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My people, abeg click on this link www.nairaland.com/1986755/miss-nairaland-
december-2014-contest. and type I vote jennimma. She deserves your vote

Jennimma:
Hello D9ty7 and my fellow readers. Today is the grand finale for the Miss NL competition. Please i need your votes. Its simple what you have to do,just click on this link www.nairaland.com/1986755/miss-nairaland-december-2014-contest and type "i vote jennimma". Voting starts by 10am and ends by 7pm. Thank you so much.

jennimma, me didn't know you're in my school and department. How you preparing for exams? Best of luck dear

Mention:
Airtel N1500 for 2GB
MTN night plan 2.5K for 4.5GB
Glo (with a little bit of technique) 1K for 3gb

I won't advise even my enemy to subscribe that airtel 2GB plan after my experience where 2GB was exhausted in one week without me performing any data exhausting activity. Glo 1k for 3gb is illegal. Maybe the day you do it is the day they'll close close it down. Best plan is that MTN night plan.... if you've got 2.5K. Else, buying from those SME guys is d surest

17 AWODIKA SEASON 02 EPISODE 09: Nnamdi was still in a sad state when the private
call came in
“Hello Nnamdi, any update for me?” The voice
asked
“I have called the commissioner, am sure all
security agencies are there as we speak” Nnamdi
replied
“How come it’s not on the news? ” The voice
asked,
“Are they putting me on a back burner? ” The
voice continued
“The government is saying it’s the maintenance
work been done” Nnamdi said
“Dont worry, this will soon be over and you’ll be
re-united with your
family” The voice said
“Phase II is already is progress” The voice said
“What’s Phase II? ” Nnamdi asked
“You’re strictly on a need to know basis, this is
all you’re allowed to know for now” The voice
bellowed.
“They should be dis-arming the bomb right
about now…” The voice continued
“Disarming What did I do all that for then? ”
Nnamdi protested
“Patience Nnamdi …Patience …. ” The voice said
and cut the phone
Phase II! disarming the bomb!! A lot of things
were going on in Nnamdi’s head, something
doesn’t feel right, he told himself.
__
Today is the last day of a powerful crusade at
TBS, the Police and most of the security
agencies on the island have been deployed to
the waterway to monitor the disarming.
A lot of traffic on the Lagos Island as
worshippers are trooping in for the last day
revival, the man of God had promised it would
be explosive, the blind would see, the cripple
would walk, miracles were expected to take
place. Some worshippers were in BRT buses
singing to the destination of the crusade, some
were walking in groups, in one of those group
was Frank’s parents.
Amongst the crowd of worshippers were six men
wearing suicide vest…

Hameenat94:
Handie all Im eager 2 knw z hw Nnamdi became d badt guy here nd hw Seye would feel wen he knws. Pls can any1 in d huz tell me d best network nd data bundle 4 android. Will really b glad

I think the best deal network is MTN and for the data bundle, buying from SME resellers where one gigabytes of data goes for 1200 is the best.

Mention:
Handie, even you dey derail ya own thread... Smh

it's all about the fun bro. If derailing of the thread will bring fun, then it's allowed

17 AWOSIKA SEASON 2 EPISODE 8:
At the foot of the bridge, bomb experts, Police,
The Navy, The Army and every other form of
National Security agency was present trying to
battle out how best to resolve this.
Someone from the army suggested
“The detonation of this bomb has to be
remotely, we’ve got everywhere around here
surrounded, I don’t think anyone will want to be
around to detonate this. It will be done via a
mobile phone; there are receivers on some of
them.”
A naval officer suggested
“We need to call Telecom guys if they can switch
off their radio devices around this area so we
can isolate this bomb and defuse it”
“Good idea” Abu, the head of the teams said
“Call NCC and have them do that immediately.”
The green light came that network was out, the
bomb experts got to work, studying the wiring
of the detonator, carefully analysing how to
disarm the bomb and detach the C4 from the
triggering device. After agonizing several hours,
one bomb expert was able to successfully
disarm the bomb, the process was replicated for
other bombs.
The operation to detonate the bomb had
withdrawn virtually half of the police force from
Obalende area of the Lagos Island.
A call was put through to the commissioner of
Police that the bomb has been disarmed and
sent to the Force Headquarters in Lagos.
Meanwhile BK and Seye had gotten back to JTF
HQ in Lagos, BK was kept in a room with just a
table and a seat chained into the ground, almost
close to interrogation rooms he had seen in the
movies.
After an agonizing couple of hours, Seye came
back with 2 other guys and they took their seats
infront of him.
One of the guys broke the silence and said;
“My name is Idris, On behalf of all Lagosians, I’d
like to thank you, Bukunmi for coming forward
with this very vital information. You’ve helped
us a great deal. We have got agents as we speak
at the foot of the bridge accessing the bomb and
hopefully we will be able to disarm it before it
causes any damage” Idris said
BK was feeling proud of himself for a bit there,
thinking this might be easier than he thought.
“We would like you to take us through the
events of that night, one step at a time, how
you got to where you saw the whole event
unfold” Idris said
BK adjusted in his seat and began
“I was clubbing with friends on the mainland
when they moved base to the island” BK said
The second guy interjected him and asked
Bukunmi
“Who are the they” The second agent, Lawrence
asked
“Hmmm, Jide, his chic and two of my own
female friends. We initially were clubbing on the
mainland at Club Rumourz in Ikeja. Jide and his
chic changed locations without informing me,
they called and told me they’d moved to the
Island.
I abandoned my friends since they met their
friends there and left for the Island, I noticed
that my front tyre, driver’s side was deflated
but not completely flat.
I made a mental note to pump it in the morning
then zoomed off to the island, on my way to the
island, I fell into a large pothole that destroyed
my tyre.
I stopped the car, somewhere after Unilag and
went to check the tyre, it was almost flat,as I
moved to check the boot for my spare tyre. I
saw a horde of speed boats speeding towards
the bridge, they must have been 10-15 boats.”
Idris interjected him “Can you be specific?”
“It was in the middle of the night, I dint have the
liberty of counting how many they were plus I
was scared out of my mind, the boats couldn’t
have been more than 15.” Bukunmi replied
“Ok” Idris said
“Wait! Wait!! ” Bukunmi said, brightening up like
a light bulb.
“What is it?” Seye said
“There was a fishing boat that night” BK said,
sitting up, resting his elbow on the table
“How are you sure there was anyone in that
boat?” Idris inquired
“I think I saw someone hiding inside the boat”
BK replied
“Can you describe what the person looked like”
Lawrence cut in
“I can’t, it was too dark but there wasn’t any
other boat that night, I remember” BK replied
“We need to send someone down there
immediately to find out who was out there at
that time of the night” Idris said to Lawrence
and Seye.
“What else did you see Bukunmi?” Seye asked
“I couldn’t see much, I tried running to the
other side of the bridge to see what they were
doing but I couldn’t see very well. I could only
see a boat a bit far from the pillars, some kind
of leader, he is tall, huge, he had a mask on, his
boat went around overseeing the operation” BK
narrated
“The best bet is that guy down there, he must
have seen the whole thing play out” BK
concluded.
“What time did all this happen?” Idris asked
“Not so sure, but i think it’s between 2 and
2:30 in the morning” Bukunmi replied
Lawrence checked his time and it was almost
4pm.
“Get a team down to Ilaje now, find out whoever
that was in that boat last night. Bring him in
ASAP”

mariamferanmi:
Lolssssss!!!! Handie dis thread is now a war zone, u guys should calm down, dis one dat u are all killing urself, wen u kill urself finish hw many guys will be on dis thread? Is it only ladies dat will dominate dis place? Abeggggggggggggggggggggggg O #stopdkilling#Funny people.

*smiles* just trying to have fun. As for only ladies being here, be rest assured that won't happen cause I'll triumph and all the ladies can have me *winks

marioking:
Good morning HANDIE.....how is ur preparation for una exam?,....i wish u best of luck

preparations are gradually picking up thanks man.

SMALLPENIS:
TODAY's NEWS

shekau was killed in this thread during a Coup, which resulted to a bloody shootout at 17-awosika. Head of Thread, Handie has been taken prisoner. He is to be tortured every hour till he updates, the update will then be read out to the general public.
Bluestarry was sentenced to life imprisonment.
The new Head of Thread is Fataveli, The Prime minister is onemansquad.
Fortunately unfortunately marioking died after smallpenis intentionally shot him.
Smallpenis has been announced as General Commander of The Thread (GCOT).

BREAKING NEWS : Troops loyal to the ousted head of thread ably led by General Mention and assisted by Nimen, Kayemjay, Mazi Omenuko, d9ty7, temitopedaniel and All the female members of the thread has led a counter coup to release Handie and Bluestarry. In the ensuing battle, smallpenis and his fellow usurpers were all arrested and the indisputable head of thread was released and restated. In his first outing after the restatement, he looked resplendent in his white buba and sokoto and was flanked by his faithful and beautiful wife hameenat94. In his first speech since the coup, he thanked the loyal men who stood by him even when it seems all was lost and the forces of evil shall triumph over good. He also decreed that the power hungry usurpers be moved to the worst Russian prison with hard labour. I hope this serves as a deterrent to all power hungry members of this thread

SMALLPENIS:
TODAY's NEWS

shekau was killed in this thread during a Coup, which resulted to a bloody shootout at 17-awosika. Head of Thread, Handie has been taken prisoner. He is to be tortured every hour till he updates, the update will then be read out to the general public.
Bluestarry was sentenced to life imprisonment.
The new Head of Thread is Fataveli, The Prime minister is onemansquad.
Fortunately unfortunately marioking died after smallpenis intentionally shot him.
Smallpenis has been announced as General Commander of The Thread (GCOT).

hmmmmm

Fatalveli:
*After smallpenis shot him on his testicle, he fell on his knees and I went behind him and I snapped his neck without any remorse* you got served...

You just snapped someone's neck on my thread? Dude, you're in trouble. *picks out my phone and calls my guy Mr. Shekau.* the following convo ensues:
Me: Shekau, how far na?
Shekau: Boss, I dey o. How Hameenat94, Mariamferanmi, labaski, iphie17 and tescoleps?
Me: They are all fine. mallam, I have a problem I want you to help me solve o
Shekau: Mallam, what's it? Just say the word and it'll be done. Is hameenat94 and labaski making things hard for you? I can always bring you some fresh virgin girls o.
Me: Shekau my real guy, it's not the ladies jor. It's Smallpenis, Onemansquad, and marioking that have turned our cinema to a war zone o. I want you to call Abu Omar al-Shishani and enquire whether he needs fighters for the cause
Shekau: He even discussed this issue with me today o. He said he needs some more fighters.
Me: Good! Send some boys to come and bundle those 3 fellows to Syria and tell him that I want the 3 of them in the front.
Shekau: Nagode baba. I'll tell him that

17 AWOSIKA SEASON 2 EPISODE 7:
Meanwhile, Frank went to get the door and it
was his bestfriend, Akeem. Akeem was furious
at Frank for not opening the day earlier
complaining of how he had to wait for him to
open up.
“Oh boy, na wa for you o, i don dey knock there
for more than 30 minutes”
Akeem vexed
“No vex, Akoko, na sleep jare” Frank apologized
“I see your mama, she talk say you and your
papa get gbege” Akeem said
“No mind that man jare, the man slap me since i
too tey to come back home and say na bad
company i dey keep” Frank told his friend
“Your papa sabi para sha ” Akeem joked
“No mind am, as him wooze me slap; na him I
take that one escape go bridge go drag” Frank
responded
“So, na you carry the weed wey remain abi”
Akeem joked
“Na me o, I need am die” Frank responded
“Omo, you no go believe wetin i see last night
o” Frank said to his slender framed friend,
Akeem
“Wetin happen, yan me” Akeem said as he
settled into the rickety foam Frank slept on
“I see some guys under the bridge, i no fit even
reach there, i no fit turn back sef, no be small
thing. All the guys dey wear something to cover
their faces but the thing wey dem put for the
bridge be like bomb sha” Frank said
“how you take know say na bomb, what if na
Julius Berger nko? Sebi dem dey repair the
bridge” Akeem responded
“Julius Berger go dey wear mask for face, you
be monkey jo, enough American films to know
those things were dey explode jare” Frank said
“You tell your mama or papa when you reach
house?” Akeem asked
“Dem dey talk that kin thing” Frank said
“Those guys bin see you at all? ” Akeem asked
“Dem no see me but one boat nearly reach me
but e turn back” Frank explained
“Listen well o, you go come pack small load, na
your papa and mama head dey your back na him
no allow dem come kill you for there.” Akeem
said
Frank listened attentively.
“You go come pack small shirts and trouser, you
dey go trip be that” Akeem said
“For wetin na?” Frank queried
“If them catch you, whether na Police or those
guys, na die be that” Akeem said
“Oya now now, begin dey pack, we go dey talk
for phone” Akeem continued
“You don dey tey, come dey go” Akeem rushed
Frank
“Wetin i go tell my mama and papa?” Frank
asked
“You go call them say work dey for Berger and
you don go, say you go call
them” Akeem adviced.
Looking through his wristwatch, it was 15
minutes after 3pm.

Hameenat94:
Hes a shadow of himself

If you, my choco milo can say this, I'm just imagining what others are thinking. I've got to change #newresolution

Hameenat94:
wat da f**k? Y Nnamdi? BK z in deep poo. Handie xo Im d 1 nt givin u brk*frowns*. Dnt wori I will cut u some slack

*kisses her to show my appreciation and also remove the frown*frown is replaced with a beautiful smile on her pretty face* You'll get the answer to the question "Y Nnamdi" shortly. Hope you haven't forgotten about their domestic characters in season 1 sha

Fatalveli:
Nice update! But handie, it seems u're busy lately cos I'm pretty sure u are not the handie I used to knw

yeah. I've been really busy and that's why I wanted to give this a break till the next month but my madam@ d top @Hameenat94 doesn't want me to take any break. Just bear with me for now sha

17 AWOSIKA SEASON 2 Nnamdi stared blankly at the tattered roof of the
warehouse, staring into oblivion, he couldn’t
understand how he became a villain after being
celebrated as an hero.
He monitored the arming of the bombs on 3rd
mainland bridge which was set to explode in a
few hours. After serving his father land dutifully
for over a decade, he was to become the most
wanted man in the country just as soon as he
made a call. He also prayed silently that whoever
was in that boat that night report it to the
appropriate authorities in time.
He felt lost and deeply sad as he stared at the
phone, his action, a dial away. The phone
vibrated and it was a text;
“Honour our agreement and make the call, Its
too late to play hero”.
Nnamdi stood up from his seat, trying to psych
himself up to make the call that would probably
end his career and eventually his life but he was
far gone to back down now.
Nnamdi dialled the number from the encrypted
phone, Nnamdi knew nothing is really encrypted,
it’ll just take a couple of hours to crack where
the call was made from depending on the
technology in use.
The phone began to ring, and then the receiver
picked the call;
The receiver looked at the phone, saw the
number was hidden and probably thought it was
one of his girlfriends playing prank with him but
the voice he heard changed his mind.
“Hello, good morning” The receiver said
“Good morning, Mr. Commissioner, I don’t need
to introduce myself, I just have some
information to give you, it’s free but I would
like a little compensation for it, that’s all”
Nnamdi said
“Is this some sort of joke?” The Commissioner
asked
“Does it sound funny to you? Now listen and
listen good. There are bombs strapped to the
pillars of the 3rd mainland bridge at the middle,
we’ve done our calculations correctly and we’ve
got the right amount of C4 to take out each and
we have put them in multiple places.
We might not be able to take out the entire
bridge but we have enough fire-power to break
it in the middle which actually is what we want.”
Nnamdi said
A sweat broke from the forehead of the
Commissioner.
“We know you’ll try all sort of funny business
with the bomb, whatever you try, we’re in
control” Nnamdi continued.
“What do you want?” The commissioner asked
“Dont worry, I’ll call back with our request.”
Nnamdi said
The phone line went dead. 6:

Onemansquad:
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ok boss.

17 AWOSIKA SEASON 2 EPISODE 5:
BK knew calling Seye would lead to other
complicated things but he couldn’t resist the
urge not to tell someone about what he saw last
night especially his security operative brother.
Since the revelation of Seye, BK hardly believed
anything anymore unless he
saw beyond reasonable doubt about such thing.
Just as BK suspected, Seye told him to come
straight to his house that he needed to explain
everything he saw. The phone call to Seye didn’t
last long but the last sentence was for BK to
head to Seye’s house immediately at Surulere.
BK wanted to go but just needed to relax a bit
before heading out again, since it was already
morning. He managed for a little over 4 hours
only to be awoken by loud knocks on his door.
”$hit!”, he said, as he remembered he was
supposed to see Seye at home.
His guess was right as he peeped Seye from the
keyhole.
“Seye, I swear to you, I just wanted to take a
quick nap for about 15 minutes before coming
over”, BK explained
“The 15 minutes became 4 hours, right?” Seye
replied as he continued searching all BK’s
apartment.
“I slept off, Seye…believe me” BK pleaded.
“Get your shoes and let’s go” Seye replied
BK pulled out his shoes from underneath the
sofa where he kept it before he lapsed into the
mini-coma.
“Where are we going?” BK asked
“We’re going back to the HQ, we need to debrief
you” Seye replied
“Debrief?” BK asked
“We need you to tell us everything you saw last
night as it happened, everything you can
remember about that incident” Seye explained
“We have a team under the bridge right now, we
have confirmed your intel. There is indeed
something under that bridge, C4 assembled with
a trigger and some firewall of some sort. Our
bomb experts are trying to defuse the bomb but
we need to know what you saw last night” Seye
continued
BK took a deep breath; it looked like it was
happening.
“So, how about people on the bridge?” BK asked
“The bridge has been sealed off since you gave
me that intel, we moved swiftly, blocking them
at all entry and exit points.” Seye replied
They went in Seye’s car and zoomed off. BK
stared out of the window at the busy Lagos that
wasnt aware of the eminent threat of a bomb on
the third mainland bridge.

marioking, you should be called super marioking. simply breathtaking work..... pure genius

17 AWOSIKA SEASON 2 EPISODE 4: Frank still in shock after witnessing bombs been
planted on the pillars beneath the third mainland
bridge, He was still shivering in his boat, the
highness in his body was quick to leave him, his
heart in his mouth as he witnessed the scariest
hours of his life.
The guys never came back to where he was
which was strange, he only looked up when he
couldn’t hear the sound of their speed-boats any
more.
Frank walked through the deserted shore to his
home with the daylight approaching. He knocked
and his mother opened the door for him. He
went into the room, saw his father sleeping,
took his corner and slept off.
The noise was unbearable for Frank, the wailing
of the children, the adults screaming, the
movement getting busier and busier, he was in
the middle of the madness that seemed
outdoor, the sun was shining directly into his
face, his mind was playing tricks on him, people
were holding onto the iron beams, trying to save
their kids, their friends as explosions rocked the
bridge in the middle with cars falling into the
water and BRT buses with people jumping out of
the windows as the buses nose-dive into the
bridge. Cars were running into each other as
cars behind who saw the explosions tried to turn
back.
Frank woke up as the sun rays tore past the
flimsy material they used as a curtain, disturbing
him. The sound of little children getting
prepared for school as they rushed down the
passage of the “Face-me-I-face-you” house.
The sounds of explosion he heard were nothing
but the knocks on his door from an impatient
guest. Frank stood up as he used his hand to
shield his face from the rays of the sun coming
through his window. The noises he thought were
that of people wailing on the bridge was that of
people screaming at each other at the passage
of the dilapidated house.
Still dressed in the attire he wore the night
before, Frank sat straight on the worn-out
mattress, the whole event of last night playing in
his head, from his fight with his father to how
he took the boat into the water, smoked a blunt
and how the big boats approached the pillars
underneath the bridge.
To him, it was purely a case of being at wrong
place at the wrong time. He knew he had no
business been there at that time but there was
no way he could get that out of his head. He
remembered also seeing an abandoned vehicle
on the bridge that night but it didn’t look like
there was anyone in the car. The impatient
person at the door continued to knock
aggressively, Frank got up angrily wondering who
was there that could be so annoying.

SMALLPENIS:
me na sci-fi action I wan write , chai! handie you never disappoint, I duff my fedora hat for you

na oluwa get the power o bros

Onemansquad:
d story is takin shape bak
9c 1 handie

I see you boss

Now, where are all the ladies? hameenat94, mariamferanmi, iphie17, tescoleps, and my sugar pie labaski. Make una show una pretty faces for here jare

SMALLPENIS:
removes ma gold taurus 13mm, corks it and points it at his left ball

you too like guns sef

marioking:
Nice job done here i must confess........i wil love to one day finish off fatalveli and co in order to chairman this thread

hmmmm. ambition, I love that. but Fatalveli and his cronies be like Nigerian politicians of the 60's o. them no ever wan leave the stage

17 AWOSIKA SEASON 2 EPISODE 3: Bukunmi could see a lonely boat close to the
bridge, it looked like someone was there but his
attention was stolen by the noise and the bright
light approaching the bridge from the other side,
speed-boats loaded with ammunitions and bags.
He couldn’t see what was going down there very
well. He noticed that all the boats headed to
different pillars under the bridge, there was
however a bigger boat, standing some distance
away, BK suspects its the supervisor boat, there
was a man standing infront of the boat, stand,
well built, wearing a mask.
The individual boats had moved towards each
pillar, BK dint know what they were doing there
but another boat approached the assemble of
boats, this boat had the logo of the Lagos state
government. BK said to himself, finally the Police
is here;
The Lagos state marine patrol boat rolled up
beside the biggest boat where the big guy was,
the guys were wearing the uniform of the Marine
Patrol.
They talked for a few seconds and then 2 other
guys tied a stone to dead bodies stripped of
their clothes and dumped them into the water.
BK’s heart started beating faster and faster. He
kneeled beside the railings watching the whole
thing. Cars would speed past but none was
aware of what was going on underneath the
bridge asides whoever was sitting in the lonely
boat.
At a point, BK saw how the big guy signalled to
one of the mini-boats and pointed in the
direction of the lonely boat across the bridge,
the guy powered his boat and rode in the
direction of the canoe.
Frank was frozen where he was as the boat
approached his location, his heart was beating
faster and faster, he began to regret leaving the
house after the fight with his father, he began
to pray; he knew for sure that if he was found,
he will be killed and disposed off, as the boat
approached Frank’s canoe, he could hear
something over the walkie-talkie. The boats
turned around and went to join the other boats.
Frank took a deep breath as the boat sailed away
from where he was, Frank was the only witness
that saw the whole thing happen, he saw an
abandoned car on the bridge but doubts if
anyone is in the car. He saw the guys in mask
drop huge bags of what seemed like explosive,
they were quite heavy, he saw them attach
something that seemed like timer to it, he also
saw them put some kind of fence around the
explosives carefully placed in between the pillars
holding the bridge also drilling holes in strategic
places on the pillars.
BK watched the whole thing happen from top but
he dint get the full story, running across the
bridge to see what happened when the boat sped
off to the other side.
When they finished, all the boats circled and
rode towards the big boat, the big guy
addressed them and then they turned around to
all leave.
As they left, the big guy turned back and looked
at the bridge; he could see something that
looked like an abandoned car.
The big guy picked up his phone and called;
“The bombs have been set, the security
measures are all in place. We’re set to go.” The
line went dead without any response from the
other end.When he finished sending the
message, he removed his mask, the person
behind the mask looked troubled. The person
behind the mask was Nnamdi.
The events of the last 2 hours removed all the
alcohol in BK’s system as he quickly ran to
change his tyres and sped off the bridge as soon
as he could. He wasn’t himself at all, he got to
Autolounge, he couldn’t relax, he was disturbed,
he went back home and called Seye.

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onemansquad, must you do this? you no fit just pretend say you no see me?

17 AWOSIKA SEASON 2 EPISODE 2:
Frank was having this argument for the
umpteenth time with his father, his father dint
approve of his company of friends. Frank would
not have any of his father’s argument especially
tonight. They lived in the poorest of the poorest
places in Lagos.
They lived close to the water, his father came
from the creeks of Bayelsa, after working for the
ministry of Education for over 20 years, he was
fired unduly due to an unresolved case of thefty.
Frank’s father, who was such an honest man
was set up for a fall, been the head driver for
the ministry and refusing to allow members
participate in unlawful and corrupt practises. His
father was sacked for stealing $10,000 which
was brilliantly set up by his deputy. He was
sacked without benefit.
The family survived for about 3 months before
everything came crashing, his father picked up
fishing which he used to do as a boy back in the
creeks before he came to Lagos. The income
wasn’t much but with his father’s goodwill, the
people around the water took them in as family.
Gave them a room to settle into, Frank & his
parent with his junior brother settled into the
one room apartment.
Frank who just left secondary school had to help
his father out a bit to raise money in other to
pay for his junior brother’s school fees and also
to raise money for his own JAMB and higher
institution fees.
Frank had always been an obedient boy and very
cautious but ever since they moved into Ilaje in
Bariga, his behaviour had changed, he doesn’t
respect his father anymore, he talks to his
mother anyhow he feels.
His new found association is all to blame for it,
he has started smoking all sort of things from
weed to skonk and drinking those dirty looking
drinks.
This particular evening, he got home after 1 in
night, his father was furious at him, screaming
at him, inquiring why he’s just coming back
home. Frank tried to be nice and explain that he
went out to do manual labour on a new site in
Bariga, but his father wouldn’t buy any of such
stories.
Frank’s mother who wouldn’t be bothered by
their story just ignored them and slept off.
Frank got angry and replied his father harshly,
his father could read from his countenance that
he was stoned but he kept on lashing on Frank
that night. Frank’s father would always lash out
at him almost every night but tonight’s own was
different. It looked like it was inspired by
something else.
His father reasoned to himself that if he doesn’t
take out time to iron out this issue of bad
company, it might spell doom for the young
Frank, Frank replied his father and in anger, his
father descended on him and beat him. Frank
wouldn’t raise a single finger against his father;
his father could see the rage and the anger
boldly written on Frank’s face. Frank’s mother
got up as soon as the voice turned into beating.
She couldn’t help but stare at Frank’s face; she
knew her son was gone psychologically.
Frank stepped out of the house, while his father
was still screaming at him, walked down to the
water, took his father’s canoe and paddled away,
checking his breast pocket for the warp of weed
he collected earlier on from his friend.
Frank continued to paddle, he made sure he got
far away from the shore, he was almost at the
foot of the bridge, he stopped. He took out the
blunt, brought out his matchbox and started
smoking.
He sat on a plank on the canoe as the water
rocked the canoe left and right gently. He stared
ahead and he couldn’t believe what was
approaching from the other side of the bridge.
The speed boats were enormous and numbered
about 15, in dark colours. The crew of the ship
were fully armed. They look like militants.
Frank tried to remain un-noticed as he lay down,
threw his blunt into the water. He carefully
raised his head to observe whatever was going
on, he raised his head up skilfully in a push-up
posture.