Uche stood in his cell, thinking about his predicament. It was over twenty four hours and no one had come for him yet, which was strange. What usually happened in the case that one of them got arrested, was that Richard the boss, would either send someone to rescue them or silence them. He wasContinue reading Abowu District Episode 48
Florence heard about what happened to Philomena when she went to buy some pap for her children two days after she recovered them. The news of the rich storeowner who had been beaten by her husband was being told by a middle-aged taxi driver who stood in front of the fascinated pap seller. “She mustContinue reading Abowu District Episode 47
“So you don’t know where she is now?” “No, I don’t.” Sewa watched the frustrated look on Doyin’s face and wondered what the man’s motive was. He had deliberately turned Becky against her, yet he seemed unhappy about her absence from the restaurant. She observed him closely, trying to determine what his game was.
“How could you be so careless?” Bala said dropping the piece of meat in his hand in the plate before him, his bushy eyebrows bunched up together. It was early in the morning, they sat in Bala’s favorite restaurant beside the Ministry of Finance.
“What are you going to do now?” Sewa asked Florence whose eyes had become bloodshot with incessant crying. They were seated a little distance away from the cooks who were cooking the last batch of meat for the day. It had been four days since the incident with Uche. “I don’t know, I have searchedContinue reading Abowu District Episode 44
Toye read the file he had picked from Philomena’s bag. It was a log of all the activities of his gang. Uche liked to keep records of what had come in and how much profit he could expect. He sat at the table in his office and began to make a copy of the logContinue reading Abowu District Episode 43
Their daughter had been born a week ago and Annabelle’s joy should have been full but it wasn’t. First of all, Mama Abegunde had refused to come and help take care of the baby following the tradition of Yoruba people. And she hadn’t dared to send her own mother an invitation knowing how strained theirContinue reading Abowu District Episode 42