ShortStory I Derailed Homosapien (II)

 

DERAILED HOMOSAPIEN (II)

       On their part, Mr. Adesokan’s colleagues who were seated at distant locations weren’t aware of what really went on or what was discussed between them, though they weren’t interested either since such meeting wasn’t unusual among teachers and students or mentors and mentees, as the case may be.

        Besides, being a new teacher, they were of the opinion that Mr. Adesokan needed to meet privately with some of his students, especially the serious-minded ones, to intimate him on the journey so far.

        The close relationship between Yetunde and Mr. Adesokan who was happily married with four kids – three males and a female – commenced as planned. It successfully metamorphosed into an intimate one, and continued unabated for several weeks to the extent that her fellow students became envious. She was obviously enjoying the togetherness.

        None of his colleagues, or any member of the school management, fathomed the actual motive that informed the closeness. When any of them decided to think otherwise, he or she would be beclouded or lobbied by a notion that the tutor in question was a very decent and respectable man.

        Subsequently, the intimacy became juicier to Yetunde that her innocent mindset never foresaw any pranks. It proceeded until one fateful day when her fantasies yielded a rude reality. On that fateful day, the awful but hidden truth dawned upon her person.

        On the aforesaid day, Yetunde paid a scheduled visit to Mr. Adesokan at a lodging spot. He had during the weekdays asked her to pay him a visit by the weekend, Saturday precisely, and she obliged. But he lied to her that she was coming to his family house; she was told that he wanted her to meet with his family especially his wife towards ensuring that she became a friend to not only him but his entire family.

        The moment the vulnerable creature arrived at the proposed venue for the meeting at about 3:15pm on Saturday, 11^th June 2011, she needed not an interpreter to notify her that she was within a hotel arena. Though she was initially nervous but was later consoled by a perceived presumption that the hotel could be just a place where her intended host wanted to receive her before proceeding to his family house to enable her locate the address with ease.

        The curiosity and perturbation continued till Mr. Adesokan majestically walked out of the bar where he was relaxing having received an alert from the august visitor via phone call, and signalled her to come over. As soon as she got to the point where he was standing, which was the main entrance to the bar, he ushered her into the building and took her to the position he was chilling with a bottle of stout beer.

       “My little angel.” he cheerily tendered. “You are really looking pretty and gorgeous.”

        She apprehensively replied with a smile.

      “Now I know,” he said. “The uniform I have been seeing you in has been hiding your real beauty.”

        His dubious compliment was not unlike pouring water on gravel. She wasn’t moved by it not even a bit.

      “Please have your seat.” He urged, smiling.

        The 14-year-old teen sluggishly sat on one of the seats sited at the corner, looking pale. “Have I been deceived?” She thought.

        Other guests, who were equally catching funs at the bar, were seated at strategic locations.

       “Pretty,” Mr. Adesokan who was putting on a pair of black jeans, blue T-shirt and brown lather slippers tenderly called. “You are not looking happy.” He observed.

         Yetunde who was clad in a pink skirt, white polo and ash sandals, slightly adjusted herself, still sceptical and quiet. She was chocolate, plump and tall, and unarguably a very pretty girl that her beauty could be felt by the blind.

        “What is wrong?” The predatory creature calmly enquired in false pretence.

        “Sir,” she called in a low tone. “I thought you said I was coming to meet your family?”

        “Yes, my dear,” he answered. “But…”

        “But what?” she curiously interrupted.

        “They travelled to the village yesterday.” he lied. “Something urgent came up.”

        “Okay ooh!” She grunted sceptically.

        “I’m sorry I didn’t inform you earlier.”

         After some minutes coupled with persuasion, she agreed to take a soft drink. In the long run, her host poured some of his drink into her glass and both drinks mixed instantly. He convinced her that the mixture was more appetizing and nourishing, although his sole intention was to drug her. Therein, she was cajoled into taking drink.

        When she became dizzy as a result of the concoction, he hastily took her to one of the hotel rooms, took off her wears and defiled her. Every action perhaps took place in accordance with his evil plan.

        One month later and incidentally the third term of their academic session, Yetunde took in. Prior to this phase, she never disclosed what transpired between her and Mr. Adesokan at the hotel to anyone. He had promised to shower her with gift items if she remained mute about the outing.

        When her parents noticed the abrupt weird idiosyncrasies she was displaying, her mother took her to a medical laboratory to confirm what was actually wrong with her. She consequently tested positive to pregnancy. The physician rightly informed the mother that her beloved daughter was four weeks pregnant.

        Thereafter, the parents exhorted her to tell them the truth about the unforeseen pregnancy, and she confessed. The young couple, who became devastated by the unthinkable revelation, trembled with rage.

        The moment the news got to her school, the derailed homosapien was outrightly suspended by the school authority, hence was issued with a query. He eventually received a sack letter from his employer, the government.

         Later on, the culprit was arrested by the police, and was charged to court for paedophilia, bestiality and attempted murder. He afterwards got a jail term.

        The rest is history, please.

         

Fred Doc Nwaozor

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Opinion I As Dapchi Refreshes Chibok Memories

AS DAPCHI REFRESHES CHIBOK MEMORIES

        

For almost a decade now, insecurity – particularly insurgency – has remained a great challenge in the Nigeria’s polity. This is the reason the change agenda of the present administration led by President Muhammadu Buhari is ostensibly anchored on three different sectors, security inclusive.

       

In spite of the thus far dogged effort of this government toward ending the ravaging effect of the world’s third dreaded terrorist sect, Boko Haram, it seems to the sight of the onlookers that a lot still needs to be done in the aspect of not just insurgency but security challenges at large.

       

It’s not anymore news that two weeks ago, precisely on Monday 19^th February 2018, a certain set of the Boko Haram members who were clad in military uniform, invaded the Government Girls’ Science and Technical College (GGSTC) situated in Dapchi village, Busari LGA, Yobe State around six O’clock in the evening and abducted 110 of the schoolgirls. It’s noteworthy that some of the students cum staff, who narrowly escaped from the boarding school before the mayhem, sustained various degrees of injuries.

         

Dapchi is about 100km North of Damaturu, the state’s capital territory, and until the incident, remained one major town that was yet to be attacked by the terrorists since the commencement of insurgency in the troubled region. This implies that a seemingly virgin locality was eventually located by the sect.

         

A convoy of fighters in pickup trucks labeled ‘Allahu Akbar’ reportedly descended on the area within the said time, targeting only the school. According to the report, when the troop stormed the village, they began shooting sporadically and setting off explosives. By so doing, residents were perhaps warned to steer clear of the targeted arena.

       

The attack on the school came four years after the Boko Haram’s audacious abduction of about 276 schoolgirls in Chibok town, Borno State – the state believed to be the headquarters of the sect. It was gathered that 57 of the abducted teenagers managed to escape over the next few months after the ordeal. The unpredictable event, which occurred in the midnight of 14^th April 2014, has hitherto remained a nightmare to all concerned – particularly parents of the abductees.

       

Though the Federal Government (FG) under the watch of President Buhari had through its organized effort enabled some of the kidnapped Chibok girls to regain their freedom, the fact that most of them are still held captive in the hands of the captors is enough reason to panic over the fate that recently befell the 110 Dapchi girls.

       

It’s imperative to take into cognizance that since 2009 till date, the Boko Haram group has left at least 20,000 Nigerians dead and equally rendered over 2.6 million homeless. The given statistics have overtime kept the teeming Nigerian citizens – both home and in the Diaspora – in disarray that many had been forced to sleep with one eye open.

        

It is more saddening that the Dapchi omen took place barely a few weeks after the Nigerian Army bragged publicly that the Boko Haram had been ‘completely defeated’. One might then wonder whether the sect was provoked by the army’s avowal. Of course, taking a critical study of the circumstance, every rational mind wouldn’t hesitate to insinuate that the abduction wasn’t unconnected with the boast.

        

The United Nations (UN) has swiftly condemned the disaster. Having reiterated the bloc’s solidarity and support to the Nigerian Government, the UN’s Secretary General Mr. Antonio Guterres who tendered the reaction via his Spokesperson Mr. Stephane Dujarric, described the operation as ‘another horrific incident’. I can’t concur less with the description.

         

Although the Presidency has in strong terms expressed shock as well as frowned over the abduction, the fact that Mr. President is yet to visit the scene of the incident does not portray a good image for the country’s seat of power. This could be linked to that of the Chibok that took the then president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan two weeks to extend a phone call to the Borno State government as was disclosed by the state’s governor, Kashim Shettima, let alone visiting the affected arena.

         

Our leaders must learn how to show a practical and drastic concern over unfortunate happenings within the jurisdiction they govern especially the ones directly connected with the people’s lives and/or property.

        

In a different development; it is uncalled for that while the citizenry – the opposition in particular – ought to be more concerned about how to tender advice or tactics towards rescuing the captives, they are rather busy trying to create a suitable adjective that could be used to qualify the incident just for the sole purpose of discrediting the current administration.

       

As the Dapchi omen refreshes memories of that of the Chibok, it’s needless to notify us that what transpired in either saga unleashed a colossal injury on us all, hence the need for any patriotic Nigerian to treat it as such instead of playing politics with it.

       

Thus, we must desist from looking for a way to actualize our cheap political motives in a situation that requires our collective sympathy and contribution. Think about it!

 

Comrade Fred Nwaozor

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Opinion I Okorocha, Madumere, Nwosu And Their Ongoing Political Antics

OKOROCHA, MADUMERE, NWOSU AND THEIR ONGOING POLITICAL ANTICS

         
The last time I checked, the heat was conspicuously on in the Imo Political setting that even the deaf coupled with the blind could respectively hear and see it. This is currently the case in the state even though the campaign era is yet to be declared open by the electoral umpire.

         
I was duly taught in the past by one of my mentors that politics as a profession was survival of the fittest. According to the patriotic Nigerian, only those who had proven to be strong enough could compete fervently and favourably in any political tussle. I have fully come to realize where the fellow was actually coming from, thus seen tangible reason to concur with his theory.

         
Such an assertion could be aligned with the popular saying “politics is a dirty game”. Of course, for one to belong to the clique of the fittest, he must in one way or the other indulge himself in a seemingly nasty game that might deprive him/her the chances of earning a good name. Such a scenario isn’t fat-fetched in any political terrain across the globe.

          
Lest I digress; it’s noteworthy that this piece is solely informed by the ongoing trending in the Imo State political sphere as it concerns the state’s number one citizen, his amiable deputy as well as the leader’s Chief of Staff in the persons of Governor Rochas Okorocha, Prince Eze Madumere and Chief Uche Nwosu, respectively.

          
It’s not anymore news that the governor had publicly indicated his interest to support Chief Nwosu over his apparent ambition to run for the governorship position in the state come 2019. This implies that the latter whose aspiration is officially yet unborn, had ostensibly proven to the former that he possess all it takes to succeed him during the awaited interregnum.

         
In view of the above, some Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the state under the auspices of the purported leadership of the affected councils had boldly and proudly taken a walk to the Imo Government House otherwise known as the ‘Douglas House’ with a view to informing the sitting governor that they had unanimously endorsed the said aspirant.

        
In the aforementioned outings, the Ogboko born leader appreciated the guests, and therein concurred with them that Chief Nwosu truly had all it required to move the state forward when he eventually bows out of the leadership saddle. He further opined that the aide in question had proven beyond doubts that he had no rival at the election ground.

       

It is worthy of note that Prince Madumere is equally apparently aspiring to succeed Gov. Okorocha. But, as it stands, it seems the governor is not in support of his second-in-command who had hitherto proven to be a true loyalist since the commencement of the Rescue Mission Administration. This difference between the duo has thus far succeeded in raising tremendous dust cum mixed feelings amid the overall faithful of the ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Eastern Heartland, thereby seemingly creating factions among them.

       

Just recently, a certain group gathered the members of the APC in Mbaitolu LGA, the area where the Deputy Governor hails from without disclosing the actual agendum that necessitated the call. When they were in the hall situated at the council headquarters Nwaorubi, which was the venue of the abrupt meeting, a notice filtered in that the aim of the gathering was mainly to endorse Chief Nwosu as the gubernatorial aspirant of the revered party, contrary to their perception that they were gathered to discuss some critical issues concerning the party. Against this backdrop, severe pandemonium reportedly ensued among the attendees.

         

As if that wasn’t enough, penultimate week, some groups from Ohaji/Egbema and Oru-West LGAs called on the governor at the Douglas House, stating that they had thrown their weight behind Chief Nwosu to vie for the number one seat in the state come 2019. In his response, the Ogboko born renowned politician having commended the august visit, disclosed to the guests that he would be vying for the Imo West Senatorial District seat in the Senate during the forthcoming general elections. In the same vein, he went further to inform that he would as well conscientize his deputy to consider running for that of Imo East Senatorial district.

        

By the governor’s avowal, it’s obvious that he is seeing Prince Madumere as a threat to Chief Nwosu’s ambition. In other words, he had made it clear that he wasn’t in support of the governorship aspiration of the Mbieri-born politician. This no doubt calls for serious concern when critically examined how the number-two citizen has ab initio remained explicitly loyal and reliable to the boss.

        

On his part, Prince Madumere who is ostensibly aggrieved over the unfortunate trending has reportedly insisted that he isn’t deterred by the governor’s persistent melodramas. This has made the game appear more nasty but comic in the sight of the teeming viewers of the scene. Sure, Prince Madumere’s determination to passionately continue with his ambition is enough indication that he has decided to be an independent thinker rather than allowing his principal think for him, which his countless fans and allies had apparently longed to witness.

        

At this juncture, considering the antics that have thus far been displayed, one would then wonder what the fate of the APC entails in the nearest future. The party’s loyalists may at this point be perturbed with the notion that the ongoing intrigues are likely to break the existing unity of the platform. Hence, it is pertinent for anyone who cherishes the governor as well as the party to advise the former the compelling need to embrace the drawing board towards averting any scene that would mar the integrity of the latter.

        

In my capacity as a stakeholder in Imo, I want to candidly enjoin the governor to pilot the affairs of the APC as a leader and father, and not like a mere floor member for his good, that of his teeming followers and the state at large. He is indisputably in charge of the ruling party in the state, thus expected by all to handle the family’s issues as such.  

        

Gov. Okorocha ought to note that if God has destined Prince Madumere to succeed him, there’s absolutely nothing anyone could do about it, hence the urgent need for the former not to treat the latter’s aspiration or feelings as that of nobody. Think about it!  

 

Comrade Fred Nwaozor

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