Thread by @GbengaWemimo

Out of five children, he chose not to be educated
His father put all five children in Baptist primary school
He would sneak out of school to go and fish in the local river or change his uniform, rent a bicycle and ride all day
or go to people's farm to harvest crops he didn't

plant
He was a truant
He always came last in class
His father begged, urged, counseled, and cried
He said he didn't want to go to school
Eventually, his father gave up and sent him to learn how to repair cars with one of his uncles
He was his mother's favourite
His mother was not

a fan of western education too
The apprenticeship thing seemed to work for him
Within six years he had done his freedom and joined a team of fresh mechanics to start an auto mechanic workshop
He was nineteen years old at the time
His older brothers and younger sister were still

school
His eldest brother was the only married one
His immediate older brother had won a scholarship to study in England
His other brother was studying for his M.Sc in Political Science
His only sister was studying accounting in the University
He started making

money
Daily money
His mother taught him how to set up a thrift account with thrift collectors so that he collects a lump sum to save in the bank at the end of every month
Within a year, he had rented an apartment and furnished it to taste
He was more than ready to settle down

He had a lady in mind
She was the one who hawks food to their mechanic workshop every day
He had told her his intention
She was still an apprentice with the caterer she was hawking for
He invited her to his apartment one day
When she saw what he had at home, she opened her legs

He got her pregnant within three months
She didn't complete her apprenticeship
He promised that he would rent a shop for her and set her up in business
He had enough in the bank to feed them and meet every other need
His mother was so proud
She told everyone who had two ears that

her fourth child has surpassed them all
He was the bright and the shinning star of the family
While others were still collecting allowances and school fees
Her fourth son had become financially stable and even gotten married
His wife delivered a son, it was an indelible mark! He

had given his parent their first male grandchild and at such a young age too
His mother told people to be calling her "Mama ****"
(using his name)
To show how proud she was of him
but he reigned for only four years and a few months
The other children graduated and started working

Within a year they were married and building mansions
His younger sister married an architect
She was the first of the children to live in a built and owned house with her husband and children
Within five years the other brothers had built their houses too
He remained a tenant

His siblings prospered in their careers and other businesses
All he achieved that was spectacular was buying a pick-up truck he used for his refuse disposal business which he started when it seemed the mechanic business was not thriving anymore and giving birth to more children

At a point he got frustrated and visited a prophet
Sir, I was the star of my family
I was the first to make money, get married and do great things but sir, it seemed something changed somewhere
I am the poorest now
I can barely feed my family
I can barely make ends meet...

The prophet told him someone had exchanged his glory
Someone had taken your virtue
Someone had taken your aura of prosperity
We have to do destiny reclamation
The prophet to him what to bring
He ran to his mother
His mother believed him
He ran to his father
His father told him

the truth
You limited yourself by refusing to get an education
The fact that you made money in your early twenties was because your siblings were still in school
They get promoted, bonuses, travel allowances, loand and investment opportunities at work
You only have your daily

income and sometimes you dont get customers with deep pockets
This is the problem
He heard his father but he preferred the Prophet's verdict
He chose not to believe his father because if he did, he would have to look within and change his approach from within but if he believed

the prophet, he would have to point fingers at other people and blame someone else for his own misfortune
The prophet collected the stuff needed for sacrifice and did all sorts of spiritual work on him
He bathed in the river and his garment was changed from black to white as a

symbol of the reclamation of destiny
He returned home expecting a change of fortune
It never happened!
After four months his mother gave him a lot of money to open a shop selling vehicle parts
it was the silver lining he needed but it didn't last a week
He got robbed on his way

to Lagos to buy the spare parts
The luxurious bus he took from Kano to Lagos was taken over by highway robbers and he lost everything
He went back to the prophet in tears
Since I met you and did the destiny reclamation, things had gotten worse
I had never been robbed before I met

you but after i met you, i seem to have been attracting ill luck
The prophet fell into a trance and told him his wife was a witch
He believed the prophet
Already, he was suspicious of all his siblings because either one or all of them stole his glory
Now his wife was a witch
He

has to believe the prophet because she was the only one who knew about the big money his mother gave him and his plan to travel to Lagos with it
He threw his wife and children out of his home
He married another woman recommended for him by the prophet
The woman died eight months

later with her seven months old pregnancy in her
The prophet told him it was an attack from his wife
He didn't consider the fact that the late wife was depending only on local herbs and never once visited the hospital for antenatal
The prophet was right
His ex-wife was a witch!

He started a soap making business
It didn't work
His siblings tried to help him
He refused to accept their help because the prophet had told him if he collected anything from them they would take back his glory
He tried getting into the transportation business
His bus was always

faulty
His father called him several times
Upgrade your skillset on the auto mechanic business and go back to it
That was what you were trained to do
He refused
He told his mother he wanted to make money
He wanted to be rich
He hated being the poorest of her children
He held his

mother responsible for his lack of education
He was determined to shine again at all cost
His mother told him about a man somewhere in Oyo who can help him
He decided he must do money ritual
He must have the kind of money that will put hard work to shame
He went for the ritual

He died a week later
He died with his life in tatters
he blamed everyone else but himself for his fortune in life
I hope our youths will learn from this
I hope we will look within and correct our crooked paths
Members of SARS are mostly Nigerian Youths too!
We all need to change

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He bathed in the river and his garment
was changed from black to white as a
symbol of the reclamation of destiny
He returned home expecting a change
of fortune
It never happened!