Saki. Living in fear of Nigeria biggest earth quake

Chibaby naija 1,who was in Saki, Oyo
State, writes about the panic that has
gripped the sleepy town following series of
earth tremors
Though a middle-aged housewife, Mrs.
Alimot Bisiriyu, who resides in Saki, Oyo
State, had never heard the word
‘apocalypse’ in her life, a disturbing
experience she had three months ago
made her think the world was about to
end.
“It was about 2.30pm that day; I had just
finished doing some laundry that
afternoon. I was hanging the clothes on
the line when all of a sudden the ground
started vibrating violently. I was so terrified
that I crumpled to the floor and held my
head in my arms. I began to say prayers,”
she said.
Bisiriyu stated that everyone in the house
thought the building would collapse.
She said, ‘‘They were running helter-
skelter; those inside were running out,
while the ones outside were running
indoors. When it stopped a few minutes
later, I couldn’t believe that I had survived.
“It was the worst experience of my entire
life. I had a pounding headache for the rest
of that week.”
Bisiriyu, like her husband, Abdulraheem,
and other residents in the town located in
the South-West, recently experienced the
rage of an earth tremor.
Speaking to SUNDAY PUNCH on a breezy,
quiet Sunday afternoon, Abdulraheem, said
he found the tremors perplexing since
there was no physical activity in the area
to cause the underground activity that
terrorised the villagers.
He said, “There is no quarrying in this area,
so we find it strange that we would be
experiencing such a strange occurrence 25
years after settling here and after 10 years
in this house.
“Between March and May, we heard it
constantly almost every day, like an
explosion happening underground. It was
extremely terrifying. But we have not heard
it in the last two days. We only hope the
tremors are gone for good. But from
experience, we know that such hope only
lasts a short while.”by chibaby naija1