Nigerian food blogger Chef T recounts harrowing experience with armed robbers

• Popular Nigerian celebrity chef Tolani Osikoya shared her family's harrowing experience with armed robbers in 2003 
• She recounted her parents’ bravery and resilience despite being confronted with terror 
• According to the chef, the Osikoya family survived the ordeal despite having to visit the hospital afterwards 

Tolani Tayo Osikoya, a popular Nigerian food blogger popularly known as Diaryofakitchenlover, has shared an account of her family's encounter with armed robbers in 2003, and how her parents played the superhero role.

According to Osikoya, who shared the story on her Instagram page, the incident occurred when she was just 13 years old. Armed robbers stormed her family's home in Lagos Mainland, holding them hostage and demanding valuables.

“I was 13, my big brother was 14. Our home housed us 4 kids, my parents, an uncle and aunt. It was a cold night in Lagos Mainland. Nepa took the light and only our flat had the Gen on. Dad was on the dinning table with my big brother and I teaching us our maths assignment when we heard a strange voice as masked men walked into our flat. Everybody LIE DOWN!” she wrote. 

She added how they requested for the father, and the gang leader's stern warning against shooting anyone. She added that they were furious after realising they had no money. 

“They were so furious that they began to beat my dad. Seeing that they couldn't get anything from him, it was my mum's turn. 

“They led my dad to a big "window" covered with curtains and asked him to face it while they took my mum to the room. My mum kept shouting "blood of Jesus"! I don't have anything!, my Jewelries are fake! Unknown to them, that big window was a sliding glass door.” 

Osikoya's father, in a daring move, jumped from a window to distract the robbers and lead them away from his family. Despite the traumatic experience, Osikoya's parents showed remarkable bravery and resilience. Her father managed to hide under a bed in the boys' quarters, while her mother locked the door and prayed for his safety. 

The robbers eventually fled, and Osikoya's parents were rushed to the hospital for treatment. Miraculously, they survived the ordeal, and Osikoya has credited their courage and selflessness for saving their lives.

Reactions trail Chef T's encounter with armed robbers

TheRadar compiled some reactions below:

@tomike commented: “Thank you Lord Jesus.”

@shoesbybecky commented: “Still soo vivid! You narrated it how I would have done the same, God we are grateful, God bless my parents. My dad had a waist and back injury at the time but the God that saved him, quickened his heeling. My mum's head that was cut healed so fast and she made different hairstyles in months time, God we are forever grateful.”

@botuzz_art commented: F*ck! I could still remember that vivid day! was on my panties when they came in right under the table, beside my Broda and sisters, God is faithful indeed, we love you dad.”

@joicekumba commented: “Am not just here to write a comment, but to use this medium to ask God to perfect everything that concerns my Father's health, He is my Earthly Hero, Almighty Only YOU Can Do It.”

@remi_akin commented: “Lagos between 1999-2005 was the deadliest. Thank God we are all still alive to tell our stories.”

@survival_always commented: “Hmmmmmm how did we get here as humans. Ready to inflict pain n even take another's life for apparently working hard to survive for himself and his family May the name of the Lord be praised.”

@kingmcsteve69 commented: “It was truly a miracle that the robbers left without harming anyone and that my dad remained safe. That night was incredibly tense and terrifying I'll never forget it! Somehow though, we still managed to laugh together as a family afterward while analyzing everyone's moves to stay safe, especially my uncle's.”

@kuddies_secrets commented: “I can't forget the trauma... Year 2013.. I had 3 young kids and 3 robbers got into our home at 10mins to 3pm... 2 batched into our bedroom with big guns.. it was like a dream, my husband and I were under the duvet naked.. my husband gave me the duvet and I started dragging it around to on the light, and open the other doors, the first robber dragged my gold necklace and kept shouting where is the money, a gun was already put on my husbands head and he was on the floor, I head a gun shot and started shouting Ya Allah... I thought he killed a child, he beat the living day out of me for shouting and reciting Quranic verses, he said I wanted to arouse the neighbours... the operation lasted for 40mins, it was the most horrific night ever, my husband was already telling me in yoruba to take care of the kids incase he doesn't make it... Alhamdulilah it's been almost 12 yrs... the trauma isn't totally gone but we've healed so much... Your post reminded me again.”

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