The Activist - Season 1 - Episode 23

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The Activist - Season 1 - Episode 23

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“Toke, what have I done?”
“What have you not done, eh Chinedu? What’s it with you? You attacked that poor guy so badly that he has missed weeks of lecture.”

“Is that my fault? Can’t I defend my own? He was coming close to someone’s property, no my own property! How dare he?”

“So that’s why you made sure he visited the hospital, shey? You know in your heart of hearts that I can never have anything to do with him. And he is just one of many examples.”

He held her waist and attempted to draw her to him, forcing her to push back. “I am only defending my own property.”

“So I am now like a house or stock in the stock market you have to protect, eh? ”
“Toke, you know you are much more than that. You are my heart, my love. You know…….”

“Is that a reason for what you are doing? You chase every person that comes near me, as far as he does not plait his hair and wears trousers and walks like a man. All my male friends avoid me, like am an outcast. I can’t even get help for my studies.”

“Toke, you and I know that its not as bad as you are suggesting it.”

“It is that bad and more worse. My class rep told me the whole situation.”

“That weasel!” He swore.

“Listen to yourself.” She started walking away from him fast, leaving him behind for a second before he dragged her back.
“Toke! Toke!! Wait na!” He called back.”Don’t push me away, you know that hurts.”

“Ehen? But you don’t want to know what hurts me abi?”

“See, there is really nothing in all you are……”

“Stop it! Just Stop it! Jesus, I wonder why I am having this conversation!”
“Toke, what do you mean by that?”
“Look, if you can’t trust me when am around any guy, then go find yourself another girl. At least you have been f*cking some.”
“Toke!”

“Don’t Toke me! Or you think I do not hear? Despite all what I hear, I decide to trust you and this is how you pay me? Sending monitoring spirits all over me?”
“Toke, am sorry.” He knelt down.
“Please stand up.” She said looking embarrassed. Some ‘amebos’ were peeping from where they are.

“I won’t stand until you forgive me.”
“Oya, Oya I forgive you. But stand please.”
Chinedu, stood up slowly. It was hard to believe that this romantic fellow was the one called Nightcrawler, feared by many a student.
“But please make my life bearable. Trust me in my dealing with guys. At least not all of them are despicable.”
“Okay. I promise I won’t monitor you again” He reached for a hug. “Oya hug me now.”

Toke, now appeased, give him a full hug, her jugs pressing on his chest. She then smiled and peeked him before hailing a bike.
As soon as she left, he called a number.
“Follow her, make sure nobody is seeing you.”

Meanwhile Chuks was reading with some surprise, the threat that was sent via Korede.
“Guy, you have to do something about this, these guys will not let you live.” Tade advised
Chuks just nodded his head about the place.
“Tade I know that, I really don’t need you telling me that again.”

“How they linked me to you, I could not tell” Korede said.”But they were sure that I will be able to find you. They did as much as threaten me if their message is not sent promptly.”

Chuks raised his head up.”I will find a way around this. But I have to go now.”
“Now? Guy, no start that one, you just land now. Make we gist small.”

“What have we been doing, Korede? Isn’t it gist that we have been gisting?”
“Gist ko ti tan now, I still get gist.”
“About how you have been using your time to be toasting nurses, abi?” Tade said.
“Guy, wetin be your own? Chuks no answer am.”

“Guys, I have to go. Un-like you, Korede, I have responsibilities I can’t delay.” He walked out of the hospital.

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The semester ran quickly, like a 100m race. Not that it guaranteed a speedy session, as the rush, often paid by the not-the-best performance by the students in the exams, is often due to the fear of industrial action, popularly known as strike by the unions in the university. These strikes, often masked by these unions as a fight to improve the learning conditions for the students, often results in some increased remuneration by the government and promises of improved facilities and learning conditions; promises that are never kept. Therefore, the cycle continues, with students suffering the brunt of it.

It was during one of these strikes that the genesis of Chuks death started.