The Thread: Italy gives the 26 Nigerian girls who drowned at sea a state burial; TwitterNG reacts

Their crime was leaving for greener pastures, all 26 of them. Two of them were pregnant yet braved the risky trip to Europe to make a better life for themselves- what they thought will be a better life.

However, even before reaching their destination, they were violently assaulted and thrown overboard. The Federal Government did not even so much as cough at this news, and that earned them Oby Ezekwesili’s rage.

The Italian Government took it upon themselves to give the girls a state burial- it just makes one weep for the laissiez faire attitude of our government to Nigerian lives; for deaths that could have been totally avoided; for this land that tends to eat its own.

Twitter Nigeria joined in collective mourning:

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Amen.

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