16/03/2026
PART 3: MUMMY M.
Good evening my people! How is everyone doing?
I’ve got a little bit of time, so let’s continue with Part 3 of the story about Mummy M.
I just finished a 12-hour shift and I’m currently on the train heading home. To be honest, it wasn’t a bad shift, but I’m exhausted.
I didn’t even take my break today and I haven’t eaten anything all day. I’ve been fasting- not because of Ramadan, but because I’m trying to lose some weight.
I want to cut down a bit. I actually used my break time to work on my 3000-word essay and portfolio, so that also added to the tiredness.
Anyway, let’s dive back into the story.
I had no idea that Anini (remember, that’s not his real name) had been grooming Mummy M for marriage when she came of age.
According to Mummy M, she wasn’t aware of this either, but Anini was very particular about her. For example, whenever she wore a short dress, he would caution her and tell her to go and change.
Anini’s sister would always refer to Mummy M as “our wife” and would regularly buy her gifts.
The funny thing was that Mummy M hadn’t even turned 18 at that time, and as you can imagine, marriage wasn’t even on her mind.
She thought they were joking.
It later became clear that Anini had probably told his siblings about his intentions.
It’s also important to note that Anini was already an adult at a time when Mummy M was still a little girl bathing outside, So you can imagine the huge age difference.
As I mentioned earlier, my relationship with Mummy M became a big topic in her neighbourhood.
News spread quickly that she was dating “one student like that.” It was shocking to many people for several reasons.
First, Mummy M was known as a very quiet and shy girl. Many people actually believed she would eventually become a reverend sister because she spent most of her time in church, attending evening mass, going for catechism classes, visiting the chapel, or assisting the reverend fathers.
She was extremely gentle and harmless. In fact, people used to say she couldn’t even kill a bird, which was how she got the nickname “Taata” (Baby).
And let me not lie - Mummy M was very beautiful. Her Shape bugodi one in a million🤣.
To show you how young she looked, many of my friends would jokingly refer to her as my daughter. My friends especially Apga and Ezemou would tease me constantly. They would shout across the department that I was committing “child abu*e” because they believed she looked too young for me.
Mummy M was very shy. Whenever she saw my friends, she would hide behind me.
However, it’s important to point out that our relationship remained completely platonic until she turned 18.
Back then, I would visit Mummy M almost every night and sometimes sneak her out of the house.
In fact, I temporarily converted to Catholic and started attending evening mass regularly. Not because I suddenly became very holy but because it was the best opportunity to spend time with her.
Soon, the neighbours started mocking Anini.
They would say a small boy had snatched his potential wife from him.
Anini began to feel very uneasy about my presence.
Normally he closed his electronics shop around 6 pm, but because of me he started staying open much later just to monitor whether I would show up.
At first, Mummy M was afraid. She would hide whenever she wanted to see me or sometimes tell Anini she was going to visit a female friend when she was actually coming to my house.
I don’t think I mentioned earlier that Mummy M’s elder brothers were all abroad, and because of that they had entrusted Anini with some level of responsibility over their family.
In fact, at that time the only reliable way for them to communicate with Mummy M’s family was through Anini, because he owned a mobile phone which was a big deal back then.
Business-wise, Anini wasn’t doing badly at all. He probably owned one of the biggest electronics shops on Arthur Eze Avenue at that time.
Mummy M’s parents trusted and liked him.
Meanwhile, I was gradually becoming very popular around the neighbourhood. Everyone now knew me as Mummy M’s boyfriend.
The tenants in their compound liked me a lot. Her younger sister was actually my number one fan, and her younger brother Uba (May his soul continue to rest in perfect peace) also liked me. Let’s just say I’m a very likeable person 😂.
However, the constant mockery from the neighbours began to get to Anini.
After repeatedly warning Mummy M to stop seeing me and she refused, he finally threatened that he would have me arrested if he saw me around their house again.
Before making that threat, he had already asked Mummy M to give him my address, but she refused.
When he made the arrest threat, Mummy M became very frightened. She started crying and begging him not to arrest me.
She even asked some of the tenants to plead with him on my behalf, but Anini refused.
He went further and threatened that he would come to my department in school to get me arrested.
At that time, I knew nothing about these threats because Mummy M didn’t tell me.
Instead, she suddenly stopped allowing me to come to her house. She told me it was to avoid trouble and started visiting me instead.
I found this strange and even threatened to break up with her and accusing her of seeing someone else before she finally revealed the threats Anini had been making.
The moment I heard that Anini had threatened to arrest me, I went ballistic.
Anini wants to arrest who? Me??
Me? Staffoo??
Ezigbo nwa 042??
Taa!!!
I simply said, “Okay… we shall see.”
Actually, now that I think about it, it might have been Mummy M’s younger sister who first told me about the threats.
Mummy M herself didn’t want to tell me because she was afraid I would escalate the situation.
After hearing about the threats, I told Mummy M that I wouldn’t come to her house again so as to avoid trouble.
What I didn’t tell her was that I had already made up my mind to confront Anini.
Days passed and I stopped showing up around their compound.
Anini started boasting that he had successfully scared me away.
Some of the tenants even started pitying me, thinking I had run away because I was afraid of being arrested.
One day I ran into one of the tenants at Temp Site, and he told me I shouldn’t be afraid of Anini’s threats.
Little did they know what I had planned.
Then one Saturday… BOOM!
I chose Saturday deliberately because it was the busiest day and I knew everyone would be around.
Myself, my guy Oma (the Viking), my roommate Ali, Eze Azu, Auto, and two of Ali’s friends (I can’t even remember if my guy IK joined us) all stormed Aninj"s shop in a comando style.
We boarded about 4 okadas from UNIZIK Junction and arrived simultaneously.
We intentionally hired brand-new okadas driven by those young reckless riders , you know the type who sit with half of their bottom on the seat and the other half hanging outside like they are about to fall off and bending their legs and back like they got hunchback.
As we arrived, they were riding about 20mph and suddenly hit the brakes hard right in front of Anini’s shop.
The tyres screeched loudly and skidded to a stop.
Shuuuuuuuuu!!!!!!
Shuuuuuuuuu!!!!!!
Shuuuuuu!!!!
All of then stopping simultaneously and making a scene.
Immediately, we all jumped down like military commandos.
None of us was under six feet tall , except Ali, who almost escaped being a midget.
But honestly, Ali’s face alone could scare anybody.
You don’t need Ebuka Obi to tell you that Ali is a… 😅.
Anyway…
We stormed straight into Anini’s shop.
And that’s when the real drama began.
But make I sleep first abeg.
We will continue Part 4 another day.
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Nurse Eliza but not a quack Nurse.