CHRONICLE OF MR. GIWA

MY FAMILY AND I USE TO LIVE AROUND IKOTUN AREA OF LAGOS.. GOVERNOR'S ROAD TO BE PRECISE. LAWAL JUNCTION, EL-BETHEL STREET.. FOR THOSE WHO MIGHT WANT TO GOAN LOCATE THE HOUSE .. WE WERE LIVING UPSTAIRS.. WE WERE HAD EVERYTHING WE WANTED.

WE WERE ALWAYS HAPPY .. EVERY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY EVENINGS WE PLAYED FOOTBALL GAMES ON THE VERY LARGE FIELD WE HAD IN OUR COMPOUND WITH OUR NEIGHBOURS (MR AND MRS GIWA) MR GIWA AND HIS WIFE LIVED DOWNSTAIRS.. MY MUM WOULD BE THE REFEREE, MRS GIWA WOULD BE THE COACH.

MY DAD, MR GIWA, MYSELF AND MY CUTE SIBLINGS WOULD BE RUNNING AROUND ON THE PITCH IN JERSEYS, SOCKS AND SHOES WE WORE TO CHURCH. MR AND MRS GIWA HAD BEEN MARRIED FOR 5 YEARS PRIOR TO THAT TIME.. WE NEVER STILL SEE PIKIN BRAKE LIGHT MRS GIWA NO GREE GET BELLE O...

TO BE HONEST I WAS THINKING MR GIWA WAS NOT KNACKING HER VERY WELL.. ASSUMING IT WAS MY DAD EHN? HE NO NEED TO TOUCH HER.. HE GO JUST LAY HANDS ON HER.. PIKIN GO DEY FLOW LIKE WATER .. NA MY MAMA FAMILY BEG MY PAPA SEF SAY MAKE WE JUST BE 4 IN NUMBER. NA 28 MY PAPA WAN BORN.

MRS GIWA WOULD ALWAYS CRY IN THE NIGHT AND BE LAMENTING TO GOD .. "GOD BUT THIS WAS NOT THE PLAN .. I WAS A VIRGIN THROUGH MY UNIVERSITY DAYS .. I DON'T DESERVE THIS GOD .." WHILE SHE WOULD BE CRYING AND PRAYING .. MR GIWA WOULD BE SNORING LIKE A BILLY GOAT ..

MRS GIWA WOULD TAP HIM TO JOIN HER IN PRAYERS, BABA WOULD START SLEEP TALKING... SAYING RUBBISH LIKE "TALO GBOMI KA NAA!!! ... TALO MU ICE BLOCK NINU FRIDGE??..(WHO IS BOILING WATER!!!.. WHO TOOK ICE BLOCK FROM THE FRIDGE??)" MRS GIWA WOULD JUST HISS AND CONTINUE PRAYING ALONE.

IF I WASN'T AWARE OF ANYTHING IN THAT HOUSE LIKE HOW MUCH MY DAD WAS PAYING FOR RENT AND NEPA BILL.. I WAS AWARE OF ONE THING .. THAT HOUSE WE WERE LIVING WAS A DIABOLICAL ONE.. MEANING THERE WERE FETISH AND EVIL SPIRITS ATTACHED TO THAT HOUSE.

WE WAS THERE FOR 8 YEARS STRAIGHT.. THE LANDLORDS NAME IS MR. GBADAMOSI.. THIS MAN WAS NOT LIVING IN THE AREA. STRANGE THINGS KEPT HAPPENING FROM TIME TO TIME. THIS MAN NO MATTER HOW URGENT ANY ISSUE WAS...

HE WOULD NEVER STEP HIS FOOT INTO THE COMPOUND TO COME AND SEE HIS TENANTS OR ASK FOR HIS MONEY .. HE WOULD STAND AT THE GATE AND START SCREAMING ACROSS THE VERY BIG FIELD THAT STOOD BETWEEN THE GATE AND THE BUILDING... "HELLO OO .. PASTOR!!! (MY DAD) WHO DEY HOUSE O?.."

I KNEW SOMETHING HAD ALWAYS BEEN FISHY WITH THIS MAN .. BUT ONE DAY WE GO KNOW THE CONDITION WEY MAKE CRAYFISH BEND... E GET ONE TIME WEY BE SAY WE DEY HEAR LIKE 12 FOWLAROUND 1AM DEY CRY FOR NIGHT LIKE REAL PIKIN WEY DEM DEY FLOG .. WE NO DEY REAR ANY FOWL O.

E GET ONE TIME WEY BE SAY WE DEY HEAR LIKE 12 FOWLAROUND 1AM DEY CRY FOR NIGHT LIKE REAL PIKIN WEY DEM DEY FLOG .. WE NO DEY REAR ANY ANIMAL FOR OUR COMPOUND O. ANOTHER TIME GOAT DIE INSIDE KONGA FROM WHERE WATER ENTER HOUSE, KONGA WEY BE SAY NA MY PAPA LOCK AM WITH A YR AGO

MR GIWA WILL SAY.. "DADDY TOMI.. I DON'T BELIEVE IN ALL THIS FETISH NONSENSE .. I PERSONALLY DID NOT HEAR ANY CHICKEN CRY IN THE NIGHT .." HOW WILL YOU HEAR WHEN YOU HAVE SLEPT AWAY LIKE ONE OLORIBURUKU THAT IS WORKING IN SAW MILL

AS IF THOSE EVIL SPIRITS HEARD MR GIWA .. NASO DEM MARK BABA FACE .. THE FOLLOWING MONDAY AROUND 4PM .. PERSON JUST OPEN GATE LIKE SAY NA JACKIE CHAN O.. ALL OF US. COME OUTSIDE SAY SAY WHO BE THAT O? NASO WE SEE MR GIWA .. BABA KNEEL DOWN FOR GATE DEY CRY ...

BABA DEY SHOUT. "GOD! WHAT IS ALL THIS RUBBISH? GOD! DID I OFFEND YOU? WHY MEEE?" MY PAPA ASK AM WETIN HAPPUN.. HE SAY "AH!! PASTOR!! DEY HAVE SACK ME AT WORK .. THEY HAVE SACK ME O!!.. THE WAY I AM LIKE THIS.. IS LIKE I'M GOING TO SUFFER A LOT." I JUST DEY CONTWO THE LAFF

OGA DEM NEVER START WITH YOU .. WE SHA CONSOLE BABA.. BABA ENTER HOUSE, HIS WIFE WASN'T AROUND.. 1HR 30MINS LATER.. MR GIWA RAN OUTSIDE FROM HIS APARTMENT DOWNSTAIRS AND STARTED SHOUTING "YEEEEE!!! PASTORR!! COME OO, COME OO!!...." MY MUM WAS LIKE "WHAT HAPPEN AGAIN O? .."

WE RUSHED OUT. MR GIWA WAS SWEATING. HE STARTED STAMMERING AS HE WAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN HIMSELF.. "PA.. PA.. PASTOR! .. I MADE SEMO AND OGBONO THAT I WANTED TO EAT BECAUSE I WAS HUNGRY.. I DISHED IT , DROPPED IT ON THE DINNING TABLE.. I WENT INSIDE TO TAKE MY PHONE...

BY THE TIME I RETURNED I DID NOT MEET THE SEMO AND OGBONO.. I MET ONLY THE PLATE EMPTY!!!... "THEN BEFORE MY VERY EYES .. THE PLATE GOT UP AND STARTED DANCING ".. WAIT .. THE PLATE WAS DANCING KE?..

MY DAD TOLD HIM .."MR GIWA WE NEED TO FAST AND PRAY.." BABA REPLIED .."PASTOR IT'S NOT ABOUT PRAYER LIKE THIS O.. THE PROBLEM NOW IS THAT I CAN NOT ENTER THAT HOUSE AGAIN .." MY MUM SAID "AHN AHN! MR GIWA ARE YOU NOT A MAN??.." BABA SHA ENTERED THE HOUSE...

THE NIGHT OF THAT DAY WAS NOT EVEN FUNNY .. BABA COULD NOT SLEEP .. HE WAS JUST TALKING TO THE WALL LIKE PERSON WEY DON MAD .. HE WAS JUST SHOUTING.. "WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?? I KNOW MY RIGHTS AS A GOOD CITIZEN OF NIGERIA.. LEAVE MY HOUSE NOW OR I'D CALL THE POLICE .."

HIS WIFE WAS JUST CRYING .. SHE WAS SAYING "HONEY, WHO ARE YOU TALKING TO NOW??.." BABA WOULD SAY " IS IT NOT THIS IDIOT .. THIS NICOMPOOP ..THIS RIFF RAFF THAT THINKS SHE CAN JUST ENTER MY HOUSE AT THIS TIME OF THE NIGHT AND BE TELLING ME TO FOLLOW HER OUT.."

.. MY DAD WENT DOWNSTAIRS WITH ANOINTING OIL, ENTERED THE HOUSE AND STARTED CASTING AND BINDING.. ALL THE HANGINGS IN THE ENTIRE HOUSE STARTED FALLING AND BREAKING.. MR GIWA STARTED SHOUTING AGAIN. "OH MY GOD!!! .. MY PRECIOUS CLOCK.. MY CLOCK !!! MY CLOCK ALL THE WAY FROM...

DUBAI .. IT'S BROKEN .. OHH!! MY HEART IS SHATTERED .. " HIS WIFE WAS JUST LOOKING AT HIM IN DISGUST .. HE CONTINUED ".. SHE'S GON PAY FOR THIS .. SHE'S GON PAAAAAAYYYYY!!!!.. IN MY MIND I'M LIKE WHICH KIND OF OPONU BE THIS ONE NA ...

MY DAD TOLD MRS GIWA TO GET SOME SLEEP.. SO SHE CAN GO TO WORK EARLY.. BABA WAS JOBLESS.. ALL HE DID ALL DAY WAS PLAY P-SQUARE FROM MORNING TILL NIGHT AND BE SHOUTING .."IF YOU DO ME I DO YOU.. MAN NO GO VEX.." ODE OSHII..

ANOTHER MAJOR THING MR GIWA DID EVERY DAY WAS TO CLIMB FENCE AND PLUCK PAWPAW FROM A PAWPAW TREE THAT WAS IN THE NEXT COMPOUND. THE BUILDING THERE WAS UNCOMPLETED BUT THE TREE WAS VERY CLOSE TO THE FENCE... AND MR. GIWA IS A TALL MAN.. HE ONLY NEEDED TO STRETCH A LITTLE TO PLUCK.

HE WOULD HOLD THE PAWPAW UP IN THE AIR AFTER PLUCKING AN BE SINGING.. "OMO NA MENTAL CASE... START TO DEY CRAAAZEE .. NA WHO ROCK IN THIS PLACE .KOLOMENTAL.." .. I HAVE NEVER SEEN A GROWN ASS MAN THAT WAS THIS DAFT MY WHOLE LIFE.

ONE DAY.. MY DAD CALLED HIM WHILE HE WAS SINGING ONE OF P-SQUARE'S SONG.. MY DAD ASKED HIM.. "MR GIWA.. THIS PAWPAW YOU'RE EATING DO YOU KNOW THE ORIGIN?.." MR. GIWA REPLIED "YES NOW! I KNW THE ORIGIN." MY DAD ASKD HIM THE ORIGIN .. HE SAID "IT ORIGINATES FROM THE GROUND BELOW.."

AHH!!! FROM THE GROUND BELOW BAWOO!!!.. ODE NI MAN YII SHA.. MY DAD THEN MADE A STATEMENT.. HE SAID "YOU ARE EATING YOURSELF UNTO CONDEMNATION.." MR. GIWA SAID.. "AH! PASTOR! WE CANNOT EAT PAWPAW IN PEACE AGAIN? .. EVERYTHING FIRE. FIRE.." ..OK O, WE SHALL SEE..

THE FOLLOWING DAY WAS SATURDAY, IN THE EVENING .. BABA CARRIED BIG BOWL AND WAS GOING TO PLUCK PAWPAW AS USUAL .. HIS WIFE WAS SITTING OUTSIDE CUTTING HER NAILS..

HE WAS WHISTLING P-SQUARE'S SONG AGAIN AS HE WAS GOING.. WHEN HE GOT TO THE TREE HE MET 4 BIRDS ON THE FENCE THAT HE WAS GOING TO CLIMB.. HE SHOUTED.. "ESSSS!! LEAVE THAT PLACE!!!.." THE 4 BIRDS NO ANSWER O..

AHNAHN! HE LOOKED AT THEM AND SAID. "ARE YOU MAD?, I SAID LEAVE THIS PLACE, I WANT TO CLIMB.." AT THAT SAME TIME MY DAD CAME OUT WITH TWO OF HIS DELIVERANCE PASTORS .. THEY WERE HOLDING BIBLES AND ANOINTING OILS.. MY DAD SAID.. "MR. GIWA PLEASE LEAVE THIS AXIS.. THERE IS DANGER"

MR GIWA SAID.. "WHAT?? DANGER ZONE? IN THE SAME COMPOUND THAT I PAYED RENT? TELL ME WHAT'S THE DANGER, THAT I WANT TO PLUCK PAWPAW??.." MY DAD SAID .. "YOU'D SOON FIND OUT!"

NASO DEM START PRAYER O.. THEY WERE SPEAKING IN MASSIVE TONGUES ... THE 4 BIRDS STARTED SINGING SO LOUDLY!!! MR. GIWA HAD TO COVER HIS HEARS.. ALL OF A SUDDEN!!! THE PAWPAW TREE CAUGHT FIRE ..FROM THE TOP AND STARTED BURNING ALL THE PAWPAWS ON THE TREE

MR GIWA STARTED SHOUTING.. "OH NO!! MY DEAR PAWPAW.. IT'S ON FIRE .. PASTOR LOOK!! LEMME PLUCK ONE BEFORE THEY ALL GET BURNT..BABA WANTED TO CARRY LEG O. E NO MOVE BABA WAS SHOUTING. "MY FOOT!! I CAN'T BLOODY MOVE.. PASTOR PLS LET ME GO.. THIS PLACE IS TOO DANGEROUS .."

SUDDENLY AN UNSEEN HAND SLAPPED MR. GIWA ..BABA BECAME DUMB. HE COULDN'T TALK ANYMORE.. OGA WAS DOING SIGN LANGUAGE .. 30MINS LATER.. THE PAWPAW TREE AND THE BIRDS HAD BEEN BURNT TO ASHES.. THEN MR. GIWA COULD NOW TALK AND MOVE.. BABA JUST STARTED RUNNING

HIS WIFE WAS CALLING AND PURSUING HIM ... BABA WAS SWEATING PROFUSELY AND WAS JUST SHOUTING .." HOLY GHOST!! HOLY GHOST!!! BLOOD OF JESUS!! JESUS!!! BLOOOOOODDDD OF JEESUSSS!!!.." LATER THAT NIGHT WE DID NOT HEAR ANY NOISE FROM THEIR APARTMENT..

AT 6AM ON SUNDAY MORNING.. MR. GIWA KNOCKED ON OUR DOOR.. HE STARTED TELLING MY DAD HE HAD A BAD DREAM.. HE SAID IN THE DREAM, HE SAW THAT THE PAWPAW HE WAS EATING WAS THE ONE PREVENTING HIS SPERM FROM FERTILIZING HIS WIFE'S EGG .. THAT'S WHY THEY COULDN'T HAVE A BABY...

THAT SUNDAY MR. GIWA GAVE HIS LIFE TO CHRIST IN OUR CHURCH .. HE JOINED WORKFORCE THAT SAME SAY TOO.. 2 MONTHS LATER MY FAMILY AND I MOVED OUT OF THE HOUSE.. MR AND MRS GIWA MOVED OUT SIX MONTHS AFTER.. BUT BY THIS TIME BABA WAS ALREADY A FIRE BRANDED PRAYER WARRIOR..

A YEAR LATER MRS GIWA GAVE BIRTH TO TWINS (2 GIRLS) .. BABA STARTED SHOUTING AGAIN.. "2 GIRLS??? NO BOY .. GOD!!! WHAT KINDA ... HAPPY EASTER Y'ALL ...

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