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The security guy lead Kazeem and Pascal into the banking hall.

"Everybody, down!!!!" Pascal and Kazeem scream. Bank workers and customers go down low at once.

"I want everybody behind the desk and the counters, out here, before I count one to three...one!...Pascal order.

"If anyone makes any phone call or any funny move, especially those of you wey dey inside office, ago make sure say everybody wey dey here, dye. I get enough bullet. I no dey play oh" Kazeem talk.

Everybody begin waka fast come the open floor, dey lie down, face down.

"If phone dey your body, put am for your front, and stretch your hands forward...now!" Kazeem shout.

Soon, everywhere don full. One heavily pregnant woman wey hold one boy for hand, kneel down, she no fit lie down.The boi dey cry, the woman use her hand cover him mouth.

"Hey you! Sit down. Control that boi, Ano want noise...if I count three and all of you wey dey inside office no come outside, I go kill this pregnant woman" Pascal talk, point him rifle to the pregnant woman. The woman begin shake.

Office doors open immeadiately. David, Shade and about four other staffs, raise hand, waka come out of their offices.

Pascal look him watch.

"Whoz the manager!? Pascal ask.

Silence.

Pascal waka go meet the pregnant woman. "Release him to me"

"😭 😭 Please...please...."

"Release him now or else l go shoot you for belle!" Pascal pulls the boy away from the woman. The woman scream, begin cry.

Pascal drag the boi to the front of the others. The boi dey cry loudly. Pascal make the boi kneel, point him rifle.

"I want the manager to stand up now!"

David stand at once, raise hands, dey shake.

"You are stewpid for wasting my time!" Pascal talk, walk to David, and punch him in the face. David stagger, fall down. People exclaim.

Pascal Cork him rifle, aim David in the head. "U dey craize!? U think say I dey play!?

"😢 Am sorry!" David beg.

"I want make you open the vault right now, amd fill up these bags, with all the money inside the vault. You have five minutes"

"I dey sorry, I cannot do that" David reply.

Kazeem walk to the pregnant woman.

💥pa!

One shot for centre of fore head. The pregnant woman fall like a log of wood. Everybody for bank scream. Pascal and David, shock. What da sheeet just happened? Dem look Kazeem like, no be the plan be this, guy? U dey craize!?

Kazeem walk to another man. "Get up! I say get up! The man stand up. E dey shake..."💥pa!" Kazeem shoot am for belle. Dem wan sef land for floor, gba.

Pascal and Kazeem drop jaw.

"Kz!!! Stop! Pascal scream.

"I go begin shoot everybody if you and your staffs no open that vault, fill up the bags with all the money and bring it back here in 7minutes!"

David brain fess confuse. Jeez! What the hell just happened. He jump up. Two other staffs wey dey unlock the vault with David, also stand.

"Three of you no go reach. Three more staffs shud join them. If una like, make una do anyhow. If I see police for outside. I go kill everybody, and I go go jail" Kazeem warn.

David, Shade and the other staffs rush enter.

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Chima heart dey beat fast. New customers wey dey pass, the bus, dey look say "why this one park like this"? As dem dey enter bank premise, dem dey enter punishment straight, because Ropo dey there, wey dey lie them down codedly dey make them submit their phones...

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Shade na hustler wey dey live with her broda. Her broda don marry. The broda wife dey show her pepper. But because her bank work no really pay well, na manage she dey. She wan comot, but she no geh money to get him own apartment.

One day, while at the office, she knock waka enter David office go drop file. She see Margaret for the office. Their eyes jam and Margaret look her lustfully. David no notice because he dey busy with the laptop.

Days later, Shade jam Margaret again as she wan enter the bank entrance. That day, she do marketer work go, so she dey return to office. Margaret call her, greet her. "I don see this face before"

"I think so, ma 😊" Shade reply.

"Okay, you look good"

"Thank you ma"

"I go like to know you better. Give me your contact"

Margaret collect Shade number.

That weekend, dem meet for one bar. Na there Margaret tell Shade say, she dey bis*xual oh, she dey do man and woman. Say infact, for years now na only woman. Say, she go take care of her. Shade wey be say, she dey husstle. She say she go think about am.

That nyt she give Shade 200 kpa. Ehhh? Just like that? Dem begin talk, chat. Margaret begin press Shade money every two days, 200 kpa. Na like this? Shade come say e be like say na side hustle be this oh.

Margaret come invite Shade come her expensive house. Dem drink expensive wine to stupor, come high. Dem come begin do yamayama. Na Margaret lead because Shade na jjc. The thing irritate Shade sef, but she no get choice.

Wen them finish, Margaret come tell Shade say, Shade go enjoy if she calm down with her. Say, the money wey she hide for their vault alone, na 400m plus...and e no dey traceable. Say money dey to spend. Shade happy dye.

About a week later, David invite Shade to dinner. Shade immeadiately know say he need her help, because she don try many times to win his heart, no way. Even if he no date her, make he just fasi for her even if na once. He turn her down. So, this sudden invite get as e be.

When he come tell her about the heist. She come look am say come oh, na opportunity be this oh. Margaret talk say the money no dey traceable. And na just 10m David promise her, out of 400m! Haba!

She enter abete begin find boiz wey fit run level. She finally meet. Them be four n them be quadruplet. That means say dem born them the same day. Them no need to enter bank, dem just need to wait make dem Chima rob finish. Them, go come rob Chima and co. And she no want any of them alive. The quadruplet talk say even if she no talk am, dem go kee everybody because dem no dey wear face cover, so dem no dey leave exhibit...

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Pascal no dey apy with wetin Kazeem do. But he understands. Time don dey do. Now they have just 5 minutes. If to say Kazeem no shoot, David go still dey argue, dey try act real, and time dey go......fok!

"Time up! Get out here or I go begin shoot again!" Kazeem warn.

The staffs begin drag bags come out one by one, na David last.

Kazeem waka go door, open am "Oya move!!"

Pascal drag the boy and one lady up. "Carry him! Now!"

The lady carry the boi. Pascal point them rifle dey watch. David and the other staffs exit the hall...

As dem dey come outside, Ropo set him rifle well.

"Move! Fast! Ropo begin shout for the back staffs as dem dey drag the bags down the entrance. "To the gate, fast! Fast! Abi u want make I put am for una body ni!?

Ropo use back waka go the gate, he open, give Chima signal. Chima turn on the bus engine. He come turn the bus, wey be say, the long door face the gate. He open the door automatically. The staffs just dey drag the bags, inside the bus, dey waka back inside the bank premise with their hands raise. David sef do same. The last bank staff, put the bag inside. Instead make e waka back, naso he tear run, begin run towards the road, dey shout "armed robber! Armed robber!"

Chima fess wan carry rifle. But shey he go shoot for outside ni? Beside, no killing.

"Let's go!" Chima shout for Ropo.

Ropo shout for everybody make dem lie down at once.

"If you call the police, I will kill the both of them!" Kazzem threaten as him and Pascal wan exit the bank hall.

Bank entrance door open, Kazeem and Pascal waka come outside with the lady and the boi.

Let's go!" Ropo shout for the two of them.

Ropo, Kazeem and Pascal run out of the bank premise, dem see say people don dey gather, dey make call. Kazeem waka leave others wey dey enter moto. He open faya on the little crowd..

"😡 Wetin concern una! Na una money!? Kazeem para.

💥💥💥💥💥💥

Everybody scatter. Bullets no touch anybody.

"Kazeeem!" Pascal shout.

Kazeem run go enter inside the bus. Dem close door. Chima drive out to the road, speed along the busy road.

The three of them remove their face cover dey breathe hard.

"Oh boi, armed robbers dey try oh!" Ropo talk.

"Kazeem, you dey mard!? Wetin dey worry you na!?😢😢😢 Pascal para.

"Wetin apun"? Ropo ask.

"He kill two people inside bank, e still dey shoot again for outside"

"Jesus! Why na? Chima and Ropo shock. "We agree say no killing "

"Iffa no shoot, we go still dey inside there dey negotiate. David just dey do mumu oh" Kazeem talk.

"Mumu keh"? Ropo ask.

"Omo na true oh" Pascal talk. "But I understand sha, e wan act real, so nobody go suspect anything" He added.

"We get time for that? Abeg" Kazeem reply.

"Guys, e get one benz wey dry follow us oh" Chima talk as he dey drive along a street at top speed.

The other three look one another. "Follow us keh"?

"Aje! I don even try maneuver, pass another route, e just dey follow"

💥💥💥💥💥💥💥

Bullet rain on the bus.

"Jesus, wetin be that? Who dey stone our bus"? Ropo ask.

"Na bullet! Mumu!" Pascal reply.

The bus screeche go one side, to another side before he continue. But e no balance again.

"Them don burst one tyre" Chima talk.

"Na police"? Pascal ask, nervously.

"😢 No... One pesin don betray us" Chima announce.

To be continued...

I thank ALMIGHTY GOD for giving me the gift of writing

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Good evening, enjoy these two comedy stories from my ebook 41 comedy stories in pidgin 👇👇👇 Happy weekend.

Warning: No read am if you dey chop pepper or in a public place.

A meeting with the dead.

Back then, me and my friend dey always do "Jamajama". Jamajama na site work. Na we dey always help bricklayers mix sand, cement and water, sometimes with gravel, and you go dey carry am with head pan go wherever dem need am. You go also carry blocks too.

So, one time like that, we no see site work, our mouth come dry. Naso, one bros come meet us say ehn, him collect one work and him still need boys, say hom boiz no reach. Which work? Him say him wan dig grave for cemetery. Omoh, when I hear cemetery, my heart cut, I say I no do.

Naso e talk say na #800 per person he go pay...ehn!? That time na #450... #500 we dey kolet for site work.

My friend, Bosun, say e go do, sharp sharp, mesef say I go do. Naso we gather ourselves, five of us, we march go cemetery.

Na the first time for my life wey I go enter cemetery be that.

Some area bros wey ogogoro don finish their life, comot their teeth, na dem dey for gate. The person wey bring us explain himself still bribe them, dem come allow us enter.

Oh boi! See grave! See graaaave!! Ehhh! E reach 2.7million! Different designs! My body shake like say dem plug me to light.

Some grave don expire! Dem don break finish wey be say na shape of sand u go take know say dem bury person for there. Many don crack reach half, some geh big holes! Fear hold me. Our oga say make we no mash any burial ground oh.

I sha compose till we reach our spot. I come see sign say e be like say dem don bury person for here before na.

"Ermm, Oga, dem don bury person for here before?" I ask the man.

"Yes na"

"😲😲😲😲 Oga, az how"?

He say naso dem dey do na, say e don tay, the person money don expire. He say na small small bones go remain so we go pack am put for white clothe give those people wey dey outside. Sweat cover my body straight.

Naso we begin dig. My body dey shake as we dey dig. When we taya, we go rest, we go dig, rest. I no know say all of us wey Oga bring na fear fear, na only Oga be criminal, wey geh mind.

We don reach about 5ft plus, oga wan go chop cos na only us go chop before. He come say make we no throw digger deep again say we don near the body.

We put ladder for one side wey we dey take climb outside.

Omoh, suddenly, one of us shout. All of us turn immediately. Naso we see one hand of skeleton wey grab him trouser. We think say the skeleton don wake up, we no know say him trouser just mistakenly hang for the hand.

See scream,naso everywhere scatter! Four of us wan climb ladder at the same time. Naso ladder fall, all of us land on top the skeleton. The force wey we take land, pop out the head of the skeleton. One of us, Rasheed, that one first faint. He remain three of us. As we struggle stand, the other part of the skeleton come show, the fear come make us push ourselves, naso dem push me. Me wey I no geh stamina, naso I land on top skeleton like say I wan nak the skeleton akpako.

""😲😲😲😲Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" I scream with all my lungs. E come be like say the skeleton dey laff me. The other two don place the ladder make dem take am climb out of the grave. One of them no know say one hand of skeleton don hang for him trouser. As he climb, wey the second one see am, that one scream japa comot for him back, begin try to climb the wall with him hand and leg like spiderman, dey shout like mard.



Fear don weak me. But I manage stand up come say "😭 👉Malik...skeleton"

Malik look him back, see the hand of skeleton wey hang for him trouser, naso he scream use one hand comot him trouser, throw am to me. As e use force throw am, naso ladder break.

Back to inside the grave.

My brothers and sisters, our oga meet four of us in panic mood. We don cry taya. We cry reach house. We sick join. For my life...! For my life!...I no go ever....!

STORY 2
My Sweet Linda

Years back when I dey my early twenties, I dey work for one skool and I dey date one colleague like that. Her name na Linda. We no talk about age but me I know say she old pass me but not too much. I tall, buh she tall pass me, come geh big body. Her nyash na dye, jeez. Anytime she enter school with that her tight gown or skirt and I see that Ikebe(back side), my head dey burst.

I never get permission to carry babe come auz so I come code her make we dey faya down inside school after closing. Na only the security guy, Alani, and the mama nurse(old woman) wey be my padi dem, know as e dey go.

Him go wait for us till we finish. Na sick bay we dey always use. Mama go gimme key when she dey go house.I go return the key the next day. But security no fit gimme key because I no fit come skool the time wey him dey come, e too early for me.

So, him dey always wait anytime wey me and Linda wan kerewa(Have s*x). But no be everytime sha. Sometime e go temme say he no fit wait say he dey comot. Sometimes e go lock us inside skool go, e go come back later. Sometimes na me go call am make e come open gate.

The fence of that skool mard. Since thief break enter pack computers go dem come high the fence dye.

One particular day, we do finish reach gate, Alani don go house, lock gate from outside with padlock. I try him number taya, switch off! Chisos!

Which kain whyning be this? E temme say e go wait and I even give am money. Naso we wait, ten minutes, thirty minutes, one hour, Alani no come oh. Naso this babe papa and mama begin call her. She no fit pick because if she tell dem say she dey skool, dem go call our oga. The parents dey monitor her dye.

Both of us come dey worried, as the calls dey too much. I come suggest say make we fly fence oh, as the matter don tie wrapper like this. The babe say no! Say she no fit oh. Say how she wan reach up with her size and I no fit carry her. Na she dey carry me sef.

But when calls wan kill her and Alani no come, she say oya make we try.

Naso I look around begin carry blocks wey dey around compound upandown, add empty crates of drinks, use everything mount ladder. She come dey fear, I sha dey encourage her. Na me fess climb, come shadow street, because if passerby or parents wey dey pass see us say we dey fly fence, dem fit report to school management.

I come tell her say when she reach up make she fess shadow before she climb on top the fence oh. Say people must not see her oh. She talk say okay. I collect her bag, put am for shoulder. Me I wear my back bag for my back.

She reach on top the crate, still, she no fit climb the fence. I come climb the crate with her, come dey push her nyash, to help her lift herself. She sha manage grab the top of the fence. I ask her say anybody dey come? She say no. I say ohya, try sit on top the fence fess. She say make I help her. Me wey I light like anything. I come use one hand grab the fence, use the other hand dey push her. I sha dey push her till she come reach top of the fence. I tell her make she sit on top the fence.

I no know say her belt don hook the hand bag wey dey my shoulder. I no know wetin do the babe, maybe she see say pesin dey come oh, abi eyes turn her oh, I no know. Just to sit on top fence oh, naso she fall oh, outside the compound. Her weight just drag the bag wey dey my shoulder, naso bag drag me follow her....GBIM!!! I hear am loud! Na she land fess like sack of beans. Na me come land last ..praun!! Like say dem throw stainless plate on top tiles. See dust everywhere.

I first loss because na my jaw I take land for ground. Everywhere fess dark, before e come dey clear small small. I no feel my face again, e come be like say I get four eyes, I dey see everything half half. I cm dey blink fast say wetin dey happen. I fess think say my jaw and my teeth don comot. See blood dey shower comot for my mouth like say I get issue of blood. I wan talk my tongue stiff, I just dey talk like aboki beggar "anbla..bla..bla..."

The babe begin cry. I manage stand up. My belt don cut, trouser come down. The babe shock! I use hand pack my trouser back up. My belle, elbow, head, knee don peel scatter. Part of my bear bear don chop comot. Three of my front teeth don dey shake.

The babe face don peel. Dust don cover her like say she baff with Elubo(white yam flour). Her mouth dey bleed. Her gown don tear anyhow, her nyash peel, her neck, hand, thigh, oh God. We look ourselves like this for like three minutes, na him we burst laff. We come be like two vampire wey dey celebrate their birthday.

I thank ALMIGHTY GOD for giving me the gift of writing

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This na rated #22+

I know say some people no go hear. Dem go dey below 22years old, dem go still read am. My hand no dey oh.

For Bible, e get one verse wey talk say , there is a road, wey seem broad, nice n sweet, but no follow am oh, because e lead to destruction. Still, ano listen.

Years ago, ago buy fufu for one Igbo woman, around 7:30pm to eight. Naso I jam this pretty damsel. She fair, come lepa. She no get front or back, but she fine. I wait make she buy fufu finish, I come follow her dey word her. We exchange number.

From call, we begin chat for Facebook. Na from there I find out say she dey stay three streets away. That time, I dey stay with my friend.

I tell her make we meet again. She say make we meet for one junction for nyt, say before she agree to date me, she wan temme something. When we meet, this babe temme say she oh, she like totomeleto like mard. Say him and him ex boyfriend na almost everyday dem dey knack sef. I think am say, this one just dey find way to discourage me. I say make she no worry if na that one. She ask of my address, I tell her.

Two days later, she come. See better Semo and Igbo Egusi wey this babe bring. Damn! Una know Igbo Egusi na, orisirisi dey inside.

I chop to stupor. Ano fit finish the soup sef. After I finish, she begin use hand rub my body. I know, sebi I don chop, I must to work. I raise foam, carry rubber. She no wear pant. The thing wey she wear be like napkin. She say na disposable pata. Kpokpodikpokpodi-kpokpodikpokpodikpo!

She go auz.

I never wake up when she call me the next morning, say she dey bring me breakfast. The babe just finish skool, dey await service. Me, I dey third term holiday. Salary sef don finish. As u dey kolet salary, pay food seller gbese, money don yamutu.

The breakfast na Pap and milk with better akara wey geht orisirisi. Omoh, I chop finish. Naso I climb bed again oh.

She go around 11am.

2pm, she call me again say she dey bring lunch. Rice and chicken stew. I chop finish, she begin do smensmen again, I say ah, I never recover the one wey I do for morning oh. She say no oh, I must do oh, say sebi I don chop. Ehhh? Okay. I do again.

She bring dinner. I chop finish, she still wan collect. See, U wan make I dye? Abeg, I never recover. Omoh, see as she dey beg me. Ehhh? For my mind, I say Dapo, o ti doko dele Dalemon!(U don enter)

I say make she ride herself. U go think say we dey fyt. She ride me e-ride ku ride(anyhow) See as I shine teeth, open eyes kongba like say I wan get cardiac arrest. When she finish, I no fit stand up. E be like say dem disvirgin me. Poko come dey pain me. I no even fit see her off. Na midnyt when I wake up I go baff.

I look my self for mirror, fear cash me. E come be like say dem wan cast out my skeleton comot for my body. Jesus! Wha da sheeet! My face come gbo!(Aged) Ahhhh! Allahu!

The next morning, I see her call again. I do 👇👇👇"ehhhh!? No be me and you"! Naso I lie say I wan go my parent place, say e dey important, and I go spend three days. I come comot run go our side, and e no far. She call me taya. Are u back? Are you back? Back as how? I say na three days na. My friend call me say my babe come auz oh. I say Jesu! Shey mondaran bayi?

On the third day, na her call wake me. Ano pick. She text me say "Thank God u ll be back today. Can't wait to see you"

For my mind, I say no be me and you. Na around 6pm I go house. My friend don comot, drop key for me. As I enter compound, naso one of our neighbors wey dey lousy shout say "ah, uncle since morning. Your gf don dey wait oh" As I wan ask say wait where? Make I run. Naso she shout "Aunty yellow, e don come back oh, your bf don come"

"😡 Shey ya werey ni!?mo ranyin nse ni?(Madam u dey craiize, I send you message?) Naso she peep, see me, begin run come meet me. Ahhh! I say moku modaran! She hug me tight, begin cry oh. Walahi, Dapo, o ti gbe jombo! Emere poroun lo gbe yio!(U don carry wetin pass you)

As we dey enter like this, she begin comot my button. Wait na! Wait! Calm down!

She no hear oh! Naso I scream. "😡 Alaye leave me! Wetin apun na!? Naso she stop begin sob.

Ehhh, modaran! What da actual sheet I enter like this? The busheeet!

"I just dey come back na. Atleast let me rest. Not today, maybe tmao"

See cry. She stand for door dey cry. Say shebi she temme before she gree for me.

"Ehn ehn? Na him make I dye? My poko don lean. See as I be? U wan kee me? Nothing wey this gurl no use beg me finish. I pity her, say make she come. Naso I do one oh.

She come ask say shey she fit come spend the nyt the next day, say her parents no go dey. She no go come at all in the day. I say okay. Big error.

She bring three varieties of food, fruit, juice, and tea. She even meet my friend. That one follow us chop before he find him way.

Around 9pm after we chop finish...kpo kpo di! We baff.

I don even sleep go. I just begin feel say dem dey suck my nippus. I open eyes, see say she don climb me. "😢 Ehhh, az how na? She begin beg. Say she go do am herself. Faka fuku faka fuku! We finish, baff again.

Na from sleep, I begin feel something for my poko again, naso I open eyes. She don dey do that her eyes.

See as I vess. "Will you leave me alone!? She say make I please ..na last one be this, her body dey shake. Say after this one, she no go disturb me again.

I do 👇👇👇👇👇 Agbako! Iru kileleyi bayi Oloun! Wha da sheeet!

Last one oh, she say ehn. As I manage finish like this, I fess lie there for like ten minutes. She don waka enter bathroom go baff. As I stand up like this, e be like say I stand up enter realm of the spirit. Ano know where I dey again. Everything go blank, come black.

My mind come dey argue. "I don dye oh! No oh, u never dye joh! Where I come dey? Your room na! Na lie u don dye"

"Jesus save me...Jesus save me...Jesus save me..." I begin pray. Naso God hear my voice, everything begin return. I see say I stand for middle of room, hold waist.

"Are you okay"? She ask me. For my mind "Phuulish girl, I stand here since, dey fyt for my life, na now u see to ask abi"

I enter bathroom. I fetch water for pail. Make I bend carry water, naso I stagger go front kro-kro-kro like male hen wey wan climb, see as I use my chest and belle land for bucket. E do gbum! I say "Yeeee!Alagbawi eda oh!

How she no hear, ano know. I manage stand. I rest my back for wall come dey look the opposite wall. "God, if you help me for this one, ano go do again oh"

I rest well well. As I wan bend again, e come be like say my head comot, drop for ground, na back I stagger go, jam door, stagger go front again, kaoshshsgajahausgshh GBOSA!!!!

"Babe! Are you alright!? She ask from room.

I no even answer. I just manage stand. The fall come clear my head small. My chest don scratch ground, my head dey bang.

I just manage carry the pail, raise am up, pour the water for my head at once "Waaaaaaah!"

I open door, come outside slowly. "Babe, are you alright?" She ask again. I shake head.

I manage carry towel, clean body, wear jean trouser , wear belt, lie down gently, turn my back to her, face wall. I close eyes.

I sleep.

Walahi, I just dey feel am say something dey rob my poko again. I open eyes...this girl don unbuckle the belt, unbotton my trouser, zip me down , bring out my poko, put for mouth. My poko wey don over taya. That one just dey do jebele-jebele jebele-jebele for her mouth, like say small pikin dey lick Sisi Pelebe.

Walahi, I no know the anger wey enter me, the way I drag my poko comot for her mouth!

"😭 Ba mi gbe oko mi jo! Onshiere ni! Olobuuku omo! Shofe bayemi je ni!? O fe kagbako aiye sha!? (Give me my poko jo! U dey craiize!? U wan destroy my life ni?)

I look time. I see 6am. "Come and be going...and please, ano do again..."

She think say I dey play. I manage stand like this. I drag her up. "Get out!" She say "am naked! Let me wear my clothes! Na that time I see say tru tru she no wear clothe oh. So, I blind before? Ayilala oh! Totomeleto wan blind me.

She wear clothe finish. She still stand hold waist. "Are you breaking up with me? Am sorry"

"Wo, don't beg me. Just go. Am not doing again"

Naso she do okay, comot. I lock door. I go lie down back. Na my friend come back, wake me up. I narate my story, he laff taya.

Around 2pm, my fone ring again, I look the caller. Na she again, I do 👇👇👇👇👇👇Abiyamo aiye, e ma gbami!(Earthly mothers, make una save me oh) Shey moti kagbako bayi(Ah don dye oh)

I thank ALMIGHTY GOD for giving me the gift of writing.

© Adecanwrite

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The night before the robbery, Chima return from work to a sumptuous meal prepared by Tinuke.

He fess baff. Then he chop. Tinuke sit with him as he dey eat in silence. At a time, Tinuke talk.

"You know, the truth is, you never ask me out, so I no know wetin we dey do, or wetin make I call wetin we share togeda. But what I know is that, it is beyond "we are sleeping togeda because you give us a chance to live here"

Silence. Chima continue to eat with his eyes fixed on the meal.

"I see wetin u don do for me n my mama. I see how her illness has troubled you. I see how you never forget to help us get her drugs. I see how you look at me...and I know you do love me. But, wetin I no know if you know, be say, I am crazy about you. No be say because you let us stay here, but because I just love you...."

Chima continue to eat...

"For the past three days, you don quiet. That is not you. You return from work, check on my mother, baff, eat in silence, study the map wey I no know nothing about, and you just go to bed. Did I do something wrong? Chima, if you no tell me, how will I know"?

Chima raise his head. "You no offend me, Tinuke. Everything wey you talk, na true. I dey go tru somethings "

"Why you no wan share with me 😢?

"I dey sorry. This no be matter wey pesin fit share. Thank you, Tinuke"

"😢 Okay then"

"I dey comot this nyt. I go come back tmao evening. I dey go work from where I dey go"

Tinuke wan ask say, where he dey go. But she no get the morale to ask. She see am say she no dey in the position to ask such question.

Chima chop finish, put on TV, dey watch in silence. Tinuke sit beside him. If na before, she go don wrap herself inside him bosom. But for three days now, he never touch her. E come be like say fire dey burn her for body. She long for his touch.

Suddenly, Chima phone ring.

"Hello.....okay"

Chima end call, stand up. He enter room go look Abimbola. She don sleep. Na strong woman she be. Aldo, she don change, she don lean. And e dey obvious say she dey go tru lots of pain, but still, she dey pretend for them dey try hide am.

Tinuke enter, see Chima dey look her mama.

"😢 Chima, wetin dey apun? Why are you looking at her like that"?

"Nothing"

Chima waka go shelf, pick few things, put am for back bag. He waka go where Tinuke stand.

"Take care of her. We see tmao, okay"?

As Chima wan waka go, Tinuke grab his hands, come stand before him.

"😢 I know you are onto something. I can feel it. But whatever e be, please be safe. Please come back...if you no come back...my life will become a disaster. I love you"

Chima look into Tinuke's eyes. His entire body vibrate with emotion and lust. God! He love this gurl! He wants her bad. But time no dey for distraction. He need to focus. Davis don warn them make dem stay off Opueh for a week before the operation,inorder to stay sharp and focused.

"I will see you tomorrow evening" Chima talk before he exit the house.

*************

Everybody meet for Kazeem house. He lives alone in his father's house. The house na bungalow and na two apartments. The first apartment dey empty since him parents don dye. He dey live alone for the second apartment.

None of them drive there, dem enter bus, drop for bustop, use leg waka reach Kazeem house. When everybody gather. David talk say make everybody gather.

David run them tru the plan again.

Dem go reach there around noon. At the time, the bank dey always dey "near empty". Customers dey always dey very few inside and outside the bank hall. When they arrive, dem go neutralize the two policemen wey dey on duty. Na the work of Ropo and Pascal be that. Chima stays in the car. Ropo controls the bank premise by asking everyone, including security in the bank premise to lie down flat and submit their phones.

Pascal and Kazeem go enter the bank premise. Kazeem takes one person hostage. Pascal go threatens everyone and make sure they lie down and submit their phones in front of them.

Pascal go call out the bank manager and threatens to kill a customer if he no come out.

David go come out and Pascal go tell am make he go open the vault.

Pascal go make sure David fill in their bags with the money, and make sure, David and other staffs carry the money out of the banking hall to the back of the bus. Ropo and Chima wey dey outside go make sure of that.

Pascal and Kazeem go exit the bank premise with a customer each, as collateral. Preferably, pregnant women or children if dem dey lucky. Them go threaten say, at the sound of any police siren, they will shoot them. David go make sure say everybody obey the order.

And when everybody enter the bus, them go drive thru the streets as planned and not main road, direct to where dem go change the vehicle. Then, they will drive to the farm. Na there dem go dey till night. On no account shud they contact David. Even if dem no see am for one week, make dem wait till he reach out to them.

"Let's get some sleep" David finally talk. Dem disperse go find somewhere to lie down.

All of them dey fear, dem just dey try hide am. Na Chima dey fear pass. Even Pascal wey dey rugged, him hand dey sweat. But wetin dey give am morale, na the gun wey dem go carry.

As everywhere don quiet, he stand up, waka go where dem arrange the gunns..he carry him own. Everybody don know him weapon. Dem don meet for the farm thrice to learn how to handle the rifles. Na the police guys teach them.

Pascal go sit down for one corner, dey check out the gun, dey clean am. David hear sound, stand up. He waka go meet Pascal.

"Guy, you dey alright"? David ask.

Pascal shake him head.

"E dey normal to fear"

"You think so? But you no fear na" Pascal reply.

"I dey fear pass you. Say I no show am no mean say ano fear. I fear for you guys, more than for myself. If anything happens to you guys, I go blame myself forever"

"Hmmmmm" Pascal groan.

"Pascal...abeg, no shooting...no matter what...abeg" David talk.

"Sure" Pascal reply.

Chima join them.

"You sef no fit sleep"? David ask Chima.

"Yes. Are you telling him about the dream"? Chima ask David. David shake him head sideways to tell Chima say "no, don't do that. Pascal see it.

"What dream"? Pascal ask..

"Its nothing, no mind Chima"

Pascal stand at once.

"Chima, what dream"? Pascal raise him voice. Kazeem and Ropo wey no sleep deep, sit up at once.

"You tell me say you go tell am. And you go tell others too" Chima tell David.

"It will do no good, Chima. It will only create unnecessary fear in their hearts. And once that happens, we will fail. Unnecessary fear will lead to lost of focus. And e fit cost us"

"Chima, tell me about the dream" Pascal talk.

"The policemen fok us up. Them shoot you three times, bro. You dye" Chima explain.

"Lahilla Illalahu!" Kazeem whisper." Abeg make I go sheet before I sheet for body"

"Now you see? Fear! David retorted.

"Why you go hide such dream from him or us? Ropo ask.

"It will only bring you guys fear!" David replied.

"You no dey position to judge that. Are we not scared already? For us to agree to do this, e mean say we dey ready for any outcome, be it good or bad. You no be our parents, stop acting like one" Ropo reply.

"I am sorry"

Pascal waka comot from the others, begin pace to and fro. There is silence.

"What if the dream is a sign. What if those police go fok us up"? Pascal ask.

"E no possible. Not after I don tell them last nyt, say their pay don double" David reply.

The others look one another.

"Why you wan double their money? E no go affect our money ni"? Ropo ask..

"We dey pack all the money wey dey inside the vault" David reply.

"🙆🏿‍♂️Jesus! David!? Wetin dey worry you now! Ropo reply. "Why you dey hide update from us? Are you focking kidding us? You no suppose don tell us this one before"?

"I wan use am as motivation for you guys. See, if we pack only the woman money, all fingers point to me. She fit no blow whistle loudly. But she go blow the whistle after all. Na dangerous woman she be, according to my findings. Aside that, some of my ogas go know about the money. Na them send am to me lowkey and I know say dem go get cut. So, to avoid that, we empty the vault. As at last nyt, we have 673m in cash there.

"Yeeeee!!!🙆🏿‍♂️🙆🏿‍♂️🙆🏿‍♂️ Jesus!!! Pascal shout.

"How much we dey give the police"? The two of them? Chima ask.

"50m before, now 100m"

"Yeeee!" E plenty oh,...wait, so let's just say we have 500m left...for five of us...100m each!? Ropo ask.

"Yes" David reply.

"Nna ehn, we dye there oh! Am in!" Pascal reply. I collect my money, am off to Ghana oh. Goodbye friends😂😂😂😂

Kazeem return.."We still dey go"?

Everybody turn to look at him.

"You fit stay back now, make we share your 100m as jara on top awa own"

"Wa..wait...100m per person"? Kazeem ask.

"Yes"

Pru! Pru! Kazeem mess.

"Wéréy hear 100m throwey mess" Ropo talk.

"Am in" Kazeem talk.

*************

A white bus arrive in front of SecondBank at about 12:10pm. The bus no park well.

About five customers dey inside the bank premise. A policeman stand infront of the entrance gate, with his rifles hanging around his waist down. Another one stand for the bank entrance door.

Two uniformed bank security guys dey check in customers.

The bus dey try turn, but e no park well. E come block entrance gate from the road. Nobody fit see the entrance gate again. The policeman wey dey for the gate entrance, waka go the bus.

"😡 Hello, please park well"

Chima wind down, wink at him. The policeman shake head, small. The bus door drag open at once. The policeman wan put hand for him rifle, Kazeem, Ropo and Pascal point their rifles at him. Pascal collect the policeman gun, lead am quick towards the gate entrance as the policeman raise him hands up...

David dey him office dey look the CCTV camera....him heart begin beat fast. He know say Shade for CCTV room go dey see wetin dey apun. Any call from her, otilo!

Light go off.

Him mind come down. "Weldone, Shade"

The CCTV no dey plan at all, before. Him mind skip am. Na three days before the operation he remember. He come look am say, he no fit switch off power, because he must dey inside him office when everything go begin apun..he no want any suspicion.

He come invite Shade to lunch.

Shade na the one in charge of CCTV and she dey also work as marketer sometimes. But na contract staff she be. Shade like David dye. Dem no need to tell am. She don shake waist, shake bobbe for am, try to seduce him, but he no want office romance. But now, what choice does he have?

"I will spend two nights with you and I will give you 50m in cash if you do something for me"

Aldo, David take big risk dey involve Shade. But she know say the babe smart and she dey bold. What if she refuse? Will she tell? Who knows? But still, he took the risk.

As he dey for office, message pop for him phone say, "We are here" him body vibrate.

If the lights go off, na good sign, say Shade don accept him proposal. If he tell her make she shut down the CCTV, police fit begin ask questions. But, cut a wire, better option.

*******************
Chima wind up. E dey see outside but nobody fit see inside. As e dey watch the bank gate, e dey watch the road.

The bank gate open, and the three boiz push the policeman inside the bank premise. E remain one customer wey wan enter. As the customer see gunn, he lie down straight. The other policeman aim his rifle at once, at the boiz.

"We be three, you be one. If you shoot, we go killl you, killl that customer, and kill those security boiz....and for what? Drop the gun? Pascal preach to the policeman. The policeman drop his gun, raise his hands and knee.

Ropo waka go the rifle, carry am, hang am for shoulder. Dem make sure say everybody lie down, submit their phones.

Kazeem and Pascal waka towards the entrance door...

************

David waka come out of him office. "Wetin apun? What happened to the light"?

A guy wearing a uniform tagged "Engineer" run past him towards a back door.

David use style look the entrance door. He know say dem no go fit enter if the lights are not back on...he wants it back on. No be Shade go put am on. Make she just cut wire, comot there.

*************
Kazeem and Pascal wan open door, ghen ghen, e don lock.

Pascal turn and call one of the security guy. That one stand at once. "Open the door!"

That one press button. "E be like say lights no dey...."

"Ehn!? Pascal scream, look Kazeem. "Wetin dey apun"

"Ah...light don come back"

"Then open it...

"Yes sir!"

The security guy open the entrance door....

To be continued...

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