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I felt I was okay.
My mom entered the room I was again. Na so three police come inside com handcuff my left hand to the bed. I began asking what was going on. Na there my mama begin para for them come dey say whether na me kill her. As I hear “kill her,” “kill who!” “Na who I kill?” As I dey ask, na so an elderly man and not so young woman come inside the room. “So this is the person,” the woman said. Na so security begin chase everybody out of the place to avoid catastrophy. My mom and my 2 friends were left with me, my hand still handcuffed to the bed. Na there my mama and friends come dey explain to me wetin happen ooo. “That Nuella was gone, she was dead.” My mom was not so happy with me. That someone was pregnant for me and I didn’t inform her and I was heading to hospital for abortion. I was unable to reply what my mom was saying, “no be dat one e dey me yet.” I was yet to recover from the shock when I was told Nuella was dead. ‘How come? what happened.’ Abisoko began telling me that she was the only one that died in the car accident. Others, nothing happened to them. Myself was just a slight injury on my left and right arms. Na so I begin cry ooo. My mom said that they alerted the deceased parents and they came. Na dem(Nuella’s parents) tell the police to arrest me. They said we were returning from where we went for Nuella’s abortion. As my mom still said it, I looked at Uchenna and Abisoko. “Shey una no tell this people say no be abortion we go do?” I asked. They were trying to defend me that Nuella didn’t do any abortion or was planning to do that. Abisoko began regretting, that if he had known, he wouldn’t have called Nuella to come see us in Ibadan ooo. Na him come cause am. Infact I began wondering who even told them that Nuella wanted to abort the baby. But all that didn’t hit me much. The death of Nuella was a blow. It looked as if my head got swollen. I couldn’t speak much. Too many questions on my mind. How come she was the only one that died inside the car. And according to Uchenna, it was a trailer that hit our own car oo and there was no much damage to the car. At a time I just felt I was born with bad luck. “Problems here and there.” My 2 friends had told me that the gist had even spread to the whole school (FUNAAB), that I took my girlfriend for abortion and we were coming back and had an accident that took her life.
The next day I was discharged from hospital. By then the police had freed me. I and my friends went straight to Lagos, to Nuella’s place. We went there through the help of Adaobi who gave me Nuella’s address. Infact it was a big loss and blow to us. I wasn’t really interested in who told the deceased parents that she was pregnant. “I no get interest for that one.” Na to just vindicate myself of false accusations. “I had already asked my mom to go back to Ilorin when I was immediately discharged.” I suggested we went to Nuella’s place with police men but Uchenna said that won’t be proper that it would look as if I was guilty. As we went, we were also accompanied with 3 of our friends.
When we got to the deceased house, she had already been buried and they were holding a candle light session for her. Immediately we stepped into the compound. As the woman that came into my room at the hospital which I guessed was the deceased mom. As she saw me when we walked in, “Blood of Jesus. The Lord rebuke. The Almighty God rebuke you,” she shouted and pointing to me. There was a distraction. As other people turn come see me. Na so them begin speak in tongues. They were shouting “the Lord rebuke you.” “Agent of the devil,” all of them shouted at me. Na so dem begin abuse me ooo. Some were calling me “satan,” some “evil spirit.” Na so fear come dey catch me. It was there and then I came to know that Nuella’s parents were pastors. A tall guy I presumed was a relative came and prevented us, most especially me from coming close to the candle light session. Some people were even busy praying against us, calling fire from heaven to consume me. It looked as if I was not wanted there. They don’t want me in there as some guys asked me to leave. But my friends were still telling me to keep calm. “Those guys no want me.” They(Nuella’s parents) said I raped their daughter and forcefully impregnated her. The said I forcefully took her to Ibadan for Abortion. “Na dat one pain me. Me no want wahala.” ‘Even with the sight of the things I was seeing, I couldn’t hold back the tears coming down my eyes’. As the argument was still going on. Some of the family members had prevented us from coming in. Na so one girl like that come carry Olive oil come they spray us ooo. She was screaming, “let fire consume you. Let fire consume you.” Na so I ask myself, “Na who fire wan consume.” Another one carry bottle water com dey sprinkle on us. Before I knew what was happening, this people had brought up a prayer point say we be demons. That God should destroy all demons in that arena. I looked at my friends, I was so weak and emotional. I can’t just go where I am not wanted. I told them I was going back to the car since the deceased parents didn’t want to see us, me to explain what really happened between Nuella and i. I told my friends to come so we leave. They still insisted we stay. Na so meleave them go sit down inside car. I cried so bitterly as I was seated in the car. Nuella was gone. Uchenna came to meet me inside the car. Na him come dey console me. Uchenna said we should leave and come bac the next day with an elderly person because they were not ready to listen to us. “Maybe by then, the deceased people would grant us an audience.” We left and came back with one of Uchenna’s elderly relative from his mother’s side who agreed to accompany us after much explanations. When we got to Nuella’s place, they didn’t even allow us to come inside their house except for Uchenna and his relative who were allowed in. I sat on a chair at one corner of the building. A tall man came out of the house while approaching towards my direction. He came to me and I greeted him. “You are the Gbadebo, right?” he asked. I no know whether make I say “yes” or “No.” me sef don confuse. He took an empty plastic chair close to me and sat. “Well, what happened?” The man asked. “Him sef don see as my eye red.” I told him how I and Nuella began but hid some vital things from him. After telling him, he said his name was Pastor Sam. The way he talked with me, I thought at least I had someone from the deceased family side who was listening to me, giving me audience. Not until after talking with him. He said I was cursed. That I should go for deliverance as soon as possible because if I don’t, what would happen to me in the next days would be worse. As the man was talking, e pain me. I felt it was an insult. If not because we were mourning, I for abuse the man. Na so e say make I collect him number incase I need counseling. Make e no be like say I stubborn. And since we are still trying to make peace with the deceased family. Na im make I collect the man number as he call am. I saved it on my phone hoping to delete it later. Pastor Sam left me. “Na so I begin think about Nuella again ooo. Just some few weeks to her graduation from the university and she was gone.”
After about 2 hours, Uchenna and his relative came out of the deceased house.
<< To be continued from Episode 15>>>>>

I sent her text messages.
The next morning, I woke up weak and sad. My guys were laughing at me. But I encouraged myself as we dressed up and went to Ogbomosho to pick Edun the painter. From there we went to Ilorin. When we got to Ilorin, I lodged Edun in a hotel, though not too expensive hotel. My guys were able to sort their own bills out. I later took Edun to were my mom was lodged to see her. After everything, we went to the market and got the paints we needed. Edun followed us to the market. We got a red and white coloured paints and returned. The next day, we took Edun and materials to the house. He had earlier told us he would do the job alone. And he commenced work. I watched as he mixed the paints. He was just making incantations. Na so me leave oo. He started the painting. It took him 7 days to complete the job. After completion, He told us we can move back that everything had been done. Na so me sef dey fear. “No be so the other ones dey before the strange voices return!” He assured us that he has done the right thing and he had been in this kind of business for over 20 years. He has even seen evil spirits worse than the one we are experiencing. Na so I pay Edun and he left back to Ogbomosho. Na so me and my guys enter street oo. We got about 3 runz girls. I was still having little doubts on my mind but it changed the next day when they woke up sound without any complain of strange voices and sounds. I and the girls slept in the house. My mom slept out at the usual hotel.
The next day, I was yet to talk with Nuella. Funke had refused picking my calls. My friends encouraged me to try picking up Nuella’s call because she was carrying my baby. The mistake had been made and nothing could be done about it. But I was still adamant. I couldn’t get to hold it that I was about losing funke.
Few days later, it seemed things had returned to normal with the strange voices and sounds. My mum and the house keepers had moved back into the house. I and my guys had returned back to Ibadan. I had tried as much as possible to look for Funke’s place in Ibadan. She had couple of times told me that they stay in Bodija. I told my guys to accompany me but they refused. None of them want to accompany me to Bodija. I went on my own. I tried my possible best with the description of Funke’s street she once gave to me when things were good between us. After several hours of search, I finally found their building and flat but I was told funke had gone back to Lagos were she was doing her I.T. I was so disappointed. But I was ready to travel Lagos to find her. I knew the name of the food company but didn’t know where it was in Lagos. I didn’t want to start asking the young lady I presumed was her sister that I met at the house. I didn’t want to start asking numerous questions that would make her suspect me as a kidnapper. After leaving the place, I tried making contacts with my friends who may know the food company. But dem no know. I was so tied that I left for my place.
When I got home (where I and my guys were staying in Ibadan), as I was about to enter the sitting room, a call came into my phone. It was Uchenna. Na so I pick am. He said Nuella was asking after me and they (he and Abisoko) told her that I was experiencing some family issues that was weighing me down, that was why I was not able to communicate with her. Infact they even told her that I nearly died sef if not for God’s intervention. Na so my guy come tell me say Nuella dey inside house dey wait for me. I began wondering how come! “How did she get to know this place?” “Who brought her here?” Or maybe my guys dey joke shah” I thought to myself. Not until I went into the sitting room and sitted on a chair was Nuella. I was shocked. As she saw me, she just stood up and came and gave me a deep hug. “Since you don’t want to come to tell me what was happening. I have come,” Nuella said to me. She started asking me why I refused to tell her what was happening. That it took my friends (Abisoko and Uchenna) to call her to tell her what I was going through. By then, I knew it was my friends that brought her to the place we are. I was feeling so weak and behaving like a dummy. I couldn’t respond to her numerous questions. Tears rolled down my cheeks. “Baby you are crying. Is Ok,” she said to me. Only if she knew the pains she was causing me,” I wasn’t crying for her or problems. I was only crying for the love of my life that was gone. I struggled to hold myself but couldn’t. The tears were still rolling down from my eyes. “It’s okay, is okay nah. Do you want me to start crying too,” Nuella said again. He brought out handkerchief and whipped my face. As all that were going on, I was yet to alter any word. Me sef come dey form, she was even begging me to talk. Finally I talked. I appologized for not picking her calls. Na “Is okay” she come dey tell me. I tried a little to explain to her concerning what I and my mom went through the previous days. Though I was able to choose my words. I never went deep to explain so many things to her. I just told her we were under spiritual attack just as how Uchenna must have told her. After everything, she said she wasn’t going back to Abeokuta that day. Well it was late. Even though I didn’t like the idea because it would give room for temptation. But I had no choice. The room I and my friends share in the house, they had to vacate it for both of us(I and Nuella) to stay. Even though I was still bitter with my friends for bringing Nuella without my consent. My worst fears came to pass because that night, I and Nuella had sex. I couldn’t control myself. She was all over me, coupled with her emotional oppression.
The next morning, I was willing to follow Nuella to Abeokuta and come back to Ibadan the next day. She was so happy that I was following her to Abeokuta. Uchenna took Nuella and i to the park to board a bus going to Abeokuta. I was just angry, my friends would be willing to encourage and support me when it comes to anything about Nuella but Funke, dem no go gree. We boarded a car. Nuella sat beside me as she layed her head on my left shoulder, browsing with my phone. I was deeply engrossed In so many thoughts about Funke that I lost consciousness of the happenings inside the car. I was thinking about my life and what was really happening to me. “Gbade, don’t you think it’s high time you stop all this yahoo yahoo!” something said to me as we were still inside the car. I was even wondering on the thoughts when I was brought back to the present state by screams and shouts, “Yaaaahhh… Blood of Jesus, egbami ooooo. It was just like a dream. “Gbosaaaaaa,” was what I head. That was an accident. There was just silent everywhere as I just went blank.
At a time I began hearing voices of people arguing. I was hearing “Na only one person die.” Another person was like, “She don die?” “No she never die.” I struggled to open my eyes but couldn’t. Finally I did open my eyes, only to discover that I was in the hospital with drip pipes connected to my body. Some people were around me. I tried lifting up my hands but couldn’t. I felt slight pain around my left arms. I began shouting “Nuella’s” name. One of the women in the room began calling the nurses. Na so nurse come come tell me say make I relax say I no fit make much moves due to my health status. I made an inquiry on Nuella and she said they were in another ward. And that she sustained slight injury. Before I knew what was happening, the doctor came in and sent the people inside the room away. Remaining only me and him. He said my mom and my friends would soon join me. Na so me begin wonder oo. “My mom and friends!” “How dem take know say I get accident?” “Who told them?” I couldn’t really figure out what was going on untill Uchenna and my mom came in. My mom hugged me so tightly as tears rolled down her cheeks. As she was hugging me, na so police with gun come inside and was like, “Madam Oya nah.” “Wetin dey happen?” I thought to myself. My mom told the man she was coming as she rushed to meet the man, Uchenna followed them too. Na so I look Abisoko, “Guy wetin dey happen?” I asked Abisoko. He said there was nothing. But the way he was smiling and responding shows there was something wrong. First, the last time I could recollect, I was with Nuella inside a car. Opening my eyes I found myself in the hospital and I was about to ask how everything happened.” Na so Police dey call my mama. As I was trying to ask Abisoko what happened and how they got there, I began hearing my mom’s voice outside. She was arguing with some people. I began hearing her say, “they should leave me so I can recover first.” “Abi police wan arrest me,” I thought to myself. Na so begin ask after Nuella again. Abisoko tell me say she don go house. “Mba nu,” I thought to myself. First I was told she was at another ward. Now Abisoko dey tell me say she don go house. “Na so doctor say he no fit beg me to calm down say if I like make I lose the drip wey dem fix, jump from window.” But I was only filling slight pains on my arms and no were again. I felt I was okay.

And after the prayers everything would come back to normal
Two days later, my mom called that the thing didn’t work after the prophets’ prayers. She said she hired some people to go there and pass the night and they were still experiencing the strange voices and sounds. Everything come tire me. It was affecting me psychologically. No rest of mind. Our late former house keeper, their family still dey one side dey disturb. We were yet to settle with them. G-money was still in London with his new girlfriend. He was very aware of what was going on in my life. He even advised I go back to the Baba because he trusted him. He said Baba had done many works for him and none of them had failed him. Everyone close to me aware of the situation feels the problem was the paint and we were yet to get the true light magenta colour.
Na so I later agree. We (Uchenna and Abisoko) went back to the Baba. Even if he can give us another procedures we could use apart from the light magenta colour. Baba said there was none, unless I will get him the breast milk of a lioness. And I would be the one to get the liquid. “Dat one na suicide mission nah. I no fit do dat.” When he first said it through his interpreter son, I thought he was just joking. But him pikin talk say Baba no joke oo. He was serious about it. He said the paint option was better and we should go and try and if we didn’t get it right, we should come back so he could refer us to someone. Na so me and my guys pack go Ilorin. This time, I used red and cream colour. I went back to the original painter that first painted our building. I told him to mix it very well oo. And they began work. “Na so people for street come dey ask questions say na every day we just dey paint our building!” And it was true. “I don’t blame them.” The stress is getting much. We now paint our building almost every day just to chase away evil spirits.
4 days later, me sef no know say my guys dey fear sef. They refused sleeping in the house. Na hotel dem and my mama go sleep. Na so I enter town with Abisoko car that evening go get Ashawo. I just wanted to find out if my guest would prostitute will experience the strange voices and sounds after we had painted it. I met one who caught my attention. She was relatively beautiful, huge and tall. She was very engaging and jovial. I was inside the car while she stood talking with me. No time to waste, na so I tell her make she enter car ooo. She entered and I drove. “I never had any plans to make out with her. Everything was just for experiment if what we did had worked.” She said her name was Mabel. Na so we just dey talk as we dey inside car. Mabel was very intelligent from Edo state. I stopped by to buy food from a buka.
Na so we reach house oo. Fear begin catch me. Too much doubt on my mind. Part of me was like, “this girl is too good. What if the thing didn’t work and midnight the strange voices come up to kill mabel?” Me sef no want make she die oo. “Looking at her, I was just feeling for her.” We got home and ate the food I bought. She really liked our house. From there we enter bathroom together. Before I no wetin dey happen, we were rolling on the sheets. Mabel had a waist bead on her waist. First, second, third rounds and I was tired and slept off, only to be woken up with a painful slap on my laps. I stood up immediately. Standing in front of me was Mabel. “So you want to use me for ritual? You want to use me for rituals abi?” She said shouted. Me sef come dey look am and dey wonder wetin dey happen. She laughed telling me that I can never succeed. That what I had planned has just failed. I was just looking at her. I come dey wonder if she don mad! Na so she begin wear her clothes ooo. As I was about to ask what was going on with her, na so she shunned me. “Oya give me my money and let me go,” she said to me. “Me mabel! na im dem wan take do ritual,” she repeated again. She began talking on how she’s from Edo state and nobody can harm her. “Dat juju wey you put for this house no fit do me anything all,” she said. At that moment she said that, I began realizing that it seemed mabel knows that there was something in our house. She began shouting that I should give her her money and that is N20,000 or else she would expose me that I use people for money rituals. Na so I reached out to my pulse, bring out the complete money and gave to her in fear that midnight. Na so she just waka dey go. I was so scared. I called my guys and told them what happened.
The next morning they began explaining to me that many prostitutes I see are into diabolical powers. “Many of them dey go native doctors and babalawo places.” They said mabel wasn’t an exception and infact the girl knew that something was wrong. She knew that there was something about that our house, she felt it that was why she reacted that way, feeling it was done to use her for rituals. Me sef come dey wonder, “so our house keeper wey die, dat one na sacrifice.”
We went back to Baba in Apata and informed him that the last act wasn’t successful. He directed us to a man in Ogbomosho named Edun who is a renowned painter. He said Edun was also in tune with the things of the spirit and will help us do the job. “I just hoped and prayed this one worked.”
Na so we call Edun, he said we should come to Ogbomosho to come see him. We travelled to Ogbomosho and met with him. We negotiated and he agreed to come to Ilorin. We went back to Ibadan. Funke called me. I had already told her I was in Ibadan so she was in town to see her family. And me too don miss her. I gave her the directions to the place I was staying so she could come and see me.
When funke came to the place and address I gave to her, she saw me. Na so she screamed, throwing her small body on top of me and gave me a great mouth kiss. I was so surprised about the kiss oo. She was so excited to see me. When she realized she just gave me a deep kiss, she looked at me, “just ignore that,” she said. I had really missed her ooo. She opened her pulse and brought out a beautiful wrist watch and gave to me. She said she got it for me. I was so happy and thanked her. As I was walking Funke to the house, Nuella called my phone. Funke was holding my waist. “Thank God Funke was not looking at the screen of the phone.” “Hello, I will call you back later, abeg,” I said. I didn’t want funke to know anything. As we got to the sitting room and sat, Nuella was still adamant. She was still calling. Funke nearly caught me when she wanted to snoop. I switched off my phone immediately. I and Funke talked, joked. She asked me about my I.T, because I told her I was doing mine in Abeokuta but do come to Ibadan for some seminars on online business I teach people. We talked. After a while, I switched on my phone to make a call to someone. After the call, I left the phone on the table to go to the toilet. I forgot it was unlocked. Na when I return I come realize say my yansh don open.
As I got to the sitting room, I met funke standing with my phone on her right hand. Her countenance has really changed with the look on her face. She was just shaking her head. I asked what was wrong. “Gbadebo you have killed me,” she said. “Ahh whats the problem,” I said, thinking it was just a normal joke.
Funke--- So someone is pregnant for you?
Me --- Pregnant keh! Were you hear that one (said with a smiling face)
Funke --- So Nuella is not pregnant for you abi? You are denying it.
Na so I come dey form James bond as if I no know wetin dey happen.
Me—Who told you that one? (I was still asking foolishly).
Before I knew what was happening, Funke smashed my phone on the floor and everything shattered. She began crying. It was dawned on me that she was aware but how she got to know! I went close to her with a pity spirit. I held her and she was like “Gbadebo leave me.” she spoke softly as she wept. Me sef come feel the thing come start to dey confess. “I guessed she read the text messages exchanged between I and Nuella on my phone.” That was how she got to know. Efforts by me pleading with Funke, to even grant me an audience. The girl no gree. She told me it was over between us as she took her bag and left. I even followed her out of the compound. I had to turn back as I didn’t want people looking at the drama between us with tears all over her face. I went into the house, took the debris of the shattered phone away while I took the sim and inserted it into my other phone. As I was switching the phone on, Nuella’s call came in. Out of anger, I blocked the call. I tried calling Funke but her line was switched off. I was so devastated and weak. My guys were not helping matters at all. They even like it that Funke had broken up with me. Right from unset, they didn’t like her, even with the way they call her “Funke Kpomo lips.” If not for the journey we would be embarking the next day to Ilorin, I would have followed Funke oo.
Throughout that moment till night, I kept on trying Funke’s line but it was switched off. I sent her text messages.

Episode 14 continues ......
The next day, the painters came early and started the job. It took them 3 days to finish the job. I gave them their balance. My guys had already gone back to Ibadan. I felt everything had become okay, but with still little doubts on my mind. We moved back to the house. After the first night, it was only I and my mom slept in the house. We slept so freely. My mom recalled the housekeepers the next day. Night came, middle of the night was hell. The 3 of them were just screaming that they have started hearing the strange voices and sounds. Before we knew what was happening, one of them was shouting, “Ori mi ooo, Ori mi ooo.” (My head, my head). Before we could figure out what to do, the one screaming collapsed. Na so we rush her go hospital ooo. She went into coma and died that day. “Dat one na another problem entirely.” I called my guys (Uchenna and Abisoko) and told them what was on ground. They said they would go back to the Baba that told us to paint our building. The death of the house keeper was another problem that my mom asked the remaining two to go back to their families. The one that died, her family stormed the hospital with policemen. They accused us of killing their daughter mysteriously. It seemed I had already known that they would try to arrest us. Na so I call G-money. Himself get connections and at that moment was in London. He had to call one of his relatives who was an Army officer. The Army officer had to do too many contacts and connections to get in touch with high ranking police chiefs in Kwara state. After everything, the police got an order not to arrest us. The hospital management had to send all of us out of the premises due to the commotion that we were causing. Na so I organize police that night ooo to protect me and my mom for the hotel wey we lodge.
The next morning we reached out to the late girl’s family to explain what happened but they were not ready to listen. My guys called me to tell me that they had gone to the Baba’s place in Apata. And he said the colour of the paint we used was not light magenta. That if it was, what happened would have not occured. So Uchenna said he asked someone on how to mix the colours to get white magenta and they said we should use orange colour and white paint. Na so I go paint market begin find orange colour and white paint. I got it and called the painters to do the job and they did and completed it. I was scared of calling some of my friends in Ilorin to come and sleep over. Knowing fully well that I and my mom don’t hear all those weird sounds. Na only outsiders dey hear the sounds. I come dey think who I wan call again. I no wan just call somebody and same thing happens. It would look as if we were sacrificing human lives. And according to what Uchenna said that the Baba told them. “That if not that we left the house the day the house help died, the other two would have joined her.” I suggested if my mom would call one of her sales workers. She refused oo. She say she no wan endanger their lives. Na so I enter town go wait till 8:30pm and 9pm wey Prostitutes (Ashawos) dey come out. Na so I pack them 3 come house. I told them that I was expecting someone from Abuja that would do them good the next day. But I shah give them money, N5,000 each. I told them that my guys would come and service them the next day. As them enter the house, na so dem like am. I kept the three in my own personal room while I layed in the sitting room. Of course there was T.V and other electronic gadgets inside the room the Ashawos were. So it won’t be boring for them. Before I know wetin dey happen, sleep don carry me for parlour. I was awaken by a loud shouts and screams. The girls began shouting and screaming. My mom had to run out of her room. The girls ran out of the room and asked if I wasn’t hearing any strange sounds. As they said it, “I realized that what we did was not successful.” Na so the girls tell me to open the door say dem wan go. That midnight I opened the gate for them as they ran out like mad people. “I hoped they had not gotten mad because the way they were running and scratching their bodies.” And that was the last time I ever saw them again. As I locked the gate, I went inside the house and to my room. The girls no even carry their bags. In their bags were condoms and the money I gave to them. Na so I sit down for my bed. Tears rolled down my eyes. I was so devastated. I don’t know what to do, who to talk to. I called my guys that moment to inform them of what was happening. They felt pity for me. “I have really lost money.” All the deals we had been having, I had not been participating due to all the house palava. But my guys have been kind enough to still be putting some few cash into my account.
The next morning, I had to relocate my mom to a hotel I paid for and went to Ibadan. I refused consulting the Baba at Apata. But my friends insisted we still go back to him. My mom called that she consulted with a prophet and he charged her N50,000. She willingly gave him. He said the prophet said he would go to the house with his prayer team and pray. And after the prayers everything would come back to normal

Episode 13 continues ......
This one wey she just want make I come. I don’t just know, and she was saying it involves huge amount of money.
The next day, I dressed up and told my guys that I was going to Abeokuta but would return before the end of the day. I travelled to Abeokuta. When I got to Abeokuta, I went straight to Nuella’s place. None of the girls (Nuella, Bola and Adaobi) were around. “I guessed they had all gone to school.” I called Nuella and she said she was on her way home. So I waited. Barely 15 minutes, she had arrived. Na so she give me one kind hug and kiss for outside compound, that passersby were just gazing at us. Me sef, as he gave me the kiss, it looked as if I experienced an electric shock that ran through all my body systems, even down to my manhood. I really enjoyed the kiss but na the good news me wan hear. We went inside the house and to her room. Na so I come dey ask wetin be the good news wey she wan give me as we entered inside the house. “Relax nah, take it easy. I will tell you,” she said to me. She was just smiling sheepishly. Me sef dey surprise. She stood up from the bed were she layed. She was about removing her clothes when I grabbed her from behind and softly threw her to the bed. Na so play start oo. We were laughing and joking. I held her softly to the bed. I told her I wasn’t going to leave her until she tells me the good news. She was just laughing and insisted she wasn’t going to tell me until I release her. me sef talk say I no go free her. Na so call come enter my phone. I no come know wetin to do. I had to free her to pick the call. Immediately I let her loose and picked the call, she climbed untop of me and was playing with my hair. It was my mom that was calling. She asked me to come to Ilorin if possible that weekend. I asked if there was any problem, she said I should just come first. Na so fear begin catch me after the call. I began wondering why everyone was keeping me in suspense. Nuella no wan tell me her good news, my mama say make I come. She no tell me why! Nuella saw the reaction on my face, she asked me what was going on. I told her that my mom asked me to come that it was urgent. She asked if she didn’t tell me the reasons. I tell her say she no tell me ooo. I was felt something was wrong. I told Nuella that I would be going back to Ibadan that day. She started pressing me to stay back and go the next day. I no gree oo. Na so she playfully hold my neck. We come begin playfully struggle. One thing led to another. Na so we enter sexual mood. We had sex that period. After it I slept off.
When I woke up, it was around 5pm in the evening. Nuella was not inside the room. Na so I wear my clothes and came out. I met Nuella washing her clothes outside. I asked if Bola and Adaobi were back from school. She said they were still in school. I told her I was leaving for Ibadan that moment. “Oooohhhh why nah! Still stay nah,” Nuella said. I told her since she doesn’t want to tell me the good news she has, and I came all the way from Ibadan to see her and she was just playing pranks on me. I felt she was just missing me and wants to see me, that was why she used the good news term to lure me back to Abeokuta. She said it wasn’t that that she indeed has a good news for me. And she could only tell me in the night. “Na there I no say Nuella just dey use me do Yeye.” I went back to her room and wore my shoes, dressed up properly and came outside, telling her I was leaving so she could see me off. She refused, insisting I stay behind but I refused as I moved out of her presence. She tried calling me but I no wan even hear. I don already stand for Camp road waiting for car wey dey go Ibadan. She called my line but I didn’t pick. She kept on calling. I was about to switch off my phone when I saw an envelop sign, signifying text message on my phone. I checked and it was from Nuella saying. “ Sorry Dear. The surprise I have for you is that am pregnant.” After reading the text, I began finding it difficult to decode what she meant. She was pregnant! “Shey she don marry nih or.” But she said her boyfriend had broken up with her. As I was thinking, something in my mind said, “if she get belle, wetin come concern you,” the thought said. And it was right. “Wetin concern me with her belle or she want make I help her carry the baby?” As I was wondering through the thoughts, another part of me said, “shebi you dey sleep with her.” Hmmm, and indeed I was sleeping with her. “Chaii, make e no be say na me get the pikin ooo,” I thought to myself. “Or maybe Nuella was just playing prank on me,” I thought to myself. As I was thinking, Nuella’s call came in again and I was already inside the car and we were entering Odeda village heading towards Ibadan. I picked the call. Nuella was sounding bitter and was crying on the phone. She said she was sorry for not seeing me off and prolonging the good news. I asked if what she wanted to tell me was what she sent through text and she responded “yes.” I asked who was responsible. “Of course you nah! Was I sleeping with any other person!” she responded. As the girl just say na me, I no know whether na another prank or lie. My head was just boiling like boiling ring. It looked as if a large hammer was used in hitting my head. I no just know wetin I want talk. How come she was pregnant. I was just wondering when she said “are you still there.” I asked how she got to know and she said the time she wasn’t feeling too well, that she told me she was having stomach upset. “And I remembered it was true. I told her to go for a checkup.” I couldn’t understand what was really going on as we talked on phone. I told her I would call her back and cut the call. I had to tell the driver to stop the car which he did and I gave him money. Na so I enter another car from Odeda go back to Abeokuta. As I got to camp, something in me said, “what of if she just faked this pregnancy just to make you stay in Abeokuta?” And it may be true. As I reach her house, enter Nuella room. Adaobi and Bola was already back and was inside the room. As they saw me, we greeted and they saw and felt my countenance. They left the room. Nuella’s eyes were already red as she brought out an envelope and gave to me. I asked her why she was crying, she said because she thought I was angry that she was pregnant for me. I opened the envelop and it a medical report. She was indeed pregnant, 9 weeks gone. Something in me was like, “are you sure this girl is not faking this report.” Na so I begin think oohh. She fit dey fake the pregnancy report.
I turned to her with straight face. I told her that I don’t believe she was pregnant for me and I was not going to accept any responsibilities. And infact, she was even joking sef. As I turned back to leave, come see tears, crying ooo. Nuella knelt down and swearing she was pregnant. She held my hands. Na so I flip her hands away come leave the room and went back to my house in gate to spend the night. I wasn’t happy at all. I was yet to agree to the terms that Nuella was pregnant for me. infact I no even believe am. Nuella was calling and sending text messages but I was picking nor responding. She sent me couple of messages on facebook. I slept off that night, bitter and devastated. My guys called me and I told them what was happening. Uchenna said Nuella might be telling the truth that she was pregnant for me. na so dem begin encourage me ooo. They said how I talked to her was not that good. That I should have a heart to heart talk, even if I wanted abortion. I sleft off and went back to Ibadan the next early morning. I was still yet to contact Nuella. She had being trying to contact me but I wasn’t picking her call. I was so restless as I got to Ibadan to meet my guys.
In the evening, my mom called. She added salt to my injury, giving me a sad news. She said our house keepers and tenants had started complaining that the strange voices and sounds had returned. Na so fear come catch me again. Na so I bath, my guys were already aware of what was happening. Uchenna and I entered Abisoko’s car that evening and headed for Illorin. We got to my house at about 9pm. My mom was so devastated. The house keepers had been moved out of the house. My mom asked them to stay in one of her friends place for the main time. Unlike the first incident that she sent them packing, accusing them of witchcraft. My mom was really bitter and sad that night. She was just shouting that her enemies will not succeed. The worst part of it was that its others that are hearing the strange voices and sounds. My mama no dey hear am. I went to see if the tenants were still around. Virtually all of them had packed out. I met the bachelor I saw the last time. He was leaving the house. He said the sounds normally occurs in the night and sometimes resulting to severe headaches in the morning. “hmmm, this is serious,” I thought to myself. Another worse part was that my mom said that some of the tenants fought before leaving. They were accusing each other of witchcraft based on what my mom told them earlier, that it was one of them that enemies was pursuing from their village.
Na so Uchenna say make I relax my mind. They would sleep in the house and see what would happen. If it was really true, the next day we would find solution. We (i, Abisoko and uchenna) slept in the same room. We kept vigil till sleep took us. Not until about 2am that my guys woke me up and asked if I could hear any sound and voices. But I told them I wasn’t hearing any. No be small thing that night ooo. The strange thing about all these was that its non-family members that were hearing the strange voices and sound. Me and my mama no dey hear anything. Na so my guys dey run up and down that night. At a time they said the voices was intense. I had to call my mom into the room. I felt that would be the end of our lives. If anything would happen, make e happen. In the morning, my guys never complained of any strange headaches but only the strange voices and sounds. Uchenna said we should go to Ibadan, that there was this Baba that can help us in Apata. I began wondering, “how the Baba can help us when the one my mom did didn’t work.” Abisoko laughed at me and said, “before there would be any problem, there must have been the solution to it.” They convinced me and I agreed. I told my mom that we were going to Ibadan to see a prophet. My mom said she herself was going back to that Afa’s place that gave her holy water to sprinkle in the compound. Na so we enter Ibadan. When we arrived Ibadan, Uchenna called a friend who came to take us from Bodija to the Baba’s place in Apata.
When we got to the baba’s place, I thought the Baba would tell us to go for sacrifices or any spiritual cleansing. But his own was very simple that I began thinking he was fake. The Baba can’t speak English. He only spoke in Yoruba language, deep Oyo Yoruba that we were finding it hard to understand some of the proverbs and the things he said. But his son was interpreting to us the normal general Yoruba language we could understand. After explaining to Baba my problem, he asked us the colour we painted the house and I told him it was a white colour. He said we should repaint the house. According to how his son interpreted, he said we should paint the outside light magenta colour. “Once we do it, it would prevent evil spirits from coming near. They would just flee.” Uchenna gave Baba N20,000 and he asked us to go. Me sef com dey fear. “Just like that! Nothing again,” I said to uchenna. “Oya wetin you want again! make we kill human being,” Abisoko said to me. Because I felt everything looked too simple to me. Just to paint the house, outside light magenta colour. ‘Dat one no be problem’ I assumed to myself. We left the place back to Illorin. I even thought my guys (Uchenna and Abisoko) would stay back in Ibadan, but they didn’t. Na so dem still follow me reach Kwara state. As we entered Illorin, Adaobi called me. I had even forgotten I have some business with her friend Nuella. I was so engrossed in my family problems. When I picked Adaobi’s call, she sounded annoyed with me for not picking Nuella’s calls and replying series of text messages she had been sending me. Na so I come dey beg her make she no vex say I go call Nuella. She said Nuella had been down, crying because I had ignored her. “And this time in her life is when she needs support and encouragement mostly.” I didn’t want to start telling Adaobi what was going on in my family. After dropping the call with Adaobi, I called Nuella. Infact as the thing dey ring once na so she pick. “Ahhhh Ghadebo, you just forgot about me,” she said with a weak and teary voice. That was one thing about Nuella. Her emotions and soft display gets me weak. I first apologized to her for the way I treated her, walking out on her the day she told me she was pregnant. I used the family problem as the excuse. When I began telling her what was happening, how we (Abisoko, Uchenna and i) were just returning from Ibadan to see a powerful man of God because of the issue. Nuella felt pity for me. She no come dey vex say I no dey reply her text messages. She was only vexed that I never opened up to her until that moment. She said she would come to Ilorin to see me the next day. But I told her to stay back and after everything, I will come back and see her. After much talk, I told her I would send money to her account just to make up for what I did against her. After ending the call, I began wondering what will now happen to Funke. “What will Funke do when she eventually finds out that Nuella was pregnant for me?” “How would she take it sef?” All that were few questions ringing on my mind. And na Funke I like oooo. Nuella, I no just know wetin dey draw me to her. Couple of my friends had said that she understands my weak point. Knowing fully well that I was emotional, she (Nuella) uses that to get me.
As we were heading towards my place in Ilorin, we branched to a popular paint shop. We asked the sellers how we could get the light magenta colour. One of them said we should buy a red and cream colour paint and mix them together. Na so I buy enough one wey go dey enough for the whole buildings, both the tenants section and our own. We got home and my mom was already back from the man of God, Afa she said she went to consult but it was unfortunate, the man was not around. I told her that we had gotten a solution. I didn’t tell her it was a Babalawo’s place we went to. I only told her it was a prophet’s own and explained what he told us to do. I called the number of the contractor that handled our building. I told him to give me the contact of the painter. I contacted the painter but he said he was out of town and would be coming back the next week. “Next week too far nah,” I thought. We wanted a painter or painters that would do the job the next day. We looked for another painter and we got 5 of them that evening. They agreed to start work the next day which was a Sunday.
After all agreements to pay the painters handsomely, we didn’t sleep in that compound, rather we moved to a hotel, I and my 2 friends and mom.
The next day, the painters came early and started the job. It took them 3 days to finish the job. I gave them their balance. My guys had already gone back to Ibadan. I felt everything had become okay, but with still little doubts on my mind. We moved back to the house. After the first night, it was only I and my mom slept in the house. We slept so freely. My mom recalled the housekeepers the next day. Night came,
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LAST EPISODE 12.



Rosa was so lost in this reverie that she was startled when she felt Gift’s hand tap her on the wrist saying something she didn’t hear.
“what did you say, my dear,” she had asked kindly.
“I don’t ever want to go back to madam Linda. I will rather kill myself than go back there”.
“Don’t worry , dear I will see what I can do”. She had promised.
Rosa went outside made some phone calls and came back
“My dear, I know exactly what you have gone through because I had experienced such as a young child but to the glory of God , I came out of it stronger and a better person.
I have been married for five years without a child and I live alone with my husband who is the best man any woman could ask for ”
She continued “I have spoken to him and he said I should bring you home so that we take you to the police station.”
“Police station !” Gift shouted.
“Aunty , so you want to leave me at the police station? I thought you were a kind aunty. so you want them to take me back to madam Linda? She asked sadly, her eyes filling up with tears.
“hold on dear, I will do no such thing . I will have to report to the police and then request that I take you home . I plan to go to welfare department and adopt you legally. It is illegal to just pick a child on the road and take her home just like that ”
Rosa live in Ibadan with her husband. She had come back to Alaudo, her husband’s village, for a burial and was to stay for one week.
She subsequently stayed long enough to sort out the preliminary documentation for an adoption and took gift home with her to Ibadan and that was how the poor girl’s life changed.
Meanwhile Rosa couldn’t help wondering about the policy of the country on welfare generally especially that of children.
She remembered her own abusive early years and how she nearly lost her life if not for mother luck.
Now, look at this poor child and the abuse she had gone through, what would have become of her if I hadn’t run into her in such a dramatic and nearly fatal fashion? She wondered .
Rosa registered gift into a very good primary school. Because of her age, she was registered into primary five and a very good private teacher was arranged for her private lessons.
Gift turned out to be intelligent. she was able to, in no time catch up with the other children. The hunger to make something out of her life was an overriding motivation for her.
After primary education, she gained admission into a government secondary school. throughout her secondary school education, she kept on taking the first position.
She made the best result and broke her school record in WAEC by getting straight ‘A’ in all her subjects, thereby winning a scholarship to any university of her choice to study Social Welfare. By this time, she had grown into a very beautiful but level headed girl.
It did not take long before Gift caught the attention of the youngest but most eligible professor of pharmacology in her school. They both fell in love at first sight and before long , he proposed to her and she accepted..
Rosa , her surrogate mother and her husband spared no expense at making the wedding a memorable one
Gift and her husband sent out their invitation cards to their friends and relations and it happened that Chidinma , now an old tattered woman, went to hospital one day to collect her medication for her arthritis. All the chairs were occupied expect the one which only had a bag on it. She was so weak that she had to sit down until whoever kept the bag came back. When she picked up the big in order to sit down, she found a very beautiful card lying under the bag and picked it up to admire it after sitting down.
“This must have cost a lot of money. Imagine how much people spend on mere wedding cards when people like me borrow money to buy ordinary drugs. this world nawa oo,” she had lamented.
“There are even pictures of the couple on the card” She had said to herself, turning the inside page.
“Ah, this lady looks familiar!” she thought as she peered closely at the picture and it dawned on her like a bolt from the blues!
“Gift! it is Gift ooooooo, my Gift, my daughter! my long lost daughter Gift!” she shouted , jumping up from her seat, with the other patients looking at her in surprise
She quickly sat down again , excitedly and read the card, after which she left hurriedly: taking the card with her before the owner could come back.
Chidimna traced Gift to the venue of the wedding , sat at the last row of seats and it was the shock of her life when the woman introduced as the bride’s mother turned out to be Rosa, her former maid!
Rosa whom she had beaten to pulp, verbally abused and accused of being possessed and finally goaded into committing murder! The murder of her children.
It was true she had learnt of Rosa’s adoption by Her Excellency. She thought she had heard the last of her when Rosa was reported to have gone abroad for further education only for her to appear now and to be addressed today, as the mother of Gift , “my own sweet daughter”, Chidinma thought weeping silently.
“What a small world”, she said to her self amidst tears.
She turned and walked silently away, depressed and remorseful for all her useless, wicked and irresponsible life.
“Surely” she had lamented to herself , “No condition is permanent” and as they say ‘ those we see on our way up are often the same people we see on our way down’.
She was so depressed and inconsolable that she died two weeks later without gift and Rosa ever knowing anything about it. As far as Gift was concerned , her real mother died the very moment she conceived the idea of turning her into a chattel to be sold off to the highest bidder.
Gift had often thought to herself, MOTHERHOOD IS NOT ONLY BIOLOGICALLY BUT AN OVERRIDING SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE TOTAL WELL BEING OF A CHILD”
********** The End**********
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
In this life, we have to make many
choices. Some are very important choices.
Some are not. Many of our choices are
between good and evil. The choices we
make, however, determine to a large
extent our happiness or our unhappiness,
because we have to live with the
consequences of our choices.
A big thanks to all my wonderful readers ….. .. remain blessed!

EPISODE 11


A year later, Chidinma came back with her concocted story, took the helpless girl and sent to another woman called Linda , after collecting money up front as usual . This woman turn out to be a predator on poor, terminally sick and helpless people in need of medical help.
She ran a syndicate that specialized in sending their lieutenants to the remote villages to lure cancer patients , mentally unbalanced, crippled, or very sick people in need of surgery, with the promise of paying for their bills.
What these sick people did not know was that they would be sent out to beg in the streets and the proceeds of their begging will be collected forcefully from them. At the end of the day, they would be left so impoverished that they did not even have enough money to escape this life imprisonment even if they so desired.
Gift was made the treasurer during these begging periods. Her duty was to collect money from sympathizers while the sick person moves painfully along with them, displaying his/her disfigured body to attract people’s pity and make them drop money into Gift’s pouch for collecting money while their disguised security man count and keeps tab on all the money drop into the pouch . At the end of the day, he counts and hand the money to their madam.
this continued for two years, and since Chidinma her mother was handsomely compensated, she did not come with her usual story .
Meanwhile, Gift was so miserable at the kind of life she was subjected to: no education, no skill, and no expectation of better life in future. To make matters worst, all the men working with the syndicate had at one time or the other raped her and when she complained to her madam, she had warned her not to disrupt her business with such nonsense talk.
One fateful day, Gift decided that she had had enough of abuse both from her so called mother and her madam, including her workers. She decided to run away but had to bid her time because their security man, who was her worst molester , had his eagle eyes trained on her all the time.
It was one Friday that she got the opportunity when they had gone to the market with a cancer patient who was in so much pains that she was walking slowly while she, Gift was moving in front begging and dropping the proceed into their bag .
Suddenly, a shout of “theft! theft! erupted and a young man , running at ‘Ben Johnson’ speed ran past, pursued by a crowd of people.
At that instant, Gift melted into the crowd with the bag full money!
She ran for sometime and took off in a different direction. from the crowd and got lost inside the market.
As she was running, she was looking back to ensure she was not been followed by their security man. she continued this way until she heard the screeching of a vehicle, felt an excruciating pain and passed out.
When she woke up, she was lying on a bed and she saw a strange woman peering down at her. She roamed her eyes round the room and felt confused. It was not the squalid room she had been familiar with for two years now and the smell was not as pungent as the one she was used to .
“Where am I , Ma”, she had asked the woman who hurriedly called out to a nurse, informing her that the girl had regained consciousness.
It then dawned on her that she was in a hospital .
At that instant the nurse bent down and and touched her leg, drawing a wince from her because of the pains that radiated throughout her body.
“oh” She screamed. “what happened to me” she asked
“You were knocked down by a car and broke your left leg but you will get well soon as you are still very young. Don’t worry dear, said the woman.
As the strange woman was still talking, all the memory came flooding back to her and she panicked . She sat up abruptly but felt an excruciating pain in her leg and all over her body which made her fall back on the bed.
“Aunty , please don’t let them take me back,” She begged passionately.
“Who” asked the woman
“okito” she replied
“Who is that ?”
“Our security ”
“What are you talking about sweetheart ?”
“I was running away from him”
“Was he the owner of the money you had in your purse tied around your waist?”
Gift was silent and so the woman told her that her name was Mrs. Rosa Ugwu and that it was her car that knocked her down when she ran into her path, head long, looking over her shoulders .
“Start from the beginning and tell me every thing, baby girl” Rosa had prodded her kindly.
Gift then narrated her life story but claim that she an orphan who did not even know her mother. In fact she narrated all that she went through in life except of her been trafficked by her own mother, rather she lied that it was her step mother. She did not want the kind lady to take her back to her mother.
“I am better off an orphan”, she had thought to herself
As Gift was talking, tears were dripping down Rosa’s eyes uncontrollably
“how could one, so young had gone through so much “,she had wondered
She wondered why the Government could not do something about all these helpless orphans that were maltreated by relations and abused by the society. Is it impossible for an agency to be established in local governments, to seek out such. children , build schools for them give them free education , accommodation and also teach them skills!
Often , one hears of Government budgeting billions of naira on security but if such money is budgeted for the education of the indigent, the orphans and the helpless , the society would have less security challenges because most of these indigent, abandoned and abused children often ends up been forced into crime by the vicissitudes of life .
To be continued

EPISODE 10..

One year after her divorce , Chidinma had practically finished all the money she made from selling off Chinedu properties which she had made away with. she was back to square one. as they say, ‘what goes around comes around’. She was desperately in need of resources to keep body and soul together.
Chidinma never finished school nor learnt. any skill and so she didn’t have any means of livelihood. it did not take her long to resort to prostitution as an option.
Two years into the illicit business, she became pregnant. She tried pinning it to one of her lovers but the poor man listed to her at list four other men he had seen her with and whose pictures he had taken with his phone when he had seen them holding hands or kissing in a restaurant he owned without her knowledge.
This shut Chidinma up and she ended up having her child all by herself.
By this time, she was desperately wretched as she was no longer as attractive as she used to be and so found it difficult to attract rich men
It was the female child she had, whom she named gift, had to bear the brunt of her mother’s reckless life. She was only eight years old when Chidinma started sending her out as house help to people after collecting money for upfront.
After some time in one household, Chidinma would concoct one story or another to go collect her from the house and take her to another household for more money and gifts.
This was how the poor girl started so early in life to see first hand, different kinds of animals walking around , calling themselves human beings. Poor. helpless gift suffered all kinds of abuses.
The first person she was sent to was Madam. Uju who promised to send her. to. school but ended up keeping her at home for two years, hawking groundnuts for her in the mornings when other children of her age were at school. When eventually she registered her into afternoon school , she would ensure she didn’t have a moment of rest before it was time for school. She made sure she never bought her any text book. She only had two exercise books for writing all assignments. To make matters worst , she was constantly sent out. of school for non payment of school fees...
her mother took her away three years later and. sent her to a woman running a restaurant. This woman called Madam Hoo-ha did not even remember that a girl of her age was supposed to be in school. She would make her work from morning till night preparing food for her and her customers. Whenever she mention school, her. madam would. shut her up with slaps and curses. “after all the. money I paid your mother , you expect me to send u to school” She shouted at her
one day a customer came to their shop and asked gift to served him some drinks, while she was doing so the guy pressed her brea.st and started. smiling. expecting the girl to smile back but he was short of. words when the girl slapped him
“How dare you slap me gift”! he thundered “just because I touched this two decayed oranges you are carrying around ” ,
While he. was shouting madam heard. him and came out to find out what was happening , “customer please what is the problem ” she asked
“is it not this stupid girl called gift that just raised. her filthy. hands and slapped me ” he said
“What!!!! did you do. that gift” she asked
“yes aunty, I did because he pressed my b.reast ” she replied almost crying
“so they have sent you. to come and chase my customers away, you. enemy of. progress ! come here immediately before I. roast you alive. she shouted.
“Customer please don’t be annoyed, you want the front right? oya press any how you want ” she said pushing the poor girl to the customer.
“Madam I. don’t want the front again, the back will do ” he said Happily
“turn your back now before I kill you , stupid girl” she said to gift which she did while crying. the man pressed her butto.cks till. he was satisfied and left her.
To be continued

EPISODE 9..

Meanwhile, Chinedu had promptly divorced Chidinma for indirectly causing the death of their children through her wickedness which unhinged the mind of their maid, Rosa leading to her poisoning her ill bred children , supposedly to make her go through misery , forgetting that the. children equally belonged to her ‘friend ‘ Chinedu, and that murder should never be a means of settling of scores.
Chidinma had pleaded on her knees, promising to change, to become a better wife and to give him more children but all her pleadings had fallen on deaf ears. Chinedu had had enough!
“please woman, take whatever you. want and leave my house before I come back tomorrow night” Chinedu had said to her with finality.
He had left his house and by the time. he came back the next day, Chidinma who had understood that it was really over, had stripped the whole house bare, taking everything of value: The chairs, the televisions, video. players, tables, beds, water dispenser, fridges, kitchen cabinet, name them.
Even though Chinedu had known Chidinma to be greedy , he didn’t realize just now greedy she really was up till that day.
“How could she have taken everything? He wondered aloud. The only furniture she had. left was the one she couldn’t get access to.
“Wow”, he marveled “some mother’s really do have ’em…. well, good riddance to bad rubbish,” he said to him self.
Chinedu had left his house like that for six months, mourning his children .
One year later, he remarried and moved on. His wife , Uche, later had five children and Chinedu, right from the outset, stamped his. authority in his house as the head of the family and did not let his. wife toy with the total welfare of every member of his household: house helps inclusive. He insisted that nobody in his house ate anything that was not shared to every member, house helps inclusive: No discipline was carried out that was punitive.
It was however not difficult for him to instill this into his wife, Uche because she was a very good person, naturally. She was the daughter of a former diplomat, Ambassador Tam Ebelendu, former Nigerian ambassador to Switzerland and she was a lawyer by profession.
Imagine the irony of life! Chinedu would always smile to himself whenever he juxtaposed Chidinma’s background against Uche’s . This was the case of someone who never knew he could take the Ozo title wearing the title rope up to his neck, Chinedu would muse to himself , referring to Chidinma’s antecedent.
To be continued

EPISODE 8..

Noticing the disharmony within Chinedu’s family, Rosa secretly allied with Chinedu without his own knowledge . She hatched a plan to deal with Chidinma and her children who had made the house too hostile for her and her secret ally, her master Chinedu.
Sonwa and Obinna soon started suffering incessantly and inexplicably from typhoid fever. After treatment , it would recur. This consistently happened for twelve months and finally , one Sunday morning, Chidinma got up early, around 5am to wake up her children for Sunday Mass. She stood at their door, knocked and called out their names to wake up, but there was no answer. She called them repeatedly and then went into their room . what she saw made her stand transfixed.
There, were the children lying in different positions, holding on to their stomachs and foaming from the mouth!
The grotesque look on their faces left nothing to the imagination about their painful deaths. Chidinma gave a heart rending wail and fainted .
When nobody saw Rosa despite all the noise , shouts and wailings by neighbors who were trooping in after the discovery of the dead bodies , they searched the whole house but to no avail. She was nowhere to found. And so, it took no soothsayer to make every one believe that Rosa knew the cause of their deaths.
A massive manhunt was therefore organized for Rosa and within three days , she was traced to her maternal cousins house at the village .
“Why, Rosa?” Chinedu had sobbed when Rosa was dragged in handcuffs, into the police station.
“How could you do this to me after all my kindness to you?
“But, Oga, I did if for you. They hated you and always conspired with madam against you” she had said crying.
“They were my children, my own blood and you poisoned them”, Chinedu had sobbed.
“I am so sorry Oga, I just wanted to teach madam a lesson, for making my life. miserable and for turning the children against you. please, Oga, I thought you would be happy but I didn’t know you would be angry with me. she had said naively, bursting into tears and begging for forgiveness .
Rosa was taken to juvenile court from where she was taken to a remand home where she was sentenced to because of her young age. She was only fifteen years at the time ..
It was eight months later that Mrs. perpetual, wife of the Governor of the state , visited the remand home and a very young and beautiful girl, seemingly well mannered , who happened to be Rosa, Had come to present the bouquet of flowers to her. She was taken aback to find such an innocent looking girl in such a home. She had expected the remand home to be completely populated by wild cats with scars all over their haggard bodies.
She was curious about what could have brought such a girl to a place like that.
She promptly made enquires, saw the scars on Rosa’s made body, especially where Chidinma had burnt her back with hot iron, saw the razor marks and the crisscrossing cane marks all over her body. she heard all the verbal abuses Rosa was subjected. to anud understood. what could have unhooked Rosa’s mind to have perpetrated the kind of crime she was said to have committed and for which she was paying at the remand home. She believed that if she were properly rehabilitated, she might still turn out a better person. She decided to do something about it .
Discussing with his Excellency, her husband , she had wondered aloud how some women could mete out cruelty to other people’s children while exhibiting inordinate love for theirs.
Oftentimes, she had told her husband, that women claimed that house helps were possessed when in actual fact, their wickedness and maltreatment to those maids had actually bewitched these makes and made them. commit heinous crimes against the children they were supposed to look after.
Mrs. perpetual the Governor’s wife promptly pleaded on Rosa’s behalf And through the advocacy of the members of the prerogative of mercy, Rosa was released to the Governor’s wife who adopted her and took over her education.
She educated her to the university level , found a good job for her and thereby completely turning her life around.
To be continued

Episode 12 continues ......
2 hours later, I got a call from Bola. She asked what I did to Nuella. I told her that I didn’t do anything to her ooo. She said Nuella was currently at home weeping and calling out my name. I began wondering what must be wrong with Nuella. I became scared. “What did she actually told Bola!” At that moment Bola was telling me this, I was preparing to go see funke but I changed my mind. I took a cab and went to Nuella’s house. I met bola inside. Those girls nearly hijacked me ooo when I went into nuella’s room. They were all like, “Wetin you and your girlfriend do our friend?” Nuella was lying on the bed and pressing her phone. I come try explain wetin happen for school to the girls. I tried to be diplomatic. Thank God for their understanding, not casting blames on anyone. Nuella didn’t want to speak to me. But immediately the two girls left the room, she stood up from the bed and went to lock the door. I began pleading with Nuella as she sat on the bed. As I was telling her to overlook what has happened, she began to cry again that I began wondering if really, it was what happened at the eatery was make her shed tears. It was becoming too much. I didn’t just know how to start consoling her. I moved towards her as she laid her head on my chest. I told her it was okay that I was sorry for what funke did. But I didn’t really see any wrong in what Funke did oo. Nuella adjusted herself and looked at me with tears on her eyes. I brought out my handkerchief and cleaned her face. Na there she come start to dey explain say some things wey my girlfriend tell her pain her wella. I never knew that Nuella could be so emotional like that. With the way she talked, she was going through a tough time in her life. The break up with her boyfriend was still affecting her. Her family issue was also there. Her family has been turned upside down with the dad and mom threatening to go their separate ways. Nobody was giving her attention and it seemed she was lonely. No one to cry to. She just wanted someone to talk to, to keep her company and warm, and she found that in me. She tried apologizing that she was sorry for intruding into I and Funke’s affairs only that she just found me encouraging and have a listening ears. She said sometimes she tries to withhold herself from coming to me but just can’t. As she just dey talk, I just dey pity. I myself was emotional as I brought her head to my shoulders. One thing led to another. It was just like a film. Before I knew what was happening, we were both naked and rolling on the sheets. It was soooooooo passionate that I could not comprehend that we went into more rounds. After the session, I slept off. When I woke up, Nuella’s right hand was capped around my waist and her head on my chest. I checked the time and it was 8:45pm in the night. She noticed I was awake and lifted up her head smiling. I was surprised she was smiling. I thought she would be angry over our act but she wasn’t. I immediately jumped off the bed and told her I was going. She told me to spend the night there but I refused. As I was wearing my clothes, she came and was helping me bottom my shirt. She whispered into my ears saying I was a nice person and Funke is really a lucky person. She saw how straight my face looked. I wasn’t happy about the sex. But Nuella held my waist and said I shouldn’t be angry. With the way she talked, I noticed there was something about Nuella. Her emotional attitude makes me weak. The way she will touch my hand and talk, if I had said “No” on something, I would immediately change my mind. When I went out of Nuella’s room. I saw that Adaobi’s door was locked. I didn’t want to go to Bola’s own. I no want start to dey answer unnecessary questions. I left the place back home. As I got home, I called my mom. She said she had been trying my mobile phone line but it was saying “switched off.” I told her maybe it was a network problem. She said our house has been completed and it’s ready. I had not been to Illorin for a while. Na so I happy for the good news ooo. She said people had already started coming to her for accommodation. Na so I tell her make she make her decision, find better person wey go give her peace of mind. I told her I would be coming by weekend. After dropping the call, I called funke and she wasn’t picking. I tried her line again with another number, she would pick and when she realizes I was the one, she would cut the call. This happened couple of times that I had to tell my guy, Uchenna to take me in his car to go see Funke. “Funke kpomo lips keh. I no go.” Uchenna replied. Both of my guys refused taking me in their car to go see funke. Right from time, they didn’t really like Funke that much. And it was getting late in the night. Na so I rush go back to camp. I went to funke’s house but she wasn’t at home. I tried a few of her friend’s place but she wasn’t there. I gave up and went back home. When I got home, I sent her a text message apologizing for what happened at the eatery.
Few days later, I and Funke had reconciled again after couple of apologies and sorries. But Nuella had refused to stay away from me. Infact she was even coming on stronger and bolder. She calls me often and do visit. The worst part of it was that my two friends, Uchenna and Abisoko had come to like her. They have preferred her to Funke. Each time I try telling Nuella to slow down and stop visiting me, she will become emotional and start shedding tears. My two guys would be fanning the relationship. They would call and tell her I was missing her. Na so she go come and couple of times we had sex. I really loved Funke more but there was something about Nuella’s emotions and her being that is drawing me to her which I couldn’t understand. If she calls and I didn’t pick, it would look as if the heavens would come down. Though Nuella was caring and heartwarming. She buys me gifts often, all that softens my mind towards her. When I try being angry, her smile alone brings laughter to my face.
Weekend came and I went to Ilorin. Our new house was great. We moved in immediately. I spent one week in Ilorin. I had to supervise some other furnishing works workers did in our house. At that same time, new tenants were moving into their flats in the other side of our compound. It looked as if everything was happening in a rush. The money the new tenants paid, I asked my mom to get a place so she could start a big super market. My mom also suggested she find two house maids because it would be lonely staying in that big duplex alone. Na so I tell her say she get freedom, na she be landlady. I was so happy with what was happening in our lives. “The once retched boy had now made it.” “The once akara seller is now been worshiped in her cooperative group.” I went back to Abeokuta.
As time went on, my mom’s supermarket had kicked off with full force. “There was money nah.” Second semester was gradually coming to an end. My first semester results was so poor. My CGPA had dropped drastically to 2.61 with 5 carryover courses. And na 300 level I dey. Second semester na I.T I dey but Gbadebo never start him own and semester don dey end. My mates don start dia own sef. Funke dey do her own for one food packaging company in Lagos.
This particular Sunday early morning at about 5am, my mom called me. She said there was something she wanted to discuss with me and she can’t do it on the phone. If possible that I should come to Ilorin that day. The way she sounded on phone made me scared. She said it was a matter of urgency. Na so I baff come enter Ilorin. When I got to Ilorin, the whole compound looked cool, calm, and unusually deserted that I wondered where our tenants were. “I guessed maybe the tenants had travelled.” Our two house keepers were nowhere to be found. I went to my mom’s shop. I didn’t meet my mom. The workers said he went to buy goods from Ibadan. I called her mobile number but it was switched off. I waited for couple of hours. I just wanted to know why my mom wanted to see me, coupled that i was scared too. As I sit down for my mama chair dey wait for her, I know know when sleep carry me. I had a dream where two vultures were chasing I and my mom. I and my mom were just running fast and ran into our compound. The vultures followed us. As we got into the compound, when the tenants saw the vultures, they all ran. Na so the vultures begin pursue all of us oo. One of the vulture caught up with my mom. My mom was screaming. As the vulture opened its mouth on my mom, she shouted, “Gbadebo ooo.” Immediately, I felt something on my head as I forcedly opened my eyes. It was a dream. Standing in front of me was my mom with her right hand on my head. “Oti sun lo,” my mom said. She was trying to say that I had slept off when she came in. I greeted her. I was so curious to know why she asked me to come. I told her that I didn’t meet anyone at home when I came in and the compound was so quiet. She looked at me and felt an uneasy calm. I felt there was a problem with the way my mom was doing. I asked why she asked me to come. She took me to the corner of the shop and we sat there. She spoke in Yoruba. “Gbadebo, I understand what is going on again ooo,” my mom said with a low tone. As she said that, I became afraid. “My enemies are at work again oooo. They don’t want us to succeed,” she said again. I asked what the matter was. She said most of the tenants in our house had left the house. Chaii, “Kilode,” I asked. She began narrating. She said it started after two weeks I left for Abeokuta. Every morning our house keepers will keep complaining that they were having terrible dreams. And also they complain that strange sounds and voices keep crying at their windows. But she, my mother doesn’t experience all that. The complain was too much that she sent them back to their parents. Then our tenants began complaining same thing which prompted some to leave the building. She even said one of the tenants came to her to ask for a refund of money paid, that she was no longer staying in the house.
As my mom narrated, na so fear begin catch me ooo. She said she just came from one Afa’s(muslim cleric) place. Though she told the workers that she was going to market to buy goods. I became weak immediately after hearing what my mom said. That wasn’t actually a joke, my mom was serious about what she was saying. I began wondering what the strange voices are. My mom told me that the Afa gave her water to sprinkle inside and outside the compound, that it was a spiritual attack. “But how come that they were the only ones hearing those strange voices and sounds and my mom wasn’t” I thought to myself. As I was just thinking, Nuella called my phone. I picked it. As we talked, she noticed I wasn’t filling too good from the way I sounded on the phone. She began asking me what was wrong. I told her everything was fine. She pressed further because she felt something was wrong. I still insisted that all was well. That na family matter so I no wan disclose am. She told me she wasn’t feeling too well and that she was having stomach upset. I told her to go to the hospital. After the call, my mood had since changed. “I don’t know what was just going on in my family.” My mom asked me to follow her home so she could sprinkle the water as Afa had directed. We got home and we did as told by the Afa. I and my mom was just left alone inside the whole house. I told my mom to try and get the girls back but she told me that their parents won’t let them return. But she was in the process of getting another house keepers who would arrive the next day.
In other for me to know if really what Afa did was successful and if I would hear that strange voices. I called 4 of my friends (3 boys and a young lady) in that Ilorin to come visit me that day. They were actually willing to even sleep over. Two of us even slept in the room the former house keepers used to stay. We slept comfortably and nothing happened. Though I didn’t tell them what was going on but I stylishly asked them if they heard any strange voices or sounds, they all said they never heard anything. One of them joked that maybe I was hearing strange voices and sounds in my dream. We laughed about it. They left in the evening and I gave them money. I had earlier told my mom what my friends said. So we felt everything was okay. But I had little doubts concerning what was going on but didn’t speak out about the strange voices. I felt it never existed, and maybe the tenants were just being mischievous. But another thought came to my mind. “If the tenants were being mischievous, how about our former house keepers.” Abi na all of them plan the thing!
We now have 3 house keepers brought to us. I was still determined to stay for a few days in Illorin to know if our house helps would experience the strange voices and sounds before calling the tenants to come back.
After two days, our house keepers didn’t experience any strange voices and sounds. One of the tenants who was a bachelor staying with his girlfriend. He was the only one that I asked. He even attested to the strange voices. He said the girlfriend had to leave because of the strange voices and sounds. He was the only person out of the tenants that stayed put. Though he said he sometimes travels. I asked if he was still experiencing the strange voices, he said he wasn’t. He tried asking what we did to curb it. I told him that we went for prayers at Synagogue of All nations church. After much talks with him, I went into the house. My mom called other tenants to tell them that God had delivered us from evil spiritual attacks and they should come back. I had earlier told my mom that she should tell them we went to T.B Joshua’s church for prayers. Infact me sef no know say my mom sef sabi lie. “She come add pepper, maggi for the tori.” She told one of the tenants that they saw a vision for us that an enemy from the village was chasing one of them. That was why we were experiencing the strange things. Na so the tenant ask my mama who the tenant wey them they pursue from village be. My mom was smart enough to tell her that the pastor didn’t tell us who the person was but we were told to be prayerful and she should tell the tenants to be fervent in prayers and things of God. Na so the tenant begin tell my mama say she fit pack out ooo. That she doesn’t want anybody’s problem to affect her. My mom began advising her to stay put that God has indeed deliver us. I no know how my mama talk to her before she agree.
The next day I went to Ibadan to join my guys (Abisoko and Uchenna) at a friend’s place. We were working together on a deal.
A week later, still in Ibadan. Funke called me from Lagos were she was doing her I.T. She said she was terribly missing me. I had earlier lied to her that I was doing my I.T in Abeokuta. It was her absence that second semester that gave more room for I and Nuella to be together more often. Funke said she would be coming to visit me the next two weeks. We talked, laughed and joked for some few minutes. I had indeed missed her a lot. I still had that feeling and deep love for her. Immediately Funke dropped the call, Nuella called. She sounded a bit excited that I began wondering if that day was her birthday. But I remembered it wasn’t. I asked her what was getting her so excited. She said it wasn’t what we would just talk about on phone, that I should come to Abeokuta so she can tell me. Na so I tell her say i still dey with my guys for Ibadan so I no fit come. But she asked when I will be back and I told her that I didn’t know yet. She said it was urgent that I come back so I could hear the sweet gist. Na so I tell her “Okay ooo.”
The next day Nuella called again asking me to come Back to Abeokuta, “abi I no wan hear her sweet gist!” For me, wetin I wan take gist do! I was more interested in my business and the money I would make in our new deal.
In the evening Adaobi, Nuella’s housemate sent me a text saying “Congratulations father Abrabam Gbadebo. Na u ooooo.” When I saw the text, I took it hilariously thinking it was a usuall prank she normally plays. Not until Nuella called and from the background as she talked, Bola was shouting ‘congratulations’ to me. Me sef come dey wonder wetin dey happen. Nuella was still insisting that she was not telling me what was making her excited until I come back. I asked if it was why her housemates were telling me congratulations. She said the great news concerns me. Na so I began guessing ooo. I asked if she won a lottery and she said “No.” she said she won’t open up until I come back to Abeokuta. But she hinted me that part of the great news was that my name was listed in the school’s magazine as most active young and successful Entrepreneurs in the school. She also said that some Journalist from a popular newspaper are presently looking for my contacts that they wanted to interview me. She say dem just dey waka for school dey find my contact. “Na so I come dey feel like star.” I was so excited. “But does it mean that some few people don’t have my general mobile number?” because I have a number for anyone who wanted to contact me personally. I was just wondering. As I was about to ask if the Journalist had been able to get my mobile number, Nuella told me that they have finally rectified a course they gave her a carryover. I was so happy for her and I asked if that was the only good news. She said the main one was coming and until I come to Abeokuta, she won’t tell me. “And don’t forget, time is running,” Nuella said. I began wondering. This one wey she just want make I come. I don’t just know, and she was saying it involves huge amount of money.
<<<<< To be continued from Episode 13 >>>>>>

Episode 11 continues ......
A week later, Na so we follow G-money go Osogbo oo. Abisoko took us in his car, I, G-money, Uchenna. When we got there, it was totally and out sketch of the town. We
dropped the car at a mango tree and used our legs to complete the journey. When we got there, I even thought I would see a big mansion but it was an uncompleted building. That made me began wondering why native doctors don’t live in good houses, and the rags they wear. As I was wondering, some watery fluid splashed on my head. Na so fear come catch me. I looked up and saw that it was a bird. The thing dey splash shit for up as e dey fly. I almost thought the gods wanted to embarrass me for mocking the building of the babalawo.
As we got to the building, an old woman sat on a chair close to the corridor. We greeted her as G-money was in front and the three of us followed. We went to the back of the building and there was another uncompleted one story building that we entered. As we were entering, suddenly I heard someone shouted my name and spoke in Yoruba language, “Gbadebo Alaba! Aye e ti dobale.” Meaning my life has bowed down. Immediately I became afraid. “Who was that?” I thought to myself. G-money told me to stand still where I was and don’t move. Likewise other guys. We stood there and an old man came out from a room wearing a blue ankara with white substance rubbed across his eye lids. As he came closer to us, G-money asked the 3 of us to kneel and we did. He used the feather from a cock he was holding to touch our heads. I was very scared oo. I was just wishing the things he would do won’t demand for ritual sacrifices. The old man asked us to stand up which and we did. He asked us to follow him and we did. He took us into a big room with different types of fetish materials. He sat down on a stool near a big calabash. He said the gods had told him why we came so we don’t need to explain our presence. He spoke in Yoruba. He stood up and called my name. He began speaking in proverbs. He said my house will stand again. One other reason Uchenna, Abisoko and I came on the journey was for us to make more money and get more customers in our Yahoo yahoo business. “There was this particular deal we are into. We created a website and placed pictures of household utensils, electronics and so many items for sale. The website had an area for selling and input for credit card. And we targeted Americans and Europeans to fall for the scam. After inputting their credit cards, we empty the card by withdrawing money from it using Paypal with one of our agents in US and send the money to Nigeria. So we wanted the business to be very successful.” All that was part of the reasons my two guys came so the babalawo will give us success.
As the baba stood up, he entered a room. He was making incantations, speaking unknown languages. Immediately, he called Uchenna’s name. Uchenna was surprised. G-money told Uchenna to go and meet the babalowo inside the room, the call he called him was for him to come and meet him inside. Uchenna walked confidently to the room. Barely 2 minutes he entered. I heard screams from inside the room. It was uchenna’s voice oo. Na so fear come begin catch me ooo. I began wondering what was happening inside the room. After the screams, everywhere was silent for a while till the babalawo called Abisoko. “But where is uchenna,” I thought to myself. “Uchenna no come out again!” G-money encouraged Abisoko to go and not to be afraid. “Me sef no know Say my guy, Abisoko dey fear like this ooo.” My guy just melo with all the hard man wey he dey do. He sluggishly went into the room. Immediately he went into the room to join the man. I was hearing some incantation. Barely some few seconds I was hearing the incantation, Abisoko screamed and shouted, “Yaaaaayyyyy !!!!! Gbadebo! Gbadebo.” Immediately I heard that, I was so scared. I wondered what must be going on. What was happening to my guys and why was abisoko shouting my name. I was beginning to move backwards. I just hoped G-money didn’t trick us to the place to use us for money rituals.”
As abisoko screamed, I shouted his name, “Abisoko.” As I shouted his name, everywhere was just silent. I shouted his name again and what I heard was, “Oti lo niyen,” meaning, “he had gone.” I began wondering what was happening, “who gone?” Where has he gone to? And to what end. I was just moving backwards when G-money looked at me. “Guy relax nah,” he said. He said I should stop behaving like a baby. “Nobody wants to kill you or use you for money rituals,” he said to me. He said it was just a normal routine to fortify us. As he was still explaining some few things to me, the babalawo called my name, “Gbadeb Alaba, omo iya Ayo.” G-money asked me to to. With fear in me I walked towards the room, thinking about my life and what will happen to my mom if anything bad happens to me. I just hoped am not been used for money rituals. As I entered the room, I couldn’t find my 2 guys who went in there before me. Suddenly, the man said I shouldn’t waste his time. I should walk fast to him. He asked me to stretch my hands and I did. There was a hole so wide, which looked like an underground. He said when I get in there inside a room, I will find a cola nut on the floor. That I should take the cola nut and eat. Na so I talk “okay oo.” With my two hands stretched, he asked me to close my eyes in which I did. Immediately, I heard a very loud bang that was so heavy that I didn’t know when I began to scream, “mo ku oooo.” Meaning, “am dead ooo.” Suddenly, a whirl wind just took me away into a room. As I saw myself inside the room, I was very scared. I saw a wooden caved deity, a cock, bird inside the room. I couldn’t see any cola nut. Na so I begin wonder wetin I wan do. The room was even scary with everything in it looking like 18 centuries stuff. As I was still standing with my eyes wondering about to see were to find the Kolanut. A voice asked me to look behind me. I turned my back and saw something round in shape which looked like a cola nut glued to the wall. Na so I stretch my hand come take am. Pilled off the shaft and began chewing it. As I was chewing it, I began feeling sleepy. Before I knew what was happening again, my eyes were closed. Opening it again, I saw myself under the tree we parked our car with my two guys (Uchenna and Abisoko) inside the car, G-money was not there. Immediately I realized were I was, na so I jump up in surprise. I nearly wanted to run when Uchenna asked Abisoko to hold me. Dem come hold me. I asked if we were done with everything, they said “almost.” But still waiting for G-money. Na so we begin narrate each of our experiences inside the room the babalawo take us into.
Few minutes later, G-money came out. He said the babalawo has asked me to go back to the land that my building was always collapsing. That I should go and urinate there the next 2 days’ time. After that, everything would be fine. We left.
I did as babalawo told me to. Couple of weeks later, it seemed things was beginning to turn around. We have started scamming people’s credit card online. Our (Abisoko Uchenna, and i) our popularity in school was swearing. We were referred to as the biggest boys in school. My guys don get 2 cars each but I never buy any. I was hoping to finish up our house in Ilorin before getting a car. I struggle hard to make people believe that I am not into Yahoo yahoo. So many people believed me because I always organize trainings/seminars on online business in school. Since forex was fading away due to economic recession, I really focused on doing mini importation of mobile phones, wrist watches and some other accessories. I just use it to cover up the bigger dirty things I do.
I was so happy that our building in Ilorin was almost completed. Since after the babalawo asked me to do what I did. I visited the place and painters were doing their job very well. My mom was impressed. At first she was scared the building would collapse but I told her that I went for prayers and deliverance in school which over turned everything. “See as my mama dey jolificate say everything don over.” The other side of the compound, we built four flats (upstairs).
I was with funke in the parlour, preparing to submit my documents for industrial training (IT). My phone rang and I checked who it was Adaobi. Adaobi my former neighbor. We talked and it has been a while we saw and spoke. She said she just got a new laptop and would want to go into the online business I had been preaching about. After talking for a while, I teased her and told her that I would come to her place and she should cook ooo. After I dropped the call, funke’s face was looking “killing.” I guessed she was jealous because of the way I spoke with Adaobi. She was threatening to know who I spoke with. Well, I told her but she was still squeezing her face. Na so I come dey pet her. “Adaobi was not just any girl. I like her so much.” I could remember that she helped me so much when I just gained admission. “All the free food and transport fare. She’s endearing”. As I was still with funke, Uchenna came in to give me a bad news. He took me to a corner. He said that G-money called to tell him that the babalawo that did our charm in Osogbo was dead. “Hhmm,” na so me shout. I asked hope his death will not affect what he did for us. He said it wasn’t going to have any effect on us only that he said that before the man died, he said all the people he worked for must come and pay tribute to his copse. “Dat one no be problem nah,” I told him. After all that, I and funke spent more time together.
In the evening I went to Adaobi’s house. Abisoko took me in his car and dropped me at their gate. “They now have a gate and house fenced.” Na so people for the compound just dey hail me. Adaobi came out of the house to come and hug me. “See as people wey dey pass, some others at their compound were just watching. Na prestige for were Adaobi dey say he know someone like me. That I came there to look for her.” I entered the compound come see bola dey wash cloth. She come dey joke come say make I no great her. She complained that since I left there I had not even think of coming to see them. Na so I come dey beg ooo. I was even seeing new faces in the compound. Adaobi took me into her room while Bola came to join us. Bola asked why I was yet to get a car because I was worth it. I told them that I didn’t have money for car. They laughed and said I was lying. After much talk, there was a knock on the door and Adaobi asked the person to come in. Behold, its Nuella. She was looking very beautiful. I hadn’t seen her since I left the compound. She smiled and said I was wicked. That I didn’t even bother to ask after her when I came to the compound. I was so surprised. “Nuella don change!” “Was this not the same Nuella that chased me away from her room and called me wretched fool and poverty envisaged scum. Now money don come. Levels don change. She wan come mingle with one of the most popular dude on campus.” As Nuella said I didn’t bother to ask after her when I came to the house. I apologized to her. I tell her make she no vex. She sat down on one of the shares in Adaobi’s room. After much talk and tutoring. It was getting late at about 9pm. I told them I was going. Na so them escort me ooo. They said they really enjoyed my company and they would love to see me come the next day. I know Adaobi just want me to come the next day. I told them that I can’t come, they are in their final year so I don’t want to disturb them. Na so Adaobi come seize my wallet oo. She said I must come the next day. Well I agreed. The next day was a Sunday. I accepted their demands and left.
The next day while I was returning from church at about 11:30am, I branched to Adaobi’s place. When I got there, the whole compound was quiet. Adaobi and bola’s room were locked with key. As I was about to leave, Nuella’s room door opened. Infact I even forgot that she was even part of the people I wanted to see. Immediately she saw me, “Hmmmm, so you didn’t see Bola and Adaobi and you want to leave. Don’t care about me nah,” she said. I have to tell her I was sorry that I thought all of them went to church. She said she didn’t go to church that she was a little bit weak. I told her sorry as she opened her door and we entered. I asked if she has taken drugs. She said she would soon go and do that. She said she was in her monthly cycle and she guessed it was menstrual pain. Na so I pity her ooo. She wasn’t even ashamed to open up to me. Na so we begin chat oooo. We talked about so many things from politics to sports till we entered relationship issues. Na so she tell me say she just recently broke up with her boyfriend. Me tell her say I was in a relationship. I began finding Nuella interesting. Unlike the Nuella of the previous years that doesn’t even want to set her eyes on me. We were just chatting and joking. She even cooked rice with good fish. As the food just dey done for fire, na so Bola and Adaobi come back from church. Na so dem serve food for plate. I no even form big boy sef. Them be my person. Nuella served her own and mine on the same plate. The other girls (bola and Adaobi) had to share the remaining one inside the pot. Them talk say them dey hungry. We ate and I even gave them money to get soft drinks for us. After spending much time and helping out in Adaobi’s computer. When I was leaving, Nuella collected my number.
When I got home, nuella called me. She said she called to know if I had gotten home. Na so I tell am say I don reach oo. That was how things between I and Nuella changed. We talked more often on the phone. Sometimes she calls me more than 5 times in a day. Sometimes she would call me up in school to know where I was. She would come to meet me there. Funke had been noticing this for some time. She had been angry and confronts me often but I will always deny that there was nothing going on between us and indeed, nothing was going on between us. I felt that Nuella was just a friend and she just liked me. Tongues were wagging. I didn’t really blame funke because people, her friends has been seeing us (I and nuella) together and many people know that funke was the first lady.
This particular Friday afternoon, I and my guys (Uchenna and Abisoko) went to one of the eateries in school. Funke came to join us as we ate. Barely 30 minutes time, funke took my phone and was playing game on it. My phone rang. As she saw it, her facial expression changed. She put up a straight face. “Shebi she’s still call you again?” Funke said as she gave me the phone. I checked and it was Nuella that was calling. Funke was busy shouting and raining curses when I picked the call. Nuella asked where I was. I knew if I tell her, she will definitely come over. Since funke was around and I didn’t want to create a scene. I asked Nuella if there was any problem and she said she found a script which has my name on it on the floor of their lecture room. “I guessed it was the small test we did which had been marked.” So she said she wants to bring the script to me. I told her where I was so she could bring the script. Because I was so anxious to see what I had. I tried asking her but she refused telling me on the phone.
When Nuella came and met us, she greeted everyone. “My two guys had come to like her more than even funke.” They teased her as she took a chair and sat with us. She greeted funke, but funke snubbed her. When she gave me my script, I was so disappointed I scored 7 all over 30. “Kaii.. I was really going down academically.” Nuella sef wasn’t happy. Her project supervisor was the one taking us the course. I was bitter in my mind. Nuella started advising me to buckle up that my score was too low. As she talked, I could see funke looking at her in a weird manner. She expected Nuella to leave but she wasn’t. She stayed back. Nuella touched my cheeks and told me not to think about the score. As she was touching my cheeks, she said my beards had grown. She asked me to shave my beards and goatee. As she was touching my goatee, na so Funke come shout. “What is the meaning of all these. Don’t you know he’s someone’s boyfriend?” Funke screamed at Nuella. Funke come dey para for their, saying that I had always been frolicking around women and Nuella. She told Nuella to stay away from me. I was trying to calm her down but she no gree. The water I was sipping, she took it and poured it on me as she began crying. Nuella stood up and left the place. I went to funke to try and console her, but she flipped my hands away. My guys were just watching and couldn’t do anything. Funke walked away from the place. Come see as my guys just dey laugh me. They were calling me a celebrity, say girls dey die for me. I felt like following Funke but I relaxed myself, feeling that the issue would be settled later.
2 hours later, I got a call from Bola, Nuella's friend.
<<<<<< To be continued from episode 12 >

EPISODE 15

UCHE SIDE IF THE STORY CONTINUED.
FAITH quickly ran to the bathroom to clean up, 10 minutes she came out, she was looking very Moody.
I didn’t even care after all I don bleep am, but I was not satisfy, as she was about going I went too meet her, she was facing the door, I hug her from behind, I used my hand to press her b—-t, she tried to resist, but I hold her, i turned her and kiss her on the lips, she responded without delay ( chai I don know your wick point) I push her,she fell on the bed, she quickly UnCloth her clothes, she was totally unclad, chai konji don hole am oo .
I quickly climb on the bed, Inserted my finger inside her valley of pleasure, she started moaning, this time Inserted 2 finger, her tempo increase she moaning loud.
F–k me !!!!!!,!,.
I love you please f–k me!!!!!!!!!!!.
I quickly brought out my CD insert it on my d–k, without delay I dive into the valley of pleasure, I was using my hand to fold her b—-t her moan became so laud, I f—-d and f—-d her until we both c—-x.
The s-x lasted for about 15 minutes.
She quickly stand and went too the bathroom to clean up, as she came out she started saying.
This is what you have being looking for, you have achieved your aim abi.
I didn’t even say anything too because I am satisfy with myself, 2 round of s-x e no easy na .
She just open the door and left.
Faith was not even tight I thought she would be tight, and she was not even a virgin.
Na wa for all this holy holy ooo.
I said too my self
KELVIN SIDE OF THE STORY.
Cynthia and I really had fun, it was my best Valentine even though I spent my saving money, I was happy because she is worth it.
About 5:20pm we both went home, I escorted her too her house, she surprised me with a kiss.
I went home, I saw my brother he was just happy for no reason so I asked him.
Guy this one way you just dey happy like this say you win naira bets.
This one pass naria bet oooo.
So watin come happened.
You no go understand.
Okay I hear you.
UCHE SIDE OF THE STORY
The next day which was Saturday was uneventful, on Sunday I didn’t go too church, I stayed at home, I was watching a seasonal film.
On Sunday was also not eventful, so I don’t want too bore you with the detailed.
Hear comes on monday , I woke around 8:00pm, took my bath and I started going too, school I walk too school, after all I am no longer pretending.
By the time i got to the gate of my school, assembly was already over I just walk too my class.
I saw Daniel I wink at him, he just smile.
3 hours time the time keeper rang the bell for break so we went out side.
I was sitting alone outside, Daniel quickly walk up too me.
Daniel: guy this one way you come late e be like say your plane don work .
Me: yes oo, at last I don bleep faith, I bleep am 2 round.
Daniel: chia bad boy.
Me: guy no blame me ooo, watin I go through for faith hand pass DAT 2 round way I bleep am.
Daniel: now way you don do your revenge for faith, e remains Adam and victor, you know say forgiveness is a sin.
Me: I don even forget them self, thank God say you remember me, No worry we go do our revenge.
As we were busy talking, faith walk pass the front of us.
Sister faith,
Sister faith
Daniel was busy calling her.
She ran and pass us.
Chai Daniel you no good oo, I said too him.
Me and you who no good, you way bleep am 2 times.
Guy I hear you.
About 3 hours later the time keeper rang the bell so we went too our various home.
Around 8:00pm as I was sleeping, my phone was ringing, it was the phone that woke me up, I quickly check the number that was calling me, I was shock by the name I saw on the scream.
GUESS WHO WAS CALLING?
To be continued

EPISODE 14..

KELVIN SIDE OF THE STORY.
(8:30pm) I woke up did my normal routine, I sent Cynthia a Valentine text.
20 minutes later the called me.
Cynthia; hello dear I saw your text, thanks by the way.
Me: you are welcome.
Cynthia: so were will you be taking me out too?
Me: (chai who sey make I send am text na) anywhere of your choice.
Cynthia: can we go too garzilar.
Me: yea if it that what you want so be it.
Cynthia: okay thanks dear, so what time are we going.
Me: like around 11:00am, you know my house na just call me when you are coming.
Cynthia: I will.
I ended the call, I started regretting, who say make I go send am text na.
I went too my kolo, I break it and I removed the money I HV being saying for the past 4 months, it was #5000.
UCHE SIDE OF THE STORY
About 10:30 pm
I woke up, ( don’t blame me, a guy did to rest to have his straight of what is coming.)
I quickly went to the bath room, I took my bath, I went too my room to check my cupboard if I still had CD cus today na fire to fire.
Chai my CD don finished oooo, I quickly went outside to buy CDS in an Igbo man shop.
Me: I won buy CDs.
Igbo man: watin you talk.
Me: I said I won buy CDs abi you deaf
Igbo man: watin small boy like you won use CD do.
Me: I won used am drink tea, you know watin them they used am do you still they ask me.
I left the stupid igbo man shop, I went to an aboki shop, close to the igbo man own.
Me: aboki I won buy CD.
Aboki: kai see as many people just dey come buy CDs today I swear girls go hear am, so how many CD I won buy.
Me: give me one packet .
I collected it and went too a shop were they were saling wrist watch, I bought a gold wrist watch for faith.( no be real gold oo, before ena go dey talk na.)
I saw Cynthia and my brother, they were dress in red and white, Cynthia was looking like the model that won Mrs Nigeria in 2008, her name is adaeze igwe.(yobo wife, I swear yobo dey flex oo to marry Mrs Nigeria e no easy oo).
We exchange Plan sentries.
I went too my room, I called faith she pick.
So were are you na, I ask her.
I am at home, I will soon be on my way.
I sat down in the parlor watin, I was steering at the clock, but it seems like someone pause the time or someone slow it.
Finally faith called that she is at the gate.
I went too meet her, she was wearing a trouser.
Chai which kind obstacle be this, I said too my self.
she ask me for the gift that she wont too go home.
Haba faith you can’t even spend like 30 minutes with me, and you said I am your bf, I said too her like an innocent boy.
Okay fine let’s go, she said
We walk to the parlor , i told her to come too my room ,
why not the parlor she replied.
My brother might walk in, and beside the gift is in my room, I replied her.
So she followed me to my room, thank God I don’t have chair in my room, she sat down on my bird.
I sat down close too her, I use my hand go crease her palm, just like how it happened in the dream.
I was playing with her palm, before she ask of the gift,
I brought out the wrist watch I bought for her, she was surprised because it was an expensive wrist watch.
She told me thank you and hug
Me, I used the opportunity too press her b—-t, I did it again no reaction, omo see free WiFi oooo, as I was about doing it again he held my hands ( chai see obstacles oo).
Is this why you ask me to come too your house she said.
No is just that I am just carried away by your beauty, and beside you are not easy to resist.
She was about too say something, before I kiss her on her lips, she responded to my kiss. Chai my plane done work , i was busy kissing her on the lips, I move my hand down to zip her trousers, he held my hand, she stood up and went too the door, ( chai no so this babe won take go.) she was about too open it, I draw her back with my hand, she fell on me we both fell on the the bed, i started pressing i b—-t with my hand, and I was busy kissing her.
5 minutes later we were still kissing, I summoned courage to zip her trousers but she held my hand, I was determined to never give up so unzip her the trousers with force. Chai see was already wet, I quickly brought out my CD insert it on my d–k, as I was about putting she says wait, I didn’t mind her because konji won finished me, I inserted my d–k into her valley of pleasure, I was f—–g her, she started moaning.
F–k me hard !!!!!!!
I love you ooo!!!!!!!
Faster faster
I increase my pace, I starter f—–g her as if my life depend on it.
I f—-d and f—-d her until we both c—-x at the same time.
Stay tuned
To be continued

EPISODE 13.



UCHE SIDE OF THE STORY CONTINUED
On Wednesday and Thursday i followed faith to church, but it was not as bad as the first day.
On Friday I was already in school, I plane on having my revenge on faith tomorrow because tomorrow is Valentine day.
Rumor has it that about 60 percent of girls are going to be bangs,( abi guys I lie?)so I don’t want faith to be an exemption, I went too meet Daniel to update him about my plan.
Guy afa, I said too him.
Baba I dey ooooo.
E get one plane way I one use for faith.
Okay make I hear am.
You know say tomorrow na Valentine
Yes I know na.
I go invite am make say e get one gift way I buy for her, say make she come collect am for my house.
Hmmmmm the plane make, but you sure say she go gree come.
Guy I go persuade am, I go just fabricate any story, I go make sure say I bleep am, and nothing go stop me.
Hmmmm that’s the spirit.
Okay make I go meet her.
By the way we are already in break time.
I saw her outside, she was sitting with her class mate, so I walk up too her.
Good morning girls I said too them.(like an innocent child).
Morning they both replied but I could see surprised in the girl face.
Faith can I talk too you for moment.
She stand up and we walk 10 meters away from her friend.
So I said too her.
you know that tomorrow is Valentine, so how are spending it, I said too her.
Hmmm I don’t know but we can spend it in the church,She replied.
Okay you are right, but there is this gift I bought for you, I want you to come too my house and collect it, so that we would be able to spent sometime together.
Is that necessary, why didn’t you bring the gift too school when you are coming.
I forgot, so please come too my house, why are you even afraid too come too my house. ( I ask her like an innocent boy.)
Okay I will come too your house tomorrow, so what time should i come.
Around 12:00pm by then I will be free.( in my mind I mean I will be prepared.)
I left her and went too meet Daniel, he started asking.
Guy how the parrol take go na.
She say she go come .
Guy no f–k up oo, in case she dey prove stubborn no go rape am oooo.
Okay I hear you.
3 hours the keeper rang the bell for closing, so went too our various home.
Around 8:00pm I called faith to remind her of tomorrow meeting.
Hello dear how are you doing,
I said too her.
I am fyn ooo she replied .
I called too remind you of tomorrow.
Okay I won’t forget.
So goodnight na.
I ended the call and drafted too sleep.
KELVIN SIDE OF THE STORY.
tomorrow Is Valentine, I am suppose to take Cynthia out, or at least buy her a gift, but I don’t even know what type of place I will take her.
I am an introvert, I am always indoor, the is my first Valentine I would be spending having a girlfriend.
And it seems it going to be my best Valentine ever.
now I know I have being living a borring life.
UCHE SIDE OF THE STORY CONTINUED.
Faith came too my house, I Leeds her too my room, she sat down in my bed I gave her malt, she was drinking it before she ask me of the gift.
I came close too her, i hold her palm with my hands I started creasing her, I kiss her on the lips, I was about unbolting her zip in her grown, before she pushed me, i hit my head on wall.
I woke up, I was sweating like someone that just run a marathon.
Thank God it was a dream ooo, I said to myself.
I close my eyes and pray about the dream and went too sleep.
To be continued

Episode 12
UCHE SIDE OF THE STORY CONTINUED.
I was hit by the man on my right, he used mighty head to hit me, he head is second version of Victor’s own just that his own is a mature mighty head.
Assuming that was not a enough, the pastor ask the members to bring me to their altar that I need deliverance.
I started asking myself, what is deliverance do I need now, I was hit by a member in the Church, all what the pastots could say Is that I need deliverance.
I was brought to the altar, so the pastor starts his prayers.
His put his hands on my head and start to pray my saying, any man any woman that is controlinge the boys you that man you that woman you are wicked die BY fire!!!!!!!!!!,!!!!!!!!,!.
He push me with his hand but I was determine not to fall, he push me again, I didn’t fall.
And he start by saying you this stubborn spirits, you are proven stubborn, he push me the third time, this time he put his leg on back of my foot , without me knowing, and I fell down, all the member in the Church started praying for me, including faith.
Around 8:00pm the Church was over, I didn’t even speak to faith when we are going home, I was very angry.
Now I know that “the love of p---y is the beginning of man’s suffering”.
When I got home, I started thinking. Because of I want too bleep faith that’s why I am suffering like this.
I swear she no go escape me I said too my self and went too sleep.
About 6:40am, i did my normal routine and went too school.
When I got to the gate the assembly has already started, I just join them without wasting time.
20 minutes later the assambly was over so we went to our various classes.
The rest class section was in uneventful.
About 3 hours later the time keeper rang the bell I went too meet Daniel out side to tell about my experience.
I went outside, I saw him he was sitting alone so I walk up too him.
Guy afa na, I said too him
Baba I dey ooo, but you no go believed watin happened yesterday ooo.
Watin , I ask
Omo Deborah find me come house yesterday oo, I bleep am like mad .
Guy your own better if I tell my experience yesterday you go pity for me.
Watin happened.
Omo when Cynthia come my house yesterday, you know say I say I go use the opportunity bleep am.
Yes I remember.
Guy watin my see yesterday, no be small ooo, guy I don suffer.
See abeg talk jor no dey tell me parables.
( I told him all what happened, including the part when the pastor called me a stubborn spirit.,)
After I finished telling him my experience, Daniel was already in the floor laughing like a mad man.
Guy you done suffer, because say you won bleep Faith na e make you dey go through all this things chai p---y don’t show you things, but I go advice you make you plan something fast make you bleep am sharp sharp, unless say you won die.
Na true you talk oo, because me don tired for this rubbish oooo.
As I was busy talking too Daniel, faith walk up too us.
Guys afa, she says.
We are fyn, we both replied.
By the way uche today is the third day of the program, she says and walk away.
Chai my own don finish, see watin p---y land me into.
Chai P---y na b-----d

Kelvin side of the story.
About 2;30pm, the time keeper rang the bell, so we went to our various homes.
I took my bath, eat my food, I was just thinking about Cynthia, I am deeply in love with her, I had never felt this way before or is it because she is my first love.
UCHE SIDE OF THE STORY
About 7:45pm I called faith.
Me: hello dear how are you doing.
Faith: I am fine and you.
Me: same dear, I was just thinking of you so I decided to call you.
Faith: that’s so thoughtful of you, by the way,I wants to invite you to my Church cus we are having program.
Me: okay but which program.
Faith: it is called “enough is enough” , it start yesterday but it will end on Thursday.
Me: Okay which Church is that
Faith: mountain of fire (mfm).
Me: (chai my own don finish ooo,) okay I will be there, but how do we see.
Faith: don’t worry we will talk about it in school.
Me: okay good night, and pray before you sleep oo.
Faith: yea I will, good night.
I ended the call, I was thinking about tomorrow Church, mountain of fire, I have never gone there before but rumor has it that any new member that goes there will always return with an headache.
I went too sleep, I woke up early In the morning, I check the time it was 6:30, I quickly went to the bathroom, took my bath, wore my uniform, I dash out of my compound, I went to the bike pack I too a bike.
I stop at the junction of my school by then the assembly was already going on so I join them without wasting time.
About 15 minutes the assembly was over so everybody went to their various classes.
The rest of the class section was on uneventful.
4 hours later the time keeper rang the bell for break so everybody went outside.
I went to meet Daniel, to update him on the new development.
Guy afa na, I said too him.
Baba I dey oo.
Omo when I called faith yesterday, she come dey invite me for church.
That’s a good sign, but why your face dey like person way dey vexe.
Omo na the name of the church dey make me dey vexe oo.
Watin be the name na?.
Guy na mountain of fire ooo…..
Daniel started laughing.
Guy your own don’ finished oooo.
And say you know the name of the program.
Watin be the name.
She say na enough is enough ooo.
Omo that one na heavy prayer ooo, guy I swear I no envy you ooo, but just endure am after all you won bleep am.
I swear the way wa I go take bleep am, even Devil go curse me say I too wicked.
Okay I hear you.
Guy we go see later na make I go see faith .
I left him and went to look for faith.
I could not find her outside, so I went too her class, I saw she was sitting alone so I went too me her.
Faith how are you doing now.
I am fine and you.
Same dear.
So about the program in my church how are we going to see, she ask.
Hmmmmm I don really know oo,
But can you come too my house so that we would go together.
Yea, but if I am to come I don’t know your address.
Okay, I wrote down my address in a s--t of paper and gave it too her.
I left her and went outside to meet Daniel .
He saw me coming, so he ask.
Guy how it take go na.
I tell her say na my house we go see oo.
Nice, na opportunity be that oo make sure say you bleep am ooo.
Yes na, I go make sure say I do my revenge.
About 3 hour the time keeper rang the bell for closing, so we went to our various homes.
I took by bath, eat my food, I was just thinking about the strategy I will used on her, and thankfully my mum is wasn’t at home.
5:50pm, faith called me, I quickly picked the call.
I am at the gate of your house she says and the call ended.
Na wa ooo, so you no fit come inside again, i said to my self. I quickly wore my cloth and went to meet her.
I saw her, she was holding a bible, I said too her.
Lets go inside.
We are already late, there is no time, she replied.
Chai na so this girl want to spoil my plane.
Okay I replied her, and we went to her Church.
We stop at the gate, I saw the name of the Church boldly written. MOUNTAIN OF FIRE MINISTRY. ( M.F.M). chai see were p---y don’ land me put, p---y way I never even bleep. I said too myself.
We entered the church, we saw different people, they were all wearing marry amaka clothes, we sat down in a white plastic chair, Faith was sitting in my left hand side, and a very hug man was sitting on my right.
10 minutes later the pastor came out and stand on the altar, he ask everybody to stand up because he wants to pray, he start by saying.
Any one.!!!! ( The members of the church replied.)
That is planing against my life, you that man you that woman you are wicked, run mad and die!!!!!!!!!!.
The members of the Church starter saying die!, die! die!, they started moving their body like someone that fighting kunfu.
So I join them, I close my eyes and pray, before I heard, posaaaaaaaah, before I knew, I saw myself on the floor.
Guess what happened?

EPISODE 7..

Continues...

Ugochukwu, their neighbor’s son, recounted what sonwa, Chidinma’s daughter once said one day all the compound kids were playing downstairs and Chinedu had come in from work. His two kids had run past him without greeting him and when he got upstairs, he had called both of them to come up and Sonwa had exploded in anger, ” This our daddy is a very stupid and wicked old man. Ugo had recounted this to his mother, laughing but his mother scolded him for finding such flippancy and disrespect amusing.
One day Chidinma had a serious confrontation with her son’s teacher. It happened that a child by name, Godswill, had come crying to their teacher that his money for snacks was missing from his bad.
“Did I not tell you children not to come to school with cash? We had even told your parents during the P.T.A meeting to buy snacks for you and not to give you money.What if something happens to you on your way to buy snacks? Let this be the last time somebody will come to school with money for snacks”, The class teacher had warned them. ” Meanwhile how much is the money” She asked.
“N100,” he said, and whispering into the teacher’s ear, he told her that he had written ‘stolen’ at the end of the money.
The teacher scolded him in a low voice for defacing the money and told him never to do such again.
“This information will come handy in solving the problem at hand now” the teacher said “but it should not justify the defacing of our currency, If everyone should write as they liked on the currency, it would have become an exercise book and not money anymore”,
“Everybody line up!” The teacher had turned to the rest of the class and commanded.
She ran her hands in their pockets as they go out of the class. while they were outside, She started methodically to search their bags. it was at the 10th bag that she saw a crumpled N100 note. She spread it and beheld it! There, at the left end of the note is the inscription, ‘stolen’.
Mrs. Okwuora the teacher looked at the name on the books in the bag and then read of the name, Obinna Chinedu Okolo
Obinna Chinedu Okolo!” thundered the teacher. “come in here immediately”
“How did this money get into your bag?” Mrs. Okwuora asked.
“it is my money. My mother gave it to me
“That is a big lie,” she said showing him the inscription, ‘stolen’ but he still kept denying.
When Chidinma was invited she came, spitting fire.
“How dare you accuse my son of stealing! Do you know how wealthy we are ! Do you know that my husband, Chinedu Rolex Watch, is the wealthiest man in this town , We have five Jeeps, Five duplexes, etc How can my son steal ordinary N100! You must apologize to me for this insult ”
She completely refused to listen to what the teacher had to say, in a flash, she removed one of her High heeled shoes and would have drilled a hole in the teacher’s head if Mrs Okwuora hadn’t run out of the class
The class teacher reported Chidinma to the headmaster who invited her husband, Chinedu to come to school immediately
when he arrived and heard what happened, he was so embarrassed that he wished the earth could just open and swallow him up, He apologized profusely to the headmaster and the teacher and practically dragged his wife and son home
He so tongue lashed Chidinma that if she were a sane human being , she would never have made trouble again , but as a proverb said, – ‘a dog that is about to die does not perceive the smell of faeces’.
However , after severely flogging Obinna, Chinedu had warned him never to try such again.
After he left, Chidinma as usual, cuddled her son, petting him while cursing her husband aloud for his wickedness tp his own children
“How could he side with other people against his own family?” she said
“Even if you had taken the money, so what! Is it not just N100?, just look at my son’s body ” she complained touching the cane stripes on his body.
Meanwhile Rosa who had been witnessing all the conspiracies between Chidinma and her children against Chinedu, hated all of them with passion and was bidding her time and making her plans.
As far as she was concern, it is Chidinma with her children against Chinedu and herself ………
what do you think Rosa is planning to do ?
To be continued

EPISODE 6..
Continues..

Despite these women’s subsequent interventions, Chidinma continued with her wickedness towards Rosa and since she had severely threatened her with both physical abuse and being sent packing, she didn’t give room for her master, Chinedu to know the extent of abuse she was constantly subjected to.
Eventually, Rosa started stealing money and saving it for the rainy days because she could take the abuse no more and she had to leave the house but not without something to show for all the abuse she was made to endure, she reasoned.
she hatched a wicked plan which in her progressively warped mind was a justifiable revenge for all that she had gone through at Chidinma hands .
Obinna and Sonwa were the apple of their mother’s eyes. Chidinma could give her life for her children any time, she did not joke with their welfare. She constantly gossiped with her husband’s name in front of them, often telling them how unloving their father is.
Any time Chinedu tried to discipline them, Chidinma would abuse him for being too hard on them. On one occasion, she had slapped and engaged Chinedu in fisticuffs over this issue but the kind of beating she had got from Chinedu on that day had kept her in check henceforth. Though Chinedu was a gentleman , he could not stand being slapped by a woman , much less his own wife. These days , Chidinma would keep a reasonable distance while hurling vernal ‘boko haram’ explosive-words at Chinedu anytime he touch the children or scold them.
Your guess is as good as mine the kind of training Chidinma was giving her children with regards to respect for elders and specifically their father .
To be continued

Episode 10
UCHE SIDE OF THE STORY.
About 2 hours later the time keeper rang bell.
We went to our various home.
I was just thinking about my plane.
sha bi na born again faith dey find, I go show am say I dey born again pass pastor, if I would go through all this stress just for her to accept me.
I go make sure say i destroyed her p---y with my roasted plantain.
But how will I go about it, I don’t even know any verse in the Bible, the only verse I know is psalm 23 and john 3: 16.
I went to my brother room to ask him of Bible.
Guy abeg borrow me your Bible.
Abeg watin you talk.
I say make you borrow me your bible.
When you start to they read Bible.
Guy you no go understand, just give me your Bible I go tell you later.
I collected his Bible, and went to my room, I started reading Bible, I start from Genesis chapter 1:1.
KELVIN SIDE OF THE STORY.
I was just surprise, by my brother, he wants to read a bible, every body knows that UCHE had never read a bible before, he don’t even goes too church, now is his asking for Bible, I know what makes him to need it is not for something good, because UCHE had never done anything good in his life.
UCHE side of the story.
The next which was Saturday was uneventful.
Hear comes on Sunday, I woke up around 5; 30pm I took my bath, wore my cooperate clothes, I dash out to Kelvin room I saw him sleeping, I collect his bible, I went to Church, which Is Catholic Church.
I stay in first mass, second mass, third mass I am waitin for the fourth mass before someone told me that there is no forth mass.
So I went home.
The rest of the day was uneventful
About 6:45am I woke up, took by bath I wore my uniform, wore my socks and my tie.
I started going too school, I stop at the bike pack took a bike stops at the junction of my school.
evey were just look so serene, I walk to my class, I was thinking of the strategy I would used on faith before I heard the sound of the bell.
I went to line on the assembly, look at my side I saw faith she was already in the Assembly.
I was busy praising God before some one walk up too me.
It was no other person than Mr peter our maths teacher he started asking me question.
Why are you now coming early too school, he ask.
Sir I am a change man, and beside i don’t see any reason why I should be coming late.
That Good, just keep it up.
He left him.
Chia assuming he knows whats my intension are he won’t be saying it up, I said too myself.
About 10 minutes we were done.
KELVIN SIDE OF THE STORY
After the assembly, we walk to our various classes.
I saw Cynthia, she surprised me, she hug me, which makes our class girls started saying love wan ti ti.
We were busy talking, we talks about so many things.
There is no greater joy than to be in love with some who love you back.
UCHE SIDE OF THE STORY.
We were having physics I was busy calculating, I look at Daniel, I could not find him, so I look at the back sit I saw him and Deborah, they were sitting together, I never knows what was going on until I saw the expression in Deborah face, she looks like someone thats Is being f--k.
I was busy steering at her before i mistakenly went down .
Chai Daniel na pro, he was finger f-----g her in the class without anybody noticing them.
About 3 hours later the time
keeper rang the bell for break time so everybody went out.
I went to Daniel sit to talk to him by then he was alone.
Guy afa na.
Baba I dey ooo.
Guy I see watin ena do ooo.
No blame me oo, na konji, the konji way hole Deborah no be hear oo, na watin make me help her condition.
Guy but you get mind ooo, I no fit try watin you do oo.
Okay I hear you, but afa for that girl na.
Guy I never follow am talk today,
Na she I dey find self.
Go check am for outside na.
Okay na.
I left him, and went outside, I saw faith she was sitting alone, so I said too her.
Sister faith how are you doing, she look at me in surprise before she responded.
I am fine o brother uche.
She was mimicking me.
How she is Church today.
Church is fine but what happened too you, why the sudden change, first you called me sister faith, now you are asking me about church, what happened too you.
Is you dear.
Me but how?
When you told me you won’t date me because i am bad , I thought about it, you are right because no reasonable girl would like to date a bad guy, but now I am a change man, I am now a born again.
Hmmm are you sure?
I swear too God, I wouldn’t want too used God name in vain na because it is written in the Bible in book of Exodus 20:7.
Hmmm uche you have start to quote the Bible well thats a good sign.
So now that you know i am a change man so will you be my gf.
Yea but no s-x.
Yea you are right because it is written in the Bible in Corinthian 6:18-20, that we should flee from sexual immorality.
Hmmm you are absolutely correct I guess I am truly convinced that you are a change man.
Yes I am.
little did she know what await her.

To be continued after comments

Episode 9
UCHE SIDE OF THE STORY CONTINUED.
UCHE I like you alot, you are funny handsome but you have a bad reputation in this school, I wouldn’t like to mingle with such person, beside I am a born again Christian.
When I said I will think about it, I never really know your character, but when I told my friends, what they said about you is nothing but bad, you are total bad, I think if you should give your life too Christ, I would have thought of dating you.
Okay no problem, I wouldn’t force you against your wish.
I left her, i was very angry, I left her because I felt like slapping her.
I should give my life to Christ, I said to myself.
I walk to were Daniel is.
He started asking me question,.
Guy afa for the package na?
Omo that babe fall my hand, she they tell me say she no go like to mingle with me unless I give my life yo Christ.
Daniel started laughing.
Guy why you they laugh na watin I talk funny.
Yes na see as the babe take for your hand chai I no envy you at all.
E just be like say make I tear am slap as she dey talk that rubbish.
Okay, but I get one plan way you go take get the girl ooo, but say you go fit do am.
Anything, I just won do revenge for am.
Guy you go pretend as if say you be born again Christian, you go they come school early, you go they talk to her about Church, You go let am know say you be change man.
Haba Daniel, that one hard ooo, but I go risk am and I go make sure say I bleep am.
She they find born again abi, I go show am say I be confirmed born again.
KELVIN SIDE OF THE STORY
after finishing talking to Daniel I decided to tell Cynthia what he told me, but my heart was just beating fast.
I walk to her sit.
Cynthia there is something I wants to tell you, I said too her.
Okay go on.
Cynthia I don’t really know how to say it but I like you alot more than you can ever imagine.
I would have told you this before, but I don’t wants to jeopardize our friendship.
I want you to be my gf, and I promised to always make you happy.
Kelvin I don’t know what to say but your words came by surprised.
I am sorry if I made you angry, I said to her.
I was about too leave ,she held my hand, and I said too me.
I LOVE YOU.
I wanted to says something but words refused to come out from my mouth.
Abt 20 second later I got myself and I said too her “I LOVE YOU TOO.
T B C.
WILL UCHE BE ABLE TO BLEEP FAITH, HOW WILL HE GO ABOUT PRETENDING TO BE A BORN AGAIN.
Find out in the magnificent brothers.
STAY TUNED

Episode 8
UCHE side of the story continue.
It was no other person than Mr Peter.
Why are u steering at her like that, he said too me .
Sir I am not steering at anybody, I am just thinking about my assignment.
Hmmmm I know you are lying, but jus know I am watching you.
He left me, I started asking my, Self, wating be this man own, why him dey try used him reggae spoil my bluse.
Kelvin side of the story.
The Assembly was over, there were not many late comers, so we decided to pardon the fill ones.
So everybody went to their various classes, i saw Cynthia she was looking beautiful as always,we exchange plan sentries .
About 10 minutes later, a teacher came too our class. It was our literature teacher.
She gave us test, the question was difficult, I did my best and leave the rest for God.
About 3 hours later, the time keeper rang the bell for break time.
I used the opportunity to meet my brother because there is something I wants to ask him.
I was in his class I saw him, he was sitting alone.
So I went to meet him.
Gut afa na I said too him.
I dey oo, this one way you come my class, I hope all his well.
All is well, is just that I need your help on something.
What is it.
I want too ask Cynthia to be my gf.
Hmmmm now na your day break abi, since way I tell you say make you confirmed that babe as your own , you dey do like say you they chop bottle.
Guy no vexe that time I think say I like am as a friend but now I swear, I just dey think about am.
Okay watin you want make I do for you now.
I want make you tell me how i go take tell am na, you known say I no get experience now, na you and Daniel be baba na.
Okay you go used formula 280 for am.
Formula 280?, which one b formula 280.
Guy you dey dull me ooo.
Abeg no vexe, I no know say toasting formula don reach 280 oooo.
Okay make I exaplaind am for you.
Just tell her how you feel about her, tell her that you love her, that you would have told her since, that you were just afraid because you don’t want to destroyed the friendship you had with her.
Tell her you will go any length to protect her, because you have already done that before.
Okay guy but you sure say she go gree.
I no fit give you 100% guarantee but just they hope.
Okay na make I go tell am.
UCHE side of the story.
I went outside to meet Daniel and to try and talk too faith.
I saw Daniel, he sat down at his normal joint, I went too meet him.
Guy afa na , I said too him.
I dey o, I just follow Deborah talk finished now.
Watin she come reply you.
She give me auto response oooo.
I trust you na, no babe fit resist you.
Na so, but afa for that your faith na.
Omo me never followe am talk today oo.
Why na?
Omo I dey fear oo.
A hole uche dey fear, guy brace up, go meet am there na only she sit down for hall.
Okay na make I go know my fate na.
I walk to were faith is, I saw her she was sitting alone.
I said too her .
Faith afa na.
I am fyn ooo.
So how was your night.
Fyn ooo.
Okay, so have you thought about my proposal.
Hmmmm yea.
So what will be your answer, without wasting time I ask her straight to the point. ( I was stammering because my heart was just beating fast. guys ena know the feeling na when girl won give you reply, e like say you dey hot sit, about to answer 10 million naira question in who wants to be a millionaire.)
T B C
will faith accept Uche proposal?
OR
Will Cynthia accept Kelvins proposal?
Watch out for the next episode

Episode 7
KELVIN side of the story
(2:30pm) the time keeper rang the bell for closing, we went to our various homes.
I was going home with uche so we stop at the gate of our house we entered, and we saw our mum in the sitting room.
We greeted her.
good afternoon ma.
Mum: good afternoon My Sons so how is schools today.
fine, we both replied.
Mum: so uche I hope you are preparing for your waec.
Uche: yes ma I am preparing.
Mum: okay you guys should go and freshen up and kelvin see me before 4:30pm because I will be going out by 5:00pm
Me: okay no problem.
We left her, I went to the birth room,
After taken my birth I eat my food, rest a little bit and went to see her.
you asked me too see you, I said too her.
yea, I want too ask you if you would like to write your waec with uche.
yea I will love to.
Okay Just prepared your self and read a lot.
Okay no problem, can I go now.
You are free.
Uche side of the story, abt (7:45pm)
I was just bored so I decided to send faith a love text,
and it says.
You have been the first and will be the only one ever to touch my heart. Ever since the day I met you, my heart stopped beating for me. It beat only for you, saying I love you with every beat.
After that I decided to call her so I dial her number, she pick in the second ring.
Me:hello dear,
Faith: please who Is this?
Me: it’s me uche
Faith: hmmm uche, so you are the one that sent me that text abi
Me: do you like it
Faith: yea
Me: what I sent you is not just a text, is what I feel about you, and what is happening too me right now
Ever since I came back from school I was just thinking of you, I think I am in love with you.
Faith : hmmm boys and sweet mouth . okay goodnight oo.
Me: good night my love.
The next day was uneventful.
Hear come the D day, the day faith would give me a reply.
I woke up very early in the morning, I check the the time, and it was 6:45, I quickly went to the birth room to take my birth, about 20 minutes later I was done, I came out clean my body with a towel , rub my carol white cream, wore my well iron uniform, I look at my tie, and I said too my self “make I ware am today after all I won go catch fish, I wore it, i look at my reflection in the mirror, fine guy I said to my self.
I dash out to kelvin room, i saw him wearing his uniform, he was surprise to see me so he ask.
Guy watin happened, this one way you don dress this early morning watin happened.
Omo e get one fish way 1 won catch today oo.
Who she be.
Na faith oo, faith for your class.
Hmmm that holy holy, she go gree for you so.
No babe don reject me abi you no trust me.
Okay oo good luck sha .
I left him and headed to the bike pack, I took a bike to my school, stop at the entrance gate and I walk inside.
Chai see as everywhere quit like say na grave yard , i said to my self. I walk to my class sat down.
I was thinking of what answer she would give too me, no girls have ever said no too me, or Is it because that I always date the bad girls in school?
This one that every body are saying she is “holy holy”, she might be a hard nut to crack ooo.
But there is something about this faith, her smile do mesmerized me, she is very beautiful but she no fine reach, AGBANI DAREGO, (i swear person way marry agbani get luck oo .)all those things way I tell her na wash ooo., but she make sense.
I was busy with my thought before I heard the sound of the bell.
I went to line in the Assembly, every body was just starring at me, some students were busy whisperings to them self.
Abi na crime to come early again? I said to my self.
I look my side, I saw Kelvin and his fellow prefect, later I saw one beautiful damsel coming in that direction.
chai this babe make ooo.
it was no other person than faith. I was busy steering at her before someone tape me on my shoulders, guess who?

Episode 10 continues ......
A day to the commencement of our exams. G-money called. He said something had clicked and it’s worth $1m. And that the three of us should come down to Ibadan if we want to partake of it. He also said he had already processed everything but it seemed EFCC was having an eye on his account so he wants to use the Domiciliary account(Abisoko, Uchenna and i) to move the money. He said he was ready to give us N50m out of the money. “As I heard N50m, na so my head pop like popcorn.” But G-money said we should come down to Ibadan the next day and spend like 3 days in Ibadan for everything to be finalized. “And the next day, the three of us were starting our exams.” The 3 days we go spend, we get 3 courses for those days. My other two guys were ready to go but I refused. At a time, part of me began encouraging me to go, leaving the exam I have for those days. “After all carry over no dey kill person.” I could still write it the other year. At least if I have N15m from the N50m that would be our share, I go finish our house for Ilorin. Poverty na bastard.” But Another part of me thought I wasn’t making the right decision. “Even my two guys encouraged me to come. The next year we go just write the 3 courses.” After thinking about it for a while, I decided to follow them because I was very important in the team. The account G-money was going to use am signatory to it.
We left for Ibadan that evening. When we got to Ibadan at G-money’s house, mehn, I couldn’t believe my eyes at what I saw. “That was why he’s called G-money. Na 7 gatemen with guns na im the guy get.” It was a duplex with great interior. CCTV camera full every were. He even had a daughter. He said she came to visit him and his boys would soon take her back to her mother soon. The little girl looked much like him with Wide jaw and flat nose. G-money said most of his goons had travelled out of the country so he and some other guys were left alone in the house. That evening, we began the work we came there to do with so many online transactions. He sent someone to get us food and other packages.
The next morning, funke’s call woke me up. She asked if I was in school. I told her I was at a friend’s place reading and was ready for the exams. Because it was an e-exam, and all of us partake in that course together. Funke said I should come and meet her at a place after the exam. I agreed even when I was lying. She no know saw I no dey around.
Few hours later funke called back and said she was at my house and the place was locked. He asked where I was. I told her I was at the hostel inside the school. “Shebi I said you should come and meet me at a place, why didn’t you come?” she asked. I told her that I forgot and apologized. She said she was coming down to the hostel and she needed to see me. I asked what she wanted to see me for, but she said she just want to see me. “Dis one na serious gobe and I no dey hostel. I dey Ibadan.” I told her that she shouldn’t come to hostel that will be soon leaving because a lecturer sent me on an errand. I told her not to worry that I would come to see her that evening. Na so she cut the call angrily. We continued our work in Ibadan.
Evening came, funke called. I brought up another excuse that I was in one of the lecturer’s house helping to arrange experimental samples. I had to switch off my phone completely till Wednesday. Everything had been finished. G-money used an agent in U.S who used Paypal to make all the transactions faster. So I went to banker Jide through the bank and transferred the money, G-money’s share to his own account. Uchenna said I should leave our own so we go back to Abeokuta first before sharing it. After finishing our exams, we would do the sharing.
We got back to Abeokuta. I tried reading for the remaining courses I had for exams, but the book no dey enter. I no fit read again. I visited funke that day. She was so furious and said my mobile line was not going through. I apologized and told her that I was in the hostel reading. And she said she searched all the boys hostels and didn’t see me. I no even talk anything. We shah settle the matter. I spent couple of hours with her before leaving.
After the exams, we shared our money. Na N16m reach my hand. I was so happy and feeling fly. I had never seen that kind of account statement in my life. Funke had already been noticing some changes in me, in dressing and talking, character. It was more glaring with my 2 guys. I decided to be calm, I didn’t want to just show off myself.
I gave funke N20,000 when she was going back home for the long break. I felt like giving her more but I didn’t want unnecessary questions.
People had started travelling back to their homes. Our (Uchenna, abisoko and i) plans was to spend the holiday at Ibadan with G-money. This was to help us gain more connection and also work together. I rushed home to Ilorin. I sat my mom down and explained to her that I had started a new business that would be making me travel a lot. I told her there was a lot of money in it and I won’t be staying much in Ilorin. Though she was uneducated but I briefed her a little on forex. She asked if it wasn’t going to disrupt my academics. I told her it wasn’t. She advised me so well and prayed for me. I told her that the business was what I was doing that is giving me money in school. She was so happy. How I wished she knew that that wasn’t what I was really doing.
I and my mom made arrangements to start building. Within one week, we drilled borehole on our land. The way my mom was watching me spend money. She began asking if the business I was doing was the one giving me that kind of money. I told her “yes ooo.” We got a good engineer who help us with the plan of the building. I wanted a duplex and boys quarters inside the compound. At first I wanted only our house in the compound. But I considered that it would be lonely for my mom. At least there should be tenants to keep the house lively.
I handed our house building project to Engineer kole, told my mom to monitor more often as she wasn’t doing anything. I had stopped her from her akara sales.
After everything in Ilorin, I went to Ibadan to join my goons at G-money’s house.
Life in G-money’s house was wonderful. Yahoo yahoo Work in the day and party at night. We got beautiful women tripping for us. We splash huge amount of money on drinks and women. I also got someone who started teaching me forex and mini importation business. He comes from Apata to our place every morning for one month. And I grasped so well.
This particular morning, my mom called me that our building was massively progressing. I rushed to Ilorin to see it. I had budgeted N12m for the cost of the whole thing. And I paid Engr. Kole N5m. I did that to make the building project fast so I could focus my attention on another thing. The building had gotten to linter level. The building project made me not to get a car. I was so impressed with the extent the building had gone within one month. “When there is money, everything moves fast.” I spent about 3 days in Ilorin and returned to Ibadan.
Things were moving fine. We (abisoko, Uchenna and i) had started looking for another maga, it was pretty hard. But the money coming that period was between $1000 and $3000. But wetin man wan do!
Barely 2 weeks I visited Ilorin to see our building, my mom called me to say that the whole building had collapsed. I wasn’t myself when I heard it. I had to rush down to Ilorin and saw things myself. When I got to the sight, I felt like crying. We all blamed Engr. Kole for it. Infact we even arrested him with the help of Kwara state ministry of lands. Everything was settled within two months outside the court. Engr. Kole was asked to pay N4m in cash for damages then help evacuate the debris of the collapsed structures. I thought that would be the end. I never Knew I was just diving into another trouble. Immediately after settlement of the collapsed building structure, I hired another building engineer. After 2 months of the commencement of the building which had gotten to linter level. The building collapsed again. I was really running out of cash and going ballistics over everything happening. In just one year, my CGPA had dropped drastically. I was struggling with my academics. Our building had collapsed up to 4 times. When it gets to linter level is when it will always collapse. My guys would encourage me. Most at times we go to Ilorin together. My mom has been worried over the building collapse issues. I had to get another land and started building with another building engineer. It also collapsed. I felt it wasn’t ordinary any more. People had started telling my mom to find solution. My forex trading had collapse due to the economic recession the world was experiencing. The relationship between I and funke has been on-n-off because of the numerous girls chasing me. “Yes I had become a little popular i and my 2 guys even though I didn’t really have car.” Some girls take me to be humble and had come to love my personality. I conduct business seminars and tutor students on how to make tangible money online. All that was just used as a cover up for the yahoo business I was into. But as the money were coming, I have not had a tangible investment with all my money, and business has not been moving so good and in 300level still battling cgpa that was 2.7.
This particular Sunday. G-money came by Our house to visit us. He had been aware about my ordeal. He once suggested we go see a babalawo but I refused at that time. But the present time, i was ready to go with the advice because it was too much for me. G-money even suggested that the babalawo was stronger than the first one we met. He started explaining that at that stage we are, we no longer need the babalawo that did the virgin blood work for us. That we need a higher one. The more we work and go higher; it would be better we go for a higher power. He said he was taking us to a place in Osogbo, Osun state. But they assured me that no scarifies would be made because they knew I detest any ritual sacrifices. The way G-money was hyping this juju man. That he had done great works for Governors. I come think say the man go rich wella.
A week later, Na so we follow G-money go Osogbo oo.
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Episode 9 continues ....
As we were still in the parlour, “knock knock, knock,” where the heavy knocks we heard on the door. “Na who be that,” Abisoko asked. “Olopa police,” was what echoed from outside. They said it was the police, and I overheard a female voice with them. The voice sounded like aunty, balikis’s aunty. The knocks came again. Part of me was telling me that I was finished. They have caught up with us
Immediately they echoed “Olopa police,” in which they echoed it together, including the female voice. The three of us (Abisoko, uchenna and i) looked at each other. My blood pumping pressure increased. My eyes became red again. Many thoughts began flying through my mind. “I thought Abisoko said the police where just passing by?” “How come they were in our house?” Uchenna asked us to keep calm. They immediately stopped what they were doing on their laptops and cleared the history, deleted some files they felt might implicate them, and they shut down their laptops. He said I should clean my eyes, we should do as if nothing was happening as he went towards the door. As he got closer to the door, he came back and ask us three to follow him to the door. At first I objected but he insisted that we go together. We went to the door with fear in our hearts. Uchenna opened the door. Standing in front of us were balikis’s aunty and four police men armed with guns. “My mind come they beat.” What made me relaxed a bit was when balikis’s aunty smiled and asked when we came back from where we went to. Uchenna told her. But I was not too bothered as he explained. I wan know wetin the police people dey do for our house. As Uchenna was still talking with aunty. One of the police men cuts in and said they were looking for somebody. Immediately the officer said that. The relaxed mind I had vanished immediately. Na so I enter fear mode again. I began asking myself who they were looking for. Aunty said there was a fight that broke out the previous day in the neighbourhood, and an indigene connived with a student to shoot their landlord so the police men were now looking for the student. Immediately aunty said that, I became relived because I nearly died of hypertension. The armed officers said the name of the guy was Stephen. We tell them say we no know am ooo.
As they were leaving our presence, aunty turned back and asked me to come and see her later. Immediately she said that, I began wondering what she was seeing me for. “I thought I was free and everything was well, now aunty wants to see me.” I began thinking, what Balikis must have told her aunty.
Few hours later, I summoned courage to go to aunty’s shop. Balikis was not there. I only met aunty. I come dey fear. She asked me to sit down at the long bench close to the small stool she sat on. My heart still beating, wondering on what to reply her on I and balikis’s incident. He drew her chair closer and sat down. I couldn’t look her in the face. She asked what was wrong with me. I told her there was nothing. She asked if I had taken drugs since I complained of malaria some days back. I told her that I have. She smiled and said she just wanted to thank me for what I did. As she said that, I looked at her face. Wetin I com do! “Thanking me for deflowering her sister, abi! or maybe she was going somewhere and she was just using the statements to pull through.” She said balikis told her that I helped in arranging were they usually keep their tomatoes and pepper at the uncompleted building. So she called me to thank me for that. She said she had been wanting to do that but we were not around. “Chaii, na so my mind come cool down.” I and aunty chatted for a while. I asked where balikis was. She said balikis had gone to Sapon. She was ill on Saturday so she had to leave everything outside that day and went out. Aunty said she wasn’t happy with what she did. ‘That she should have just dropped their stuffs inside the room in the uncompleted building before leaving. But Balikis just left them outside and left Sapon . So balikis was in her sister’s place who is a nurse at sapon. She came that morning but she had to send her back so she can fully recover.’ After the chat, I went home happy but something in me just want to talk with balikis. I just want to know what happened that day. Or was she pulling a stunt on us?
4 days later, I was just seeing funke off when I saw balikis returning from school. After funke had gone, I went to balikis’s shop and joked with aunty and her. Na so I drag her go one corner. When aunty saw us, she began teasing that I was dumping funke for balikis. We laughed. I asked balikis what happened to her that day both of us were at the uncompleted building. Balikis said what I did was wrong. That I just abandoned her there. She said that she wasn’t feeling too healthy that day, and another thing. She said she had had that kind of experience 3 times and it normally occurs when she is overly excited. Anytime she was overly excited, she collapses. “Na the first time wey I dey hear that kind thing. Say person go too dey excited come collapse.” “Maybe balikis was enjoying the sex,” that I thought. I gave her N1000 to take care of herself and she thanked me so well.
Few days later, our conversation with Mr. watra were starting to yield fruit. We are assuming to send him a raw gold. G-money helped us get something that looked like the raw gold. Mr watra said he wanted an evidence. We recorded the assumed diamond and gold on video and sent it to him through courier services. We no put our faces for the video. I asked uchenna if Mr watra would comply. He said watra go definitely comply. That is why it is called “Yahoo plus plus,” it’s not normal. We have added spiritual things to it.’ Because it baffles me how someone would quickly fall into that kind of thing. Na the jazz wey the Ibadan native doctor don do for us. Once we fulfilled our parts, the gods would be blessing us. And indeed, a month later, Mr watra fell. After much negotiations, he sent us $77,000 and we sent him the package. The money was sent to G-money’s people’s account in U.S. from there, it was wired to G-money’s account in Ghana. From there to our main account in Nigeria. The account was opened with my name. We worked closely with banker jide in Ibadan. When the money landed, Jide called me. Already, G-money had taken $6,000 according to our agreement, so after the bank charges from the transfer and movement of money. Na only $70,000 come dey the account. The next week, I went to Ibadan. According to our agreement, I was to collect $15,000, abisoko and Uchenna would take $20,000 each and Jide the banker who was helping us in the bank, we gave him $3,000.
The day I went to the bank, I had a continuous assessment test but I just ignored it. I felt I was too intelligent and can easily make it up. I got to the bank in Ibadan and called Jide. He asked me to come into the banking hall which I did. He gave me some documents to fill and other stuffs. I transferred my own money first and other guys. Banker jide say make I withdraw him own give am for hand and I did. He had already cleared the coast for us with any form of EFCC. After everything, I was tempted to go to Ilorin from there but I coupled myself and returned to Abeokuta feeling like a boss. When I got to the house, “I wished my dad was still alive.” “I wished my mother was there with me at present.” “Oh, money don come.” I just had to plan what to do with the money. I had always believe that I won’t be in the yahoo yahoo game for long. My plan was to make reasonably enough money then walk away. I also planned on learning how to trade in forex and other mini importation business. I didn’t want people to see me that I was rich but no real source of the income.
Few weeks later, exam was fast approaching. My two guys, Abisoko and Uchenna had gotten themselves nice cars. I didn’t want to buy a car. My plan was to first build a good house for my mother in Ilorin and open a good business for her.
I bought a laptop for myself and travelled to Ilorin. My mom saw me and said I was looking good and chubby. Indeed I was, “poverty don run commot for our family.” I sat my mom down and told her that I had won a scholarship worth N1m. “Na so my mama shout.” Tears rolled down her eyes. I told her to start looking for land so we can start building our own house. She said one million won’t be enough but I told her not to worry that more money will come and we go complete am. I gave my mom N100,000 before leaving and told her to stop the akara business. I also told her to start looking for a nice accommodation for both of us.
When I left for Abeokuta, I had already made arrangements for one professional forex trader who is genuine to be teaching me. Because I didn’t want people to start asking how I made my money. And perhaps, I plan on leaving Yahoo yahoo after making a reasonable money. I want to fall back on forex trading and other online businesses.
As time went on, I was falling deeply in love with funke. She finally accepted to date me but with “no sex” clause which I agreed. Funke often comes around to cook. She noticed I was becoming richer with the way I spend money. When she asks, I do tell her I was into forex trading. Infact I will even show some trading platforms to her just to confirm. But I was yet to start trading forex. The guy who will teach me was going to start after our exams.
A week before exams, my mom called me that she had gotten an accommodation for us. So she wanted me to come pay. She had also gotten a land. She said one of the members of her cooperative group had a land for sale so I should come see it first.
I travelled to Ibadan. I saw the accommodation. It was a one room self-contain with bathroom, toilet. “At least it would help us till we finished building our own.” I paid for the accommodation and also paid for the debts my mom was owning. I saw the land. I loved it and also paid for it. It was very cheap. After everything, I returned to Abeokuta.
A day to the commencement of our exams. G-money called. He said something had clicked and it’s worth $1m. And that the three of us should come down to Ibadan if we want to partake of it. He also said he had already processed everything but it seemed EFCC was having an eye on his account........
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EPISODE 8 Continues...
Abisoko ran into the house screaming my name. I asked what the problem was. “Gbade, this is your opportunity now! Do it or?” Abisoko said. I asked what opportunity was. He said balikis was outside at their shop doing some cleaning. They said I should go bring her and have sex with her. I turned it down immediately. Uchenna was there. Both of them began quarrelling with me. “Since I refused to go for Balikis, I had never made any attempt on any other girl.” They said I was just wasting their time. Uchenna come talk say, whether I do it or not, he was still be going to Ibadan and if I didn’t do it, he would take the handkerchief of Abisoko and his alone. And wetin I see make I take. And he had warned me that right from the beginning, he had included my name. What they are doing, I must be part of it and if I didn’t, it would amount to grave consequences. I just kept quiet as they shouted at me. I thought about what Uchenna said. If I didn’t bring the handkerchief blood, will I die? Will any evil happen to me or my mom? And why didn’t I find anyone else till then! “Will any evil happen to balikis if I use her virgin blood.” Abeg I no want make any evil thing happen to her. “And what of after penetrating and she wasn’t a virgin?” What of if she no come gree nko? All that where my thoughts as Uchenna tapped me. He said he had just gone outside to call Balikis. And she said she was coming. So if I wan do anything, make I do am fast. The thought of doing balikis sef was disgusting.
Balikis came to the house and said Uchenna said I was calling her. I asked if she was doing anything at that moment. She said “yes.” She asked what we wanted her to do for us. I told her just a little thing. She said we should just give her about 5minutes to arrange the place, inside the uncompleted building close to our house. That is where they normally keep some of their items when leaving after the day. And she left. Na so we begin wait for balikis to come. 30 minutes gone, 1hour gone. Uchenna asked me to go there myself. Na so me go there come see her still dey arrange the place. She was arranging baskets of tomatoes. I helped her out till the place was reasonably okay to her. She said her aunty was not around but would be coming back the evening of that day. I began teasing her while she washed her hands and sat on the long bench there. One thing led to another. I touched her bosoms and she just laughed and didn’t say anything. Na so I press forward ooo. Before 5 minutes, I had already raised her skirt, pants down and I was inside her. I thought it would be easy but it wasn’t as she laid on the bench while I thrusted. Looking directly into her eyes I was feeling guilty and yet the blood was yet to come out. At a time I began wondering if she was really virgin because I never asked her. 7 minutes still going, I was becoming weak and she too because she has begun pleading for me to stop that she was getting tired and feeling pains. But the blood never come out. She was just managing to say, “Bro gbade is okay nah.” Abisoko and Uchenna came into the place immediately and met the act going. They were about going out when I called them back telling them that blood was yet to come out oo. And balakis facial expression was becoming scary and weird like somebody that wants to faint. My guys came closer. “Guy pump am well, just dey pump dey go,” Uchenna said. As he said it, I was tired but I increased the pleasure. Before we know wetin dey happen, balikis was no longer responding. She was just there like a log of wood. And I was still pumping as my guys stood behind. Na so I stop immediately when I realized it. “U.C this girl is not moving again ooo,” I said to them. They came closer. Laying on the chair she looked collapsed. As I removed my manhood from her female core, I discovered that little blood was dripping out of that area. But that was not my concern at that moment. “Oboy, dis girl don go ooo,” Abisoko said. We tried calling her but she was not responding. Uchenna asked me to use my white handkerchief to clean out the blood at her private area. Na so I come dey hala for my guy. That was not the important thing at that moment. “The girl no dey respond and you say you wan use her blood,” I said to uchenna. Na so we begin argue ooo. I was just scared and full of regrets. Uchenna came near me and told me to relax. He asked me to give him the handkerchief first. I told him that it was inside his room in his house. He went inside and got it, cleaned up balikis’s private part with it and got the blood. I asked what we were going to do next. He said I should get a clean cloth and water inside the house. I got them and he cleaned from her waist down and asked me to wear her her underwear and skirt. I was just doing it with fear as if it was going to bring her back. He asked if any one saw me while coming to the place. I told him no one saw me and likewise them too. He said we should leave her there. But I asked that we should take her to the hospital. Abisoko said what are we going to tell them that happened to her when we take her to the hospital! And infact the police will arrest us. Balikis wasn’t breathing. That was really complicated. Abisoko said I should respect myself and lets go inside and never to disclose what happened to anyone. So leaving her there would look as if she was sleeping till who ever discovers her there. My heart beat increased. I wasn’t myself at all as I got inside. Uchenna took his bath and off to Ibadan with the items. He even called on the way to tell me to relax, feel as if nothing has happened. I began wondering if my guys really had human sympathy at all! Another thought came to my mind. What really caused the girl’s death? Is she really dead because everything seems confusing and I couldn’t understand. I was panting. Part of me kept telling me that I had killed somebody, and that my hands are stained with blood. Chaiii, Gbadebo Alaba has killed somebody ooo. Na who come send me? Infact if I had knew, I wouldn’t have even started the journey with them in the first place. I was just walking around in the parlour, my heart panting, sweating profusely. “Guy sit down one place. No go kill yourself ooo,” Abisoko said to me. How I wan take get rest of mind for that kind situation? E no possible nah. At a time tears came down my eyes. It seems as if I was seeing Balikis waving me goodbye.
“Bang bang,” somebody knocking on the door. Immediately I heard the knock, another heavy fear griped me. I remembered Uchenna went to Ibadan. “It must be uchenna,” I thought to myself. Abisoko was seating on the chair. I stood up and went to the door, opened it and discovered it was balikis’s aunty. Immediately I saw her, I became more weak. “Chaii, Gbadebo omo Alaba God don catch you today.” My heart was panting. “What is the matter? What is wrong with you that you are sweating like this,” Balikis’s aunty asked me speaking in Yoruba language. I didn’t even know what to tell her. It took me like few seconds to realized myself at that moment. I first greeted her. She joked that maybe funke was around and we had been rolling on the sheets. She said it and smiled. That statement alone made me to relax a little bit because I thought maybe she had known what happened. But how I wished it was my girlfriend that was bringing sweat out of my body.
I told her that it wasn’t my girlfriend ooo. Well, she said she just came to check if balikis was there because since she came back, she had not seen her. I told her that balikis wasn’t in our house. Na so she talk “okay” come waka leave. Fear come dey catch me. Abisoko even overheard the conversation between I and bilikis’s aunty. He said I should blow up my cover because the way I was going, my attitude might put us in trouble. He said I should be calm. As we were till seated, another knock came on the door. I asked who was that and it was balikis’s aunty again. Abisoko said I shouldn’t go to the door, let him go before I jeopardize everything. He urged me to be calm and relax. He went outside to answer her. See as fear come hold me. I didn’t want to go to prison ooo. Baliki’s aunty told Abisoko that someone told her that they saw us with baliki in the morning. “Or maybe we sent her on an errand but we didn’t want to tell her. just to play a prank on her.” Often time we do it. We would just send balikis on an errand or she would be in our house but when her aunty asks, we would tell her that we don’t know where she is.
As her aunty said that someone saw her with us, kaiiii. “It is finished,” I thought to myself. Them don catch us. Abisoko told her that we only saw her in the morning when she first came. Apart from that, we never see her again. She left after couple of conversations with her. Barely 20 minutes she left, Uchenna returned and we briefed him of what had been happening. He said we all should go to Baliki’s shop but pretend like nothing happened, so we help the aunty search for balikis. Let it not look as if we were less concern. So we just pretend that we are searching for her.
Na so we go aside oo. We no meet aunty for shop. We just thought we should just go to that uncompleted building. When we got there, we didn’t see baliki’s body. “This one na another problem ooo,” I thought to myself. Though we saw baskets of tomatoes and pepper there. Even the chair balikis laid was there sef. I became more troubled in my mind. As we were just coming out of the uncompleted building, we met Baliki’s aunty. We asked if she had found her and she said she hasn’t. She was even threatening to deal with her when she returns from anywhere she went to. Three of us looked at each other when aunty said balikis’s left their pulse they use in keeping their money inside the room at the uncompleted building. That means she had been there and couldn’t find balikis in that room we left her in. I began thinking. “Where must balikis’s body be?” Who must have taking her body? Or was there any resurrection, did she resurrect? As in, I no come understand. By then, the three of us had become confused. “Guy we have to do something fast,” I told the other guys. By then, uchenna said we should all prepare so we go to oke-ilewo and stay with a friend and come back in the next two days, which was Monday. Just to enable us see what would happen. And if it was something wrong, make everybody answer him papa name from there. Na so I come weak more. “That means I would be going to jail!” Something in me told me to confess and tell Balikis’s aunty what happened. But another part of me said that was too late. It’s like putting myself in bigger trouble. “How I wan tell aunty wetin happen.” That one is just police case. “But na who come carry dead body commot for the place? Abi na God?” Surely, the body was not found there, that means someone already knows what happened!
We immediately left for Okeilewo which was inside the town. All that was for us to cool off and to also strategize on the new deal we have. According to Uchenna, it was a man from Cambodia but based in Nepal. Uchenna got the link from G-money when he went to Ibadan. His name is Mr watra. But throughout our stay in okeilewo, I couldn’t concentrate. I was all full of fears. We didn’t bother to make call to anyone in the house if balikis has been found or not. Not until I received a call from a friend on Sunday evening. Telling me that Baliki’s aunty was looking for us. I remembered we didn’t tell her we were going somewhere. “But what must she be looking for us for?” “ Shey dem don find balikis body?” The police dey find us?” I told uchenna what my friend told me. He told me to relax and shouldn’t worry. He was trying to make a call while he went outside. Few minutes later, he came back telling me that a friend he spoke to in our neighborhood said he saw balikis and her aunty on Saturday night. “So how come?” “What happened to her?” “How was she able to recover or was it her ghost the person saw?” “What really happened to her?” All that were my thoughts when my two guys began telling me, “Shebi I tell you to relax, nothing will happen to balikis na. she’s alive.” Ok, but even if she was alive, how did that happen? And only God knows what he must have told his aunty.
Uchenna said we should prepare to go back to gate to know what was happening. “Na so me tell them say I no go ooo.” But they encouraged me to come with them, that nothing will happen. Uchenna said even the native doctor in Ibadan had told him nothing, no evil would befall us So I should relax my mind. We left to gate.
When we got back, I tried making an enquiry from neighbours in the street if aunty and balikis came out to sell their market the previous day, Sunday. Knowing fully well that they don’t open for business on Sundays. All the people wey I ask talk say dem no see them. The neighbors around only said aunty had been asking after me. I tried asking if they saw balikis with her too. “Them talk saw them no see her and say her aunty still dey look for her”. “Chaiii, how come that that Uchenna’s friend told us that he saw balikis.” “ Other people around were saying they are still looking for her.” I slept with one eye closed and the other open that night, believing the police would still come for me.
The next morning was a Monday. There was no school because of the Muslim feast. I was inside but often go outside to peep if I could find aunty and balikis. “Still dem never come market, and they were not Muslims.” It was unsual unlike other days they come early enough.
At about 2pm, I went outside to peep if aunty and balikis had come. As I got outside, I saw aunty with somebody that looked like balikis. They were standing with a policeman holding a gun. A police van was parked closed to them. Immediately, aunty, balikis and the policeman started walking towards the direction of my house. Two police officers jumped out from the van and started coming towards our direction. As I saw that, it looked as if something from nowhere took away my strength. I became weak. I was a little happy that balikis was alive but sadness overwhelmed it. All my mind was telling me was “I had been caught and the police are coming for us.” I quickly ran to the house and told my guys what I saw. My guys that I thought they have a strong mind became weak. “Na so fear come dey catch everybody oo.” Tears started running down my eyes. I didn’t know whether to call my mum and tell her what was happening. “How would I even explain to her sef what happened?” I was just sweating profusely. Abisoko managed to get outside. I went into Uchenna’s room thinking about my life and probably how prison sentence would look like.
Few minutes later, as I was just there, Uchenna knocked on the room and asked me to come out that the police men were not looking for us. They were just passing by. I opened the door. My eyes were red. “Guy, na wetin dey do you? Na cry you dey cry so?” Abisoko asked. They began laughing at me. “Only if they knew what was going on inside of me.” Abisoko said he saw only the police men pass by so no be our house them dey come. But they said we should remain inside for a while, maybe later we can go to Aunty’s shop to see balikis and try asking what happened to her that Saturday. Na so we dey inside parlour. Uchenna and Abisoko were making connections with Mr watra.
As we were still in the parlour, “knock knock, knock,” where the heavy knocks we heard on the door. “Na who be that,” Abisoko asked. “Olopa police,” was what echoed from outside. They said it was the police, and I overheard a female voice with them. The voice sounded like aunty, balikis’s aunty. "The knocks came again." Part of me was telling me that I was finished. They have caught up with us. "But how come the police are looking for us?" "I thought Uchenna said they were not coming to see us, they were only passing by!" "They have come for me oooo" was my thought.
<<<<< To be continued from Episode 9>>>>>

EPISODE 7 Continues...
Funke was arranging the parlour when she saw a small calabash that contains cola nuts and something that looks like a stick and a red cloth tied around the stick with palm oil on it. Na so this girl come dey shout, “blood of Jesus! Blood of Jesus.” Na so I rush come out from bathroom were I dey bath. When I came out, she started saying that we were doing juju in the house, pointing at what she saw. I myself was so shocked because that was the first time of me seeing that thing. Who must have kept that kind of thing in the house. Rather than screaming with her, I lied to her that maybe it was the person staying in the house before. “But you said it was a family house nah,” she said to me. I told her that, “maybe it was one of Uchenna’s relatives that left it there. That it wasn’t us.” Na so funke vex run commot for the house ohhh. She said she can’t stay in that house where that kind of thing is. Me sef dey fear but I no wan show am out. After funke had left, I called uchenna on the phone but there was noise where he was, we couldn’t hear each other very well on phone. He sent me a text that I should call back later. I tried Abisoko’s line and it went through, he picked.
Me --- hello Isoko
Abisoko – Paddy mi, how far nah.. no worry I go soon dey come back house.
Me – guy forget that one joorr. No be that one e dey.
Abisoko --- What is that?
Me – Funke saw something in the parlour
Abisoko --- funke keh, who be funke?
Me --- Funke nah
Abisoko – funke! Which funke?
Me – my own funke
Abisoko --- okkkkk. Funke kpomo lips.
Me – guy stop that rubbish. No dey call my girl kpomo lips.
I told him what funke saw and he shouted. He said it was uchenna that kept the thing there and that it was meant for three of us (me, Abisoko and uchenna). “Ehhh, three of us keh! You and who,” I shouted. He started explaining that was the reason Uchenna travelled to Ibadan. Infact he told me to cut the call that he was coming back home immediately. When he returned home, he was so angry. He said he never knew that Uchenna kept that thing there.
Uchenna returned from Ibadan, he blamed me for bringing funke to the house. Even if funke would come, why will she go to arrange the house. After all, it’s not her house. Abisoko was blaming uchenna for keeping that thing there, Uchenna was blaming me and funke. He even said he doesn’t want funke to be coming to the house again. I had really started enjoying her company ooo. She dey even cook for us.
Later on, I apologized to uchenna for everything, even though I felt it wasn’t my fault. But I accepted blame for peace to reign. I no say na him get house but funke go still dey come. Just that we go dey extra careful. We settled the issue. Uchenna said the concoction I saw was given to him by a strong native doctor which would help us be successful in the yahoo yahoo business. I asked them, “I thought It was just to do the normal thing.” Does it involve us going through native doctors and babalawos?” I asked. “Without babalawo, you no fit make am,” abisoko said. I told them why didn’t they tell me before. Because I didn’t want to involve myself in and with any form of ritual. Uchenna said it wasn’t a ritual. It was just to make the oyibo people pay money. “We no dey kill anybody nah, just relax,” Uchenna said. Uchenna said it was a friend that he brought the concoction the previous day while I was away in school so he forgot to tell me. Uchenna told me we would be having a visitor from Ibadan the next day. He said the person coming was a banker and would be one of our main “inside contact” in the bank which was where he works. He would be helping to confirm transaction. According to Uchenna, it was G-money introduced him to us. He said I would be working with him and after everything, we go give am small money. So Uchenna wanted him to meet us and get familiar. Uchenna also said he was also making plans to get another “inside bank contact” in Abeokuta who will be working with us in his own bank.
After much talk, Uchenna went outside and locked the gate from inside. He locked the doors of the house. He brought out three white handkerchiefs. He gave one to Abisoko. He gave me one and took the remaining one. I began wondering what was going on. He said Abisoko had already known what he would do with the handkerchief but he was repeating his words because of me since I was yet to know what to do with it. He said the native doctor that gave them the handkerchief said we should sleep with a virgin female and use the white handkerchief to clean the blood flow and return it to him. As I heard what he said, “Na so me vex come dey para.” I told then I thought they said we were not going to do any rituals. Which one come be this one. “Shey dis one na ritual, shey na ritual! We go kill anybody?” Abisoko shouted. Uchenna told Abisoko to calm down. He said even if I didn’t do it, the implications would be very worse because he had already submitted my name to the native doctor as part of the people that would do it. So the best thing was for me to do it. Them say this one, them no go beg me make I do am, say if I like I do and if I no like make I no do say wetin I see make I take. “Kaiiii, na so fear come dey catch me ooo.” I became confused. I never signed up for all these kind of things nah. I thought we would just get the oyibo person, scam them and take there money, that was all. This one wey them dey do, I no come dey understand again oohhh.
That night, I had a terrible dream. In that dream, I saw a multitude of people chasing me with cutlass. When I woke up, I was so scared.
The next day, Uchenna called me and advised that i do what the native doctor asked. He was trying to convince me nothing would happen to me or the virgin girl. He used his sugar coated mouth to convince me. He said he was assuring me that nothing bad would happen to us unless if we didn’t do it. I just became confused. Na so fear go com dey catch me! “Where I go come find virgin.” I asked. My guys thought that was a stupid question because virgins were all around us. “Try your ugly funke kpomo lips,” Uchenna said. They laughed as I walked out of the place. Uchenna said he would go back to Ibadan to return the handkerchief and concoction so we should do everything fast.
The banker from Ibadan visited. His name was Jide. We did all the contact exchange, familiarity we needed to do. However he advised that we shouldn’t break the code. “No one should know what we were into. ‘And make we no implicate him.’ Uchenna paid banker Jide’s his transport fare back to Ibadan.
Two days later, my guys were ready with their virgin blood handkerchief. Na me dem come dey wait for. I didn’t know how to do my own, and Funke said she was coming to my place that evening. In as much I and funke were close, I have never made any sexual advancement on her. I was even scared to do it. “And who knows if she was even a virgin.” My guys are beginning to disturb me to produce my own virgin blood handkerchief.
Funke came that evening. I was scared, I didn’t know how to make the move. I had apologized about the concoction she saw the other day. I told her that none of us were aware of it in the first place. ‘I come lie say na Uchenna great great grandparents wey live there fit do am. Na so she buy the lie.’ I thought of another thing about confronting funke on sex. “What if she gives me access and I com do finish and she no come be virgin.” I thought to myself. That one go be serious trouble.
I sat gently. Funke asked what was happening to me that I was just moody. “I told her I was just tired and weak. She began feeling pity for me. If only she knew what was on my mind.” My guys were in there rooms using their laptops. I had to stand up and told them to leave the house entirely and go outside which they did. It looked as if I was pretending that I was sick. No be say I sick but wetin dey my mind was making me weak and sick. We went into uchenna’s room. I made sure the handkerchief was in my pocket of trouser. I laid on the bed and told funke to join me which she did. She was browsing on her phone. She asked if I was feeling weaker, so she could go buy me drugs. I told her not to worry. I began touching her in some sensitive parts. She laughed as if it was a normal joke. I tickled her hair. My hands went to her waist and tried removing the top she was wearing. Na so she hold my hand. “Gbade what are you trying to do,” funke asked. I began smiling sheepishly. I no know wetin I want talk again. Na so I summon courage press forward. She was still telling me calmly to stop but I continued till I removed her clothes. Na so this girl begin cryooo. And I was too emotional. I couldn’t continue anymore. I didn’t want it to look as if I raped her, forcing her against her will. Na so I begin beg her ooo. She was crying. I told her I wasn’t doing again ooo. I begged and told her I would never try such an act again. And I had pulled her clothes. She was only having her bra and pant on. She wore her clothes and carried her bag, I held her waist while seeing her off. When my guys see us, dem come dey smile. Them go don dey think say I don succeed. I gave funke N1000 as she left. When I returned to the house, my guys come dey hail me. Na so I tell them say I no succeed ooo. I told them what transpired. Me, I didn’t know what to do again oo. Whether to kill a fowl and use the blood. There was this fowl that normally come into our compound. I thought to myself, “maybe that would be what I would do.” But it was unfortunate, that night, I had a dream. In that dream, I was returning from a stream. I had water on my head. I met an old man on the way. The old man began warning that the evil act on my mind, I shouldn’t try it and if I should disobey, I will be faced with huge consequences. I woke up with great fear. I told my guys the dream. Uchenna said if there was anything I planned on doing, I shouldn’t just try it. “But what could be the evil act I want to do. The only thing on my mind was using of a fowl blood instead of virgin woman’s blood.” I couldn’t tell my guys that. I only harboured the thought.
I returned from school on Thursday and went to balikis’s shop to take fresh air. I played and joked with her aunty. My guys came and joined me. After a while, we went inside the house. Uchenna gave me a weird idea. He said I should go for balikis as the virgin blood to use. I immediately rebuked him. They laughed. I considered balikis still as an underage and innocent girl. And infact I can’t even do that kind of thing with her. Abisoko said he would help arrange her because time was running out. Na so dem come dey pressurize me to do this girl. Infact I became confused. “Okay if you no go for balikis, go for another person nah,” uchenna said to me. But who else do I even want to go for.
On Saturday morning which was environmental sanitation. Uchenna would be leaving for the native doctor’s place by 11am. And that weekend, some students in the area had travelled.
Abisoko ran into the house screaming my name. I asked what the problem was. “Gbade, this is your opportunity now! Do it or?” Abisoko said. I asked what opportunity was. He said balikis was outside at their shop doing some cleaning. They said I should go bring her and have sex with her.
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Episode 5

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When Rosa went down stairs to spread cloths later that day, she was still sobbing silently and when their neighbors, Mrs Ugwu and Nwora saw her as they were returning from the market, they tried to find out what was wrong with her but she refused to talk fearing for her dear life.
The two women decided to go and talk with Chidinma the next morning
It was not a secret how Chidinma maltreats her house helps and of course, Rosa was not an exceptional
“This is getting too much” Mrs Ugwu said. “One day this woman will kill this girl in this very compound and then the police will come and pack all of us to their station and there they will tell us how much to pay for ‘I no follow’.
Mrs. Nwora couldn’t help bursting into laughter after which she said ” Do you know that Ijeoma my house help told me that this woman despite their wealth, did not only starve this girl but also design her body with razor and subjected her to all sort of cruelty’ and to make matters worse”, she continue, “this woman had been collecting Rosa’s school fees from her husband but did not let the poor girl go to school and her husband who would have done something about it did not even know because he never came home from work earlier than 7 pm most days. What sort of wickedness is this ” she queried.
The next morning, after Chinedu had gone to work, the two women went to Chidinma as. they had planned but unfortunately for them , Rosa had told them that she was not at home .
“She went for Friday prayers,” Rosa said.
Chidinma left very early that morning with five set of 10 liter gallons of water for collecting holy. water all packed into the boot of her car.
“Friday prayers indeed”, Mrs Nwora had sneered
“just imagine this wicked woman O! After maltreating her maid, she had the effrontery and hypocritical piety to go for prayers with gallons for collecting holy water! There is nothing one cannot see oo. Saint Michael,” she sneered.
Mrs. Ugwu sighed “I. wonder at the level of hypocrisy in this our society . People commit all kinds of atrocities ranging from pirating people’s book, music and films, adulterating drugs that could lead to death of thousands , kidnapping, raping or killing others for rituals or political reasons, snatching properties from widows , orphans, and the helpless and yet they think that God did not see them. They dress up and rush to sit at front row in the church , all pious and ‘holier than thou’, stupidly expecting God to answer their hypocritical prayers!”
Don’t they know that he who goes to equity must go with clean hands?” Mrs. Nwora interjected in bewilderment .
“NNE let’s go, we shall come back tomorrow . Chidinma had not heard the last from us”. Mrs. Ugwu promised as they left.

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EPISODE 4

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“Why are you lying on the floor , don’t you like the bed!
“Yes Sir, she replied .
“What do you mean by yes sir ” Chinedu asked impatiently.
“Madam warned me not to sleep on the bed
“What! are u sure of that”
“Yes Sir”, She had said
controlling his anger, he had decided not to say anything before Rosa anymore, after all, like they said, ‘the palm wine tapper does not say everything he saw while tapping’.
“Now why were you crying? He asked
“Nothing sir” She replied
What do you mean by nothing? I heard you clearly. I stood by your door and heard you sobbing for over two minutes before knocking. I will beat the hell out you now if you don’t open up right now! Do you think am here to play hide and seek with you? My friend talked now ! Chinedu said, sounding very angry.
“Please Sir, aunty will kill me if she realized that I talked to you . I am an orphan. I don’t have anywhere to run to if she drive me out” she pleaded passionately
“Don’t worry. Am I not the owner of this house? nothing will happen to you dear”, Chinedu had promised with certainty
It was this assurance that got the truth tumbling out
“Oga, I am hungry
“what do you mean you are hungry! Will I feed you like a baby” Chinedu asked
“madam did not give me any food. She only gave me sour soup but when I couldn’t eat it and drank garri with milk instead, we saw the plate while I was washing it and beat me severely with cane she rubbed pepper and refused to give me dinner”
“Are you sure of what you said, Chinedu asked sadly
“yes”
Chinedu stormed out and went into his wife’s room directly . He woke her up and demanded to know what transpired between her and Rosa
Chidinma began heaping all sorts of allegations against poor Rosa but in a very controlled voice, Chinedu began to caution his wife to take take it easy with the girl as she was only a small .
“Take her like your own sister and caution her as such . She will learn”, he had advised. “However , he pleaded, “Please, never, ever deny her food and what is the idea of preventing her from sleeping on the bed and giving her mat instead? Chidinma , how could you live with yourself, treating such a small girl with so much cruelty ? Please I don’t want to hear any more of that nonsense again”
” Why should she sleep on my bed? Does she sleep on a bed in her father’s house ?” Chidinma fired
“And how many beds were you sleeping on in your own father’s house?” Chinedu retorted angrily ” Don’t push me to do what we will both regret in this house, Chidinma” he warned, walking away
After Chinedu left for work the next morning, Chidinma called Rosa
“Rosa! Rosa! come out here you daughter of an expired maggot! witch I know they have sent you to destroy my home but I will never let you succeed” Chidinma tongue lashed her that she would have preferred to have been beaten up instead of all the nasty and hurtful words about her wretched poverty stricken parentage. Chidinma warned Rosa that the next time she talk to her husband about been maltreated would be her last in that house. she pulled and twisted Rosa’s ears, knocked her head severally with her knuckle and slapped her, leaving finger marks on her face.
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EPISODE 3..

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However as they say birds of a feather flocks together’. She had a lot of fair weather friends. they formed a clique and were always discussing the colour of cloth to wear for any occasion, the best way to deal with their Snoopy mother in-laws, how to deal ruthlessly with their maids and also gossip about neighborhood women who did not belong to their class, they even named themselves “Executive Ladies “.
Chidinma became a pain in her husband’s neck. Chinedu was a pain quiet easy going young man even though he was very rich. He believed that real men never beats their wife no matter the provocation. He don’t get angry easily but when he does, no body can predict his action.
for sometime now, He had been trying to get his wife to see reasons to stop gallivanting all over the town visiting her often over dressed, overly made up and fickle minded lady friends.
one he came home and told his wife to sit down that he wanted to talk to her about something. When she sat down he began “Chy dear I do not like the kind of friends you keep. how come you chose only the silliest and the most pompous of
ladies to befriend ? learn to monitor peoples character before making friends with them.
“Chinedu “, she retorted, ” so you now want to pick my friends for me ? Do I pick yours? alright let me get you paper and pen to write down the list of people I should befriend stupid Man” she hissed and walked away, grumbling .
Chinedu had never raised his hands against any woman but Chidinma had stretched his patience so much that it was almost getting to the breaking point
He wondered, “Where do some women learn to be silly and at the same time troublesome, Just look at the small and innocent looking girl I brought from village few years ago” oh ! He had said, remembering his reason for marrying her in the first place.
Chidinma continued as if her husband was pouring water on stone.
However what Chinedu found unbearable was how she treats her maids. She had had over ten maids since he brought her to town and the present maid called Rosa came a week ago.
she treats the poor girl like a rag , she don’t allow to lie on the bed rather she went and bought a mat for her. Chinedu stumble on the situation by chance when he had gone to find out why Rosa was sobbing in the middle of the night one day, only to find her lying on the floor there was vacant four bed in the house
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Episode 6
KELVIN side of the story.
Finally Cynthia arrived, she was carrying a plate of rice and a bottle if c--k, she just drop it on my Table.
What’s this for, I ask her.( like say i no know)
Is for you, it’s my way of saying thank you.
Okay thanks, but you don’t have to.
I chose to do it, so just eat your food.
I started eating the food, she was just watching me.
I didn’t even bother, (because the hunger way hole hear pass bros J own when him finished that 40 days and 40 night fasting.,)after I was done, I told her thank you..
So she took the plate that she wants to return it.
I told her I would returned it because I want too see my brother outside.
So I took the plate, I drop it. as I was about going I saw my brother and Daniel, they were busy talking.
So I went to meet them.
Me: Guys afa na,
Daniel: Omo we dey o
Me : So how ena body na .
Uche: We dey fine ooo, guy watin be time for your wrist watch na.
Me: Omo me no get watch again,
Uche: you way i see watch for your hand when you dey go school.
Me: Adam don collect am oo
Uche: azin how, how it take happened.
Me : Him punish Cynthia so I come tell am make him free her but him no gree, I come tell am say I go give am #200, but he tell me say na #500 him go collect oo, I show am say na my last card be that, so him come say make i bring am and my wrist watch say if I bring the balance I go collect my watch.
Daniel: your brother na mugu, girl way u never bleep, person way no be even your girlfriend na u dey sacrificed your property for, what if she come be your girl friend unko, that means you go even sacrifice your life for am na.
Uche: guy u f--k up, watin bad if them punish am .
Me: I just like her, and I no like to see her cry.
Daniel: uche i dey tell u say your brother na ote u go think say I dey lie, make we blend am jor.
I left my brother and his friend, because i don’t want to listen to their annoyingly comment.
I started thinking about what they said earlier, she is not my girl and I am over protecting her.
I do have feelings for her but how will I know if she felt the same way for me.
What if she did not feel anything for me, the only way to find out is to ask her to be my girlfriend.
But how will I ask her to be my girlfriend?

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Episode 5
KELVIN side of the story
After the government test, the time keeper rang the bell for break time.
Everybody went out side. except for me because I used my money to pay for Cynthia released.
(Abt.10 minutes later) Cynthia came too my sit, and we started talking, and she started asking me question.
So kelvin why didn’t you go for break today.
I don’t really feel like going, and besides am not even hungry.
Okay ooo, but what really makes Adam to release me, and he told me to thank you. So tell me what did you do.
Nothing, i just told him to release you because you don’t usually come late too school.
You think I am a fool abi?
Evey body knows Adam to be wicked, I know it impossible for him to released me without charging you.
So tell me how much did you give him.
Okay, I gave him #200 but he requested for #500. So he collected my wrist watch, and he told that any time I bring his balance, he will give me my wrist watch.
Do u really like me that much to do that for me?
Yep, but I don’t just like seeing you being punished.
Cynthia: Okay I am coming.
She surprised me with a peck and went out side .
UCHE side of the story.
After finishing clearing the grass, we sat down at the corner of our school.
One of kelvin class mate walk pass the front of us.
Chai, Daniel see this babe oooo, omo she carry oo.
I swear na truth u talk oo, but na Deborah dey my eye ooo.
That one conscience you, but say u know her name.
E be like say her name na faith, and I hear say she be holy holy oooo.
That one conscience am, I must package this girl, if she like make she dey go dipper life, I go make sure say I enter am.
Bad boy, what of joy na say she done tire you?
Abeg leave that one , i don’ tire to dey eat only egusi soup jor, i won mix am with vegetables small, abi how you see am.
Guy na the logic be that oooo, but go meet am, na only she sit down there, na opportunity be that ooo.
Okay make i go na, but say I make sense like this .
Guy you dey okay but no forget to use formula 265 for am ooo.
Okay na make I go try my luck.
I walk to were faith was sitting down.
May I sit with u,i said too her.
Sure, she replied.
Okay my name is uche, I brought out my hand for a hand shake, but she decline.
I already know your name.
Okay but can I know yours. (I dey ask like say no be her name they just tell me)
My name is faith.
Nice I hope u would be faithful to your husband.
She just laugh and ask why do u say that .
Because guys would be mesmerize by your beautiful, I don’t really believe in angel but u look like one.( see me dey speak grammar because say I won bleep am)
You are just flattering me.
Hell no I am not flattering you, i swear AGBANI DAREGO they learn for were u dey I swear miss world too small for you, na miss planet make you they contest for.
She started laughing.
Abeg uche stop, I no won laugh again.
Okay dear but can you grant me this one wish.
What is it?
Please can you be my girl friend. You already have a girl friend and I think you are a flirt.
Yea i do had a girl friend, but she broke up with me, and I am not a flirt, we both known this school is full of rumors.
Okay but i don’t really know what to say.
Please just say yes.
Okay I will think about it.
Okay but like when should I be expecting a reply.
Hmmmm maybe on Friday.
So I ask her if I could shake her hands now.,
she brought her hand and I shook it and kiss her hand. She was just blushing.
( no worry make i catch that your calabar waist, you no go only blush, you go bleach join am.)
I collect her number and went to meet Daniel, Daniel started asking.
Guy afa for the package na.
she dey give me Manuel response ooo.
No worry as long as you used formula 265 she go give u positive reply.
But I dey positive say she go say yes.
Okay na, but say u collect her number.
yes na.