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Hamda Koya's avatar

Held my chest and rocked back and forth whilst I read this. 🥺

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Iwuese Ahua's avatar

Absolutely loved this. 🥺❤️

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The Fu'ad's avatar

Thanksss Iwueseee

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thesqlbabe's avatar

Man this brought tears to my eyes. So glad you and your family made it out. Thanks for sharing Fuad

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Fauziyah Salaudeen's avatar

I was weeping by the end. Fantastic work!

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Onalaja 'Gbenga's avatar

This was a well-paced evocative piece. I felt every emotion.

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The Fu'ad's avatar

Thankssss.

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Emmanuel Alagbe's avatar

Thank you for sharing. Great story; I was glued to my screen.

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Sayyarah's avatar

This is crazy because early November, I was born in Lagos Ikododu specifically.

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The Fu'ad's avatar

That is so wild.

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ZigZag Zee's avatar

This story had me on edge throughout. It's so scary what happened & sad the people who lost their lives that day :_(

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Lade Tawak's avatar

I'm really looking forward to your collection of short stories

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The Fu'ad's avatar

Wahala wahala wahala 💀

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QOD's avatar

This was such a good read. I thoroughly enjoyed reading cos it felt so open.

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Yusuf Opoola's avatar

I was not born when this happened. But I am glad you lived to tell the story. Alhamdullilah

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Abdulbasit Abdusalam's avatar

This was a lovely read. I must have been a year old then and I am in awe a thing like that happened around me.

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Yusuf Adewusi's avatar

Alhamdulilah.

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victor's avatar

Not owode onirin being before I was born. I feel validated and seen.

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Adesina Zaid's avatar

This is the best story I’ve read all year! I don’t know what that says about what I’ve been reading, but this is just so good.

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Hadassah ‎‫E.'s avatar

Fuad, you can write o. Thank you for sharing. I felt your mother's fear. What a brave woman.

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