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Episode Two: 'Gone with the ocean: Part Two'
Kemute prayed for strength to hold on longer as she hoped the nightmare
will end quickly, but to her dismay her support gave way and she too began to
disappear like a cow in bondage being dragged against its will to a slaughter
house, and then she closed her eyes to the unknown.
Okay, this was not how it was narrated, I did a little bit
of adjustment but the story is true.
Chika, my client-friend, and I listened to Tajudeen, TJ for
short, narrate to me – crying – how he had not valued what he had and had lost
her. She was missing with fifteen other people that had been swept away overnight
while they slept in their homes. We stumbled on him and this tragic news on our
way to an event.
We were in a taxi driving to Terra Kulture, a stone throw
from Kuramo beach, where the disaster had occurred. We were attending Open Mic Theater, a stage show where Angelina Jolie, Bimbo Akintola, Leonardo DiCaprio,
and Desmond Elliot will be celebrated by some actors as they mimic them by reenacting
scenes from some of their memorable works.
Chika had noticed a small gathering of people at the
entrance to the beach and had called my attention to it. The taxi driver had
reacted by informing us of an ocean surge that had occurred in the early hours
of that day. I was shocked that a calamity of that magnitude had happened many
hours earlier and I didn’t hear about it
in the news in a country where everyone hate to mind their business and preferred
minding other people’s business instead. I reasoned, like I always do, about the
kind of country I was living in.
I paid the taxi man whom wasn’t ready to wait for me to
alight and feed my curiosity, and I watched Chika follow me reluctantly. Her
soul was already at the Terra Kulture, it was just her body that followed me. If
she had the courage she would have told me that we should go and enjoy the performances then come back to the beach, but because she knows how drawn I am to disaster
and my passion to help its victim she had kept her mouth shut and followed me like I had used a magic portion on her known as 'touch and go'. That was when I’d seen TJ crying and
cursing and I moved to him to know the cause.
At first, seizing me up and may be thinking I could have
been the cause the disaster, or aided it, he had yelled at me and walked away but
seeing that I didn’t give up easily and that I was concerned he warmed up to me.
‘Na my fault’ TJ yelled, and then he blamed himself more for
not granting her request, perhaps she may have been alive in Benin with her
family.
‘But you don’t know if she is dead’
‘I hope so, God I pray so’ the tears came out again in
torrent s, ‘ if no be so then na this government kill her with this their
Atlantic City rubbish wey dem dey build for rich people, is it poor people life
they will use as sacrifice for this project, is it fair?’
He yelled at me, and I stared at him with no answer to his
question, as I hoped silently that Kemute and those still missing would be
found, and probably alive. This event made me reflect more on what Abang Mercy
had told me about the disappearance of our dear Lagos some years from now,
which I had promised to talk about until this tragedy.
‘Hold am, hold him!’, I heard people scream and was shocked
to see TJ running towards the roaring sea wave.
They ran after him but their speed was no match for his.
…. To be continued.
Credit:
Starring: @aninoritse as
EJIRO; @RealBobbyBlaise as Chika's brother; @PinkLipsChic as Chika (Client-friend); @_tedla as TJ; @juiceegirl1as Kemute
Guest Starring: @AbangMercy as herself
Crew: Graphics Designer -
@Naughtinez; Photo Concept - @Dinnovatorsmind; Story/Concept - @thenaijaseer
Photo Credits:http://allafrica.com, http://trends.com.ng
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