Thread by @GbengaWemimo

Some years ago, I was walking my then girlfriend home around Mobil bus stop, close to Agbowo/Orogun in Ibadan.
It had rained relentlessly for many days and the road was flooded.
There was a narrow path that was dry, the path can only take one person at once
This guy, tall huge

guy, and his babe were walking towards us
Myself and my babe got to that dry path first.
My babe went ahead and I followed her, expecting the couple opposite us to wait.
This guy’s babe didn’t wait she walked straight towards us, my babe had reached the other end by this time and

I was a few steps away
This lady charged at me, I dodged to the left to give her some room
She crossed
I also crossed
I got to the other side, her boyfriend gave me a dirty slap
He said when I passed by her babe my hand touched her bum bum
Omoh!
I was 5 ‘11 in height and I looked

like Aki or Pawpaw beside this guy
That slap was crazy
I locked his shirt
He gave me another slap
I move back and gave him head but on the chest
This guy got angry and carried me
He was going to slam me on the floor
Inside the muddy pool
I clung to him with all me strength and

bit his head
He shouted and put me down
A blow landed on my left eye
He released me and took a stance of “let’s go”
I assessed my options
He will win
I was sure of that
He had the upper hand at every level
I moved back, close to the pool
Some people had placed stones in the po

so that one can jump from one to the other in order to cross
I carried one of the stone
I was doing to smash it on him
He assessed his option too, looked around and saw nothing he could use
He moved backward, and said “You these small guys in this neighbourhood, you tap my babe’s

bum bum and you are now carrying stone
My babe walked towards me and said “Please let us go, this man is an unfortunate man”
I dropped the stone
I started walking my babe home
When we got to her house, I realised me face had been remodelled
That guy really did a number on me
My

left eye was filled with blood
Wow
My babe and her sisters started talking about the guy and how he is prone to getting angry and fighting
I don’t live in that area and I didn’t know him
I asked my babe if she knew his house
She said she does
I left her house and hurried to the

police station
I went to report
A police man followed me and so got him arrested
That was where my power was
With the law!
His babe started begging
They brought a lot of people to beg me
I was the only one showing any form of damage
The teethmark on his head was covered by his

hair
The police looked at both of us and concluded he had unjustly molested me
They locked him up
I paid the police people 5000 naira to keep him locked up
I told them I will pay them 5000 everyday to keep him there
The begging increased
He brought many people including his

landlord
Las las they paid me 50k and I got hospital treatment
The beating no be here o
That was the last time I got in a fight
This was 2005

PS: I was not a believer at this time and the reality I described was as a result of my life choices at that time.
The same can never ever happen to me again, since I have come to know the Lord, my life has been crisis free on every level!
I am the seed of Abraham, a blessing!