Bro Philip promised to take me to the prison today with Chidi from CPP. I was feeling excited because I have not gone out with Bro Philip yet. 10 minuets later I was made to feel disappointed because Chidi let us down by telling us that the vehicle is double booked so he cancelled on us…..20 minuets later I was feeling determined because we decided that we would go all the way to Aba by public transport. We took a bike to Bende, a bus to Umuahia, then another bus to Aba and finally a bike to the prison. It was pretty hectic. Bus drivers here use bettered old mini vans as standard, they pack a criminal amount of people inside then drive like they stole it. I really hate buses. Nether the less I was feeling proud about our adventure and was not as bothered about public transport as I have been. Maybe I am becoming a Nigerian?
In the prison we saw some cases of prisoners. One brother and sister had got together and murdered somebody. Another man accidentally shot and killed a man whilst hunting. One man fought with his brother who then died later as a result of the blows he had received in the fight. The court seemed quite causal to me compared to my own experience of sitting in court in work experience when I was 15 and from the numerous ‘CSI Crime Scene Investigation’ and ‘Law and Order’ episodes I have watched. There was one sad case where a man was a police officer and they were coming to a scene where armed robbers had gone on a rampage of steeling, wrecking and raping. They found the man responsible and arrested him. A few days later they had to grant bail and he disappeared. His family made a petition to accuse the police of murdering the criminal and the police handed over their leader. Since 1994 they have done nothing to get him freed from jail.
When we got back Martha was in a very cheerful mood which made me happy because she has been down for the past few days. She dressed herself up beautiful and enjoyed the ceremony. It felt a little weird celebrating a birthday in such a formal way in the Chapel complete with prayers, a sermon and hymns and speeches but from her face you could tell she felt touched and appreciated the efforts made.
I made a speech of apology firstly about the damage done to the cake and secondly for the original appearance of the cake even before it got squashed,
We cut the cake and she had purchased 3 crates of mineral (coke/fanta/sprite/mountain dew etc…). So all the staff and residents ate cake and biscuit’s, drank mineral and we played music so everyone could dance and be happy. Comfort loves to dance a lot, I was upset not to see her face at the service so slipped out to find out what she was up to. I found her lying in bed feeling sick, she started whimpering when I tried to get her up and tempt her with cake and mineral. She said she would rather sleep which was very out of character because Comfort never ever goes to bed!
In the prison we saw some cases of prisoners. One brother and sister had got together and murdered somebody. Another man accidentally shot and killed a man whilst hunting. One man fought with his brother who then died later as a result of the blows he had received in the fight. The court seemed quite causal to me compared to my own experience of sitting in court in work experience when I was 15 and from the numerous ‘CSI Crime Scene Investigation’ and ‘Law and Order’ episodes I have watched. There was one sad case where a man was a police officer and they were coming to a scene where armed robbers had gone on a rampage of steeling, wrecking and raping. They found the man responsible and arrested him. A few days later they had to grant bail and he disappeared. His family made a petition to accuse the police of murdering the criminal and the police handed over their leader. Since 1994 they have done nothing to get him freed from jail.
When we got back Martha was in a very cheerful mood which made me happy because she has been down for the past few days. She dressed herself up beautiful and enjoyed the ceremony. It felt a little weird celebrating a birthday in such a formal way in the Chapel complete with prayers, a sermon and hymns and speeches but from her face you could tell she felt touched and appreciated the efforts made.
I made a speech of apology firstly about the damage done to the cake and secondly for the original appearance of the cake even before it got squashed,
We cut the cake and she had purchased 3 crates of mineral (coke/fanta/sprite/mountain dew etc…). So all the staff and residents ate cake and biscuit’s, drank mineral and we played music so everyone could dance and be happy. Comfort loves to dance a lot, I was upset not to see her face at the service so slipped out to find out what she was up to. I found her lying in bed feeling sick, she started whimpering when I tried to get her up and tempt her with cake and mineral. She said she would rather sleep which was very out of character because Comfort never ever goes to bed!
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