Nigerian Lady Who Was Kidnapped And Her Fiance Shot Dead By Fulani Herdsmen In Oyo Shares Horrific Experience

A Nigerian lady, Modupeoluwa Oyeteso has relived her horrific experience in the hands of Fulani herdsmen who also killed her fiance in Oyo State.

Modupe, who owns a farm shared her story in a thread on Twitter which has gone viral.

She revealed how she was kidnapped after her fiance was shot in the head.

I was kidnapped by Fulani men on my way from the farm and my fiancée who was driving the car was shot and killed. I regained my freedom after my parents paid the ransom.#aThread//t.co/jleUtaIQp7

— Oyetoso Modupeoluwa (@Doopeh) August 16, 2020

After the incidence, I withdrew into a shell and just wanted to be left alone. I got tired of everyone asking to know how it happened. It was painful and traumatic having to relive the experience each time I talk about it.

Few days after my release…

— Oyetoso Modupeoluwa (@Doopeh) August 16, 2020

I heard two people had been abducted again — one from the same town and another from a neighbouring town. Interestingly, even I was expecting to hear about it on the news and learn what the government had done about it.

Alas! There was only silence…Just as I have been silent.

— Oyetoso Modupeoluwa (@Doopeh) August 16, 2020

No one is willing to talk about it, and we all suffer alone and in silence.
Speaking out is a tough decision.

I was exposed to rain and cold as I was held in the forest for 2 days.

Ever since it happened, I’ve been bothered by a feeling of emptiness, I get easily startled.

— Oyetoso Modupeoluwa (@Doopeh) August 16, 2020

I’m hyper-vigilant with a profound fear of being kidnapped again. Spotting people dressed similar to the kidnapers has been a trigger releasing flashbacks.

That sense of safety was broken and the lack of control in captivity shattered my self-confidence.

— Oyetoso Modupeoluwa (@Doopeh) August 16, 2020

Out of the blues, I re-live the shooting, death threats, despair, helplessness and some other ordeal the kidnapping forced upon me.

My family and friends endured the longest 2 days of their lives — waiting, hoping, and praying for my safe return.

— Oyetoso Modupeoluwa (@Doopeh) August 16, 2020

My mum was distraught and even though I didn’t see his tears, I know my dad was crying inside. It is one of the worst experiences a parent could face.
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So you will understand why people are silent about it. The trauma is not something you want to remember,

— Oyetoso Modupeoluwa (@Doopeh) August 16, 2020

you wish it didn’t happen and you try to file it away somewhere deep in the recesses of your memory.

But, I realised the silence is keeping us under their oppression!

I asked myself, “is the Oyo State government aware?

— Oyetoso Modupeoluwa (@Doopeh) August 16, 2020

Or worse still, is the silence allowing the government pretend that there is no problem or the problem is not as bad as it actually is?

Because this is such a lonely experience, and one that many of us hide, we often go through it alone.

— Oyetoso Modupeoluwa (@Doopeh) August 16, 2020