlighten me if there is no law in this country that forbids lynch mobbing? And if not what are our fat-cat lazy politicians@all levels doing that they cannot promulgate one as we speak? There has to be a line drawn to set an example to those that may think of repeating these acts or similar ones. May God help us.
Well said Linda, every human deserves a right to life and a right to fair trial.
Mehn, I am shaken beyond words. I couldn't bring myself to watch the full video.
Nigeria has lost its soul; not even rodents are killed with such brutal ruthlessness without one feeling a bit squeamish.
The perperators of this act must be brought to book.
#justiceforaluu4
Mehn, I am shaken beyond words. I couldn't bring myself to watch the full video.
Nigeria has lost its soul; not even rodents are killed with such brutal ruthlessness without one feeling a bit squeamish.
The perperators of this act must be brought to book.
#justiceforaluu4
i really want to watch this video can anyone send it to me?
I think the commissioner of police of this community should resign. Since he's not capable of protecting the lives of the people in the community. I wonder in a community where police and security exist and such a act of injustice occurred. These are people that have not been convicted and proved guilty under the court of law, these are the people that are future lawyer,doctors,etc. Even if they have stolen, this doesn't mean they have to go through capital punishment, gruesome murder. The government needs to find the killers of these boys and let the face the judiciary of the nation; and make them a scapegoat onto others, who passes jungle justice towards fellow human beings. it's so pathetic being a parent and seeing four promising guys maimed, tortured, and killed in such a terrible way. I'm so sorry for the parents and I hope God will console them. The government should also find a way to compensate the families involved. Although money can not replace their sons, but this would be a warning to the government, and community members. Adieu.
CARNAGE OF OUR MIND
I saw the picture and the video the three UNIPORT students, beaten to death and burnt. I was shocked and till in shock, angry and in much pain for the families, friends, relatives et.c of these young promising students.
I keep wondering why they killed this boys like rat, over alleged stolen phones and laptops. I wonder what kind of individuals and what kind of heart they have. We complain about Boko Haram attack in the North, and we want peace within our environment.
I have been wondering since I saw the Picture, and later the video.
People were actually gathered from the start of the guy removing their clothes, beat them, I even saw the guy in the video throwing a BLOCK at them. I heard words like, “E le yi ko to ku” haaaaaaaaaaa.
Someone was also there to record the entire carnage.
Where is the love for our neighbour?
Where is the passion?
MY CONCERN!
I keep wondering that youth (HUMAN) can actually go to the point of staying throughout the entire massacre, without a single individual calling for resistance in his/her own voice and maybe others watching could have been triggered to change the course of the death of this promising young guys.
What are we driving ourselves into?
What are we building in our minds?
I will refer back to write up on OCTOBER 1st, (MY THOUGTH AS NIGERIA MARKS 52 YEARS)
“Where is the Nigeria we are looking for? Is not on the MAP is in our heart and mind, and heart of heart”
Nigeria will be a better place if another man’s hunger can be our individual responsibility.
My Condolence to the family of these young boys. I hope the securities operatives will dig into this matter and bring out the people involved in this carnage.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvBXPFN2HlY&bpctr=1349710069
We are unevolved souls.
The killers knew that these were university students... one was saying, as he was hitting a badly injured victim, 'you paid your school fees y/day abi?...'
Another killer was laughing as he smashed a boy's head with a concrete block.
People in the crowd were chanting die! die! die! as others hit the boys with sticks.
One boy had part of his brain sticking out, yet he was still alive and covering his head with his hands.
The 'lucky' boy was the one already dead by the time they were set on fire. He didn't move at all. The other 3 knew what was happening... one even blocked his nostrils to prevent inhaling the fire.
We are a crude lot. Unevolved souls, is what we are.
pls wat is the government doing bout this ..even thou they r useless,,they should make sure they prosecute the killers publicly so that next time nigerians would tink twice about killing plp children in the name of jungle justice
oh GOD bless u very much linda for fighting justice u shall be remenbered in time to cm for ur good works and u shall earn d fruit of ur labour,i neve believed those guys stole a pin frm d onset cos nomatter how innocent a thief might look when u see one u wil stil knw i knw those guys were not thiefs and am glad d truth is out pls those blood suckers need to be arrested,thank u.
I can't even bring myself to watch the video. Fine, young men. They all looked comfortable and bubbly in the pictures on this post. As a mother I can already imagine the scene in myhead and I can't even wade of the thoughts.
I agree justice should be served irrespective of the crime.
I suggest people stop spreading the video and terrible pictures, for the sake of dignity.
This is what student do, even adult that are not student. when some1 owes U and d person does not pay u have options 2 either lock him or her up, seize their property until they pay. Am so happy they caught d man who killed them. In fact army is taking him on a patrol and he is covered in MUD. Am wishing them a slow painful death. Justice4aluu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is what student do, even adult that are not student. when some1 owes U and d person does not pay u have option 2 either lock him or her up, seize their property until they pay. I feel 4 them n their parents May there soul rest in peace.
I wish they peel the skin of the guy that killed those boys with stick like d alleged monster they saw at Madonna before they finally kill him in a painful slow death. My aluu neva see peace all the days of their lives
R.I.P....dats all I can say *in tears*
Nice touch Linda..way to go..
No man on earth has the right to terminate the life of a fellow man. This is the most gruesome killing i have ever seen in my life. The guy that was clubbing this young men with the heavy wood, what was going in on in his mind as he hits the heads and the faces of the young men to pieces. Heaven will never forgive this nation if the river state and the federal govt. fails to address this issue the way it should be addressed. The man that called them thieves should be arrested, the villager ruler should be arrested, everyone standing by to watch the killings should be arrested. Now the man that clubbed them to death should be arrested and given the same treatment. May God save this nation from blood shedding
No man on earth has the right to terminate the life of a fellow man. This is the most gruesome killing i have ever seen in my life. The guy that was clubbing this young men with the heavy wood, what was going in on in his mind as he hits the heads and the faces of the young men to pieces. Heaven will never forgive this nation if the river state and the federal govt. fails to address this issue the way it should be addressed. The man that called them thieves should be arrested, the villager ruler should be arrested, everyone standing by to watch the killings should be arrested. Now the man that clubbed them to death should be arrested and given the same treatment. May God save this nation from blood shedding
End time! End time!! End time!!!. It is foolishness to live in these last days without accepting our lord JESUS CHRIST as saviour. All I can say to anyone who cares to listen is to ask God to forgive our sins and have mercy on our souls. Nobody knows who's next. May God give the mothers of these children d fortitude to bear this painful loss. RIP #justiceforaluu4!
Really, and I mean that anybody thats able to kill even a thief this way they killed those four guys, must be more than an ordinary criminal. The act is horrible. There is no way you suppose to justify that killing at all. I pray that everyone involved to that, should fall under all the weight and punishment of human law, and also the law of nature. Its pure wickedness. What did they steal to deserve such death? Your government is there stealing you to misery, and you cant rise and go against them! Its to waste poor innocent blood that you see ok. God we need salvation here!
Oh, so dey sabi run. I think sey dey b God na. Freakin animals, I hope dey seriously deal with the lot of dem. Use dem do scape goat.
Did you hear the UniPort VC? his press statement alludes to government owing compensation to captive villagers in respect of land acquired for the university. why won't the villagers kill? it still boils down to government!!!!!!! Our leaders are the real murderers in this case!!!!
The crowd who were also there watching what happened to those boys are also heartless. If it were their relatives, they will not allow such happen. Even our so called governrment people that steal billions of naira have gone scot free, i mean, no matter what crime they have committed, they are not meant to be killed. Not that i am supporting what they did but i mean, lets all be fair. Linda, God bless you for all your effort.
I am surprised that it wasn't just the hoodlums that joined in this inhuman act but even those who claim to be parents and who claim to be good citizens. 30 sec of the video left me uneasy up till this moment. I am traumatized, people.
I have been unable to have a good night sleep bcos of this ugly incidence. Killing another human being like you, I mean this is someone else's brother, son... ah haaaa over a false accusation. I can't imagine what those boys parents will be going through now if I am feeling this way.
As a matter of fact, tears well up in my eyes each time I come across this story and even now as I am typing this comment. I can't stop hearing that voice of a cruel man in my head saying "die! die!!" and hitting the poor boy trying to get up with a huge stick on his head.
I really wish, hope and pray that everyone who took part in the killing including those who saw it happen instead of calling security agents to their rescue but prefered filming and taking
photographs shall all die a slow painful death. Their coming generations will partake in the share of the painful agony. (SORRY I have to curse them).
May the gentle souls of those boys rest in eternal peace. ADIEU!
Been away for a while and recently decided to catch up on happenings around. Going through this blog and I was just shaking my head. All sorts of venom and vituperation. Ibos against yorubas, ibos against everyone, yorubas against annangs, and everything in between!
Pls be patient, am heading somewhere. We are a people of reactionaries. And we mostly react in two ways; based on d present issue, and according to deep seated resentment or stereotype.
The reason why we can't move beyond that to get to fundamental causes is what separates us from greatness.
The community that killed those boys, gruesome as it was, were reacting to reacting to something. Many of commenter her calling for d community to be sacked and ppl burnt the same way are also reacting. It serves little purpose, apart from rave and forget about later,until something else to rave about rears its head.
How do we know that some ppl who are victims of theft,robbery rape etc have not in equal venom cursed that such perpetrators of such be put to such gruesome deaths as this? And if u say u can't pray such on ppl, alas! U've just done on this community;and if someone there also gets a callous death, we come back here to react and thus continue the vicious cycle!
Fundamental questions:
What actually makes a student go into cultism knowing d risks of such an end?
What makes a community or set of ppl bludgeon a fellow. Human being and watch with relish?
What are the issues relating to tribe that is subtly an undercurrent in this case?How do we view ourselves, from prejudice or as just human beings?
What form of security do we really need?
We can to ask ourselves other fundamentals and then move to looking for solutions to the problems those questions raise.
But then again we can only do that with a clear head, not colour by religious or tribal sentiments.
I hope the save aluu campaign lasts, unfortunately it may not. There are too many ppl who are only reacting to the gory sight, and when d other tribal hate issues start tugging at us, we'll go back into our cocoons and some may even say "serves them right"
We need to be the generation that thinks, not just react.
P.s. I'm typing as my thought are coming, so there may be typos.
OOh Lord our God May your Vengeance and anger be sent in the life of this community and please never allow this take the innocent once but those who stood by this disgrace on our Great Nation Called Nigeria as this makes people see Nigerians living Abroad as Barbaric... we kindly recommend Mr. President and the inspector General of police to please kindly look into this ... and Victims brought to book .. we pray that God almighty in his infinite Mercies will give the family of this departed souls fortitude to bear this Great loss.
WE ALL STAND AND TASTY TO HEAR HOW JUSTICE WILL TAKE PLACE IN THIS UN GODLY ACT.
DIESEL.....
In that mob, armed with stones, sticks and knives, who tortured those four boys and took their lives couldn't be found muslims, buddhists or monks.
Every single one was a Jesus worshipping christian. Islam never looked more attractive.
Gay marriages, sex with animals, gay bishops presiding over church folk, and this inhumane act called jungle justice, all done by church going, Holy Ghost filled, tongue speaking christians makes me want to bag my faith, tie a stone to it and drown it in the Nile.
What's left, cannibalism? I wouldn't put it beyond us Christians.
the fundamental right 2 life has been violated. d govt should nt fold their hands concerning this. Justice must prevail over dis brutal act.
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