
28/07/2025
EPISODE 8: “THE DAY I DRANK WATER FROM SHOE AND SAID THANK YOU!”
You see hunger and thirst? NDA go humble you till you dey negotiate with mosquito for airspace.
This day na w@r. We march for 7 hours under sun wey resemble angry god. No break. No water. No hope. Na only leg movement and insult full everywhere.
My tongue dry like person wey leak chalk. I whisper give my guy, “Omo, if I no see water now, I go drink sweat.”
He look me, shake head, say, “You never suffer reach.”
Few minutes later, one senior cadet shout,
“Who be this one wey dey stagger like fish wey forget how to swim?!”
Na me.
Next thing, him pull off him jungle boot, bend am like pure water sachet, and pour one tiny drop of water come out.
He say, “Cadet, if you dey thirsty, drink.”
My pride wan talk, but my throat say shut up.
I collect the boot. Na inside boot I drink water.
I swear, as I swallow am, I shout, “Sir, thank you, sir!”
E no sweet, e no fresh… but e be like life enter me.
That day I realize say, dignity no dey when dehydration hold you like NEPA wire.
One recruit faint after me. Them wake am with koboko breeze.
Later that night, I sit down dey reason life.
Na NDA make you appreciate the little things — like clean water, and the ability to walk without hearing, “YOU! GIVE ME 300 SQUATS FOR BREATHING TOO LOUD!”
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