OGHENECARO'S BEAUTY SHOP - HE IS ALIVE

She kept shouting, “He is alive! He is alive! He is alive!” as she ran into Oghenecaro's shop. 

“Why are you shouting at the top of your voice?” asked Oghenecaro. 

“Who is alive?” 

“You won't understand how joyful I am. It's a thing of joy”, replied the woman feeling very joyful. 

“You still haven't answered my question”, urged Oghenecaro. “Who is alive?” 

The woman took her seat looking at the ceiling of the shop. 

“God, you are so great. What men have written off, you showed up and made an outstanding rescue”. 

“For the last time before I throw you out of my shop, what are you saying? Who is alive?”, demanded angry Oghenecaro. 

“E never reach like that na”, replied the woman. “It's Tony”. 

“Which Tony?”

“How many Tony you know? E shock you abi?”

“How come?”

“A narrow escape, I will say”.

“Oh, no wonder, the pandemonium. It's high time he stops going to the zoo especially close to the lion's den. He may not be this lucky next time”. 

“Dem dey hear word? He was lucky but Akpan was not”. 

“Which Akpan?”, cried Oghenecaro. 

“Same Akpan, his friend. He didn't make it. He was shot and died on the spot”. 

“What a terrible loss, I pity his poor mother”, said Oghenecaro in a sorrowful tone. 

“His mother was a good friend of mine”, said Oghenecaro. 

“That means you know a little about his background”. 

“Of course yes, I do”, replied Oghenecaro. 

“Abeg gist me”, said Mrs. Aproko. 

“I know you would ask”.

“What are friends for?” Mrs Aproko asked jokingly. 

“For Amebo”, answered Oghenecaro with a serious laugh. 

(Both of them laughed). 

“Akpan's mother used to be my schoolmate in secondary school. Her father was very rich and over-protective. When I say ‘over-protective’, it was that bad. We later discovered the reason behind his being over-protective was because he was a member of an occultic group. The rule of the occult was that a father would be the one to disflower his female child. So, he was protecting her for the right time. And did he achieve his aim? He definitely did. But unknowing to him, he impregnated her. Her mum, who had also been a victim of the same was aware of these mishaps but kept quiet due to fear. The moment she discovered that her daughter was pregnant with her father, she hid it from him.