Friday, May 29, 2009

Nigerian bus driver kills four Barca supporters

You be Barca "fans"? Me I be Man-U "fans" o! Ha, after wetin una do us, just pray make I no catch u for "bending corner" when nepa take light - I go do you strong ting!


Okay, the next time my team loses a match, I'm really gonna get pissed and do something. I'll probably jump into my bulldozer, crank it up and drive straight into the nearest PDP secretariat. Yeah, I know they're not a rival club, but right now they seem to symbolize everything that's wrong with Nigeria to an extent.

Anyways, PDP aside, we're in the news again. And for all the wrong reasons.
A bus driver in Rivers State (a Man United supporter) decided to vent his frustration on some innocent people. Apparently ticked off by his team's loss of the Champions League title to Barca, the guy drove past a group of jubilating Barca supporters, made a u-turn and then plowed into them, killing four and injuring more than 10 people.

Seriously, this is getting annoying. Our football fever is rapidly turning into a case of cerebral malaria! Lots of people are taking their love for the game too far.
First, the Arsenal fan who hung himself when they got knocked out, and now, this crazy danfo guy who obviously seems to have lost the plot. All those innocent people died just because some unstable punk decided he was in love with Manchester United (which he doesn't know the first thing about, and probably can't spell anyway!).
Your team loses once, and you kill four people? Thank God he isn't an Arsenal supporter - he would have become a serial killer!

It's scary, and also sad at the same time. Someone please tell those soccer fans out there, it's not a do-or-die affair. I enjoy being alive, and I'd like to remain that way. I think I'll just have to resort to watching football at home, even if it gets boring. At least I won't have to worry about domestic violence (everyone in my house supports the same club - and no, I won't mention it here :) ).

You don't become a fan because it seems fashionable to be one - you become a fan because you love the club, or for some other genuine reasons.

Anyway, that's one more splat for Dora Akunyili to clean off Nigeria's already battered image. That's one hell of a job she's got there.