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The 2015 birthday experience

17:00hrs:  10-04-2015:   The countdown began for two major big events, my birthday and Nigeria’s most tensed presidential election.  I was now at the R.A.C for the distribution and disbursement of electoral materials against the election proper. 23:00hrs I had just received sensitive and insensitive materials on behalf of my unit. It began with just one shot and then the shots became sporadic. We quickly took cover, just in case.  We knew their target was the election materials and our S.P.O jokingly made us understand we had signed to receive the materials form INEC and so the responsibility to protect the materials was now ours. 11-04-2015: 24:05hrs:  Date or time was no longer in purview. It was all about surviving the current hour. While sleep left some faces others (mostly women) went about to find space to sleep. Myself and other guys stood by the materials. At least we will be able to give detailed report and account of whatever happened to them if the worst happened. T