Ìrìnàjò is a beautiful lady in the community, she has been living with her uncle when she was 10 months old after the death of her parents in a multiple ghastly motor accident that happened when her parents were returning from their village to the city where they lived.
According to history heard, her parents wanted to take her along for the trip and assuming she has been taken along she may have died alongside with their parents that day.
However, her uncle persuaded her parents to leave her behind since they will be returning that day to the city. And moreso, his spouse is with him that day on a short visitation so he knows they won't have problems taking care of her till her parents returned from the village.
Their village is about an hour drive from the city and assuming the road has been asphalted, the trip to their village may not exceed 30 minutes at most.
Mr and Mrs Ãnumori listened to Kówópé, her uncle and left her behind with them though she was crying when they were leaving. But after getting her an ice-cream and biscuits she stopped crying after they left.
When Kówópé, her uncle, didn't see his brother by 19:00 hours he knows something was wrong because his older brother is a person who keeps his words against all odds.
What he has gone to the village for is nothing serious, he has gone to the village to see the building project they are executing on his behalf, the building has reached the lintel level. He would have transferred money to the engineer assuming he lives during this period to continue with the work but since transfer couldn't be made then like now, he used to travel to the place to examine what's being done and then ask the engineer to come the following week to collect the cash which would be used for the continuation of the work.
If Mr Ãnumori has lived during this period maybe he wouldn't have died because he is not the type that monitors things closely, he quickly believes what people say without questioning them.
During this period the engineer working on the site would have shown him the stage at which the work is through any of the social media video calls, and he would then make the transfer to his selected bank for continuation of the building project.
When Kówópé checked his wrist Watch and discovered that it was 20:00 hours with his brother nowhere to be found and his daughter with him, 10 months old Ìrìnàjò, he started perspiring and became verily restless.
His spouse, Precious, was calming him down, telling him he shouldn't think evil of his brother and benefactor for she knows no evil will happen to them, it can just be traffic and you know the roads are terribly, terribly bad she said.
"The road has ever been bad," he replied, "and he has been going to the village not once nor twice, even when he left behind nothing he will return by 18:00 hours at most not to say now that he left his only child behind. He and her wife know the position of their daughter and would not tarry long at home to return here…" sighing, "My Delight, I am terribly afraid, I don't want to say what's crossing my heart" he concludes.
"Say no negative words. I am sure your brother and his wife is nigh by, perhaps his vehicle develops fault while going or when returning, you know vehicles like humans would not give signs sometimes before fault emanates"
"I pray it is limited to that. But,.." sighed and continued, "what my mind is telling me is different from what you said and it's very dangerous too. I pray no evil betide my brother because if anything happens to him, I am done for" he replied his love.
"No evil will betide our benefactor in Jesus Christ's name."
"Amen" they chorused as she continues
"God knows he is our helper, he knows without him we can't successfully live on earth, he won't allow evil to happen to him I believe" she said again
Reluctantly replying, "Amen o"
They were discussing like this until someone traces them out, saying that a woman at the verge of death manages to tell him to go to No 24 Cemetery Road, that's where her people live.
When the man was delivering the message, neither him nor his spouse, Precious, could come to terms to what he was saying, when he notices that they seem not to understand, he told him that the person who told him of the place was involved in a ghastly accident that involved multiple vehicles, several people have died on the spot and he pleaded with him to follow him to the State General Hospital where others have been taken to.
When he heard this, he started stooling in his body and had to rush to the toilet to pass the stools, clean himself up and change his clothes before following him to the General Hospital.
On getting to the General Hospital that's when he discovered that what he feared mostly has happened, his brother died on the spot while his brother's wife died on her way to the hospital. They both have been deposited in the hospital morgue alongside with others as the medical personnel await their relatives.
He cried and cried, thinking all was over for him.
The following day, he traveled to the village, went straight to the head of the family to tell him what has happened. Through the head of the family the news was broken to their aged parents.
The arrangements for getting the corpses were made and they were buried at the uncompleted building.
The family resolved that he should be taken care of the man's only daughter imploring his spouse to be living with him so that they will be able to take care of the baby together.
The incident fast forward their wedding, they have been thinking the wedding would take place the following year for his brother says he should give him time to finish the project in the village that year and the following year they will face the issue of him getting married.
But due to this unforeseen incident, the families of Kówópé and Precious came together, agreed and arranged a simple wedding for them.
Most of the properties of Ãnumori was sold to get Kówópé started.
Anyone who doesn't know this story will think Kówópé and Precious are the parents of Irinajo.
Kówópé sternly brought up Ìrìnàjò such that Ìrìnàjò has no breathing space for herself. All her decisions was made by Kówópé for her.
Ìrìnàjò feared Kówópé more than God, she wouldn't want to go against his wishes.
Kówópé bans Ìrìnàjò from getting intimate with any male friends for she was under tight leash.
Somehow, Ìrìnàjò got intimately connected with Kòláròpin, and it wasn't surprising that they started dating.
She was usually happy being by Kòláròpin's side, his thoughts always make her happy always and so does it happen to Kòláròpin. Everyone who sees them, except those elders who like pretending as if they see nothing knows that they are in love and are enjoying their romantic involvement.
Her fear for Kówópé prevented them from seeing each other regularly and this Kòláròpin understands telling her he is ready to do anything for the success of their love.
Kówópé eventually discovered that she was in a romantic relationship with Kòláròpin and told her to stop the relationship, stop seeing him altogether for he doesn't see them together, he doesn't see them as husband and wife, he doesn't see them having a happy home together.
Ìrìnàjò however didn't stop seeing Kòláròpin, they changed the style of their meeting and contacting.
One day, Kówópé gets them red-handed and that night was a terrible moment for Ìrìnàjò at home, for she was abused, molested and many terrible words were spoken to her.
This pained her gravely and while crying she said "as you, Kówópé, have denied me from having joy, you also will neither know peace nor joy from henceforth, you won't enjoy anything good again".
When she was uttering this, there was an Angel that was passing through that time, and the Angel sanctioned and stamped what she said that day.
Two months after this, Kówópé was promoted at his workplace but he never enjoyed his promotion as he started falling sick, robbers attacking him, terrible things continued to happen to him. In fact after he was promised anything, the following day such people will go back on their promises for him.
He got very tired of his situation. One day during the church service a prophet by word of wisdom told him that what he has been passing through was caused by an utterance a lady made on him and his family sometimes back.
No lady has ever lived with us, and I am not a womanizer, who could that be?
The man asked of his relationship with Ìrìnàjò and he told him the story of her
The man says as he was talking the spirit says we need to invite her to this place.
Ìrìnàjò was invited and the man told her she has placed a curse on her uncle, she couldn't believe what the pastor said arguing with him. He asked her to think deeply and then she recollected what she said when he stopped the relationship between Kòláròpin and her.
She said she said because of how she was hitted by the incident, however ever since then they have resolved everything and things are normally going.
Physically things may be going normally but Spiritually it is not because when she was uttering the statement an Angel was passing by who stamped what she said, and since then if she can deeply reflect on the family she will notice it has been one problem on another.
The Pastor told them to fast and pray and he believes God will intervene on the situation. He also added that Kówópé should leave Ìrìnàjò to marry whomsoever ever she wishes, she has come of age, "when you are not going to marry her, let her make her own choice" he said.
All our children have their own God and when we do something that they don't like, and they invoke the spirit of their God, their God usually takes vengeance on their behalf, the pastor said. We are only to guide and instruct them but not to force our ways on them, he reiterated.
Kówópé thanked him… he wouldn't bother Ìrìnàjò again after this incident… they prayed and fasted as the pastor has said but things have not totally returned to normal as they had thought and the pastor said God is not a magician, he will do the restoration in a stepwise manner….
(The End)
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