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.
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