Each day with its evils,
Each month with its calamities,
Each year with its perils, peril! Horror!! Disaster!!!
October 2005,
Nobody could predict you before your arrival,
On the eve of September 30th 2005,
Merrily we all prepared for your first day,
But how wicked the month of October,
You should have cautioned us,
About the dreadful sorrow in your kit,
October 2005, you are indeed dreadful.
On the 22nd the plane-crash occurred,
The entire nation was thrown into mourning,
Several families and the nation were bereaved,
And we thought you've done your worst then.
But on Sunday 23rd we lost a gem,
And Chief Mrs Stella Obasanjo died.
What a terrible occurrence!
October 2005, you've done your worst.
October 2005, you are too wicked,
Before we know it, you claimed other nine lives,
The lives of Oyo State Governor's entourage,
What a dreadful month you are!
May the happening of October 2005,
Never occur again in Nigeria.
The month that swallowed great lives,
The seven-letter month cannot easily be forgotten.