My response to the Alluu MOB

Do not allow yourself to be a part of such crowd.

When we were much younger I witness a scene that has guided my ways ever since. It was immediately after the Nigeria civil war when there was poverty every where and the great influx of those affected by the war into Benin City. Then too in order to rebuild their lost financial base our brothers from the east would invent many things to sell.  Their inventions included but not limited tooth wash which was a combination of OMO powder detergent soap and sharp sand. Many people bought from them probably out of sympathy or in appreciation of the Ajasco dance troupe that entertained the crowd before introducing their product for sale. Another one that stood out was created by a man meant in the 1990’s in Lagos, He was a successful manufacturer. For those of you who are old enough, you will recall the picture of a very big snake with a human head. The story was that the wife of the man placed some “voodoo” in his bath water. That as the man poured some water on his body he changed into a snake. So that was why his head did not turn into a snake. When they are selling the picture in Benin they will say it happened in Calabar while when selling it in Calabar the will say it happened in Sagamu. These were some of the experiences of those times. However, one event that has guided me till these day happen on one Sunday afternoon after we came back from the church. We were sitting outside on the veranda with our parents when a truck pusher rolled by with a handicap man seated on the truck bed. He was begging for arms but instead of those ignorant people around to show understanding they were mocking him. A huge crowd gathered and started following them from street to street.  After about an hour of the hustle and when he saw that people were not responding with cash gift, they pushed the truck and parked in front of our compound.  My late Dad drove the crowd away. The man then sent his boy to ask my late Dad to give them water to drink.  As the youngest I was asked  to go and fetch the water while one of my sisters was ask to fix food for them.  As I approach the man with the water he said to my late Dad who was a pastor that the reason he stopped was that he noticed that none of the people from his household followed the crowd. He then said that all those people that mocked him today for no just reason will be mocked in their whole life. That none of them will ever  grow up to become some to reckon with in the society. It dawn on me that while all those that participated had gone their various ways yet they have been cursed.  I am not in anyway saying that all those people have been affected by the curse but while go look for trouble when you already have enough? The lesson is that you should always avoid being a part of the crowd that is perpetuating evil. Do not allow yourself to be counted as one of those who became the crowd. Do not be yoked with them, avoid it period.