Nollywood actress and film producer, Toyin Aimakhu in an epistle writes on Nigerians who are always in a hurry to take pictures at accident scenes and how she recently saved some accident victims. According to her, our humanity is rapidly being eroded fast with a craze for selfie. Her message below:
"It has come to my attention that people no longer take life seriously and as a concerned citizen, i feel it is high time we started a campaign or raise sort of awareness about the use of technology while others are literally in a life and death situation.
I witnessed a fatal accident between a large vehicle and a tricycle some weeks ago and to my utmost shock, people brought out their mobile phones and began filming the scene of accident. It was such a horrible sight to behold. I had to step out of my vehicle to bring them to an hospital nearby, with the help of others.
A Similar incident was posted a while back on facebook, and as a concerned citizen, i feel Nigerians are slowly loosing the ability to interact like human beings. Technology and internet is quickly replacing that natural instinct to help others in time of need, especially when we can do something to help in an accident situation...or save lives.
We are Nigerians and are cultured people with the best morals and orientation, we should not, in any way forget our roots, that before mobile phones, internet, ipad etc, there were proper and physical human interaction where our instincts tells us to help people out of a burning fire or from the wreck of collision of vehicles.
Do not replace life with technology, let us help each other before making videos or taking pictures and together, stand for what is right and cultured.
Let your first instinct be to save a life when you see an SOS situation and not to bring out your phone and start snapping.It is wrong!
Do what is right, please!"
Toyin Aimakhu Johnson.