[Abigail ran towards Mamud’s post to break the information she had heard.]
ABIGAIL: Mamud! Mamud!
MAMUD: Menene?! [He came out from the room to answer her] Why you dey shout like person when Esaj fowl dey pursue?
ABIGAIL: If na that one no be good thing? Fire don climb mountain.
MAMUD: Who put the fire there?
ABIGAIL: If you ask me, na who I go ask?
MAMUD: So you no ask who put fire for mountain then you pasa ran su gudu come my post dey drop the news, Madam Loudspeaker. Sanu!
ABIGAIL: [She hissed and continued to relay the information anyway.] I hear say police dey find Oga Johnson and big aunty.
MAMUD: Happy-girl! Talk truth!
ABIGAIL: True.
MAMUD: lai lai ilalai! Weytin dem say e happen?
ABIGAIL: I never know the full story yet, but e dey related to murder.
MAMUD : Which person mother? Oga mother or big aunty mother?
ABIGAIL: See the reason why you suppose go school? Bottle water! Them say Oga and big aunty kill person.
MAMUD: Toru’uba! Kai kai kai kia kai! Abubuwan al'ajabi ba za su ƙare ba! (Wonders will never end!). How you take hear am?
ABIGAIL: See you! I go sit down for house, information, news go dey reach me for where I dey. [She bragged and began to walk away]. Later o.
MAMUD: Kai! Ina za ki je? (You! Where are you going to?)
ABIGAIL: I don commot dey go arrange my things just in case of incasity.
MAMUD: [He looked stunned and pondered a little about the news] Allah yasa mu dace damoa wanan!(God will see us through this problem.)
[Light Fades out on him into the sky above]
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Love Swing
ActionA turn of event as he loved someone who did not love him back and she loved someone who may not even lover her back. The story of love that swings from the ideas that were embedded in us right from the time we were salvaging our high school grades...
