I am sure that by now the whole world must have heard or read about a recent unfortunate incidence that occurred in FESTAC, Lagos. How a once beautiful and free-spirited soul, the late Cynthia Osokogu, a 24yr old post-graduate student was killed by evil men she met on Facebook...Hmmm! This same Facebook!Cynthia was lured by these men (she was meeting them for the first time) to come to Lagos for a so-called business meeting (do people still fall for this kind of crap?!) and unknowing to her, she was drugged, strangled and robbed of her money and other things.
Really, if truth be told...whatever Cynthia's reason for meeting these people, was it enough to kill her? Mehn! How wicked this world is and selfish! Now this poor girl has been deprived of achieving her full potential in life!
Like I had mentioned in my earlier blog about the "evils" of this social media whereby our young ones practically put themselves in danger by giving out a lot of personal information, accepting "funny" friend requests from very shady characters, and not to mention meeting with them! Is wah o!
How can our young ones be so trusting that they will consent to leaving the confines of their home and then travel to meet strangers?...In this time of 419ers, ritualists and rapists who parade as human beings!
Please, dear parents, this is most definitely a wake-up call. Let us go an extra mile to know what our kids are up to, whom they associate with and their whereabouts.
Like Cynthia's father said, that youths should not be chatting with strangers on facebook, internet, blackberry, talkless of visiting them when you do not know them. He also said that he would be consoled to know that his daughter's ordeal shall save other youths.
"CYNTHIA OSOKOGU, MAY YOUR SOUL REST IN PERFECT PEACE. AMEN"
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