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'You have to be kidding me ,Obi'......i was still dumbfounded
'No be joke o guy'.....
'Why u no tell me?'......i asked him
'Haba,if i tell u ,u go collect mule?'......
'Na wa o,details,give me details'....i wanted to know more
'Omo,meself no know the whole story because we de semester break that time but i hear say na one of him gang member wey dem get kwanta as per sharing the loot wey dem hustle.....Obi explained.
'ehn ehn'......
'but not our wing sha ,na the other wing where that Eke de stay'.....Obi was trying to reassure me.
'no be the same house?'....i hissed and stood up
'no forget your promise o,as per kemi'.....
'i don hear'......i moved out of his room
I had time to think it through the following day and i knew it would be difficult for me to raise another money if i intend to go looking for another apartment,besides the mule has a a toilet which was rare to get in that vicinity .I decided that the best thing to do was wait out my rent and see how things would unfold.Well a whole lot of things happened afterwards.
Approximately 2 months into our mid semester tests,i had arrived early from school hungry and i went to Bostra restaurant to eat,i only had twenty Naira on me and that was enough to buy me two wraps of fufu and two pieces of meat.I headed up back to mule meaning to have a short nap but i met Uche my room mate waiting for me.
'i don de wait you since na'.......Uche said
'I go lem'.....i answered
'oh ok,Obi drop light bill o'.....
'Make i see am'..i collected it from him..
I browsed thru the bill and how the bill was shared among the rooms and very crafty of Obi to share the bill per head instead of per room.
'This bill na per room or per head?'.....i turned to Uche
'Na why i de wait you make u see am urself'......
'Obi don come back?'....
'No'....
'Okay,when e come we go thrash am out'...i folded the bill and put it in my back pocket
I waited till late in the night for Obi to return until i eventually had to go and sleep.I woke up to the sound of thunder and lightening as the heavens opened up and it started to rain,splendid for me,it will ensure i had a good night sleep.Uche was snoring as usual and i had to use my pillow to deaden the noise.
I must have dozed off for a couple of minutes,when i heard the banging,at first i thought it was the thunder clapping again but it went on obstinately,i realised that it was someone banging on my door,i checked the time,it was 2.am,I got up slowly.
'Who be dat?....i shouted above the noise of the rain
'Na me Obi!!.......
I opened the door and Obi was soaked to his feet,his eyes showed panic.
'wetin hapun,why u wet like dis?'....i quickly asked him
'Omo,Eke dey outside o'.......he whispered
'Eke like how?u mean our neighbour?'
'Nooo,na busting o,u get any contraband for inside'...
'nooo ,ooo'....i was awake now
Before i could ask further questions,i heard a loud banging on our main door....
gbagbagbagbagba!!!!!!!
I had to summon courage
'who dey there?'.....i shouted
'POLICE!!!!!!!OPEN UP!!!!!!!
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