TOFARATI IGE takes a look at the activities of pranksters who play expensive jokes on unsuspecting Nigerians for financial gains
“That was the scariest day of my life. I actually thought I was going to die, and my life flashed before my eyes. I started thinking of my parents and how they would cope with my demise, considering that I am their only child.”
Those were the words of Gift Chidera, as she recalled her encounter with pranksters.
Reliving the experience in an interview, it was apparent that it still had an emotional toll on her.
According to her, she was walking on a lonely stretch of road, when a man dressed in an all-black outfit and ski mask suddenly jumped in her front. The man stated that a woman had paid him to assassinate her (Chidera) for dating her husband.
“I had never dated a married man, and I pleaded with the stranger that it was a case of mistaken identity. I told him I was just a 200 Level university student, and that my parents took care of all my needs.
“However, he insisted that he would kill me, even as he pointed at a bulge in his trouser, which he claimed was the gun he would use to end my life. At that point, survival instinct kicked in and I was no longer thinking rationally.
