'He is better off; better than us'
In the movies '12 years a Slave', there was a scene where Thomas and Solomon (Chinwetel) were discarding the body of a fellow slave captive, who died trying to defend a mother of two. As his body is thrown into the raging water, Thomas utters above quoted words; in solemn sequence.
That represents a situation where living is much more unpredictably frustrating than death. We are getting over hope. That represents the situation Nigeria is cascading into.
A situation where those who died while they were trying to survive injustice and misrule will be better off. And as we discard their bodies we would say to ourselves: "They arr better off; better than us."
Culled from Nurdeen Busari's FB update.
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