INT.POLICE INTERROGATION ROOM.DAY.
Faint glow of a light bulb underneath SLOW ROTATING BLADES of a ceiling fan.
A pretty female in her mid to late twenties sits on a chair.Her clothes are vulgar and Revealing .Her wrists are bound by handcuffs.She has a swollen eye and there's a fresh stream of blood from one of her nostrils.
She has a quiet defiant look in her eyes.
Seated across from her is INSPECTOR USMAN,mid Forties,beard mostly gray.He holds a writing pad in his hand as he maintains his steady gaze.
Long Silence.
INSPECTOR USMAN
For the purpose of this interrogation,please state your name!
GIRL
(shifts slightly in her seat)
My name is Sandra!
The INSPECTOR Scribbles into his Writing Pad.
INSPECTOR USMAN.
So what do you do for a living,Sandra?
SANDRA
I am a prostitute!
Long Pause.
INSPECTOR USMAN
(thoughtfully)
hmmm.
Long silence.
SANDRA expels a thick spittle of blood onto the rugged untiled floor.
A flicker of disgust passes across the INSPECTOR'S FACE.
SANDRA
I stand on the road,and men pick me...to sleep with me!
INSPECTOR USMAN
(sighs)
So what happens after that?
The SANDRA stares at him in silence for a few seconds.
SANDRA
After I sleep with them,....I take their destiny!
INSPECTOR USMAN.
(curious)
Their destiny?
SANDRA
(pushes against restraints)
Every man has a star,
(pauses)
And his destiny is in his star......
INSPECTOR USMAN stops scribbling into the note pad to stare at her for a few seconds,then continues again.
SANDRA(continues)
......After he sleeps with me,I rub the charm on his body!
INSPECTOR USMAN
So they're awake when you rub the charm on their body?
SANDRA
(shakes head)
No...the Juju makes them sleep!
INSPECTOR USMAN
(confused)
What Juju?
SANDRA
(sighs)
The one I put in my mouth!
(pauses)
If the man kisses me,he will sleep!
LONG SILENCE
INSPECTOR USMAN
(eyes her skeptically)
So what happens to the man after you collect his......"destiny?"
SANDRA
(shrugs)
Bad things will start happening in the Man's life...he will lose his job and his money
(pauses)
If he's star is not strong,...he can die.
INSPECTOR USMAN.
How long have you been doing this....job?
SANDRA
Since I was Eighteen.....Ten years now.
Long Pause.
INSPECTOR USMAN
So what do you do with the destiny?
SANDRA
(shrugs)
I take it to my group and we use it to get more customers.
INSPECTOR USMAN
(arches eyebrow)
Your group?
SANDRA
Yes,...we are many that do this business in this town.
(Pauses)
The Juju uses the destiny to make us Fine so that men will see us.
INSPECTOR USMAN.
(thoughtful)
So its a cult?....and you're like witches?
SANDRA
No,...our father Is a spirit,....and we serve him!
The INSPECTOR stares at her in silence for a few more seconds.There seem to be so many questions in his eyes.
INSPECTOR USMAN.
Does this your "father".....instruct you to kill people?
SANDRA Shifts again uncomfortably in her seat but says nothing.
INSPECTOR USMAN.
.....does he?
SANDRA
(hesitates)
No....he only tells us to take their luck
Long silence
INSPECTOR USMAN
So why did you kill Dr Franklin?
SANDRA suddenly casts him a dark look.
SANDRA
Have you ever been hungry before?
(sternly)
So hungry that you would do anything to feed yourself?
INSPECTOR USMAN
If you're hungry,get a job....you don't have to.....
SANDRA
(interrupts)
Prostitution IS my Job and to get customers I have to use Juju.
INSPECTOR USMAN.
(softly)
To get their "destiny"as you say
(shrugs)
But you're here because you killed someone.
SANDRA
(defiantly)
I did what I had to do.
(Raises voice)
He woke up suddenly and saw me rubbing the charm on his body!!!
INSPECTOR
(calmly)
And....so you stabbed him with a knife that was conveniently with you at the time???
SANDRA
(evenly)
Being a prostitute is dangerous,....I have to protect myself...
INSPECTOR USMAN
(interrupts)
...so your Juju couldn't protect you?
(leans forward)
....your all powerful Juju?
SANDRA
(sternly)
Don't mock my father....
INSPECTOR USMAN
(interrupts)
Or what will happen?
(shouts)
He'll strike me down,...when he can't even protect one of his own?
SANDRA silently glares at him.
INSPECTOR USMAN (continues)
You are going to jail for Killing a Prominent Medical Doctor
(scoffs)
You stabbed him Eleven times....do you think this is a joke???
SANDRA
(in a low voice)
I was only defending myself
INSPECTOR USMAN
Of course you were
(smiles)
All you were doing was just rubbing a strange ointment on his body....
(pauses)
you were truly justified for stabbing him to death when he fought back.
SANDRA
(low voice)
You'll never understand what I've been through in this life.
INSPECTOR USMAN
And frankly,...I don't care
(shouts)
Prostitution,ritualism....murder are all choices you made.
SANDRA
I was forced into this life....I had no choice.
INSPECTOR USMAN
(softly)
You always have a choice my dear.
(pauses)
It amazes me how far some people will go for money these days.
SANDRA
(furiously)
Its easy for you to sit there and talk....
(spits on the ground)
do you know what its like to see your fellow girls driving nice cars when you can't eat??
(shouts)
Is it a crime for me to be a big girl???
The INSPECTOR Laughs.
Seconds pass.
SANDRA
(curiously)
Whats so funny?
The INSPECTOR LAUGHS some more
SANDRA stares on.
INSPECTOR USMAN.
(chuckles)
You've committed a capital offence
(laughs some more)
And your defence is...."Peer pressure?"
The INSPECTOR continues laughing as he makes for the door.
INSPECTOR USMAN
(snickers)
You're truly a foolish girl
(pauses)
Theres no excuse for prostitution,...ritualism..or murder.None whats so ever.
The Inspector exits the room, leaving behind a traumatized but still defiant SANDRA.
The names of the characters have been changed but the story is inspired by real-life events.
....the girl is currently serving time in a Nigerian prison
.....what people do to keep up with the lifestyles of people around them...smh
LIFE IS A CHOICE MY FRIEND
SO CHOOSE WISELY
ENOUGH SAID
Thursday 4 June 2015
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image courtesy radnatt at freedigitalimages.net Amaka stops by the curb rather abruptly. From the look on her face, she is clea... -
I don't know why People like me exist in the world... .Perhaps we are nature's way of striking a balance between normal and F**kup. ...
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People will call me "A two faced bastard"but what I am is a man. A "today's man".I love my wife.She's the most a...
Nawa ooooo......wat peer presure do to some of us only God can save.....life is always full of choices al we need 2 do is choose wisely.....oga opus i salute uoooo nice one
ReplyDeletePeople always have 'justified reasons' atleast to themselves for every wrongdoing. This one says hers is Peer Pressure...odiegwu.
DeletePls visit my blog nmaojike.com. Thanks
Beware of peer pressure, it kills. Thanks opus for this.
DeletePamscrib.blogspot.com
Especially in this age and time when most people just want to hit it big without working the work. Nice write up Opus.
DeletePeer pressure is a major ish in dis life*
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ReplyDeleteAn even greater lesson to men who hop from one pair of thighs to another. But dey dnt learn. Prostitutes wld always hv customers.... Well said darl
ReplyDeleteReally?
DeleteSandra, what happened to cutting us coat according to your size?
I still can't wrap my brain around what the supposed prominent medical doctor was doing with her.
Doctor want to cure her peer pressure!
DeleteHaha
DeleteI've been AWOL but just like Terminator or Eminem (whichever you can relate to) I'm back! Peer pressure only works on the weak and people without a true sense of self.
Delete@Iyke, u r soo funny. Lolz.
Deletetamia dear, u r soo right.
I missed reading ur comments, Tamir.Welcome back!
DeleteYeah greater lesson for guys that hop after evry skirt the see. That's if they heed the warnings. Smh
ReplyDeleteSo sad. May God give us the wisdom and grace to overcome such pressure. Amen.
ReplyDeleteWhat people do for money these days? So surprising but all the say, life is a choice.
ReplyDeleteSilly girl....peer pressure my foot!
ReplyDeleteEvildoers everywhere dat can't even maximize their so called powers! Why do juju to sleep around for money? If u must, why not do d one dat'll be vomiting money in ur room or something else with ease. Abeg if u wan chop frog, try chop beta one.
Lol......do d one dat is vomitin moni in ur room...u funny o.....bt its true sha
DeleteLol......do d one dat is vomitin moni in ur room...u funny o.....bt its true sha
DeleteHahaahaha, lolz at chopping big frog
DeleteBut people can like to intimidate others sha... these days ehn.. only God keeps one sane and out of temptation 's way.
DeleteBut people can like to intimidate others sha... these days ehn.. only God keeps one sane and out of temptation 's way.
DeleteNawa o. After all these stories, yet some men still pick up prostitutes on d street. A total stranger u just see on d street, u pick her up n sleep with her. May God save my future man from dis kind of reckless life n lost of destiny. Pls my future husband be wise n do d right tin, n may God bless and protect u till u meet me and always.
ReplyDeleteHonestly it baffles me. Trying to wonder what goes through their minds when they pick up these girls. Smh
DeleteAmen oo sister Chidinma. God protect our man for us biko.
DeleteI agree 2 ya prayer sis...AMENNNNN!
DeleteI agree 2 ya prayer sis...AMENNNNN!
DeleteI agree to this theres no excuse for prostitution,...ritualism..or murder.None whats so ever.
ReplyDeleteLike opus would always say iife is a choice choose wisely.
We always v a choice btw good nd evil to choose frm.
Overcoming peer pressure is not easy especially when one's family isn't helping matters.
ReplyDeleteOne just have to be strong no matter what the situation is.
Agreed
DeleteBe contented with what you have. Sandra's case is a serious case of longthroat not peer pressure cos nobody forced or cajoled her to live a life of crime just to meet up with the Big Babes.
ReplyDeleteBe contented with what you have. Sandra's case is a serious case of longthroat not peer pressure cos nobody forced or cajoled her to live a life of crime just to meet up with the Big Babes.
ReplyDeleteLife is indeed a choice. Chai! See what 'longer throat' caused her. A lesson to everyone
ReplyDeleteSandra should have told Amaka to show her how to chop and clean mouth! Though am expecting Amaka to end in a more severe condition.
ReplyDeletePeer pressure... I've once been tempted into smoking before; one of the things I've vowed I'll neva do in this life.
ReplyDeletePsychiatric Attention Please. Uncle Opus did you say serving Jail term? I thought she was meant to take a work to the gallows.
ReplyDeleteLIFE IS A CHOICE MY FRIEND
SO CHOOSE WISELY
ENOUGH SAID
Hmm. Seriously, what was a prominent doctor doing picking up roadside prostitutes? Some men no dey fear o. The power of punani pass intelligence abi? SMH! Peer pressure - that shit is real mehn!
ReplyDeleteAnd some men will never learn. Why are some of you surprised that a prominent doctor picked up a road side hoe? When it comes to Sex, some men throw caution, class, safety and self respect into the sewer. I know someone whose elder brother is a well respected barrister, with a lovely wife and two kids, but he screws the cheapest kinda hoes out there. Look at this doctor now. It will go down in history that he was murdered by a prostitute. His wife, kids, parents will have to live with that shit hanging over their heads forever. Kai! It's just a pity. May God keep such men far away from our paths. Amen.
ReplyDeleteLive with the shit (stigma) of their son, husband and father being stabbed to death by a whore! It's a shameful way to die. People will certainly turn it to household gossip. When his wife's friends or other people see her at the mall or in Church, they'll point her out to someone and whisper "ehen, that's the woman whose husband was stabbed to death by one juju ashawo after he slept with her"... some may even add false details to the story to make it hotter. Now, THAT'S THE SHIT!
DeleteNo hun! No female deserves to bear the brunt of such an irresponsible act. If I were the doctor's wife, I'd stick my middle finger in the air, raise my shoulders high & live my life. No mourning, hun!
DeleteI understand ur point tho.
Psychiatric Attention Please. Uncle Opus did you say serving Jail term? I thought she was meant to take a work to the gallows.
ReplyDeleteLIFE IS A CHOICE MY FRIEND
SO CHOOSE WISELY
ENOUGH SAID
It's not easy over coming peer pressure. It takes the grace of God. If you think it's easy, listen to some people's stories. And as for the man, he got what he deserves. Who picks up prostitutes dis days? When you can always get a unilag(queen aminat) babe, for just a bottle of coke and sharwama?( na my friend tell me o) lol
ReplyDeleteHmmmmm. Wasted lives.
ReplyDeleteThere's no excuse on God's green earth that would make a girl go into prostitution or runs( d baptismal name), other than sheer LAZINESS! Lazy pple who feel that their vjayjay is their workshop.. yimu!
ReplyDeleteEbony
Life isn't easy but one thing we should understand is dat we have the power to say NO to peer pressure and certain things in life. Be wise.
ReplyDeletePamscrib.blogspot.com
Peer Pressure.... It is very very bad! I hope pple learn frm this story
ReplyDeleteMiss Tee,u just wasted space...11 fucking times??...Jesus fix this..!!
DeleteLMFAO
Deletehahhhahha.... Miz Tee ooo! no wonder you are first place on commentators' list :)....xx
DeleteOpus,you're all talent. I have read every single one of your stories and though most literary scare the pants off me(lol I know say no be only me sha)i am hooked on your blog and if say na market you don get customer for life!hehehe not kidding. I write as well so I know an accomplished artist when I see one. Keep it up bro..the pen is mightier than the sword indeed. Sorry I digress,the story is flawlessly written with a moral attached,as usual. I love it. Peer pressure is a matter of 'God na your hand I dey oh',to be honest it's not easy to overcome or even ignore it. We're all in God's hand.
ReplyDeleteIs this Kemi Ojo?
DeleteGreed is a very bad tin, what happens to the word contentment , what happens to cutting ur coat according to the available material? I love Opus Jaree.
ReplyDeleteI think peer pressure is a part of the human experience n there's nothing we can do to eradicate it but the truth is, peer pressure is either negative or positive so as always, life is choice driven. Although my faith advices we choose life, most people don't. Nice work opusky
ReplyDeleteBut seriously, things are happening. One has to be careful in the choices he makes.
ReplyDeleteI wish I could like some comments. We know these things happen but to actually realize it does is another entity. It is well
ReplyDeleteoh well! peer pressure blah but to actually stab a guy 11 times??? now that's one big scary serious s**t...enough said....
ReplyDelete