Anini Reloaded - S01 E11

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Anini Reloaded - S01 E11

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 11

Myself and Great-Kali took the first bus at Agofure motor park to my village.

We got inside the house and saw my Mum, Joy and Lucky all sitting in the parlour.

Because of the sobber reflections none of them gave me a special welcome as they use to;

MUM: Eli my son, you are welcome. I’m very sorry I cannot prepare you your favourite meal because of this illness that is eating away my life

LUCKY: Mama! Mama! I’ve told you to stop talking like this, very soon all this suffering will be over when I become a medical doctor

MUM: That has always been my dream my son, but who will see you through school? Look at Eli here, he can even barely feed himself after graduating from the university

ME: Why is Uncle Jude this mean? Since he has refused to help us I will visit him with my wrath soon unless he change for good

JOY: ‘Change’ and ‘Help’ can’t come from Uncle Jude at all, he is in Lagos buying flashy cars and building skyscrapers. I heard he just sent his last child to U.K

(crying as she said everything with anger)

Joy can cry eh

I walked to her and consoled her in order not to increase the tears in her tears gland.

I took my mother’s right hand and started massaging it as I break the good news

ME: Mama! Lucky! Joy!… The Bible made it clear that in every situation we should give thanks, so I beg you all to hold on and trust in God. I promise… I promise I’ll do everything possible to give you all a better life, the Igbo’s say “ogadima” and that will be our case. My friend here has wiped my tears by offering the money for mama operation, he also gave me a Job that will make us live in higher profile once again.

(Joy and Lucky knelt in front of Great-Kali and started greeting him)

MUM: Thank you very much my son, may the good lord bless you and replenish your purse in a thousand folds. You will never know no tears as you have decided to wipe tears from our eyes

GREAT-KALI: Amen Mama…

Happiness was restored to my family once again. Myself and Great-kali stayed with my family for the whole week until the operation was done.

Great-Kali bought food stuffs and lot of provisions for my family, before we finally left my village to face the hustling as a gangster…

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For good two Months, we were into picking pocket business until the business started declining.

At times I will come back home with 5,000 while great-kali will come with 2,000. My outcome is always bigger than his, which makes him respect me in the business.

Since most of our joints are no longer paying, Great-kali brought another formula as we went to a canteen to eat;

GREAT-KALI: Business dey hard this days oo

ME: Na so we see am oo, but watin man pikin go do? We go dey run am small small. If pay nor still dey come as before we go improve to gun things

GREAT-KALI: You too get sense, but only we two nor go fit run am na? We need more pipo, I get one babe when dey hire guns out sha, she be strong okpoooo I go connect her

ME: All those ashawo nor dey fear man oo, hope she nor go control us?

GREAT-KALI: She nor fit control you na, If at all say she won control person, na me she go do that one with

ME: Better

GREAT-KALI: No job for this life easy. Na only hobbies dey easy, profession nor easy at all. We get union for this pick pocket job oo

ME: But I nor register na

GREAT-KALI: Na bcos you dey under me na’im cause am, we get formula wen we take dey work

ME: Watin be the formulae?

GREAT-KALI: We dey call am S.C.M.

ME: Meaning?

GREAT-KALI: S-shadow C-collect M-maintain. For example, if you see your suspect, you go shadow am well as soon as he slack you go collect, as soon as you collect you go maintain, as soon as you dey maintain do like who dey hold landlord money waka comot for the place. I swear no body go suspect you

ME: But I nor dey use that formula before oo, that means na’im I go use tomorrow

GREAT-KALI: The formulae go favour you die

ME: Yes na, all die na die

GREAT-KALI: Why you go say all die na die? You won compare person wen die for mansion and person when die for well. Abeg all die nor be die ooo, who dem bury with casket and who dem bury with mat nor be the same place them dey go oo.

ME: Leave that thing, I won smoke…

(Surprising Great-Kali with my demand)

GREAT-KALI: You say?

ME: Watin you hear just now?

(Collecting lighter and a stick of Benson cigar_ette from him)

We gisted there for some time before going to our house to sleep.

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The next day, we left home around 6:30am to hustle as usual.

I adopted Great-kali’s formulae and it pays me big time, before 9am I have already work 40,000 from the wallets I took in newspaper joints and beer parlours.

I was about going for a target that I have been shadowing for minutes when a young boy of about 15yrs snatch the bag from the lady who has been my target.

He was chased by a particular guy and I have to follow them up…