Are we even safe?

Hello there, everyone.

Do you feel safe?

I'm not sure if it's just me, but whenever I hear about someone being kidnapped or killed, I feel sad. However, there are times when I don't feel like going out because I'm afraid, but I still have to go out and continue with life.

I dislike public transportation because of its roughness, discomfort, and insecurity. Even though I don't know how to drive yet, I constantly say that if I have enough money, I will buy my own car.

Everyone is struggling for this money of a thing, but people are going to extremes to get it. There have been so many issues of killing and kidnapping recently. I'm sure you've heard about the BRT case involving the man that kidnapped a young lady; I know it's been going on for a while, but I simply want to address it now. When I found out she was kidnapped inside BRT and she later passed on because of what they did to her, I was really shocked because out of all the transport services I feel more comfortable in BRT and uber/bolt before but not anymore, like literally nowhere is safe again you can't say you just want to go somewhere without the fear of something happening to you.

What irritates me the most about the BRT issue is the people who try to find an excuse for everything. After we learned she had died because she had been missing for a while, I saw some messages with warnings and things like "assuming she did this and that"," she was supposed to be alert and not pressing phone"and other such things. Assuming she didn't message her friend nobody would have even know it was inside brt she went missing

People began to say things that irritated me because why should we be afraid to go about our daily lives? Of course, it was at night, and not everyone can afford a car, or even order a bolt, which isn't safe either, and we all have things to do, such as go to work or school, and we use all of these modes of transportation on a daily basis, so our safety is meant to be secured for things like that.

I understand that accidents cannot be avoided, but they can be minimized, which is why there are safety rules and regulations in place. However, when it comes to killing and kidnapping, we should not overlook the act itself; a person was killed, so whether she was careful or not, it is the act of them killing that we should focus on; similarly, people are quick to judge just like a rape case, a certain percentage of people are quick to blame the dressing and not the person ripping the cloth.

Well, since nearly nowhere is safe, we can only place our lives in God's hands and be more prayerful, despite everything, we will still have to continue with life. We can only hope that things will improve.

I pray her soul rest in perfect peace🕊

Thank you for reading.💚