Campus Palava episode 1

Campus Palava(Part 1)
 
I am Jenny, the first child of a GODLY family of
four, a combination of brain and beauty. I got
almost all the prices on the day of my
valedictory service so gaining admission into the
university of my choice was not so difficult. I
gained admission into the prestigious Obafemi
Awolowo University to study Phamacy.
For one reason or the other I was not able to
secure an accomodation in Akintola hall, Moremi
hall neither in Alumni hall, not even Mozambique
hall where Jambites are packed together like
sardine, so I rented a room outside the school
gate. I decided to join a church near my house
so one evening, I went for a mid-week service.
On entering the auditorium, my heart skipped as
I saw a young man ministering in a beautiful
song (I KNOW MY REDEEMER LIVES) He was
singing and playing the keyboard at the same
time. “Wow! This is splendid” I said in my
heart. The young man was handsome more than
I could describe, gifted beyond measures, I fell
so much in love with him, it was indeed love at
first sight. I couldn’t concentrate on the
program ” God, I wish this guy would be mine
forever” I prayed in my heart. It was time to
share the grace, I jumped out of the
auditorium cos I’ve purposed in my heart that I
never wanted to be noticed by the church, I only
wanted to go in, do my thing and walk out, no
familiarization, as I am an introvert.
As I walked out of the church gate, I heard a
foot step hurrying behind me. As I looked back,
my heart pounded, it was that angel that just
held my heart captive.
“Hi sis” His voice melted my heart, I couldn’t
alter a word. “You must be a Jambite” he said.
“How on earth did he know that?” I wondered.
“Yes, but how did you know that?” He smiled,
there is a way we recognize Jambites….anyway,
I’m Oladipupo. “I’m Jenny” “it’s a pleasure
meeting you.” He said smiling. “The pleasure is
mine…..I love the song you sang and I love the
way you sang it” I said. “Oh, thanks…..hum, I
need to catch up with something on campus so I
will have to rush down but I will like you to
continue to worsh¡p with us here in our church,
can I have your contact so I can follow you up?”
We exchanged phone numbers. I was happy, it
was as if he already proposed to me, I dreamt
of him throughout that night. Ladi (as I fondly
call him) and I started chatting on whatsapp, it
was then I knew he was retained as graduate
assistant in the school after he graduated with
masters degree, he was also a computer guru. We
used to chat almost everyday, precisely on what?
That I can’t answer. We flirt and talked on
baseless things.
One day, as I was using my laptop, it started
misbehaving, I tried all I could to make it work
normally but no way, it was just acting funny. I
needed to use the laptop during the weekend,
moreso, I wouldn’t want the virus that invaded
my laptop to eat it so deep to the point of
crashing it down so I taught of taking of taking
my system down to a cafe. “But why should I
disturb myself when I have a computer guru as
a friend” I wondered. I called Ladi and
explained everything to him, he said I should
bring it down to his house.
Ladi had been persuading me to come to his
house for a visit but I had been avoiding that
cos I knew I shouldn’t be taking any risk
especially with someone like him whom I had
been so much emotionally attached to. I
decided to go to his house this time since it was
on a purpose, moreso he is a church person, we
are brethren so he should be able to exercise
some self-control, so i had taught. So on Friday
evening, I took my laptop to his house, it was a
self-contained apartment, good enough for a
single like him.
Ladi was extremely nice to me, he was a very
loving and caring person, I fell in love with him
again and again. He entertained me with fast
food and drinks he had ordered from an
eatery, we chatted a little before he started
working on the laptop. Within a short time,
everything was done, it started working
normally. “Oh, thank you, you are such a
darling! I hugged him tightly. As I tried to pull
away, he held me so tightly “what is he trying to
do?” I wondered. As I tried to hold back, he
looked straight into my eyes, we stared into
each others eyes for few  seconds, I was filled
with emotions, my body became weak, I felt I
was in another world…….
 
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Ladi looked straight into my eyes, we stared at each other for few seconds, I was filled with emotions, my body became weak. He started k-ssing me, he was smooching me and tried to undress me.
“Ladi please stop, let’s not do this, it’s against the will of our Father” I managed to talk. Still holding me
“Common baby, it’s nothing, we are in the era of grace, the Grace of our Lord Jesus covers it all” he said convincingly.
“But I ….I’m a V-rgin” I stuttered in fear.
“It doesn’t matter love, trust me, you really need to know how pleasurable this thing could be, baby please, just this once.” He said breathing heavily.
Before I knew it, we did it. My V-rginity, my pride was gone. Sincerely, I felt a virtue left me. Leaving Ladi still mo-ning in bed, I quickly packed my laptop and left Ladi’s house filled with guilt and regret. When I got to my room, I cried out loud. How could I just throw a treasure to a pig, I had always advocated for s€×ual purity as the fellowsh¡p leader in my secondary school, how could I just sell myself so cheap to someone who has not even asked me out? I felt so cheap and gullible. I cried my heart out pleading for God’s mercy until I slept off.
For days I didn’t chat Ladi up, he pleaded and pleaded but I ignored him. Few weeks later, I started missing him and I decided to chat him up, he was so happy, he told me he missed me so much and we made up. We continued chatting.
On this fateful Saturday, Ladi called me and told me he is ill. I felt it would be unfair if I don’t check on him so I decided to go and see him. As I entered his apartment I found him lying asleep on the bed weakly, I was moved with compassion. I walked close him. I never wanted to disturb his sleep so I bent down to him. I don’t know what brought the taught of just touching his l-ips with mine just to make himaware of my presence, he locked up my l-ips into his, held my hands and started to k-ss me.
“stop it! But you said you are ill… please stop…” I struggled with him.
“Babe, I was ill because I was missing you… you are the antidote to my ailment, now I am strong.” He said mo-ning.
“you are unbelievable Ladi, l don’t want to do this anymore, leave me let me go.” I struggled with him.
” I told you the devil cannot hold this against us, we are already covered.” He said breathing heavily. I was confused. I couldn’t control my emotions anymore cos this time, it was more pleasurable. Before I knew it, we did it again.
“Oh God! What is wrong with me, why am I so weak? I cried in my room. I was ashamed to go back to God. I didn’t know what to tell him, should I plead for mercy again? All I did was cry.
Again Ladi pleaded and pleaded, this time it didn’t take much time before I made up with him. I started longing to see him. I started feeling like doing it again. This time my conscience was going down the drail. I started losing interest in spiritual things, I didn’t care about God anymore. I would visit Ladi at least two weekends in a month, I would wash his clothes, go to the market to get all his needs and cook for him. we were also doing the thing with all pleasure.
It was time for our test so I decided to read overnight with my colleagues on campus. This time I was in 200Level. That night, I was reading a page of my book for two hours, my eyes were heavy with sleep.
“Jenny, you have been sleeping since, this is unlike you, this exam is tomorrow and you can’t afford to fail it.” Ronke, my closest friend in the class complained.
“I slept throghout the day so I can read all through the night, now I can’t even read anything, I’m even feeling tired and dizzy, I’m fed up.” I muttered.
“You’ve been sleeping incessantly unlike before, you are feeling tired and dizzy, when last did you see your period?” Ronke asked suspisciously.
I thought for a while, my heart pounded as I remembered it’s been two month I saw my period. Coupled with certain strange feelings I was having, I knew I was pregnant.
I went for the exam the following morning and I already knew my result before I finished writing the exam. “I would prepare very well for the main exam” I thought.
Later, I found solution to my predicament and I decided to tell Ladi about it.
“Ladi, I’m pregnant.
” What?! You are a medical student, you should know how not to get pregnant.” He flares. I wondered how dumb he was to think that way.
“What are you telling me, am I God?! I nagged.
“Ok, fine, I believe you are not ready to drop out of school and be a mother, so let’s find a solution on how to get rid of it.” He said sternly.
“Well, I’ve used the concoction from a plant and I’ve gotten rid of it.”
“That’s my baby, that is why I love you.” he carried me like a baby.
“Put me down” I struggled with him.
That day, we did it again. As time passed bye, I had three abortions for Ladi.
On this fateful day, I saw Tosin, a lady in my faculty that attends my church, we chatted a little and she asked me if I heard about Ladi’s wedding that will be taking place in a month’stime.
“That can’t be true” I said unconsciously.
“Huh, dey there, I even know the lady, she is from the church too, I learnt they have been in the relationsh¡p for a long time, the lady only went to further her education in South Africa.” She said convincingly.
I felt my wh0le world crashing right before my very eyes.
“So Ladi thinks he can use me and dump me.
Hell, be expecting a visitor today, it is either he kills me or I kill him.” I said to myself.
It was in the evening so I headed straight to Ladi’s house, I didn’t meet him in the house so I waited at his door. fuming in anger. Hmmm ‘an evil day, devil drink water’…