I bet your ghosts were not stunned into surprise
\nwhen bulging and lifeless, your bodies emerged
\nfrom the sea to mourning:
\n\u2018who asked them to leave?
\nProstitution was their choice.
\nMay their bodies be ushered into hell fire
\ngiving our country a bad name.
\nAll this na the cause of suffering from our leaders.
\nNa government send them follow water?
\nThey knew the risk.
\nYou people should start asking God\u2019s
\nforgiveness.
\nYou can call them anything,
\nbut the fact remains
\nthey were our daughters and sisters.\u2019<\/p>\n
*<\/p>\n
We filed a missing persons report
\nfor the official delegation to the funeral. If 26 of you
\ncould fly to London to pose with Anthony Joshua, we
\nwere sure at least two would fly to Italy. Maybe drive
\ndown the road from the consulate in Rome. We were there
\nwith the Italian woman who laid roses on the unmarked
\ncoffins, the Africans who touched each coffin with tears,
\nwe the diaspora stuck behind screens worldwide, there
\nto show last respects, hoping evidence of your attendance
\nwould surface. Surprise us. When independent sources
\nconfirmed your absence, we showed up again. With prayers.
\n\u2018May God punish you all. May the hottest parts of hell
\nbe reserved for all politicians who budget billions
\nfor their Kitchen Expenses but nothing for the welfare
\nof the common man. May the wheel of judgement fall
\nwithout mercy on each and every\u00a0one of you. May thunder
\nblow you in pieces and may your days be dark. Let the souls
\nof these young ones cry out and pass a death sentence on all
\nwho caused the economic hardship they were fleeing, all
\nwho continue to lie, by saying:
\nIt is well.\u2019<\/p>\n
* The quoted text was gathered from comments posted online in response to the deaths of 26
\nNigerian girls drowned in the Mediterranean Sea and the government\u2019s response to the tragedy.<\/p>\n