It started as a minor dispute
He had a supermarket in Ojota area of Lagos
He was happily married with children
His children were exceptionally brilliant
His wife also had a foodshop at Ojota
They attend a Pentecostal church where they were both workers
They were highly favoured
He had a supermarket in Ojota area of Lagos
He was happily married with children
His children were exceptionally brilliant
His wife also had a foodshop at Ojota
They attend a Pentecostal church where they were both workers
They were highly favoured
They travelled to the village for the Christmas and New Year festivities
Some of their kinsmen came to visit them
They talked and laughed together as brothers
One of them informed him of a project the state government wanted to do in their community
The state government was very
Some of their kinsmen came to visit them
They talked and laughed together as brothers
One of them informed him of a project the state government wanted to do in their community
The state government was very
Serious about the project and hiss late father's land had been chosen as the right spot to place the project.
The representative of the government had come to meet the extended family and the family had told them to wait until he comes for the holidays so that they can have a
The representative of the government had come to meet the extended family and the family had told them to wait until he comes for the holidays so that they can have a
Meeting!
They had the meeting with the government representatives the following week
It was a good meeting
A lot of money was spoken about
Some money was thrown around right there at the meeting
The government was very serious
His father's land had something that was needed for
They had the meeting with the government representatives the following week
It was a good meeting
A lot of money was spoken about
Some money was thrown around right there at the meeting
The government was very serious
His father's land had something that was needed for
The project!
It was a piece of land he never knew would amount to anything
His father suffered a lot cultivating the land, not knowing it would be of value in another way!
Once the government officials took their leave, his uncle, the eldest man in the family said the deal cannot
It was a piece of land he never knew would amount to anything
His father suffered a lot cultivating the land, not knowing it would be of value in another way!
Once the government officials took their leave, his uncle, the eldest man in the family said the deal cannot
Be done!
Why?
"When your father was sick and dying, I lent him some money to take care of himself! Seventeen thousand Naira! He took my money and he died! This was over thirty five years ago! I have never asked you for this money and you never offered to repay me this money all
Why?
"When your father was sick and dying, I lent him some money to take care of himself! Seventeen thousand Naira! He took my money and he died! This was over thirty five years ago! I have never asked you for this money and you never offered to repay me this money all
This while!
It is true that you were just a young boy then but this is true!
Your father's land was the collateral he gave me for the money I lent to him! You have never cultivated it or shownsny interest in it all this while and I have kept quiet, tending the land and taking
It is true that you were just a young boy then but this is true!
Your father's land was the collateral he gave me for the money I lent to him! You have never cultivated it or shownsny interest in it all this while and I have kept quiet, tending the land and taking
Care of it as if it was my own!
Suddenly the government shows interest in the land and you remembered the land belonged to your father and you want to sell it off! It cannot be done!
Wow!
The other members of the family kept quiet
It was obvious it wasn't the first time they had
Suddenly the government shows interest in the land and you remembered the land belonged to your father and you want to sell it off! It cannot be done!
Wow!
The other members of the family kept quiet
It was obvious it wasn't the first time they had
That discussion!
He was the one in Lagos
He didn't know what had been going on in the village
His kinsmen that came to his house the previous day knew his uncle's intention
That was why they came to sort of hint him about the government offer without telling him the full story!
He was the one in Lagos
He didn't know what had been going on in the village
His kinsmen that came to his house the previous day knew his uncle's intention
That was why they came to sort of hint him about the government offer without telling him the full story!
He didn't know what to do!
Land disputes are very crazy in their state and many families had been ruined by it!
He looked at all his kinsmen, picked his cap and left the meeting!
When he got home he didn't say a word to his wife
Two days later, his wife came to him with a request
Land disputes are very crazy in their state and many families had been ruined by it!
He looked at all his kinsmen, picked his cap and left the meeting!
When he got home he didn't say a word to his wife
Two days later, his wife came to him with a request
His Uncle's first daughter had approached her and requested to return to Lagos with them!
The young lady was twenty-two years old!
She had lived in the village all her life and obviously needed assistance
But he had to be careful!
The timing was suspect and very sensitive! Hmmm!
The young lady was twenty-two years old!
She had lived in the village all her life and obviously needed assistance
But he had to be careful!
The timing was suspect and very sensitive! Hmmm!
His wife begged and pleaded
He didn't want to tell her the whole truth so that he doesn't create a bad blood between the two families
The land issue was discussed only among the men
It doesn't mean his uncle couldn't have discussed it with his own family but he knew his wife
He didn't want to tell her the whole truth so that he doesn't create a bad blood between the two families
The land issue was discussed only among the men
It doesn't mean his uncle couldn't have discussed it with his own family but he knew his wife
Things would escalate unnecessarily if his wife got to know!
He agreed
They returned to Lagos in January
The young lady was assisting his wife at home and in her shop
Suddenly, his wife's business started failing!
His wife insisted it was demonic
Money was disappearing from her
He agreed
They returned to Lagos in January
The young lady was assisting his wife at home and in her shop
Suddenly, his wife's business started failing!
His wife insisted it was demonic
Money was disappearing from her
Shop mysteriously!
They decised to pray
The weekend they were all supposed to go on a fast, a young man came to their house and told them he had impregnated his niece
It was a major distraction!
The prayer was suspended
The young man was interviewed and found to be from a good
They decised to pray
The weekend they were all supposed to go on a fast, a young man came to their house and told them he had impregnated his niece
It was a major distraction!
The prayer was suspended
The young man was interviewed and found to be from a good
Family!
He had to call his uncle and inform him
The next day, his niece ran away from home with over five hundred thousand naira cash!
She eloped with the person that impregnanted her!
He told his uncle
His uncle said he had used his niece for money ritual
It became a police case
He had to call his uncle and inform him
The next day, his niece ran away from home with over five hundred thousand naira cash!
She eloped with the person that impregnanted her!
He told his uncle
His uncle said he had used his niece for money ritual
It became a police case
Within four months of their return to Lagos
His family was eating from hands to mouth
The money his niece took from his shop was supposed to be used to pay for goods to replenish his shop
His wife's business kept dwindling until they had to shut down her food shop
It was hell!
His family was eating from hands to mouth
The money his niece took from his shop was supposed to be used to pay for goods to replenish his shop
His wife's business kept dwindling until they had to shut down her food shop
It was hell!
They suffered throughout that year
They couldn't even go home for the Christmas holiday
His uncle sent him a message
He had reconsidered his stance on the sale of the land
The govt needed his signature to lose the deal
They should talk about sharing the money from the sale of
They couldn't even go home for the Christmas holiday
His uncle sent him a message
He had reconsidered his stance on the sale of the land
The govt needed his signature to lose the deal
They should talk about sharing the money from the sale of
The land!
The timing was crazy!
They could barely eat once a day
He couldnt pay his children's school fees
He had no leverage
He knew he would be cheated
He approached the brother in Jeans and T-shirt
He told him the whole case
He wanted them to pray for his wicked uncle to die!
The timing was crazy!
They could barely eat once a day
He couldnt pay his children's school fees
He had no leverage
He knew he would be cheated
He approached the brother in Jeans and T-shirt
He told him the whole case
He wanted them to pray for his wicked uncle to die!
The Brother in Jeans and T-shirt laughed
He said "What you need is a blessing, you have set your eyes at the wrong place and taken to heart the schemes of man! Your stone stopped rolling and now it has gathered moss"
They prayed together
The Brother in Jeans and T-shirt blessed
He said "What you need is a blessing, you have set your eyes at the wrong place and taken to heart the schemes of man! Your stone stopped rolling and now it has gathered moss"
They prayed together
The Brother in Jeans and T-shirt blessed
Him!
Three days later, his niece was arrested!
She had delivered her baby and was trying to sell the child.
They heard the news!
They went to the police station, the lost had been found!
His wife was given the baby to care for!
Someone in his church loaned him some money to
Three days later, his niece was arrested!
She had delivered her baby and was trying to sell the child.
They heard the news!
They went to the police station, the lost had been found!
His wife was given the baby to care for!
Someone in his church loaned him some money to
kickstart his business
Things began to turn around
He didn't have to travel on the land issue
His uncle kept calling him
But he wasn't under pressure to sell anymore!
He had food on the table and his children returned to school
On the 2nd of November 2019, his uncle fell ill
Things began to turn around
He didn't have to travel on the land issue
His uncle kept calling him
But he wasn't under pressure to sell anymore!
He had food on the table and his children returned to school
On the 2nd of November 2019, his uncle fell ill
The Brother in Jeans and T-shirt called him and told him to go home
"Go and settle this festering dispute so that it doesn't spill over!
He travelled home and paid his uncle's hospital bill because nobody else had the means or the will to help out
212,000!
They called it square!
"Go and settle this festering dispute so that it doesn't spill over!
He travelled home and paid his uncle's hospital bill because nobody else had the means or the will to help out
212,000!
They called it square!
They had a family meeting during the festive period of 2019
His incle thanked him and announce to the family that the debt owed to him had been paid!
His father's land was restored to him peacefully!
Ps: Nobody needs to fall down and die
You belong to the lineage of the blessed!
His incle thanked him and announce to the family that the debt owed to him had been paid!
His father's land was restored to him peacefully!
Ps: Nobody needs to fall down and die
You belong to the lineage of the blessed!
