He took his mind off the his parents troubles and focused on his driver, Salisu. Anytime he remembered the driver, he smiles. The young man behind the wheels has not been opportune to be in a primary school not to talk of a university. His parents were a dead mum and a too-drunk-to-be concerned father. At the age of four, his uncle took him away from the stench of alcohol and straight to the smell of dust, as he worked like a slave for his uncle as soon as he reached the age to differentiate right from wrong. He was so mal treated that he ran away once he was twelve and entered the streets, working as a bus conductor.

It was in prison that Wale saw the young boy of sixteen years with a criminal record and took him in. He got him trained in driving and since Salisu knew the parts of the South West like the tribal marks on his cheeks- the only gift from home, Wale entrusted him with driving everyone around. Salisu on his part, was always the obedient servant never betraying his benefactor, something he transferred to Tade.

The traffic had cleared up and Salisu drove quickly, carefully overtaking cars and even a petrol tanker; something that caused panic to Tade. The student was about cautioning Salisu when he reduced the speed of the driving by himself.

OAU was in view, some metres besides them. The beauty was not immediately apparent to them, but when they drove towards the gate, the sight improved. The gates were rather short, but the face of the statute of Oduduwa was molded on the wall of the gates, with the said walls dividing the traffic going in and those going out. As with all 'important days' like this, a slow traffic build-up was present.

Their sight-seeing was halted by the security officer who asked Salisu for his particulars, using his face in a bid to scare him. It failed woefully.

After his particulars were cleared, the security officer then proceeded to 'obtain' Salisu.

"You see, my son." He started, "I have been here for some time without any food or water." He then used a minute to reel out the inadequacies of the government of the day. "Abeg find something for me." He concluded.

Salisu looked a bit surprised and calmly told him that he was also in a bad situation financially, so he could not help him. The old man refuse to budge.

"My son, is that how you lie to your parents?" At the sound of the word 'parents', Salisu got inflamed with anger, spilling out expletives and insults on the man. Tade watched with interest as they dragged it on.

"If you don't give me anything, you won't leave here!" The man threatened. Already other cars were hooting but Salisu just turned the engine off. Tade knew this was likely to be a long wait, considering that the old man had pressed a wrong button on Salisu.

Tags:

Dyoungstar,Flakeey, youngkahlessi, bluestarry, divepen, mzhorlah, mizcalvina, vickthoriah, badoolee, spaxon, missgdope,princesschi,moyarhtohbadt, vivlygift, joyicy, lanicky, ivyluvie, ruthobaz.

badoolee:

Wanted you to see my work, sorry if its not what you like.

awchh,I like it alredy

rapmike:

Wanted you to see my work, sorry if its not what you like.

badoolee:
awchh,I like it alredy

Thanks, this your picture looks sweet.

Updates later in the evening.

Chick spotted. Badoolee come and join me at the vip lounge

rapmike:
Tags:

Dyoungstar,Flakeey, youngkahlessi, bluestarry, divepen, mzhorlah, mizcalvina, vickthoriah, badoolee, spaxon, missgdope,princesschi,moyarhtohbadt, vivlygift, joyicy, lanicky, ivyluvie, ruthobaz.

present sir. Followin.....

When it seemed like there will be a long wait, a senior officer showed up.

"Dada, what are you doing there?" As soon as Salisu saw him, he moved to protest but the man continued his talk.

"See, before I open my eyes, allow them to pass." "Don't you know that people are waiting at the back? And if you try what you did just now, I will make sure that you will not be here the next day, do you understand?"

Dada nodded and grudgingly left Salisu alone, much to the relief of Tade.

They drove into the university, much in a procession-like manner. Salisu soon got to the roundabout and after they went past the structure Salisu increased the pace, as if he was late for something important.

They soon turned towards Tade's faculty.

"Salisu, drop me here." Salisu moved further, ignoring Tade's instruction. Tade repeated himself, shouting this time. Salisu continued for a minute then sharply turned round, almost hitting an incoming car. Luckily for them, the car owners seemed more concerned about where they we're going, leaving Tade to silently fume at Salisu. The driver then used a snail's pace to get to the place Tade wanted to drop, much to the against of other motorists.

"Salisu, come tomorrow by ten to this spot to pick me." The driver nodded his head and drove quickly, like a maniac on the loose.

"Werey." Tade said, before he headed to his department.

Chapter two starts tomorrow. I acknowledge the presence of Bluestarry.

Chapter two


Wale studied the letter on his table. It was about an interview from the United Nations, in lieu of a strategic vacancy in the Organization. The interview was to hold in a week's time, meaning that he had a week to prepare for this opportunity of a lifetime. Benefits included a better pay and travel benefits, availability of research materials and rubbing of shoulders and minds with the elite in the health profession, plus some bragging rights. He has always wanted to work at the highest level and he now has the chance to, at a young age for that matter.

He wished all aspects of his life were the same. It seems like it won't be possible.

When he started out with Clara, he had just got a job and they had married not long ago. Despite all that, he persuaded her to become a full housewife while he sends the money in. They did not have much, but they were happy. Then Andrew came in and their happiness increased. The young boy quickly showed his brilliance, even as his father was been promoted promptly and at times ahead of time. His family were so happy that when Tade came in, his performances, though a bit average, never bothered him or his wife. Andrew was their crown jewel, an intelligent, courteous, obedient son who was the delight of everyone they met.

All changed when he got admission to OAU.

Wow! *Dunno what to say* ah....em...I so much love dis.
Kudos rapmike.

Btw...I'll advice u to change omisore's name to another...maybe olasore
People might not be looking @ it ur own way.

More updates pls.

Dude, i don't know what to say? Am confused "Chapter one" ?


I don't understand it at all

festwiz:
Dude, i don't know what to say? Am confused "Chapter one" ?


I don't understand it at all

I am separating them into chapters. Or the chapters too short?

Andrew suddenly became a quiet, hostile young man with 'strange' ideals in his head. He had joined an anti-cult group and seemed to be causing trouble for the cult members in school. Wale talked to him, several times, each time his pleas fell to deaf ears. When cult members started sending strange texts to the family he had to call Andrew home and convened a family meeting over the issue.

It was there the worst happened. Andrew roundly insulted everyone, reserving special insults for both parents. Wale could not take it any further and disowned him, Clara begging both parties to stop. Andrew left for school early the next day and that was the last time he would see him alive.

When the news was broken to him and Clara, it shattered the family. Wale, pained by the death of his son, distanced himself from Clara and Tade eventually, blaming her for Andrew's death. He focused on his medical profession, while Clara went into importation business in order to keep herself busy and away from temptation. Money flowed in, but the lack of attention Tade had created an undisciplined kid who threw parties and did all sort of stuffs. He still managed to do well in academics though.

He sighed, placing the letter into the envelope. He decided that he had no time to think of his family.

Tade woke up with a start and turned round, looking around the home he will soon leave. He remembered his first day at school and smiled.

After Salisu's maniac driving set him on edge, he decided to find a place to sit down, hence he walked towards the building where his faculty was located.

The building was something of a simple but wonderful design, if not a bit odd. The building which contained three faculties ( yes, three not one), was made like a three step giant staircase. The first 'step' housed the faculty of administration. The faculty itself had two floors and a basement, with the topsmost floor of the faculty linking to the first floor of the faculty of Law. The other two faculties ( Law and Social Sciences) were built the same way.

Dude you can do better men. Have you tried ucbrowser? i.e for your updates?

He walked into the faculty of Administration and found something of interest.

He watched students bundle their way to register courses. The basement, which was otherwise less busy, was occupied by people running to and fro from different directions. He saw parents moving around, trying to 'work' their kids admission, there were student executives who moved around getting materials and trying to keep the students in line. There were hawkers of various edibles taking advantage of the situation to display their wares to positively hungry folks. One in a while, an elderly person comes in with a student and forces the student to stay in front of the queue, upsetting the 'orderly' students who go on a frenzy about how corrupt the country is.

Amused at what he saw, Tade decided to move to his faculty, knowing that time was not in his hands. He got there to meet a greater commotion, guys pushing themselves around the area, some guarding themselves like footballers shielding the ball, ladies hairs scattered on the ground like mad people, the executives shouting at the top of their voices, it resembled a mad house.

He noticed some guys watching them and sitting on an elevated part of the ground. Realising his exhaustion, he sat down to relax and watch the 'film' playing out in front of him.

Suddenly, two odd looking men came towards their direction. Men, not boys because they definitely did not look like freshers. Muscles and chest budging out, faces looking handsomely monstrous and eyes red like Sango's own in a fit of rage, they were certainly not students, or so Tade thought.

The strange men went to the crowd and started sizing the freshers up, slapping one or two of them in the process. Tade watched as the previously rowdy queue turned taciturn and quiet, like someone seized their voices. He looked on with surprise as the men began to extort #100 fees from the freshers, beating anyone that resists them. When they were done, the men walked down, probably heading to another faculty. The faculty officers, who were tired of trying to control the crowd, did nothing while all the extortion went on.

Tade went towards one of them. "Please, who are those guys? Why did none of you stop them?"

The older student simply ignored him and went on with his business, miffing Tade. He decided to meet another senior student ,otherwise known as 'Stalite' to ask his question.

"Those guys belong to the Red Axes cult. He replied. They are one of the strongest cult groups in school and one of their members is the LSS president. So really there is no point trying to stop them."

When he saw Tade's repulsed face, he gave a hearty smile.

"E be like say you be fresher." Tade was surprised by his change of language. "Don't worry, after they have collected their dues, they don't come back until the next day. So quickly enter queue and do your registration finish so that you won't have to do it again."

"Thanks a lot. Am Tade."

"I am Efe. Oya go sharp, sharp."

Tade walked quickly to the queue and managed to slip himself through, denying some students their places.

When it got to his turned, the tired faculty officers asked him to bring out his credentials. Bringing out his secondary school certificate among other stuffs, he laid everything in front of them, before arranging them and moving them to each officer, wasting no time. After all the documentation and payment, he walked straight out of the registration area and moved to another part of the faculty, registering with his Chambers, the Equity Chambers. On getting there,he was asked to pay some more dues and more certification. Receipts were issued at each payment. He then walked out and came across Shade.

Shade, the darling of many a secondary student, was the 'crushe' of Tade. About six feet, her fair complexion and long legs announces her presence in a gathering. Her smile, strong enough to charm even the strictest teacher, was often a weapon, the weakest weapon she used to her advantage. Her as5 was fleshy enough to sway men's thoughts, wills and caprices to her advantage. Her brea5ts, though puny, was braless, an action which gave her another weapon against men.

Shade was a paragon of beauty, which to many a sex hungry lad, was the perfect meal for them. However, despite her cordial relationship with Tade, he never had any amorous feelings towards her, which surprised her. So he become a target, an oddity which interested her.

She looked surprised at the sight of Tade, her white dress expressively showing her 'love' for the not too handsome crush of hers.

"Tade! Its has been a long time! How are you?" She flung herself to him, her small brea5ts pressing firmly to his chest. "Its has been a ........."

"A year, Shade and if you don't mind, you are squeezing me to death." Tade replied.

"Always the brash man, aren't you? You are a fresher here?" She asked familiarly.

*As if you are a stalite* his mind spoke back, but he nodded at her question.

"Cool! Am also a fresh student of Dramatic Arts, planning on going into the entertainment industry."

*Before nko* his mind fired back. He was not surprised in any way, at least she had modeled for Pepsi before and had done a couple of Close-up ads, not to talk of the little roles she had in sitcoms.

"What course are you studying?"

"Law."

"Law? Hmnn. You know what they say about the Law faculty in this school."

"Wetin you hear?" Tade asked.

"Don't you know that Law Society usually produces the most radical students on campus; the cult members and those that are against cultism. For example, the current president of LSS ( Law Student Society) is the leader of Red Axes while the vice president is the Leader of Black Brass ( a female cult group). Equity Chambers President is a DSMite ( DSM stands for Democratic Socialist Movement, a group against cultism among other things) and you know what that means."

"What does it mean?"

Shade looked surprised. "It means that the two Presidents won't see eye to eye. Meanwhile, the Black Brass has another member as an executive in Equity Chambers. I hear a lot of fights occur between them and I don't know why its the Law Students that have the highest number of these people."

"We are intellectuals." Tade spoke freely, much to the surprise of himself.

Shade dragged him to one corner and knelt down. "Tade, I am begging you, please just mind your business there. Don't join any of them. A cult member life span is usually short and those anti-cult guys are usually hunted and killed. Ife is a bad place to be carrying any new idea on power. Tade, please! I love you and you know that you mean a lot to me." Tade's face shot up in surprise with her admission. "Tade, I don't want to lose you. Even if you can't have any thing to do with me, don't break my heart by joining any of them. I don't want your life to......"

"Its okay, Shade." Tade said, his eyes showing concern. "I will try not to."

She cleaned her legs and eyes. "Am hungry, let's go and eat." She dragged a protesting Tade away.

At the eatery, Tade probed her.

"Why did you warn me about LSS?"

"Well, I have seen a little here and I don't want to see or hear more." She said quietly.

What did you hear? He asked more quietly.

"Well, you know Wande? Our class rep in SS1 na!" She said, seeing the confused look in his eyes.

"Ermm..."

"The one with goggles, that wears all those Reverend Sisters gowns, that we call Holy Mary?"

"Ooh!" He exclaimed as he remembered her. The lady was an extremely shy lady, who used her spare time as class rep to preach against fornication and ask people to repent.

"So what happened to her?" He asked quietly again.

"I heard she is the Leader of Black Brass!"

"Ehen?" He almost shouted, leading to one or two angry stares. He apologized and resumed to his food.

"What happened to her?" He asked after eating some more.

"When I got here during Post- UTME, I heard that she ran loose when she entered school, that she do boyfriend runs up and down and that she don change gan. That she don hard. The worst part of it was that she killed Kenny!"

"Kenny ke? Her best friend ma ni yen!" Tade said.

Shade shook her head. "I dey tell you say babe don change. Her eyes don dey run red and you dey talk best friend for there. The rumour be say. Kenny na PaceSetters persin and that dem fight each other as per leaders of their groups. After them kill Kenny, they distribute her body parts everywhere."

"Wow! You heard that one too?"

"No, I saw it with my eyes." He choked on hearing that. "It was a gore sight. And to think that na only Kenny Wande dey follow talk for school?"

"Na so I come think am say wetin be life sef? See as Wande waste persin life, dem fit waste her life like that too. Na so I think say that if I see any persin wey I sabi, I go warn am. I no think say I fit bear the pain of seeing such. Its almost derailed my examination preparations."

"So Tade, please am not joking, DON'T JOIN! I have to go." She stood up and left, leaving Tade to ponder on what she said.

Comments please!

Nice work.bin following ur stories.kip it up.and don't wori,d comments would come in if u update constantly

Chapter Three


Tade returned to school the following Monday, packing enough goodies to feed the whole school for a month. His parents loaded his account with money in the usual nonchalant attitude he was used to. In all, he had an account balance reading 2 million(2M for short). For course he was not stupid to show the 'abundance' he had as he packed all the uncooked rice and beans, not to talk of the favorite student companion, garri.

He walked straight into ETF hall, Salisu following him with some of the baggage. He got to the porter's lounge and quickly cleared himself, paying all the required dues. As soon as he was done, he headed for his room, Block 1 room 7.

On getting there, he looked around in disgust. The room was dusty and all stuffy, despite the fact that freshers had resumed a week before.

Seems like nobody has been allocated this room. He thought.

He signaled Salisu to drop his luggage and bring the rest, while he searched for a broom to use. He walked around the room, using his eyes to scan around. When he could not find what he needed, he started to shift the lockers, getting startled twice as rats ran past him.

"Mtscheww!" He hissed. The room was becoming more unsettling for him when he saw it.

The rat, as fat as a packet of Cheeseballs, was tearing a black nylon, obviously looking for food. It soon got its delight, as grains of rice fell from the nylon while the rat went about enjoying his feast. Its teeth went on working with glee, as its claws kept making noise.

"Jesus! What is this?" Tade said, speaking to no one in particular. The rat then stopped eating and started to stare at him. Tade stared back and made a feigning move to scare it. The rat did not respond. He continued looking at it as it replied his stare with its own, occasionally twitching its whiskers.

The rat suddenly made a move towards him. Tade was shocked, when did rats start having brains like this? He wondered. The rat moved a bit forward and stopped, like it was studying him.

Tade clapped his hands towards it. The rat refused to run, rather it adjusted its claws.

I don suffer. His mind spoke. Na rat dey do dis? His eyes suddenly fell on a used food flask.

With unspeakable rage at the defiance of the rat, he stoned the flask at it. The rat scampered away, scattering the rice.

"I have to find a broom!" He said to himself, just as Salisu called him.

"Oga, see broom here!" He quickly gave Tade the broom.

Moyenii:
Nice work.bin following ur stories.kip it up.and don't wori,d comments would come in if u update constantly

Thanks jare. I needed that.

Tade seized the broom without hesitation and started sweeping the room with rhythmic madness. Quite soon, the room was cleaned and looking new, even as he started the fan in order to introduce fresh air into the room.

Salisu soon finished packing his load and after a little difficulty, they found his bunk and placed his luggage in there.

"Salisu, come and take me to the central market."

They entered the car and drove off, only to come some minutes later with a long locker which wanted to rival the wardrobe already made in his room. With some difficulty Salisu and Tade carried the locker, Tade assisting so as not to be viewed as a 'spoilt' kid. They carried it to his room and after removing the locker present, placed it around his bunk. Tade was loading his foodstuffs when a young boy in glasses came in.

"Guy, submit your food." Tade looked at the boy and went on with his work, ignoring the demand made.

"E be like say you wan stubborn small, Oya bring that food!" He walked straight to take a packet of indomie.

Before Tade could do anything, Salisu seized his hand with a vice-like grip, forcing the guy to drop the indomie with alacrity. Tade then turned and sized the young boy properly, realising that he will beat the bespectacled fellow easily.

"See, if you can't ask for something decently, don't ask at all, do you understand?" The young fellow nodded his head.

"Now get out!" The fellow scampered away as another boy came in, looking angrily at him.

"That guy has been trying to extort guys that comes into the room." He said. "Good thing you chased him away. You are in this room?"

Tade nodded, as Salisu went back to the car. "Salisu, you can go now, don't want Dad to get angry at you." He faced the young boy. "Am a resident here."

"Cool. I am also a resident here." He pointed to his bunk at the other side of the room. "My name is Made." He stretched his hand.

"Tade it is over here." Tade shook his hand.

"What department are you in?" Made asked

"Am in Law."

"Ok, am in economics." Made said. "One other student has arrived here, but he has not moved in. Anyway, enjoy yourself, tomorrow is another day."

"Ok. Can you help me with my stuff and then we can go out together?"

"Sure." Made moved to help him.

The two individuals worked faster than each initially thought and in no time they were done with the arrangement. Tade soon wore his sneakers and went out with Made.

The weather was calm and a bit cool as they left the hostel, creating a serene view with the bamboo trees across the road. The road was dusty, a common feature during Harmattan, which added to the atmosphere its kind of feel. Tade walked quickly, using his Walkman, while Made inhaled the scenario and relaxed a bit. They were contrasting in nature.

As they got to SUB( Student Union Building), they saw two people arguing, with people gathering round to watch.

Shouts of 'Your Fada', 'Sho ya werey?'( Are you mad?) among other obscenities reigned the air, shocking many a fresh student. Made walked towards the scene confidently, asking questions with Tade following conservatively.

"They are fighting over babe." He heard someone tell Made.

The two boys stood and watched as young guys who were at least three years older, went fighting for a girl that the crowd had not seen. When they were tired, the girl walked past them with no sense of remorse and entered a car waiting for her, driven by another guy. The reaction in the two men faces was enough to verify their feelings; they have just been emotionally duped. The ever interested crowd noticed the change and soon started clapping their hands in disgust, wondering why two men will disgrace themselves on top a lady that does not think about them.

The week went past as Tade was getting used to the school. Quadri, Malik and Andrew were other students that had landed. Quadri was a fresher like him and Made, whil Malik and Andrew were finalists.

Lectures had started too and much to his surprise, Tade had to attend a lot of courses not related to his faculty. To make it worse, they were core courses; meaning that they were compulsory courses to pass. He hoofed all around campus with other fresh students, struggling for spaces at lecture theatres. Soon enough, class representatives were to be selected and he was made assistant to a certain Ortega, who was two years older than him. Ortega, twenty years old was a typical Warri guy, thickly set with the local accent and way of maneuvering tight situations, keeping his class in peace.

Two weeks after he first entered the room, Tade had seen most of his roommates. In addition to those present, Shittu, a part two student of Computer Science and Ovie, a quiet lad in Biochemistry had joined. It was remaining one more person, and he wondered who he was and why he was absent.

On Friday he knew part of the answer he sought.

this suspense too much o. abeg come update

Lying on Shittu's bed was a young, handsome guy, obviously Igbo from his skin color and facial composition. He was reading a Biology textbook.

"Hello, who are you and what are you doing here?"

The young man shifted his gaze to Tade. "Am Chukwuma, better known as Chuks. I stay on top of this bunk. Just did not want to go through the stress of climbing. Hope am not disturbing you?"

"No." Tade said before he could catch himself. "Am Tade, also a fresher over there." He pointed to his bunk."I don't think he will appreciate your lying down on his bed, the owner that is." Tade had seen him shoo some guys away from his 'corner'.

"Oh, okay." Chuks stood up and arranged the bed. "I am a part one student of Medicine." He said quite calmly. "I just cleared my space."

"Just what? This is the third week, hope you know?" Tade said, unable to believe his ears.

"Easy guy. I have been in school since, was just squatting with a friend in Awo hall. I got my accomodation late."

"Sorri oh! So when are you moving in?"

"I have moved in already. My bed is there and my things are in the wardrobe." Tade looked at the upper bunk and true to his word, a new bed was on the bunk. Tade was sure that Samuel, who had been 'managing' the space will be sleeping on the floor tonight, as per a 'squatter'.

He decided to question him further.

"Why did you come late? And have you attended any class?"

"I never came late, do you understand the meaning of the word 'squatter'? I was in school since the first day and I have attended all the classes, am the class rep for that matter." He replied with a 'matter of fact' look.

"You have squatted before and you want to bounce the squatter here, is that good? Can't you have sympathy for the less privileged?"

"Do you understand the word you just uttered? By the way, I was also sent out of the room I stayed in, that's part of the reason am here. The bunk is my space now, at least until the two semesters are up. Please don't ask any more questions." He stood up and grabbed his bag, leaving the room for Tade.

The weeks rolled by and lectures were moving well. Tade was already used to being the assistant class rep and was quite efficient in it, gaining some form of admiration from the female folk. Unlike Ortega, who was loud and hot-tempered, Tade cut the figure of a quiet, unassuming person who did his work quietly, like someone behind the scenes. Ortega on the other hand, was ruffling feathers here and there in the faculty and was already been warned by the faculty president, all to no avail.

The lecturers in his faculty were also another pain in his neck. Some, like Professor Koya, only comes in with his hand-out and dictate like he is reading a novel. Others like Mr Jakande, gave vivid explanations, only problem was that he set tests at every class, even the impromptu ones. It was one of such tests that Ortega started to count his days on campus.

Prior to this day, the lecturer had informed them about the test, they in fact knew the date of the test. The only problem was that.......


He moved the date forward to that day unilaterally.


"Good morning." He stepped in, replying the few that dared to greet him. "Tear a sheet of paper, write your name and ............" Students were shocked as he started to dictate orders and dish out questions, with a few including Tade silently calling others to hurry into class.

That day they managed to hold the test for an hour, the whole time for the lecture. As the lecturer left the hall, spreading anguish to absent students; many of the students followed him, especially as he was the course co-ordinator and had claimed that the test will hold weight. A few, however decided to 'scratch' their axes against the leadership of the class or more specifically, Ortega.

"Tega! Tega!! Tega!!!" Mohammed, a six foot three muscle powered guy called in anger.

"Why you no tell us anything?" He asked, charging towards Ortega.

"We did not know about........" Tade was trying to defend his class representative, when Ortega eased him away.

"See, I don't care what you think, because you guys deserve what you got. What does it take you to attend classes, eh? We that come to class and come early are not fools, you know." Tade looked at him incredulously. Did he not know that the guys he was challenging attended this particular class regularly, even more than him.

Tade spoke up and made a sign for Ortega to keep quiet. Ortega ignored his advice and kept talking.

"I know you and that guy are extra year students. He said, drawing attention of the crowd to Mohammed and a seemingly quiet, slim guy. If you 'agbayas' can't take a simple course like this serious, then it shows what you guys do with your brains, which is nothing." Tade could not find the link between the class and usage of the brain. If not that they just had a test, he could have swore that Ortega had been drinking early in the morning, or maybe he secretly did. He was going to stop the increasing tension, when the quiet guy stepped in.

"Mr Oortega. He started. You have only attended this lecture seven times while both of us have attended the lectures ten times." He informed a stunned audience. Why was he keeping attendance of everyone?

"We have attended this class more than you and you are calling us unserious. Do you know how many people have given up on lae because of this lecture? One-tenth of my class! If you think this course is easy, let the semester results come out, in fact do the exams first. Every mark counts in this course and because of people like you, a good number of us lost marks."

"Now, I don't really care about others since they are not here, but if me or Mohammed here have to repeat this class, consider your life as a burnt offering to God, you hear me?" He walked away with Mohammed, instilling some fear into students.

"And we are Part Two students, not extra year students!" He said smiling, as they walked out of the hall.

Tade looked at Ortega, who was still 'forming strong head' and concluded that the semester was not going to end well. As students dispersed, he grabbed Ortega tightly and dragged him away.

"What is always wrong with you?"