The Activist - Season 1 - Episode 20

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The Activist - Season 1 - Episode 20

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Chuks had advised him against his chase, but Korede was heedless and unrepentant, so Chuks had freed him.

On Monday morning, Tade was reading a magazine when a call came through.

“Who is this?” Tade picked the call.
“Please, are you Tade?”

“Yes, this is Tade. Can I help you?”
“Your roommate has been found in the Health Sciences, seriously injured. He is been rushed to the hospital, so he asked me to call you.”

“Which roommate?” Tade asked.
“Korede. We found him on the road to…….”
“Yes, yes I heard you the first time. Which hospital is he in?”

“OAUTHC.”

An hour later, Tade was at the emergency ward, looking at Korede, a bit sorry for him but not surprised at where he landed.

Korede face looked like a bag of buns so finely placed to resemble a face, his eyes were heavy laden with stress and his hair was recently combed, like it was riddled with dirt previously. His left hand was already connected to a drip, while his right hand was on plaster, obviously broken. His two legs were in similar condition as the right hand and were consequently supported by ropes tied to the ceiling

“What happened?”
Korede was just looking at Tade sheepishly, unable to talk. A nurse came in.
“The best you can do for now is to pray for him and visit him. His jaws were broken and he has to be in that position for weeks.” She chipped in.

Tade then noticed his mouth was been supported by something that looked like iron thongs. He shook his head and left.

During the next few weeks, he and Chuks showed up at Korede’s side in the hospital, waiting for weeks. Finally, when it was barely two weeks to exams, Korede could talk.

“What happened, Korede?” Chuks asked.
“Omo, as e happen I no fit talk. I dey waka go hostel as I just finish that assignment wey I tell you that lecturer give my class. Na so I see Gozie, one of my classmate. Na so we dey talk then one bros come joined us. As we wan reach the roundabout, the bros come slap me one heavy slap ehn, e too heavy. Gozie sef run, but as one pick race, another bro come join rack me come down. They come drag me go the bush wey dey the other bus-stop wey near SUB, yeeeh!….” Korede yelped as his arm started to hurt, much like it was burning.
Chuks and Tade tried to settle him down. Then the nurse of earlier, now known as Nurse Nike came in.

“You guys are still bothering my patient. Oya, make una go, e don do.” She shooed both Tade and Chuks together as they left Korede.

As soon as they reached outside, they both burst into laughter.

]Shebi we tell am? Chuks said amidst all the laughter as they found their way back to the hostel.

Meanwhile, Nightcrawler was in Awolowo hall, enjoying a political argument that was ongoing when a text message came in.
“Message still in custody of the receiver. Receiver still in the trash bin.”

Nightcrawler smiled. He won’t take any rubbish, especially from a non-initiate like that Korede.


Not that Toke could fall for him. He knew the kind of lady she was and had it in his mind that Korede will not smell an inch near her cooking pot, not to talk of having sex. The one that was a threat was her class rep, the one they call Chuks the Quiet one.

That’s why he needed to send the message through Korede.

Meanwhile at Fajuyi hall, Chuks got an incoming call from Toke.

“Chuks, please see me.”
Chuks looked around in fear and when he did not see her, he heaved a sigh of relief.

“What do you want from me?”
“Chuks, I need help with my work. Please I don’t know what I did to you, but am sorry.”

“Okay, where are you?”
“I am in Moremi.”
“You expect me to find my way to Moremi? Please I am busy.”

“Okay, let me meet you wherever you are.”
He sighed again. “Let’s meet at Fajuyi cafe.”

As she walked towards Fajuyi hall, Toke wondered what happened to a previously sound relationship.

She had known Chuks since his first year and they became fast friends. What attracted her to him initially was his quiet demeanor, coupled with the fact that he was always doing well in tests and exams.

But as she moved closer to Chuks during the second semester of that session, she saw more of him and was fascinated at his ideals and dreams. Yes, for Chuks had a dream of wonderful proportions. His dream was to become a doctor and then join Doctors without Borders, a non-governmental and highly effective group who go around distressed countries of the world and offer medical services. She could see the gilt in his eyes whenever he spoke of those dreams and she knew that she had a man there.

But then she met Chinedu, her senior in school who was more outspoken and forward. He came across to her as a goal-getter and a strong guy who won’t take a no nor will take nonsense from a lady. Chuks, on the other hand was never interested in her to start with and so she chose Yomi, just to discover that he was a cultist and no only that, but that he was the current capone of the Ravens, going by the name Nightcrawler.

Initially this session, Chuks was still close to her, finding time to gist or talk to her despite his role as class rep. But all of a sudden he withdrew, delegating all the explanations he was giving her as per class work to other nerds, who honestly did not give a shii about her. She needed to speak to Chuks and know what was happening.

She needed him now more than ever.

As she stepped into Fajuyi hall, Chuks dragged her away from the hostel.

“Let’s walk to academics, White house to be exact.”