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Diary of Chike The JAMBite: Part1<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n

It was already dark when Chike walked into the house like a defeated solider. His mum was in the kitchen and his dad had his eyes glued to the plasma TV in the sitting room as if his life depended on it. It was 9pm and the news was awash with the recent massacre of policemen in Lafia. \u201cWhat is this country turning into?\u201d The man hissed when his son greeted him. \u201cDaddy, good evening,\u201d Chike repeated but instead of a reply his father said, \u201cDo they want to turn this whole country into a burial ground?\u201d<\/p>\n

When Chike was sure that his father had heard him, he made to leave but his mother surfaced at that instance. Unlike her husband, the woman was about asking her son if it was just JAMB result he had gone to check for the past seven hours. She still had words in her mouth when her husband shouted, \u201cJesus Christ! What a gory sight!\u201d\u00a0 The woman rushed to the direction of the TV without concluding what she was saying to her son.<\/p>\n

Chike did and sign of the cross and said, \u201cThank God I\u2019ve escaped yet another night.\u201d He shuffled to his room immediately without trying to find out the scene that got his parents screaming. Whatever it was, he knew it will form the fulcrum for that night and no one would want to find out how his JAMB had turned out at least for that night.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Chike, who for the past one week had been trying to conceal his sadness from his parent, went into his room and lay down like a log of wood. His eyes darted from the wall clock to the ceiling and back to the wall clock again. He kept shifting from one end of the bed to the other. Time rolled away, but the young man did not even remember to join his other siblings for diner.\u00a0 It is said the he whose house is on fire does not chase rats. Chike was disturbed so much that nothing else mattered.<\/p>\n

Time wore on but no one cared to knock on his door to inform him that food was ready. This had never happened before. Is the evening news too bad that his parents decided to go to bed without eating? \u201cThat\u2019s not possible,\u201d he said aloud and dismissed the subject by assuming that someone, probably his younger brother had come to knock but he was too carried away in his thought that he did not hear him. When he could not sleep a wink after an hour, he stood up from the bed and turned the light switch on. He opened his bag and brought out his JAMB result were he hid it. Tears rolled down his cheeks as he unfolded the piece of paper that contained his score; the white piece of paper that determines whether or not he would go to the University to study his dream course.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 For the first time in years, Chike cried like a baby. Although he had seen it many times but the moment he unfolded the white piece of paper and beheld his score his threshold opened and cried bitterly. He blew his nose and sighed. \u201cI\u2019m finished!\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 he mused. Just then, he began to say aloud his score as if that would convince him and probably douse his sorrow. \u201cAggregate 180. This cannot be! How can I score 50 in English and 50 in Biology?<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cNo no, somebody should explain why I will score 20 in chemistry and 60 in physics?\u201d he said with aggression.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 At the peak of his sorrow, his blackberry beeped. And suddenly, like a man possessed by an evil spirit, he rushed to where it was on top of the TV, picked it up and smashed it on the floor. \u201cYou are nothing but a black devil!\u201d<\/p>\n

The knock on the door made Chike Jumpy. He wanted to ignore it but when his father called out his name repeated he answered the door. \u201cWhat was that sound I heard?\u201d the man\u2019s eyes kept searching the room.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cIt… i… it\u2019s my phone. It fell from the ceiling, nor from… from…. it fell from the TV,\u201d Chike stammered.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cOh, you\u2019re crying,\u201d the man said when his searching eyes rested on the son\u2019s face. \u201cCome, sit on the bed and tell me what the problem is,\u201d he picked the scattered pieces of what remained of his son\u2019s phone.<\/p>\n

When Chike sat on the bed, his whole body was shaking. So at last his father would find out what he had been hiding for days…<\/p>\n

TO BE CONTINUED<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"… (14 comments)<\/a><\/span>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[32,13],"tags":[71],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\nDiary of Chike The JAMBite: Part1<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Diary of Chike The JAMBite: Part1. It was already dark when Chike walked into the house like a defeated solider. 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