Must Read: Ibo Boy Wey Like Yoruba

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Must Read: Ibo Boy Wey Like Yoruba

One Saturday morning, Juliet was around, she was cooking, she needed more water so i told her i would go fetch water from the well. Not knowing what would befall me.

As i walked to the well playing Tupac- “still i rise” from my phone via my earpiece, Ilorin tapped me from behind, i removed my earpiece and heard, “Flow, help me fetch water na, abeg”. “Wetin do ur hand?” i queried. “nothing oh, s’hit wan comot for my nyash, i wan go toilet” he responded. “but our toilet na pit toilet na, dem no dey flush pit toilet na” i said. “i know but, i wan use the water baf after i don s’hit finish” Ilorin said. I had no choice but to help him out, not knowing that his bucket of water would cause me a bucket full of tears.

If you say our well was 100ft deep, you are not far from the truth. It was very deep. I always looked away anytime i came close to it bcos i was scared of its dept. I was still listening to tupac’s song and at the same time fetching water from the well. I suddenly saw this “orobo” Woman from a distance coming to my direction.

Initially, i tot she wasn’t coming to my direction, so i continued what i was doing. I had finished fetching my two buckets, so i drew Ilorin’s bucket closer to my reach. Meanwhile, the tupac song that was playing, had finished playing, so i brought out my phone from my pocket to replay the song. Immediately i pressed replay, i looked up and saw that the orobo woman was asking me something, i removed the right ear of my earpiece to hear her well.

“my customer dey?” she was asking me of Angom; her supplier of beans, “yes, e dey” i responded. As she was walking towards Angom’s room, i couldn’t help but stared at her big “ikebe” with my mouth ajar. As the woman walked, it created an earthquaking effect on the ground, it was like Elephants were stampeding, “but why Yoruba women dey too f’at like dis na? nna i never see woman wey f’at like dis since dem born me oh, how she go take dey enter okada sef? Abi na two okada go dey carry her?” i was lost in my tots forgeting that i was still holding my phone, alongside the Fetching pale.

I turned to continue fetching the water, throwing the fetching pale into the well, not knowing i didn’t only throw the fetching pale
,…………………………………. I threw my phone also.
Tears were gradually gathering in my eyes. I felt like jumping into the well to rescue my phone, but i dared not, unless i wanted “direct entry” to go see devil.

“Flow u don fetch my water finish” i heard a voice that sounded like Ilorin’s, “you dey mad there, na ur bucket of water i wan fetch wey make my phone fall inside well now” i yelled.