Story: Campus Life. Girls. Ghetto. Garri. Glory - Season 1 - Episode 12

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Story: Campus Life. Girls. Ghetto. Garri. Glory - Season 1 - Episode 12

The next day which was tuesday wasmuch awaited with anxiety by Emma. Hecouldn’t even sleep all through the night.He was in high spirits, singing songs onlyhe must have written. ‘My own don palaka yeeh, I say my owndon palaka’ He would sing alouddisturbing me with his incessant noise.

‘Emma!, this your own don too much o,which kind nonsense be this na, makeperson hear word jare’ I yelled. ‘Point of correction, from now on, you arespeaking to High Chief Emmabodike,business tycoon billionaire operating anddominating. You get that? I no one hearrubbish from your mouth again’ Emmawarned, as he left my bed wing. I laughed within me and shrugged it off.

I wouldn’t want to appear like an enemyof progress to Emma’s plans so I left himto be. The gift of a new sunrise was receivedwith a thankful heart. We both left for lectures early thatmorning as we hurriedly prepared for ourappointment with the baba later thatEvening. 5:45pm. Emma and I were already on ourway to the baba’s supposed shrine. Wefinally arrived at a tattered house in theoutskirts of the city. The roof hadleakages as wide as my mothers pot ofsoup. The walls were nothing to write home about, apparently, someone in hisright senses would think twice beforecoming to live in this type of house. Emma entered without a second thoughtbut I stood outside, I was alreadycreeped out.

I involuntarily entered witha mind of stone but what I saw scaredme to the bone. The house was littered with human hairhere and there. From the door frame tothe wrecked couches. Everywhere youturned, you would surely see locks of hair.I managed to contain my fears inside me,while Emma on the other hand was whistling away excitedly; Wasn’t heseeing what I was seeing? He just sat ona marked spot on the floor with legscrossed humming and humming. I nearly pee’d on my pants when the dooropposite us opened ajar and out came anold man with long white beards.

Hisbeards looked as if he had acted themovie ‘Wizard of Oz’, He looked fearful. He motioned us to sit on a marked spotin the room and we instantly obeyed. ‘I know wetin una come for and una doncome for the right place. All una problemis already solved’ The baba said. Emma had already began smilingsheepishly, just like the donkey characterin the movie ‘Shriek’. ‘Oya, who dey come forward first? Whowan become the next billys gateman?’The baba asked in his night schooltutored English. Emma and I exchanged glances, he didn’tneed to tell me that this was his cue so Ilet him go first.

He stood up and movedcloser to the baba who showed him astomp to sit on. The baba began singing, ‘Ojimoimoi Ojimoimoi, ojimoimoi go giveyou money, ojimoimoi!’ He sang as hebrought out a parcel from a hidden parch,revealing two sharp kitchen knives. Both hand in hand, he advanced towardsEmma who looked frightened. What was he about to do?