I’ll never forget the day we were robbed . It shld be 2001 or 2002 in Warri . They were 4 in number . All armed . It was just me, my mom and my sister at home on that peaceful Saturday morning. Yes it was just around 8am... a thread

Momsi was outside waiting for madam akamu to pass so she can buy for breakfast activities. I was in the room pissing my sister off as usual. Then I heard my mom screamed . So I jumped out of the room hurried into the living room to see her on the floor ...

One of the bastards stood over her with a gun pressed against the back of her head reeling her to make a sound and die . Another one walked straight to where I stood in horror and placed the cold metal between my eyes saying... all the money for this house oya ...

A third one already dragged my sister from the room into the living room lying next to my mom. I’m not sure if it was fear but that one just slept on the floor. Like she was unconscious. Now one of the robbers sat in the dining table and the last one took me to every...

Corner of the house to take every penny we had. Momsi used to deal in kerosine ghen . She had tanks . She’d buy from bridgers or whatever they were called then and sell to those who sell retail. Sometimes we sell retail too . And so they met a lot of cash in the house and ...

They took it all. Every penny with constant threats of they’ll shoot my mom if I held any hidden stash back so I gave up all we had . Just lost my dad to cancer . Cldnt risk being smart with my moms life . . . So they went into the refrigerator and took my can coke. E pain me

Took some plates of egusi soup Momsi had in there . Took all her jewelry. Took my aerosoft sandals. Both of them. Left their smelly shoes there . Took the key to the house , locked the apartment and left off course they said if we made a sound they’ll come back and shoot us

Very terrifying stuff . My sister was still fast asleep or whatever that was . My mom was still lying there. So I told her they were gone but she insists we lay still for at least another hr . No be only! Na another week. I got up and noticed they went to papa Emma’s compound ...

Now this was like the poorest household in the entire street . Like they had 15kids (just 1 sef of twins) . They lived from hand to mouth. U cld tell everyone was on autopilot in the house . It was crazy. So I observed from the window of the room overlooking their compound

I cld see and hear everything...

Wait y’all want to know what happened ? Coz no need to tell the fun part of the story if no one is listening ... y’all want to hear it ?

Okay ... here we go
I cld see and hear everything from the window I was peeping from. It was just papa Emma and the last 4kids at home. Some of these kids were born the same year. Like she gave birth in February and December of the same here

She had grandkids older than some of her kids I sh*t you NOT ! A fight broke out once btwn two once. A girl (grandkid) who was 7yrs old at the time fought with her uncle who was 6 and insisting she Butu (a greeting reserved for elders in Urhobo land) for him ...

While I sympathize with the lad for his predicament, my hands were tied coz on one hand he was really her uncle but on the other hand , she’s A YEAR older. These are verifiable facts ! @AsherLagos amongst others can clear ur doubt here . So I let them be on that day. Back to the

...story.
The robbers marched papa Emma around the house . I cld see coz they didn’t have curtains or organized furniture to say the least. After abt 5mins, all this while my mom was hushing me to get back to the parlor and lay next to her before I’m discovered and ...

They come back and execute us all. Remember they still had the keys to our house . I stubbornly refused. I cld hear her weep from the living room saying “this pikin go kill us” . She tried to wake my sister up, that one didn’t bulge . See SLEEEP! So she allowed me

After abt 5mins, 2 of the robbers started to laugh outside on the front porch. I cld hear them say “ Wetin this one dey do for Warri ? E no go park go village” ... and yeah I recognized one of them. E join people wey come claim Deve (waffiarians know what I mean) for our house

He had a scar by his left eye. They were just laughing outside abt the stare of the house they met. All of a sudden Scarface ( who seemed to be the leader of the gang) ordered the others to come out they were wasting time ... in his words, “hand touch for that other house” ...

Referring to our house . Then another 1 said “e clear say we go show that way again . Everywhere good for that house” also referring to our house and the others nod in agreement . Now I was scared. Coz I cldnt imagine going through the ordeal I just went through again

So the others came outside and Scarface ordered they bring out papa Emma. And he opened the food flask containing their biggest loot from our house , he took out some notes and gave it to papa Emma shouting “ TAKE ! Carry ur load go ur village. If we come back again, and meet ...

You here, Na die u wan die be that. Nonsense dey waste our time since” the others were laughing . And they left. I’m not sure where they went after that but I went out side to the veranda and shouted after abt 10mins “ Thief oh Thief” the neighbors gathered and our key

Was found in the Bush just in front on the house . They opened the doors and myself and mom came out. My sister was now snoring . So I told my mom I saw them give papa Emma some of our dough. Mom used to arrange cash in 1 thousands . The last note was used to clip

The others signifying 1k. I’m sure una know . Papa ( as e was called) refused to drop the cash oh . Area people talk tire . His logic is how are we sure those particular notes came from our house. World people

Like looking at the dough in his hands I almost strangle That man but my mom is a peace maker. We had to let it go . So Area charman (Agba) got wind of the gist and he came to our house that night . Took me to mama Kay bar. Told me to drink with him

He asked me who it was I saw. I gave him a description and a NAME! Yes I be street boy that year. I know who he who . Agba was like, “no worry. Tell ur mama say nothing dey happen. We go return her things but the money don go Sha “ . He made a few phone calls and left...

Early the next morning , Agba (short for Agbalagba. @sabiboiharry can confirm this ) came to house with a black leather bag. All the jewelry and other items were returned in 1 piece save for the cash and my sandals. He told my mom, they’ll NEVER come back to our house

Coz I told him I was scared coz of what they said . He gave us reassurance and true to his words . They never came back . Few months down the line they were all apprehended. Scarface was killed during a shootout with the police. Crazy stuff

#END . Oya RT