Beefs!! In Nigerian politics, rivals strangle themselves to a land of no return, same in the music industry citing 2pac. However, 9ice and Ruggedman wisely rather used their voices while M.I offered ponmo in exchange for beef; bring this down to the campus...Ah uites dey beef oh!!! Beefs could be as a result of rivalry amongst students, within halls, within faculties, within departments, within rooms, within organisations and the beauty of it is that, in the campus of U.I we have experienced it to be healthy and many a time unhealthy. With just mere words, actions, expressions put on, rumours around, in competitions such as elections, debates e.t.c unhealthy ones are initiated and no doubt it can go dishevelled and feral!!! Hmm; I have seen it, heard it, been there, done that...I no dey claim saint now!! I have also had of stories of friends before, who turn out to beef, move on in their separate ways and improve their selves individually to make a point to their beefing partner, they both turn out successful and become friend again, another example is the case of rivalry amongst classmates that pushes the students to do more reading and turn out with very good academic results and even break records....now that is some healthy ish right there.

jendon and jydo both came into the university the same year to study the same course, they met during the usual hectic registration period and coincidentally they were posted to the same hall of residence, same room, so they became very close as they found themselves around each other for so much ample of time that they both cliqued together.... In class they stood for their selves in absentia during short tests, submission of assignments and even writing of attendance but surely, they had their differences, looking at them holistically their weak points was obvious but the thing is people never saw it and they both became an unflinching force to be reckoned with; Why? Because they complemented each other in many ways.

Jendon based in the suburbs of Abeokuta, from a poor family, an example of someone, university has given an opportunity of escaping poverty after 4years; nonetheless, a friend in the university has given him an immediate escape route from poverty his parents hid in his box from Abeokuta. That friend is jydo, a butter-boy based in Lekki, Lagos, he was a handsome, youthful, bright and fearless chap with enthusiastic stars always dangling obviously all over his eyes...an example of a boy who got in flow of cash every month into his account monthly plus extras from uncles and aunts, this allawee was so much that the two friends spent lavishly and it still remained. Jendon's proximity to jydo made him have the latest clothes, and possess materials(books), money and food in abundance even as at when needed...they were more like brothers...people called them twins, couple e.t.c. in the university Jendon turned out to be the more brilliant younstar while jydo was not dumb!!! He only needed some brush up here and there to make him superb. Their relationship thrived while jealousy, and discontent stayed abate, they both where the cynosure of all eyes in there faculty, they won different individual awards in their departments and faculty, people loved to be among them; At the end of the session(1st year) they both bagged 1st class GPA and they even got individual scholarships.

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There came joy, a sweet, likeable and cute girl, she was in there faculty and they all attended the same fellowship; joy was just friend like many other girls who knew them. Unknown to them, they had both individually developed some secret affection for this girl, but they both kept this feeling until 2nd semester when jydo could not take it anymore and decides to tell jendon...saying with passion and eagerness!! o boy, I don dey love up oh, I no know why I no fit just keep this joy of a lady out of my mind, whether na love portion I no know but am enjoying it. jendon wore a shocked and irked face but latter smiled to agree and say he knew they were meant for each other and that if he wooed her she will definitely say yes, jendon went ahead to give him tips on how to psyche joy such that joy would even love him more. jydo used this tactics and after playing ‘hard to get’ a while: joy accepted. Their relationship flourished but jendon was not happy, the more jydo and joy laughed and had a good time the more irritated and jealous jendon was...though he still remained jydo's loyal and obsequious friend...he's heart and mind felt ditched and sure this situation opened his eyes...lo he was blind but now he can see. Jendon started to siphon his friends account, taking a half of jydos allowee every month to deposit into his own account...he did this for over a year and jydo did not suspect or complain, also, jendon never helped or advised jydo as regards his studies just as he went astray, neither did he stand for him in class again as regards to assignments, test and attendance. All this unknown to jydo, Non suspecting in every sense, jendo continued in his wayward mission by defacing his friend in public, spreading ruthless rumours about him, taking pictures of him sleeping class and publishing it in the press board, jydo saw this particular picture and confronted jendon with it....hahahaha laughed jendon, that's the new trend now, it’s fun and the press board has gained more views because of that picture...don't worry, it fun and that what school is about... Jydo taught so too and buried it there...meanwhile jendon's mission just started.

After the end of their 2nd year in the university, jydo dropped exponentially in his result while jendon continued to skyrocket, as at the time their friendship was cool they both used to fondly make their intentions known as regard to which area to explore....jendon was content to join the press organisation and wished to be the Union of Journalist president one day while jydo categorically wished to be the president of their faculty. Jendon knew that jydo wanted to run for the office of faculty president and then purposely he resigned from press organisation he belonged, in order to run for president of the faculty. One Saturday evening Jydo just finished from a show at Dugbe where he was mC......Carrying out a self assessment of his performance, he was despondent, his countenance galled at his performance as he enters his car, he drove through dugbe to mokola road where the normal hanky panky car commotion usually occurs, as he eased past mokola through to sango, there came a very long tunnel of traffick, okadas struggling left and right, danfo drivers curses mixed with buzzing horns to yield beat of life to the tired ears of an unfulfilling mind, disgusted and hasty jydo spotted a chance to get in a fast lane and as he swiftly swerved his hands to the right to chance a danfo driver!!! Meanwhile, Unfortunately for him that faithful day the gas in his air conditioning system has finished, so the car windows were wind down, just as he half successfully entered the new lane, the danfo man lifted up his head out through the window of his bus to throw a bountiful, slimy, awful, nauseating and irking mouthful fluid which landed directly on jydo's face, most annoying was that the new lane where he switched to wasn't moving again and the former lane became the fast lane, sharply, the danfo man moves on to the fast lane to leave him behind....angry Jydo with spit on his face, searching for tissue paper in his car safe to clean up spit drizzling down through his nose into his mouth, didn't know that the traffic warden has given them green light, the urgency of the car directly behind him, made the driver try to switch to a new lane and in the process of this, the rickety car behind him hit his precious camry 2.0, breaking his backlight!!! Trust Nigerians, the culprit did not wait. A long hiss from jydo as he finally cleans off the fluid off his face. Downtrodden, annoyed, and disgusted he starts to move slowly and freely to U.I, just has he ruminates on the incident, he thought of joy and he picked his phone to call to share with her what just happened, just as he picked the phone, a call came in and it was joy, he answered and just before he could say anything, she asked: do you know jendon is running for faculty president? He thought it was all a prank, so as he tried to move on to other pressing discussions but joy restated the question more gravely, sensing the seriousness in her tone, he ends call and went straight to see her in her hall of residence to hear more about the situation. Joy told him that she has heard about this before but she thought it was nothing major but now, she attested to the fact that she saw his campaign posters, she also said to him that rumours about him (jydo) had escalated and are lingering everywhere. She confessed that some of the rumours are stunning, believable and difficult not to consider!!! Angry that even his spouse could give the rumours a consideration, he left her place to confront jendon in his hall, in a state of confusion and annoyance even to hear that the person he hoped will be his biggest supporter is now his biggest rival. With speed of light the wounded lion appeared in front of jendons door, his mind in a state of quagmire and disparaging thoughts going through it, he hit the door!!

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Gba gba gba....the urgency in the knocking called the attention of the other students in adjacent rooms, jendon opens up and jydo pops up the question; them tok say you dey go for faculty president...Sey na true? Looking and sounding rebellious and trivial!! Jendon getting all smirk and smug faced...the expressions spoke louder than his response....am a bonafide student so why can't I do my wish!!! Or do you think all good things are meant for you alone, when scholarships came you got the better, when awards came you snatched the most prestigious ones, when you saw joy’s affection for me, you asked her out, hanhan!! Is the world meant for only you? Ehen replied jydo!!! You are doing this because of Joy? Because of this flimsy reasons? You are such a fool!! Opolo eja lowa lorie!!! Jendo was never going to back out just as more people came to the scene, including press men, he started reciting the rumors he cooked up against him...he said; if not for his humble self jydo would have been a dullard, also, he said that his parents feed him by virtue of the innocent blood they shed for money ritual!!! He also called him a rapist!! Jydo fumed, his heart pounds like one at the edges of broken bottle...he summoned courage and tried to engaged jendon (a typical pako boy) physically; this action topped jydo's worst day ever, as he got the beating of life....sad enough, paparazi where there!! The story topped the headlines in the faculty and departmental press boards.

He woke up the next morning not knowing how he got home but noticed severe pains on his face and body!!
He couldn't believe his friend could do this, but the rest was history.
The press night came,
A few too many questions
Overnight his tongue stammered
There could be only one winner
It was a landslide
And then the beef was initiated,
Kai I wished it was ponmo.