13/09/2025
Take Me Home π‘
Season 2, Episode 10
On the night of the party, Folake stayed.
outside to be sure of the particular
side of the fence Maris would jump over. Before long, she saw Maris with Isabel
walking towards the fence. They got there and
Isabel helped Maris jump over.
Folake smiled impishly and said, "get
ready for two months suspension." From
thère, she went straight to the security house.
The security men shone their torchlight on her
as usual.
"You again? What is it this time?" asked
one of them.
"A student just jumped over the fence to
attend a party," she answered.
"Who? Where? How?" asked the other
one.
"Her name is Maris Onuoha. I saw her
with her friend who helped her jump over the
fence," she said.
"How are we sure you are telling the truth?
After all, this was how you deceived us the other day and we did not see anybody?" they
accused her.
"No, I saw them that day. Okay, you know
what; just be vigilant around Block E anytime
from 5am because that is the time they
normally come back from their night outings,"
she said.
"Oh, do you mean they have been doing it
before?" they asked her again.
"Yes, but we did not want to report them
because we thought that they would repent,"
Folake replied.
"Okay, take us to the particular place you
said they normally would jump over and God
help you if you are playing with us. At least,
we have known you very well now," they said
and she took them to the spot.
They thanked her for the information and
she went back to the dormitory joyfully.
The security men did not even wait till
5am before they went there. They spent most
of the night there and just as Folake had told
them, immediately it was some minutes past
5am, they heard the sound of a car stopping
around that area. The car stopped finally and
after a short while, Maris scaled the fence and jumped into the school compound. Yes, she
jumped into the waiting hands of the school
security men. As soon as she landed, the
security man barked at her to stop.
"Stop right there and do not move or else
we will blow off your brain!" they
commanded and she froze like ice.
Maris almost fainted because they cocked
their guns as if they were to shoot her.
"Please don't shoot. My name is Maris
Onuoha. I am one of the students..." she
explained impulsively.
"Who asked you those questions you are
answering? Oya, get on your knees. Luck has
run out on you today," they told her and she
obeyed.
They tied her hands and took her to the
guard room. She remained in the guard room
until the principal came to school. The
principal commended the security men for the
job well done and wished to see the student
that implicated Maris.
"We don't know her name ma but we will
recognize her if we see her," the security men
told the school head.
"Okay, please, do not hesitate to bring her
to me. We need more of such students in this
school," she said and turned to Maris.
"God has exposed you today. You better
mention all your colleagues in this because I
am sure you are not the only one that does it,"
she urged her authoritatively.
Maris did not say anything. She just cried
like a baby. The principal paraded her in her
party dress at the assembly ground before all
the students and teachers.
"I will use her as an example to other
naughty students in this school who have been
succeeding in their evil acts. Many days for
the thief, but one day for the owner of the
house! She would face instant two months of
suspension which automatically gives her an
additional one year in school because she will
definitely miss her exams. The only thing that
can reduce her punishment is if she calls out
her colleagues in this crime, otherwise she faces the punishment accordingly,' the
principal said and Maris raised her head in
tears. She stared at her friends and they used
signs to warn her never to attempt exposing
them. When the principal saw that Maris was not ready to give away her partners in crime,
she asked the security men to take her back to
the guard room.
"I wish to commend the student who
exposed her. I want her to own up and come
out here for proper commendation and
appreciation. We need such students as our
school functionaries. Come out and I assure
you that nothing would happen to you. The
school will adequately protect you," the
principal assured her, "And you will be
rewarded handsomely too, she concluded.
Benny stepped on Folake's toes as a signal
for her to reveal herself, but Folake refused.
When it became obvious that the mysterious
student was not ready to come out, the
principal urged the students to emulate such
behaviour that exposed evil in the school.
Maris was later given two months suspension
and Benny congratulated Folake for another
job well done.
"But why didn't you go out to the
assembly ground for the principal to reward
you? After all, those ogbanjes would still
suspect that you were the one behind it,"
asked Benny.
"They may suspect but they won't be sure
of it. Besides, I don't want to expose myself
in this school at all," Folake replied.
"Okay, so what is next now?" Benny
asked.
"I don't know! I just have to be careful and
even concentrate more on my studies
especially now that they will find it difficult
to meet. This thing is really affecting my
lifestyle and our examination is fast
approaching."Folake complained and Benny
nodded.
Maris's friends swore with their lives to
find who set Maris up and as well deal with
her. They suspected Folake but needed to be
sure it was her before meting out severe
punishment to her.
"I think the only way to we can find and
confirm this wicked person is through the
security men," Anita said.
"Yes but how do we go about that? They
might even expose us if we meet them for
this," Isabel said.
"Not when we bribe them to do so," Anita
assured them.
"How do you mean?" Isabel asked.
"You don't need to be told that those men
are hungry and need money. They will not
hesitate to tell us if we offer them huge sum
of money," Anita said with conviction.
"Good thinking! This is surely going to
work and God help that girl called Folake if
she happened to be the one," Pinky
threatened,
"I don't want to imagine that now. We
shall meet them this evening. I will personally
give them ten thousand naira with some gifts that they won't be able to resist," Anita
promised and they applauded her.
Later in the evening while all the students
were playing, Anita and her friends went to
meet the security men. They approached them
with such friendly locks that made the men
wonder what the beautiful girls were up to.
"Yes, what can we do for you?" one of the
men asked them.
"Actually, we came to appreciate you
people for good jobs you guys have been
doing in this school," Anita told them.
"Especially this last one you did; the girl
that went to party," Isabel added.
"Thanks to you but are you sure you are
not like her? Fine girls like you no dey stay
one place," one of them asked and they
denied it outright.
"No! We are different o! How can we do
such a thing? Do you want our parents to kill
us?" Anita asked as she handed them the gift
and money.
The men gratefully accepted the gifts and
when they saw the money, they shouted.
"What? All this for us? Thank you very
much," they appreciated.
"It's our pleasure! We were not happy that
the girl who implicated her did not come out.
at the assembly ground so we could know her
and make her our friend. That is the type of
friend worth keeping," Anita chipped in.
"Okay, maybe the girl doesn't want
publicity. She must be a very good girl
because she had once come to inform us that
some people were robbing at block E some
nights ago," they revealed and the girls looked
at one another and remembered that night that
the security men came and scattered their
meeting.
The security men began to describe Folake
and of course they knew from the description
that she was the one. Coincidentally, Folake
walked past as they were still with the
security men and immediately the men saw
her, they shouted excitedly.
"That's the girl. Hey you, come and meet
your want-to-be friends," they called and
when Folake turned and saw the girls, she
knew that the battle line had now been clearly
drawn. The girls stared at her with murderous
looks and Folake quietly walked away.
As Folake walked away from them, an
aura enveloped her and she stopped. She
instantly became fearless and bold.
"Since these marine cultists want war, I
will give them war. Whatever music they
beat, I will dance it to their satisfaction. It is
total war, No retreat, no surrender. I am sure
the power of darkness can never prevail over
light or can it? This is a fight for liberation
and I know my God will never forsake me,"
she said and went away eyeing them the way
a hawk eyes a chick.
THE END.
The Saga Continues
in
Take Me Home 3
(Survival of the Fittest)
β Question βοΈ β
β³οΈ Who is Asoh and what is her mission in the story?
β³οΈwhy was it difficult for Folake to see clearly the troubles in her family?
β³οΈ What kind of power did Folake posses?
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"A Nani Boi Series"
Written by: Charles Eze Nnaemeka