.......
After some few days i was back at my spot in mammy market as a humble man,i had to stomach all the yabis though........
I saw Abu d Soja,he was looking agitated.
'Abu,menini?.....i asked him what was wrong
'Jojo,walahi,tomorrow go hot'.....he answered still looking agitated.
'why ,wetin go happen?'....
'Pollow me'....
I followed him to a discreet corner....
'Abu wetin hapun na'
'Oga go do raid tomorrow fa'...he said
'Raid?untop wetin?.......i was lost
'Pake call up letters'.....
'Pake wetin? oh you mean fake call up letters'
'yowa!Pake letters and anybody dem catch na folice straight'.....
'Thanks Abu,i go tell boys.......
'No let fifu know say na me tell u o,i no want wahala o'...
'Haba,i no be small boy na'.......
We went our ways.....I had to find Jude by all means
I didn't not go back to mammy ,i began to scout the whole camp looking for him...I found him eventually in one corner with Uchechi.
'Guy,i don de find u since judaisky'......
'wetin dey Jojo?'...
'come abeg make i see u,Usesi kindly excuse us'....
'Jojo,u funny ,its Uchechi and not Usesi,u like trouble ehn'
I laughed and dragged Jude to the side....
'Judaisky ,yawa don gas o,dem de raid tomorrow o for genje'...i broke the news
'Ehn,who yarn you?.....he asked nervously
'Na Abu d Soja o and you know say na confirm'...
'Na confirm,na confirm,wetin we go do now?......
Most Warri boys i knew usually form hardness but Jude's face turned sad at once.It was only him and i that knew this secret and we had hoped he could scale it.We attended the same University and known tru all my time in school ,i was the only one he informed when the 'Deal' was done in Abuja.He still had an extra semester back in the school but he wanted to use the camp to show his parents that he graduated.
'Guy na to move tomorrow morning,cos the thing go turn to eke level o'....i chipped in
'Eke?omo na wahala be dat o,na remove be dt o'.......
We were on the bush path as early as 4.am,Abu d Soja had informed us that it was going to be an early morning raid before parade and they had the list with them he even went as far as spying the list to see if Jude''s name was there..........it was....
I gave him the bicycle allowance i just collected to help him find his way around Owerri because our camp was located in the bush of Umudi Nwekerre.We met one hunter on his bicycle and offered him some money to take Judaisky far away from the village..
By 5.am i was back in my hostel,i was sure nobody saw us.......i went back to my bed..
15 minutes after,the hostel door burst open....
'Everybodyyyyy,get up and fall in line;!!!!..............Abu d soja's voice
That was the last time i saw Judaisky till today........................
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