SURROUNDED
EPISODE 9
We stormed my father’s house that night after spending three days in the hotel drinking, smoking and making out with women. I refused doing women because my past experience was still very fresh in my memory.
I was on mask, and glove. The Capone said to me, “FORGET HE IS YOUR FATHER AND REMEMBER ALL THE WICKEDNESS MELTED OUT TO YOU BY HIM”. Hmmm, that was just the antidote i needed and with the cigarette in my mouth blowing hot, i walked towards my father’s gaint gate with rage. “Terror” my father’s dog was already out of chain.
I pressed haruna’s bell. He answered and i called him his name and told him it was me OGUGUA. He quickly opened the gate. Terror the bull dog was barking. Haruna has been made to lie down by one of the men. I walked towards TERROR on mask before i could say jack, he ran towards me, one of the men shot it. It felt like i was the one shut. I saw him struggle with his life and couldn’t go further. I was actually crying. The Capone asked me to show them the way. I pointed to my father’s enterance. I was asked to stay back. I went to out of the compound sat by the fence and started crying. “TERROR’S DEATH HURT ME LIKE MY MOTHER’S DEATH”. Some minutes later, i saw police van about 6 of them drive towards my father’s gate. I knew there was trouble. I picked my phone to call, the policemen were coming towards my direction. I quickly put the mask into my shoes and threw away the marijuana i had on me. I took off my shirt and pretending to be sitting and collecting fresh air. The police man walked up to me. “Who are you” . “Officer, good evening sir” i greeted. “What are you doing here”? I replied that i live around. I just came to collect fresh air. “Where do you stay around here” he asked pointing a gun at me. I knew my time was up. I was about pointing to any house around when the other police men beckoned on him. My men were coming out when the policemen, more than 30 of them surrounded them. I ran without looking back. I ran to the park and took night bus back to base.
I got to our lodge, broke in, took my belongings and ran away. I haven’t gone far when i saw the policemen dragging the boys to our lodge. They have been badly beaten. I ran away. Once again, back to the streets. What keeps saving me? Why is that thing not helping me? Why are my suffering like this? I kept crying and rolling in the uncompleted building i found myself. That evening, the contractor came and met me crying and rolling myself on the floor. “Who is that”? He shouted. I continued crying. He came to me and started talking to me. I told him few things. The man was shouting. He told me, he will take me somewhere. What i was going through wasn’t ordinary. The man’s name was BABA FIJABI. I followed BABA FIJABI to a dreaded medicine woman, IYA JIBITI.
IYA JIBITI told me to stand in a wide wooden bowl and gave me water to wash my face, head and legs. I stepped out and she broke an egg in the water. The water turned to thick darkness. She told me to look into the water, whatever i see the first time is how i am, and what i ever i see the second time is who made me how i am.
I looking into the bowl. My reflection was scary. I started shouting. I was surrounded with big black snakes, cobwebs. I was chained too then wrapped in a fish net. I was shouting but my reflection was not. Iya jibiti commanded i keep quiet and consentrate to know who is behind how i am, THE WATER STARTED BOILING. THE CALABASH STARTED CRACKING AND FINALLY BROKE. IYA JIBITI SHOUTED. “ARRRRRGHHHH AGBARA MI OOOOOO AGBARA MI TI KU OOOOO”. I ran away.
Since the day the calabash broke, i did not sleep. I kept seeing spirits coming after me asking for their calabash. One night, it was terrible. I was sleeping in front of a shop when they came. This time around, they were running after me. I was running in the late hour of the night. A church was having vigil. I ran in. They ran in with me. I was running towards the Altar, these spirits were still running with me.
The woman who runs the church asked them to hold me. She said she can see them. She took a bottle of olive and poured into water and poured it towards the entrance. They vanished. I saw them varnish. She shouted, “THEY HAVE GONE”. The woman said i must shave my head and stay n@ked under the dew. Then i will be taken to the barbeach.
I was under the dew n@ked when they came again!!!
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