COMPULSORY MARRIAGE SEASON 2
Episode 4
Fast forward to Sunday, I first went to pick my parent at home around 10am and headed straight to Biola’s house. I was chatting with her at every point in time to ask about her parent and she already told me they went for morning service and back at home.
We got there around past eleven, knocked at the door and it was her junior brother that came to open the door for us. I was just behind my parent as he ushered us into the room, I guess he wouldn’t have opened the door if I was the only one as I remembered what happened the other time.
My Mum: Ekaaro Mummy way…..eku ojo meta
Biola’s Mum: Good morning Ma, Morning Sir… Longest time ma
“I prostrated to greet her and she responded somehow” I got the response as I know I wouldn’t be attended to had it been I was the only one that came to the house but at least she respected my parent.
My Mum: awon daddy nko ma? What of business Ma
Biola’s Mum: We thank God oo…Daddy is fine. Femi, please go and call daddy, tell him he has some visitors
My Mum: hey yah…I know you would have been angry with us ma
Biola’s Mum: angry ke? No ooooo why should we be angry
My Dad: Ahhh Mummy wa, we all knew what happened and where we are
My Mum: Good morning Sir, how is work sir
Biola’s Dad: Good Morning Ma, Morning Sir..what do we hold this august visit
Me: Morning Sir
Biola’s Dad: How are you snakie…how is work
Me: Fine Sir
My Dad: well done Sir…We are sorry breaking your rest sir
Biola’s Dad: No problem Sir, you are welcome…you’ve not offered them anything
My Dad: We are the one that asked them to wait as what we are here for is more urgent than the food
Biola’s Dad: Urgent ke? I hope nobody died?
My Dad: rara sir oooo…..well am snakie’s Dad and this is his mom
Biola’s dad: Ohk….
My Dad: And we are here because of both of them?
Biola’s Dad: What happened to them cos the last time I checked my daughter is fine and absolutely doing okay
My Dad: Daddy, I know you are still angry with what happened in the past and its worth it if you are angry about it. But we thank god things are settled and the person that caused this problem is definitely out of the way now and there’s nothing stopping them from getting married to each other and I believe they have both learnt their lessons now
Biola’s Dad: You mean the snakie that caused the problem is no more there again? who is the lucky guy you brought for my daughter now? So, you want to be passing my daughter
within your family
My Mum: rara Sir, it was Mary…her secret is now opened sir and we all now know that snakie is not responsible for her pregnancy
Biola’s Dad: So, instead of blaming snakie that caused all the problem you are now shifting the blame to the poor girl…Come to think of it, did she forced herself on him? Was it not snakie that brought her home and was staying together with my daughter with pretense she was her cousin
My Dad: That’s the point sir but we thank God that things have returned back to normal now
Biola’s Dad: Which Normal?
COMPULSORY MARRIAGE SEASON 2
Episode 5
My Mum: As in snakie and Biola have settled their differences and he has seriously apologized to her and promised that what happened will never repeat itself again
Biola’s Dad: is that so Biola
Biola: “trembling” Ye…..Ye….yes daddy
Biola’s Dad: Yes what….you must be a bastard for saying yes..are you stupid?
“My mum, Biola’s mum and Biola quickly knelt down while I prostrated immediately”
My Mum: we are very sorry Sir…its not really her fault sir
My Dad: Sir, like I said earlier its worth it if you are angrier than this but we thank God things didn’t get out of hand totally before we realized our mistake. Do u know that, the lady was pregnant before meeting snakie but push the pregnancy on him because of his naivety.
Sir, what if we tell you that guys were coming to the house to
come and sleep with the lady at home while she was pregnant.
The last straw of it was that she was caught red handed three weeks ago with another guy on snakie’s bedroom with 9
month pregnancy.
Biola’s Dad: WHAT!!!!!
My Dad: That is the truth sir, we all caught her red handed with the guy that very faithful day and she confessed. So we believe since she has gone her own way, the best we can do as a parent is to see to the differences between Snakie and Biola but we thank God they already settled it before involving us and we realized the best
thing is for us to come with him here to plead on his behalf for Biola’s hand in marriage
Biola’s Dad: Which hand in marriage? That’s over my dead body
My Mum: Ahhh Daddy..please Sir
Biola’s Dad: There’s nothing to beg there mummy, the truth is that, my daughter cannot marry snakie..I thank God that he now knows the truth that the pregnancy is not hers. Yoruba adage says “ For the eye that will see your old age, rheum will never start coming out of it from your early years”.
Despite the fact that my daughter is always going to snakie house, spending the weekend and all sort, he still had the effontry to s-x another lady, not only s-x but play my daughter as a fool, having s-x with two ladies in the house under the same roof. If he can behave like that to her when they are still courting, I wonder what will happen if they eventually get married to each other. I knew what my daughter went through and I don’t want her to go through
worst cos it will be disastrous by that time and there wont be remedy for it again. What is the assurance that things like that
will not happened again
My Mum: rara sir ooo…what happened was a mistake and he has realized his mistake and promised never to repeat itself again
Biola’s Dad: Promised? He should do that to his next wife and not my daughter. Please I was about going out before you came in and I want to start going now. Thank you for coming.
Honey, Please am going to Pastor Andrew’s place. I wont be staying long…….
“Biola’s Dad step out of the house”
My Mum: Mummy wa, please help us plead
with him when he comes back
Biola’s Mum: Please don’t be offended sir and ma, I know he is still angry. I will try and talk to him when he comes back
My Dad: we will be taking our leave now, thanks so much for your hospitality
“My dad stood up from his seat, I knew from his body language that he felt embarrassed but I don’t really know how he took it at that very moment. We all stood up and made out of their house. Biola and her mum saw us off to where we parked and we moved out of their compound”..Inside the car on our way to drop my parent
My Dad: What an insult……am I the one that idiot just walked out on?
My Mum: E ma binu sir
Me: am sorry dad
My Dad: Sorry for yourself…see what you caused me? I have never been embarrassed like this before in my life let alone someone that is not even up to my age. Is her daughter the only lady in this world? If she’s not allowing you to marry her
daughter there are so many good girls out there now
My Mum: Please don’t look at it that way honey
My Dad: Then how should I look at it despite our pleading and conviction. Is he God? He now has the effontry to walk out
on me…is it his fault? If not for this boy that made me witness this arrant nonsense
My Mum: I believe he is still angry that’s why he behaves like that..let us give him sometime
My Dad: that his own business, if he likes let his mind come down at least its not compulsory that my son marry his daughter
Me: Its compulsory oo dad
My dad: Then you have to marry her compulsorily without my consent
My Mum: Which one is compulsory marriage again daddy..are you also angry now
My Dad: Why wont I be angry…..yes and I mean it maybe you guys will be married compulsorily without my consent cos I will
never come here again and don’t think I will allow one useless man to embarrass my wife………That is my decision and its final,
its not a must you guys marry each other.
COMPULSORY MARRIAGE SEASON 2
Episode 6
The statement from my dad was like putting petrol in already burning fire, I know my dad very well that it takes the grace of God to to change his mind once he made his decision and since he said he wasn’t going back there and wont allow my mum to go back, I knew he mean it and the only way my mum can go is going behind him.
What if he eventually find out that my mom goes behind him, it might cause serious problem. I got home later in the evening and initiated a chat with Biola
Me: Whats up boo
Biola: Am fine baby boy..please am really sorry for what happened in the morning
Me: No problem dear
Biola: I will find time during the week to come and apologize to mom and dad
Me: no problem dear..we will definitely go together
Biola: Thanks honey
Me: So, how far with popsy? Any luck with him
Biola: he is still adamant oooo…seriously that we wont give his consent and if I want to force it, I should bear the consequence.
Me: wow…that’s serious, what of mumsy?
Biola: she’s on our side and has given her consent but you know my dad his hard to break, the blood of a general is still running in him
Me: But I thought they said when one is getting old, you leave behind your youthful character
Biola: Not like my dad ooooo……so, hw about mum and dad? Hope they didn’t feel insulted
Me: Uhmmmmmm
Biola: Whats hmmmmm? Please talk to me baby
Me: It was just like the same thing happening to you..dad felt insulted and embarrassed but mom took it lightly
Biola: So, how far with him?
Me: Who?
Biola: dad of course…
Me: Well..just exactly like what your dad is saying too………..
Biola: That he wont give his consent?
Me: except we are getting married compulsorily.
Biola: wow….this is serious issue oooo……..am confused
Me: Confuse myself too….i don’t even know what to do but mum is still trying to talk to popsy to soften his mind
Biola: Have spoken to mom and we agreed that we will involve popsy’s mum, that’s the only person he fears most and will always do whatever she asked of him
Me: well, that’s good…..maybe I will adopt that too with my dad cos I believe he also respect his mum so much too…so, what is the plan baby
Biola: we will be going to her place on Saturday, explain everything to her and bring her down to our house to talk to dad
Me: Ohk dear..i will call mum too to explain this plan to her..we will see tomorrow now baby?
Biola: yes baby, after work..i love you so much baby
Me: I love you too dear…Good night dear I ended the chat with Biola and started thinking and prayed for quick resolution, I called my mum to find out if my popsy’s mind has soften down but she told me that he didn’t even want to discuss the issue with her again but I should relax my mind that everything will be fine in no time.
I brought up the issue of involving my grandmother which she objected to. In her own word “don’t worry yourself too much about that, your dad is my husband, I know how to get things I want from him, all our efforts should be on Biola’s dad for now.