STORY 6

THE DOWNFALL OF ADANMA

AdanmaNwamakaChisom Cassandra  Ejuka was born on the 15^th of march  1992. That day was a day of joy for Mr.&Mrs.Ejuka who hail from Ihiala in Anambra state. Mr.EmekaEjuka was a successful architect who was opportune to study his course abroad. Mrs.AdakuEjuka was a successful business woman who studied business administration in the University of Ibadan. They were well to do. Unfortunately for them they had been in search of a child for twelve years before the birth of Adanma. What joy it was for this family when Mrs.Adaku was confirmed pregnant.

            On the 15^th of March at 10a.m Mrs.Adaku was rushed to the hospital. She was attended to immediately and her baby Adanma was born. Adanma was given to the baby because she the first daughter and also a girl. “Adanma” meaning “Beautiful first daughter”. That name was given to her by her father, Nwamaka was given to her by her mother “Nwamaka” meaning “Beautiful child”, Chisom was given to her by her maternal grandmother meaning “God follows me” and Cassandra was given to her by her aunt Esther who loved the idea of given children English names.

            As time went by, Adanma as she was formally called by everyone except aunt Esther grew up like every other child. But her mother pampered her and made sure she lacked nothing. She bought her everything she requested not giving any form of restrictions to any of her requests. This was still okay as she was still small and asked for things that children of her age would ask for. Her dad warned against this over pampering but the mother was fond of reminding him of how long they searched for this child and they had no other but her. When she said these things he would have a change of heart and would not talk about it again for a while.

            On Adanma’s 10^th birthday, the party was huge. The most popular musicians were invited to sing on that day and even dress codes were stated. Only people with invitation cards could enter and there were police men guarding the venue. The birthday was shown on the television for uninvited guests and interested people to watch. The gifts handed out were things like; school bag, water bottles, flasks, school shoes and lots more. Adanma was as proud as a peacock that day. She changed clothes anyhow and she gave orders like she was the boss of the event. She was uncontrollable but her parents did not know, and that was just the beginning of what they were yet to see.

Adanma entered secondary school; she entered one of the best secondary schools in Lagos. She went into an all boarding school. Her mum felt good putting her there because that’s the school all the children of the prominent people in the country attended. Adanma entered the school and was introduced to all the prefects, all the labs, teachers and everything she needed to know was told to her. Adanma was a very social girl who loved life and fashion. Her dream was to become a fashion designer and a model. In two days, Adanma had a number of friends who she moved with and did all things with.

            When Adanma entered ss2, she was appointed the head girl of her school. This just increased her popularity. She was very pretty and was said to be the most beautiful girl in the school by many students. It was no surprise that all the boys wanted her as a girlfriend. Adanma who was very proud and uncontrollable, flaunted her beauty all around the school. In ss3, she decided to date the head boy of the school, who was equally a handsome young guy. Adanma refused to listen to the advice of her friends who told her to face her studies first. She went on with the relationship until one day after school; he told her that he wanted to experiment something with her. She knew what he was trying to say so she told him to go ahead without thinking of the risk ahead.Adanma never cared about anything. She felt that whatever happened to her, her parents would be able to handle it since they were wealthy. After that day, she and the head boy had met a couple of times more. She was enjoying her life left to her. She was fortunate enough to pass her exams when they came. But for how long would Adanma continue this way was the question her close friends who knew what was happening kept on asking expecting that answers would come someday.

Adanma wrote her WAEC and came out with an average result. Her mother did not caution her or do anything; she just congratulated her for at least graduating. This made her feel she was doing okay. Nothing she did was ever wrong to her mother and when her father spoke about any of her bad behaviors, the mother would begin to cry reminding the father of her she was in search of a child of twelve years. The man now resolved to not speaking about any bad behavior at all to avoid any tears from his wife. Meanwhile Adanma was busy flaunting her bad behaviors all around.

Adanma got into university and found out it was nothing like secondary school at all. Everyone did what they pleased and no one reprimanded another person. She was not forced to attend lectures or do anything she ought to do. She found this life exciting, and fitting in was not a problem at all.Adanma joined a clique of girls known as the “MOVERS AND SHAKERS”. She joined them when they were already four so she was made the fifth girl of the group. They wore particular dresses on particular days and they were hardly in the school premises always in one party or the other. Adanma loved this group so much and knew that for her to keep staying in the group she had to quit attending lectures. So she quit attending the few lectures she managed to attend and all she did was party day and night. She hardly visited home all she did was call home and request for money whenever she needed.

            During Adanma’s stay in the university, her parents especially her mum felt very lonely and decided to adopt a son and a daughter. They planned to break this news to Adanma whenever she came home. Since she had not come home for the past three years, they decided to invite her home. At this time their adopted son was about fourteen years and the daughter twelve years. The children were adopted when they were ten and eight years respectively. They loved their new home and waited patiently to meet their big sister. This particular Sunday, Adanma’s mum got a call from Adanma saying she was on her way home but she wouldn’t take so much time. Her mum broke the news to the whole family and everyone prepared to welcome her. Her mum particularly prepared her favourite dish and laid the table with the help of her second daughter. They had waited for Adanma for thirty minutes then they heard a car horn. They just sat impatiently waiting for her to enter the house. And then here she was, looking like she had just finished smoking and drinking. Her father was not too surprised knowing that Adanma was over pampered by her mother and also having it at the back of his mind that the other two kids would never turn out the way Adanma did. The children Ikenna and Nkechi were surprised at the way Adanma looked. They thought highly of her and were disappointed at the outcome. She stared at her parents for a while they asked who the little ones were. The mother replied saying that she never visited that’s why she never knew. She also told her about how lonely they were so they decided to adopt children who would keep them company. Adanma just nodded her head meaning okay she did not mind. Her father just went into the room and slept off. Mrs. Adaku ushered Adanma to the table for lunch. The other children Ikenna and Nkechi joined on the table and prayed before they began to eat. Adanma had already started eating before the prayers were said. The children just kept on analyzing their elder sister, trying to draw conclusions about her in their head. There was no discussion during lunch. The mother did not know what to say and the little ones were too scared to ask any questions. Towards the end of their lunch, Nkechi mustered courage and asked Adanmahow old she was, what level she was and why she never visited them. She looked at Nkechi who looked at her back and said ‘I am twenty years old, four hundred level and I did not come home because I am always busy in school and I was not aware that I had a sister and a brother’ as she said this last part of her sentence, she looked at her mother with a mixture of anger and happiness. Adanma left the table and said good bye to her family and she was off to school as she said to be seen whenever.

            Things were still running smooth for Adanma in school. She did what her other girls did during exams to pass. She was not concerned about the repercussion of all the things she had been doing. She never thought for once about the risk involved and other diseases that could be acquired from this her rough lifestyle. People began to talk about Adanma and her friends, and all they said about them were negative things. Adanma was very nonchalant about the things of life.

            Well to Adanma, meeting her present friends was the best thing that happened to her because they introduced her to so many nasty things like smoking, drinking, sleeping around, gambling and so many more things. Adanma had forgotten God totally and it never even occurred to her that there was a god who was watching her and even loved her even though she had deviated from him. Adanma was never really a Godly type but during her secondary school days she knew there was a God but she just did not see any reason to serve him. Adanma went on with her bad behaviours and entered her fifth year. She had intended to study medicine.

            When Adanma entered her fifth year, things began to happen. Her friends fell ill one day and were rushed to the hospital. Temi the leader of the group was told she had an incurable disease named HIV/AIDS, Sarah her other friend had contacted diseases,Chioma another friend had lost her womb. She would never be able to give birth again. Diana her closest friend and also a member of their was dying of cervical cancer. This was too much for Adanma to bear. Adanma also went through a series of screening and was found to have kidney and liver disease. Adanma could not bear the news. She was told that she would be able to survive if she got a donor for kidney and that an immediate surgery would have to take place. This was a big reality for adanma. She called her parents immediately and told them what had happened. The next day she went home. She narrated the story of her university life to them. Her father was speechless and sad. Her mother fainted and was revived. The news was something nobody could bear. Her mother was the one that was blamed for all her pampering and misleading her daughter. They started running around and begging people to donate kidney for the daughter. Weeks passed and Adanma got worse by the day. The doctor said if they did not find a donor in five days, their daughter would die.

           Luckily for them, they found a donor who they paid five million for the donation. Adanma and the donor a guy named Charles, survived after the operation and were back on their feet in three weeks. Adanma was so thankful to the guy that she decided to marry him. He was a poor man who just had a shop where he sold spare parts. She looked over these things and decided to marry him. This helped Charles because soon Adanma’s father got Charles a good job and he worked well and made his money.

Adanma gave her life to Christ and soon she was pregnant and gave birth to a son for Charles and she named him Chigozie. And they lived happily. Adanma had learnt her lesson and told herself that if there was a next life, she would serve God from the beginning and always do the right things.

THE END

Story 6

THE DOWNFALL OF ADANMA

AdanmaNwamakaChisom Cassandra  Ejuka was born on the 15^th of march  1992. That day was a day of joy for Mr.&Mrs.Ejuka who hail from Ihiala in Anambra state. Mr.EmekaEjuka was a successful architect who was opportune to study his course abroad. Mrs.AdakuEjuka was a successful business woman who studied business administration in the University of Ibadan. They were well to do. Unfortunately for them they had been in search of a child for twelve years before the birth of Adanma. What joy it was for this family when Mrs.Adaku was confirmed pregnant.

            On the 15^th of March at 10a.m Mrs.Adaku was rushed to the hospital. She was attended to immediately and her baby Adanma was born. Adanma was given to the baby because she the first daughter and also a girl. “Adanma” meaning “Beautiful first daughter”. That name was given to her by her father, Nwamaka was given to her by her mother “Nwamaka” meaning “Beautiful child”, Chisom was given to her by her maternal grandmother meaning “God follows me” and Cassandra was given to her by her aunt Esther who loved the idea of given children English names.

            As time went by, Adanma as she was formally called by everyone except aunt Esther grew up like every other child. But her mother pampered her and made sure she lacked nothing. She bought her everything she requested not giving any form of restrictions to any of her requests. This was still okay as she was still small and asked for things that children of her age would ask for. Her dad warned against this over pampering but the mother was fond of reminding him of how long they searched for this child and they had no other but her. When she said these things he would have a change of heart and would not talk about it again for a while.

            On Adanma’s 10^th birthday, the party was huge. The most popular musicians were invited to sing on that day and even dress codes were stated. Only people with invitation cards could enter and there were police men guarding the venue. The birthday was shown on the television for uninvited guests and interested people to watch. The gifts handed out were things like; school bag, water bottles, flasks, school shoes and lots more. Adanma was as proud as a peacock that day. She changed clothes anyhow and she gave orders like she was the boss of the event. She was uncontrollable but her parents did not know, and that was just the beginning of what they were yet to see.

Adanma entered secondary school; she entered one of the best secondary schools in Lagos. She went into an all boarding school. Her mum felt good putting her there because that’s the school all the children of the prominent people in the country attended. Adanma entered the school and was introduced to all the prefects, all the labs, teachers and everything she needed to know was told to her. Adanma was a very social girl who loved life and fashion. Her dream was to become a fashion designer and a model. In two days, Adanma had a number of friends who she moved with and did all things with.

            When Adanma entered ss2, she was appointed the head girl of her school. This just increased her popularity. She was very pretty and was said to be the most beautiful girl in the school by many students. It was no surprise that all the boys wanted her as a girlfriend. Adanma who was very proud and uncontrollable, flaunted her beauty all around the school. In ss3, she decided to date the head boy of the school, who was equally a handsome young guy. Adanma refused to listen to the advice of her friends who told her to face her studies first. She went on with the relationship until one day after school; he told her that he wanted to experiment something with her. She knew what he was trying to say so she told him to go ahead without thinking of the risk ahead.Adanma never cared about anything. She felt that whatever happened to her, her parents would be able to handle it since they were wealthy. After that day, she and the head boy had met a couple of times more. She was enjoying her life left to her. She was fortunate enough to pass her exams when they came. But for how long would Adanma continue this way was the question her close friends who knew what was happening kept on asking expecting that answers would come someday.

Adanma wrote her WAEC and came out with an average result. Her mother did not caution her or do anything; she just congratulated her for at least graduating. This made her feel she was doing okay. Nothing she did was ever wrong to her mother and when her father spoke about any of her bad behaviors, the mother would begin to cry reminding the father of her she was in search of a child of twelve years. The man now resolved to not speaking about any bad behavior at all to avoid any tears from his wife. Meanwhile Adanma was busy flaunting her bad behaviors all around.

Adanma got into university and found out it was nothing like secondary school at all. Everyone did what they pleased and no one reprimanded another person. She was not forced to attend lectures or do anything she ought to do. She found this life exciting, and fitting in was not a problem at all.Adanma joined a clique of girls known as the “MOVERS AND SHAKERS”. She joined them when they were already four so she was made the fifth girl of the group. They wore particular dresses on particular days and they were hardly in the school premises always in one party or the other. Adanma loved this group so much and knew that for her to keep staying in the group she had to quit attending lectures. So she quit attending the few lectures she managed to attend and all she did was party day and night. She hardly visited home all she did was call home and request for money whenever she needed.

            During Adanma’s stay in the university, her parents especially her mum felt very lonely and decided to adopt a son and a daughter. They planned to break this news to Adanma whenever she came home. Since she had not come home for the past three years, they decided to invite her home. At this time their adopted son was about fourteen years and the daughter twelve years. The children were adopted when they were ten and eight years respectively. They loved their new home and waited patiently to meet their big sister. This particular Sunday, Adanma’s mum got a call from Adanma saying she was on her way home but she wouldn’t take so much time. Her mum broke the news to the whole family and everyone prepared to welcome her. Her mum particularly prepared her favourite dish and laid the table with the help of her second daughter. They had waited for Adanma for thirty minutes then they heard a car horn. They just sat impatiently waiting for her to enter the house. And then here she was, looking like she had just finished smoking and drinking. Her father was not too surprised knowing that Adanma was over pampered by her mother and also having it at the back of his mind that the other two kids would never turn out the way Adanma did. The children Ikenna and Nkechi were surprised at the way Adanma looked. They thought highly of her and were disappointed at the outcome. She stared at her parents for a while they asked who the little ones were. The mother replied saying that she never visited that’s why she never knew. She also told her about how lonely they were so they decided to adopt children who would keep them company. Adanma just nodded her head meaning okay she did not mind. Her father just went into the room and slept off. Mrs. Adaku ushered Adanma to the table for lunch. The other children Ikenna and Nkechi joined on the table and prayed before they began to eat. Adanma had already started eating before the prayers were said. The children just kept on analyzing their elder sister, trying to draw conclusions about her in their head. There was no discussion during lunch. The mother did not know what to say and the little ones were too scared to ask any questions. Towards the end of their lunch, Nkechi mustered courage and asked Adanmahow old she was, what level she was and why she never visited them. She looked at Nkechi who looked at her back and said ‘I am twenty years old, four hundred level and I did not come home because I am always busy in school and I was not aware that I had a sister and a brother’ as she said this last part of her sentence, she looked at her mother with a mixture of anger and happiness. Adanma left the table and said good bye to her family and she was off to school as she said to be seen whenever.

            Things were still running smooth for Adanma in school. She did what her other girls did during exams to pass. She was not concerned about the repercussion of all the things she had been doing. She never thought for once about the risk involved and other diseases that could be acquired from this her rough lifestyle. People began to talk about Adanma and her friends, and all they said about them were negative things. Adanma was very nonchalant about the things of life.

            Well to Adanma, meeting her present friends was the best thing that happened to her because they introduced her to so many nasty things like smoking, drinking, sleeping around, gambling and so many more things. Adanma had forgotten God totally and it never even occurred to her that there was a god who was watching her and even loved her even though she had deviated from him. Adanma was never really a Godly type but during her secondary school days she knew there was a God but she just did not see any reason to serve him. Adanma went on with her bad behaviours and entered her fifth year. She had intended to study medicine.

            When Adanma entered her fifth year, things began to happen. Her friends fell ill one day and were rushed to the hospital. Temi the leader of the group was told she had an incurable disease named HIV/AIDS, Sarah her other friend had contacted diseases,Chioma another friend had lost her womb. She would never be able to give birth again. Diana her closest friend and also a member of their was dying of cervical cancer. This was too much for Adanma to bear. Adanma also went through a series of screening and was found to have kidney and liver disease. Adanma could not bear the news. She was told that she would be able to survive if she got a donor for kidney and that an immediate surgery would have to take place. This was a big reality for adanma. She called her parents immediately and told them what had happened. The next day she went home. She narrated the story of her university life to them. Her father was speechless and sad. Her mother fainted and was revived. The news was something nobody could bear. Her mother was the one that was blamed for all her pampering and misleading her daughter. They started running around and begging people to donate kidney for the daughter. Weeks passed and Adanma got worse by the day. The doctor said if they did not find a donor in five days, their daughter would die.

           Luckily for them, they found a donor who they paid five million for the donation. Adanma and the donor a guy named Charles, survived after the operation and were back on their feet in three weeks. Adanma was so thankful to the guy that she decided to marry him. He was a poor man who just had a shop where he sold spare parts. She looked over these things and decided to marry him. This helped Charles because soon Adanma’s father got Charles a good job and he worked well and made his money.

Adanma gave her life to Christ and soon she was pregnant and gave birth to a son for Charles and she named him Chigozie. And they lived happily. Adanma had learnt her lesson and told herself that if there was a next life, she would serve God from the beginning and always do the right things.

THE END

Story 5

THE DREADED DAY

It was the 25^th day in July. Of course everyone knew it to be summer. But this day was a very dark day for Clinton William. The clouds looked very to him like they were black in colour and the day seemed like it was not moving at all. This day reminded him of how he lost his parents. This marked the end of all the love he had ever known. The story of Clinton Williams started that day.

It was two weeks to his birthday that he was asked what he wanted as a gift from his parents. He purposely asked for a particular toy that was not sold in the part of the world they lived in. He asked them for something that could not be found easily. Clinton, a ten year old boy who loved movies and life, he had watched so many movies that he was so eager to have a particular toy that he saw in one of his  favorite  movies. His parents wanting to please him, had decide to go any length to get the spaceship toy 005 he requested.

 The journey to get the toy began on the 25^th of July 2011. His parents set out in the morning, leaving Clinton with their nanny. They searched several places for this toy but all to no avail. They went ahead to make a series of enquires but they had no luck. Still determined to get this toy, they drove off to a deserted area. They stopped in front of a shop that lacked maintenance. They looked closely at the shop and noticed that there was no one there. They had mixed feelings on whether to enter the shop or not. After much contemplations, they decided to head home and come back the next day hoping to see someone. But as they reversed, they caught sight of a toy in a dusty carton. The mother pleaded with the husband to wait so they could take a closer look at the toy. Mr. Williams agreed and they got down from their car and entered the shop. The toy looked old and dusty like it had been abandoned for years. Mrs. Anne looked closely at the toy searching for the name of the toy. In bold letters though not large, were the inscriptions “SPACESHIP TOY 005”. Mrs. Anne grabbed the toy with so much gladness. It was to her like she had found a hidden treasure. She thought to herself the delight that would be in her sons eyes when she handed the toy over to him. Mr. Williams took hold of the toy and examined it closely trying to confirm it was what they were indeed in search of. Without any doubt it was really the toy. He handed it back to his wife. And off they went towards the exit of the shop and to their car. It was a jolly ride back, until……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………….. TO BE CONTINUED.

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STORY 4

                               ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD

Oreoluwa Kolawole and Olaolu Kolawole were the children of Chief Deji Kolawole and Mrs. Joy Kolawole. They could be said to be born with silver spoon in their mouth because they were born abroad. They attended British Academy Lekki. Of course it was a normal thing to see different cars bring them to school and pick them up after school. Their father was a very influential man and their mother a successful business woman. Both parents met during their studies at Oxford University, London. Joy their mother was the daughter of a certain Chief Livinus Okeke, a medical doctor residing in London. Their father on the other hand, Deji Kolawole was the son of Otunba balogun Kolawole a well known business man in Lagos, Nigeria.

        Theirs was love at first sight. But as usual, they weren’t given consent from their parents so easily due to tribal difference. However, exposure due to living abroad and also prayers eventually led to the consummation of their relationship.

        After living abroad for fifteen years, chief Deji kolawole and his family came back to Nigeria. They built a house at Lekki and moved in. Their daughter ore at that time was ten years old and their son Olaolu eight years old. Ore gained admission into British Academy Lekki, while her brother entered Corona primary school in their neighbourhood.

         Olaolu fitted in so well in his school that in no time he had a lot of friends in which a boy named Peter was among. Peter’s father was a banker and his mother a teacher. He came from a middle class home. Mr. and Mrs. Amuche were Peter’s parents. He also had an elder sister named Claire. Claire was in Holy Rosary secondary school Ikoyi and coincidentally was in the same class with Olaolu’s sister. Claire was in the boarding house and so she did not know Olaolu.

        Mr. and Mrs. Amuche were very humble, kindhearted and content. They tried to inculcate these behaviors in their children. They tried all they could to make their children content with all they could provide but this was really to no avail. This happened as a result of the strong relationship between Peter and Olaolu, which later transferred to Claire and Ore.

        For the children, it was a relationship worthwhile because their friends were always ready to part with their gifts for their friends. While the friendship lasted, it built a kind of complex on Peter and Claire because their friends were always travelling abroad for summer and they hardly ever travelled. Their friends had all the best things of life as far as they were concerned. Unknown to the Amuche family, Olaolu’s dad was a drug baron who was wanted by the NDLEA (Nigerian Drug and Law Enforcement Agency).

        One fine September morning, one of Chief Deji’s couriers was caught at the international airport while trying to leave the country for America for their business transaction. After terrible torture by the police, the courier Dele confessed his source of the hard drug. It was linked to Ore’s dad. He was indeed the culprit.

During the network news, Peter and Claire were shocked at the discovery. They did not believe that their friends’ dad was into such illegal business. Indeed all that glitters is not gold.

                                                                                           THEEND.