It’s time to make God proud
And God will stand with you”
With tears in his eyes, Folahan held me by the right hand and handed me over to his uncle
“Ara mi, this is my dad…I needed you to meet him before meeting my father
He showed me the way of the lord as a teenager…he gave me an eternal legacy
He was a support for me, my younger ones and my mum when things were tough at home
He practically raised me…I lived with him and Aunty for about 2 years before travelling abroad.
He deserves the honor of accepting you as his son’s wife before anyone else”
Uncle Ade took my hand and said“I accept you into our family
You are my daughter from today
No devil will unseat you
God will make it your Rehoboth”
Folahan and I knelt down as Uncle Ade and his wife held hands and poured blessings on us. It was so emotional that I had goose pimples all over.
When it was time to leave, he got someone to drive us to Victoria Island and as the car was pulling into the gate, I saw military guys in front of the house
“Soldiers?” I asked out of curiosity
“Yes, my dad is a military guy, a naval officer…did I not mention that?” Folahan responded
“Well, you didn’t say much about him…” my curiosity turning into anxiety.
The car pulled over and people came to help us with our bags. I couldn’t go inside; my head was processing information at a very fast rate.
Folahan is fair complexioned, but Folawe is dark…another look at the her and I was beginning to see some resemblance with someone I know.
Folawe went inside but I asked if I could talk to Folahan for a few minutes
“Sure…what’s up?”
So I asked “I still believe I don’t know enough about your dad…why didn’t you tell me about him?”
“Sorry about that, I really don’t like talking about him That’s something I am still working on in my Christian walk
Like I told you, I have forgiven him but it’s so hard to let go of the pains of childhood
He maltreated my mum so much, hitting her at every possible opportunity.
He once beat her to a pulp and broke her hand right in front of us then left the house. I had to call Uncle Ade and he came over to take my mum to the hospital.
Uncle Ade’s house was our safe haven back then. At a point, my dad threatened to get soldiers to beat him up, he claimed Uncle Ade was trying to scatter his home but Uncle Ade knows people too and my dad could not follow through with his threat.
My mum later decided to travel abroad with us…
My dad didn’t know she could do that and it hit him hard. It was God that saved him from a heart attack and that was when he chilled out.
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