Unseen Prose: The Warning
ENUWA: My daughter, before you start your own
chapter listen to the end of Ogeyin:
Her adamant mind nearly lay her in the grave. When
her both parents bitterly scolded her for being obstinate and wayward, she had
always assumed they rather hated her. Indeed
an exquisite young lady who could have reserved her pride for a lasting honour.
But she did the flaw that collapsed her entire life. Having being put in a
family way by the idle Ijoga, a young promising guy who dropped out of school
due to lurch. He wooed Ogeyin by his half-baked grammar as it was obvious they
were both the only Mr. and Mrs. Elites in the whole of Opkudu village. All she
did to conceal the opprobrium ended in fiasco, she tried to abort but the
foetus was already too mature. Her ears heard more than her eardrum could
resound. Her mates castigated her like an arrested burglar and the shame was
written all over her.
It was during this period that the rejected Ogbu
appeared. Ogbu the most debased young man in the village had disappeared ever
since his last unfortunate profession of love for Ogeyin. None believed a fool
could be wise. All thought he was hapless but his life now proves greatness
resides in all man. He returned a Lawyer in a spiffy Lexus jeep. According to
him: ‘’I have come to take my betrothed away for a wife. She is everything I am
today. When I gave her love but she spat it back to me, I was challenged inside
me to prove my worth. This was what aroused determination in me and now this
feat.”
The ‘wife’ was the heavy Ogeyin. She lost it all! When
her eyes opened it was rather too dark for her to see.
You see, patience is priceless I tell you. Obedience
is rewarding and always will patience pay you more than salary. My daughter
wait for the true joy.
I think our people should
seek repentance. The tradition is unjust, regressive and even a harm! It needs
a rebirth.
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