NEVER AGAIN!

The very loud kick on our neighbour's door got us scrambling as we wondered what was going on.

Next we began hearing the strong commands 

Lie down

Bring your phones, ATMs and laptops

We heard the kicks, we heard as the ransacking began

Meanwhile inside the compound we could hear another set beating up our security

His cries were past sounds from a living man

Ohhhhh Lord, I wept along with him and I also wept for my family in advance as we awaited our turn.

What did my parents have to offer robbers?

My parents were both clergymen and the church was paying the rent for the house we lived.

I prayed to God they'd spare our lives when they got in to find nothing.

These men of the night broke into every house and when they got to ours, we could hear the argument 'That' one na pastor house, make una no enter there'.

I died and woke up again

We came out after they left to find the security almost dead. They used matchet in flogging him all over his body. The compound was mess.

I read of a woman online who has practically packed out of the house her husband and herself built because they've been robbed twice and in a very terrible way.

I can only imagine cos I was 9years when this robbery incident happened to my family but the trauma is so so alive in my mind.

I pray never to experience such again.

Today, crime is on the rise again in Nigeria and everyday, I fear for the fate of the poor man on the street trying to make ends meet.

May God shield us from evil.