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The minute I heard my first love story,
I started looking for you, not knowing
Lovers don't finally meet somewhere.
They're in each other all along."
Dude and dad
Iremember the day lI heard that poem,
e author of that
wondered and searched
iuch
mastery of the heart, for you see l had to read
that poem, because was one of those that
helps shape the man you are, for u see the
author seemed to understand me, I felt singled
out and I felt like it was a personal intimate
conversation, see ror you to understand it was
very soon, we had like one semester left, and
to tell you the that dude and the one sitting
writing this book are as different as white and
black, but I wasn't talking about that dude not
me. so moving forward to make things simpler
So we were we, yes dude and his crew where
soon to be done with this uni bullshit, endless
classes and exam and to makes thing even
better he and his guys were the talk of the
school, we were dating the hottest girls in
homes and even thouch dudoweenlt i
way the richest in his group to put it plain he
was the poorest but who was he to complain
its not as if is dad was an illiterate farmer or
rather just illiterate cos Dad would always tell
you himself standing up straight with his palm
like imagine Prince Charles would have done
back when there was a Prince Charles, and say
with his naturally thick voice. My father, was a
farmer, he trained me to form 4 and i grew up
as a farmer before he died and I will be.
tarmer till the dayi aie ana lguesSs he kept to it
m rich
to when he is around (I promise I won't
mention that both farms are in his houses, so
he never has to even leave any of his
compounds to go farming but i give credit
were its due, he taught how to pluck, remove
Mr to eat roasted vaeoconut. laught
taught me the joys of corn and pear. lliterate
he was not after the death of his dad he went
co lagos were he worked for 4 years a clerk for
the government, then took a leave of absense
and his little savings were he applied,studied
remembered that fro
to i
swears that the only university in Nigeria
University of Ife, worked in lagos saved came
back to his town with a pretty young
lady(that's a story for another chapter or book)
starte practising law, it was a struggle at first
but his enterprising young wite had used hisS
was at least get the family by until 1994 and
the military president said the seat of the local
government council was now open to civilians
and elections. Naturally Dad was thrilled even
though he had never thought about politics his
mentor and head or the rirm ne worked dd
SU
his savings added from his wife business safe
to say he banrupted it and surprisingly he won
He could not believe it. Then months before
they were to take office, the military president
changed his mind and the office he spent and
with his young bride she has given birth twice
and one of those she had twins. He had5
mouths to feed. He never gave up. He went
out to work for useless clients that paid next to
nothing but iyawo as she is fondly called by her
ameback
Cho nourwrnt t inioreity wbat alcwwae
there but petty trading ,so she started trading
this and that , even had another child, girl this
time. So as they say the years went by and as
life goes on things happen ,the military
president died and 1999 everyone who ran
nde
the newly formed PDP, he contested and won
twice, then he contested and won the house of
rep. He claims he has no regret but I tot he
should have stayed a rep, his deputy governor
bid cost him his state and town to his homeboy
oshomole. Then he went on his self proclaimed
to atheist try and help in winning back his
state. In that he was successful. And to me he
eturn
is still a young man, you are only as old as ur
heart and Dad has one of the strongest I know.
Trust me he trained 3 men who most lost hope
the Dest people I know and nis giriS
left the story of dude to talk of my dad. Don't
worry the dots will connect themselves
So dude was high and mighty he was dating
Amaka, she was in mascom and she was a
second year. Dude was already dating her
it all changed for him h
love, the woman inside bim
Was hot che had fat hine and bin boobe Co
time went by as usual and it was graduating
time. After exams boys started popping up
awaiting results. Why awaiting result the girl |
was hot for dumped me for a boy in her level.
He was a yahoo boy. And they use it
And for me its my sunshine
youth wants to be one but back then they
were maybe 3 or less in each school. I was
quite heartbroken. So one night dad and I were
sitting outside and dads knowi love his suya an
d pami( a mens only tradition in my house
womenl never invited but my sisters still cime
nobody's fault it was a boys only tradition but
they understood. U see it started in 94 when
| days every
dad election was taken from him, Every
evening he used to go out to drink pammy
with his group of friends(the hotel but thats
anotnestory Tor anotner cnapter) ana ne wOuld
suya to wipe) and he knows how I love
meat ,honestly addicted to that shit and yet I
was strugglinwith a piece of meat, so he asked
what was wrong and i told him and he gave me
the best advice a poem, now this is were the
use
s but
I later found out the author names was rami, I
never did find anything else about him or her.