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[b]He was called John Agabus. He was twenty four, and only two years older than me then. Being so close to his own age, he made me feel that i had a brother in Ilogbo village.

Later in the evening when i invited him to my house i asked him the questions i had been dying to ask him.

"Who are the people staying in the house up there on the hill, and why do they appear more privileged than people like us who live under the hill?."

It was a question that made John sigh first before answering me.

"Richard, my friend. I am not surprised that you ask such a question. I myself asked that questions many times, but never got any satisfying answer. The legend is that, the government built that house on top of the hill during the first republic as a sort of hideaway for aching presidential limbs".

"You don't mean it, John," i interrupted.

"I know of the presidential retreat at Lagos, but nothing like this here in Ilogbo village."


John looked up pitifully at me as if to say[/b] you don't know anything. "i had never heard of any such place in Ilogbo village myself, but when i came here last year, i had reason to believe it.

Anyway if you keep interrupting me like that, i might never finish telling you the story about this place".

"I am sorry John," I apologised to my teacher friend.
"Go on."

"Like i was saying, that house was constructed as a presendential retreat and has all the modern facilities. A big generator that supplies electricity, a water treating plant that takes water from the stream here and processes it for the use of the inhabitants. Indeed, every facility that you could find in a modern house in a city is up there."

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[b]"I see," I could not hide my surprise.

"For some reason," John continued, "the government decided that it would no longer use the building for the purposes it was initially built and earmarked for. A whole string of people therefore started coming to live there for only brief periods of time. They included government ministers, company heads, directors, business magnates or tycoon, and what have you".

"And as we poor people languished in abject hardships, sufferings and poverty down here, they enjoyed themselves up there, shinning their lights at us".

"But why hasn't any of the inhabitants of Ilogbo village gone up there to find out things for himself?" I asked.

"Who dares go up there? The place is guarded by a policeman at all times. An armed policeman! And as we hear, there are more armed policemen in there - guarding what only God knows."

" A story was told of how a young man decided to see what the buildings was made of. He took his father ten years old suzuki motorcycle and off he went up the hills. After waiting for two days, the villagers wait in anxiety for him to come back. After the third day, he came back looking like a mad man."

"He said the policemen manning the gate question him on where he was coming from? Where he was going? And his mission. When he can't give a tangible explanation, he was punished."

"And warned never to come up again. After he had mount on his bike, He cursed the policemen.
Starting the bike, the bike didn't start on time. The policemen gave him a hot chase. He kept on running inside the bush.

Unfortunately, he could not retrace back his steps. He lost his way, only to re-surface back on the third day looking like a mad man."

"We understand it is now being occupied by one grand old lady, although nobody knows for sure what the truth is."

"This is very intriguing John, I told my friend. Honestly i would like to know who stays in there, and just what goes in there."

"I would advise you to forget those ideas Richard. I had similar urges when i came here first last year, but those fantasies have all disappeared."

"The place is just not for people like us. Would you believe that sometimes, a police Helicopter, comes to pick up the lady to God knows where for long periods, and then returns them?"

"A police Helicopter!?" I gasped. "Are they that important?"[/b]

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confam. Nothing do you.

So, bro. Whats ur opinion on the story so far?.

WHIZKIDEFE:
confam. Nothing do you.

Ride on sir

oya carry dey go bro joshua i dey feel u jere

Keep it coming

Bro.... Na you get mouth pass ooo

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Ride on sir

Missmossy:
Keep it coming

Yeah, i will. Thanks.

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oya carry dey go bro joshua i dey feel u jere

lool.... No lele bro.
Na u get mouth pass.

nothing do u boss.. Am following u

No pee bro.

topzywazzy:
nothing do u boss.. Am following u

Where update na?

Bro, am sorry for not updating, My exam is coming soon. I will continue when i am through with it.
Thanks for your understanding.

joshuamoses101:
Where update na?

Dear friends.
Thank you for following this story right from its inception.
I am sorry for not updating frequently again. My exam is coming up soon. I will update when i am through. Thanks once again. cc: joshuamoses101 topzywazzy whizkidefe missmossy jaytoy ritababe linobrown9 berhdo nickymezor

SimpleBea:
Dear friends.
Thank you for following this story right from its inception.
I am sorry for not updating frequently again. My exam is coming up soon. I will update when i am through. Thanks once again. cc: ritababe lor

read.well

Wow, this is really good. Please update. More ink to your pen oooooo

Hian!. Am back.
Thanks to everyone who stood by me. Your messages and comments was highly appreciated.

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Typing.........

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CHAPTER FOUR



[b]"You can ask that again. That is why the poor people of Ilogbo town mind their own business and allow those affluent but mysterious people up that hill to mind their own business too.
If you would take my advice you would just concentrate on your work here, get a quick transfer, or get a good and well paid job in the city and say goodbye forever to Ilogbo town and it many secrets."

Hmm, i sighed. "Maybe i would take your advice John, but tell me , don't any of the house helps come down here to buy or ask anything at all?."

"A few of the maids there come to buy vegetables, replied John, but they are as tight-lipped about the major occupants of that building as the occupants themselves are.
If they say anything at all, what they say are all things we already know of. Either the hands at the mansion themselves do not know much or have been commanded by some intimidating authorities never to say anything to anybody. Or it could be both."

We talked late into the night, and i bade him good night.

I cannot sleep that night, i keep on thinking about what John told me.

To while away time, i decided to put a call through to my girlfriend. On the third ring, she picked up. But after hearing my voice, she ends the call. I tried and tried calling her again, but she didn't picked the call. Later, she switched off her phone.

I decided to call Daniel, a good friend of mine back home to help me to check on her.

But, i received my greatest shock when i heard Titi, my girlfriend is going to have her introduction ceremony the following month.
Well, not so soon. Next week is going to be the third week since i left home. What is really wrong with girls of nowadays? She pulled a fast one on me. Her attitude left me brooding till the first cock crow. I quickly composed a text message wishing her "happy introduction and happy married life in advance."

I had expect this to come, but not so soon.

I decided to stop thinking about her issues, but concentrate on the matters at hand.

I still had a mystery to solve, as i drifted into a good sleep.[/b]

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***CONTINUATION***


[b]From the day my friend John Agabus spoke to me about the magnificient yellow mansion on the top of the hill at Ilogbo town, i became even more curious to find out more about the place.

There was a wide road that led to the mighty strong gates through which the four wheelers in which the maids came to the market drove in.

Anyone who was not authorised to go to the place could be seen from far off and be asked questions. And the story of the man that was punished is still fresh in my mind. Without proper authority, the strong guards at the gates could manhandle you.

I was told there was a secret pathway that led through the almost impenetrable forest to the other side of the mansion.

But people did not risk that path often because it was inhabited by dangerous and poisonous reptiles.

Besides, even if one made it that close to that fortress, how could he or she even enter without alerting the vigilant guards whose job it was to protect the place and its many secrets?

My phone battery had ran down, if not for the king of Ilogbo town who had a generator and switched it on every three days. I would not had the privilege of calling my friends and my parents.

One Saturday, i decided to make a secret trip up the dangerous pathway to see and learn what i could about the people staying in that place. Prior to that, i had been watching the place from a secret spot atop a mango tree which grew behind my house.


The first day my landlord, one of the smaller chief of Ilogbo town saw me on the tree, he marvelled at this strange habit of mine. But i told him i was only studying the view, and besides i liked mangoes, especially if they were eaten from the tree on which they were plucked.

The chief looked at me curiously, shook his head and went away. I am sure he was thinking what a queer character this new teacher who had been brought to their village was.

Even if he had words of admonition for me, i knew he would not dare uttering them, and risk having me leave the village. And thus denying the people of their village the much needed formal education.[/b]

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nice update but much typo error

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nice update but much typo error

i dint av d time for the proof reading... Thanks for pointing out the flaws.

more ink to ur pen...

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thanks bro. More wisdom and knowledge. Amen

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