THE NIGHT WIFE CHAPTERS 1-10

THE NIGHT WIFE CHAPTERS 1-10

THE NIGHT WIFE
CHAPTER FIVE
WRITTEN BY SOLOMON ADNIYA

The Bajaj Motorcycle, was groaning ,and roaring like an injured lion , as it climbed the bushy and stony path that led to Ogar’s farm . He had a double barrel shotgun hanging across his chest , he had experienced attacks on his crops by Fulani herders , at one point they uprooted all the yams in his farm to feed their cattles , he had swore to die or kill any herder he meets in his farm , he acquired his handgun and got a licence ,ready to face the marauders anytime t. A big farming hoe hung over his shoulder.

Though it was just eight thirty A.M in the morning,the sun had risen so brightly Ohimini . Ogar parked his motorcycle under a big mango tree , the birds perching on a nearby Okpehe tree ,sang a symphony of melodious tunes ,that rsnf joyfully into the vast green tropical Savannah. He turned off the ignition, a minute was spent loosening the sharp cutlass he had tied at the back of his motorcycle.

He had four thousand hips of yams at that particular farm , the green bushes of the yam tubers stood like masquerades , four thousand of them , the farm extended from earth to heaven . The warm sunlight poured on his skin , he traced the spot where he had stopped weeding the previous day.

Mama Ejembi had gone to Makurdi to sell the yam she had stored from the previous season , his teenage children had all gone to school , they were all students at the community secondary school. Only Inalegu the last born was still in primary six at Saint Thomas primary school . Ogar was not scared of farming , he had over fifteen thousand hips of yam, he was one of the biggest yam Farmers in Ohimini.

He started pulling out grasses from the roots of the yam plants , from afar off, the roaring sound of a sawing machine was heard cutting one of the trees in the tropical forest,the loggers had been warned severally by the state forestry board to stop logging , but men are more difficult to control than cows .

From a nearby plot Ogar could hear the voices of a man and woman with their daughter discussing . He prayed to God that it shouldn’t be Okpe and his wife , Ogar had warned him severally to stay away from the farm , but it seemed like a piece of wood had be logged into his ears . He grabbed his double barrel shotgun from the catapult shaped stem of the mango tree,where he had hung it , on his write hand he held his cutlass .

He walked like a cat , through the bush making sure his leg did not crush twigs to alert Okpe of his coming . The family was startled when Ogar appeared before them , brandishing a gun .

“Okpe how many times have I warned you not to step your cursed feet into this land ?” Ogar barked , he was exasperated and incensed.

“Who are you to tell me not to enter this land Simon ? Is this your father’s land ?” he bellowed back at Ogar .

“Okpe leave this land now before I loose my temper!” Ogar yelled . “I’ve warned you not to step your feet into this land!” Ogar barked.

“Ogar you have no right! To ask me to leave a land that has been in the hands of my forefathers, you’re too small!” He said , not moved by the gun in Ogar’s hand.

“Have you paid me the money you are owing me Okpe? Five hundred thousand! it’s been two years and you’re yet to pay back! I’ve seized this land you’re not going to farm here until you pay me my money!” Ogar yelled . Okpe was not intimidated he laughed .

“Am I the first person to owe ? I told you I’ll pay you when I sell my land at Agadagba if you can’t wait for that you can go to hell or do whatever you want!” Okpe said angrily .

“Is that what you say ?” Ogar asked Okpe, his eyes red like like blood ,he was shivering in anger .Okpe’s wife and daughter begged him not to be rude to Ogar, to beg him , because he was at fault , but Okpe had eaten enough of Ogar’s faeces,so he took the bull by the horn .

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“Ogar yeah it’s what I say what will you do!” Okpe roared , struggling to get out of the grips of his wife and daughter, to exchange blows with Ogar .”Yes that’s what I said , I repeat what will do you Ogar you think am scared of the gun you’re carrying! I dare you to shoot?” He said with eyes wet with tears of anger , milkish red , palm kernel .

“Okpe stop it! Stop it let’s go!” Julie his wife begged him, but the bull had already been riled up , it wasn’t ready to move , until the blood was spilled .

“Okpe you’re daring me!” Ogar shouted . “Me Simon Ogar! Okpe leave this place now or else I’ll shoot you now !” Ogar ordered as he cocked , but the bull was not moved , what face would he look at his wife if a fellow man with one head and two balls like him unseat him from his father’s inheritance.

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