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Six Weeks Earlier !!!!

February , 2017


Uncompleted story Building, 17,Kuta kura Close, Olomieja Avenue,Isolo,Lagos State.

12:30 am


I watched,speechless, as he packed them bundle by bundle ,right before myself and Dino’s kokoro eye.I couldn’t believe what I was seeing.


I could not but wonder why he called myself and dino here in the first place. He didn’t allow us to count the money, neither did he allow us help him with the storage. All we did was to point torchlights.

I watched as he struggled to place the heavy Ghanamustgo under the asbestos,balancing on the wooden stool to get the right angle, licking his lips and bursting into short weird laughs occasionally.By the time, he had calculated the amount in the third and final Ghana must go with the counting machine, the total amount we had in the house was a whooping 250 million Naira.


Here I was, with two unarmed persons standing between me and a 250 million naira. I started imagining a Jackie chan , jet li scenario and gazed my eyes upon any reasonable weapon to knock out these two.


'More light please “- Prof beckoned on me, snapping me from my short Jason staham imaginary journey .

After counting the money, he returned the money to the Ghana-must-go and called me this time to follow him inside the opposite room.. There he opened a sort of reinforced steel cabinet and asked me to push it in which I did. He looked at me as if he wanted to say something but he kept quiet...He simply locked the door and beckoned on us to proceed while he followed closely behind. .


We had to stay in the car till 4am before we set off on a three hour journey to our destination, Ikeja..


All through the trip, no one uttered a word. ….




He dropped us at our individual houses .He dropped dino at his house first where he had a quick but seemingly fierce conversation with him and then myself at my own apartment.


“Boo
“Yes sir
“We would see…., on Monday “ – He said coldly , with a sinister smile and in a tone that portrays the Monday meeting wouldn’t be an ordinary one. I stepped out of the car and he drove off.


To say I was shocked and confused was an understatement. 250 million !!! How the Bleep did the Prof get 250 million naira. His salary for 35 years plus his pension cannot be up to that amount ever.

Why did he take us with him when he neither told us where we were going or why? Why did he want us to see where he was keeping the money . Something was not right !!!

Did he not reason that we can go and take the money without his knowledge or even report this to the police !!!


Fine, as my uncle, he might want me to know about the money as a surprise contract he got or something but why did he involve the accountant?? I could not wait for Monday to come to get the answers to all my questions especially this mystery cash..

I got on my Toshiba system and quickly alerted the EFCC, informing them of the exact area and location of the building but I refused to mention the name of the owner.. Truthfully, I myself do not know.


They informed me that they would swing into action immediately and assured me of utmost confidentiality as they collected my personal data which they claim was for identification and payment purpose.

Withnin minutes, We had concluded a deal that could fetch me a life changing sum of 50 million naira.. Immediately I get my hands on this money , I am leaving this wrecked country for somewhere safe to finally start a new life !!!!

I kept waiting to get a favourable answer of them identifying the location and retrieving the money until about almost six hours later, when I heard knocks on my door.


Oh my God, The killer had come for me.!!!!


“ It was my turn !! “ I said to myself , as I could feel drops of urine dripping down my trousers . They didn’t want me to say anything about this money oh, they didn’t oo . I saw all the signs but I still wont keep mute and protect my life... God, how the hell did I get involved in all this.. ??


I picked my phone and my id card and rushed towards the backdoor. I noticed they heard my movements and started banging the door, trying to open it by force..

I kept running through the wide hallway as fast as my legs could carry me and finally found my way to the backdoor.. I opened the door and behold, an armed police man staring right back at me..


“ sir, they are coming for , they are" … I felt relieved sighting the police officer who I felt would helped me combat my yet unseen assailants even though my brain had not taken time out to process what a police officer was doing in my apartment in the first place.

“ they are…'

Before I could finish my statement, whether it was a blow or a kick, baton or headbutt, I honestly could not remember.

All I knew was I fell to the floor and I could hear slow vibrating voices and mumbles of “ we caught him , yes sir, he is the one..

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My head ached as I lay on the ground and struggled to keep my eyelids open .. I could see like four, five people in the red EFCC vest with the imprinted Eagle staring at me and some other men in uniform ,with DSS tag and with guns, coming towards my direction.

One of the armed men moved closer to me, raised his leg and gbam !!!!

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Chanchit:
Writing is not at all easy, so if you don't want your effort to be wasted

1, Don't write free stories on NL: I've read many stories on NL and the best stories don't even get to reach front page sometimes, and when it does, it still does not bring a dime to the writer. But shout out to story writers like classcaptain , I know you would be contacted for some of ur stories here on NL soon.

2, Don't publish in a hurry: Take your time to write and proof read, many stories have been stopped half way here on NL cos the writer just couldn't go on with the fiction.


3, Make a name and your book would bring profit: If let's say 2face should publish a book today, which I think he has done already, he would definitely smile to the bank, cos of the name, if 30% of his fans should read it, then it would be a monetized effort.

4, Don't self publish: Just don't try this in Nigeria brother!

I've written 3 stories which I think would be very good for screen play, but I would rather keep it to myself till its ready to come out. And I also keep my diary close to my heart, I won't mind sharing when needs be. But for now, it's a no no. Cos nobody would pay me for my stress.

Bro, one thing one must realized in Life at times is that it is not always about the money...U are into.music and am sure you know more than enough about this...

the passion comes first. then the money follows but at a point,making profit should be among the goals !!!

1) I quite agree with this... My best stories are not on nairaland yet and I have bigger plans for them..But this should not dissuade one from posting stories..It is this story that bring you the exposure, connects you with friends and helpers,help u gain a reasonable fan base and help u market any other thing u want to offer...

I have met someone who singlehandedly gave me 30k for one of my stories here !! You never know who is watching and will bring u to real lime light..

Have also gotten some publishing deals from people but I can call them " Slavery deals '


2) totally agree

3) very true

4) Naijasinglegirl sold 419 copies of her book at 1000 naira each on okadabooks ...She self published it...That shouldn't discourage anybody !!!

hotspec:
Kindly keep me.posted..I will definitely help publicise it in my little corner. I will b glad to b part of ur success story

when he land , I promise u will be the first to know by God's grace !!! Thank You very much !!!!

We go gather blow baba !!!!!

I can't really explain in words how I appreciate this oo. baba God bless you and I promise I no go fail u