life in ozoro polytechnic ,a story by Elliboy

*MY LIFE IN OZORO POLYTECHNIC*




         *EPISODE 1*



My name is Eliboy. I’m from a polygamous home
and the last child of 18children. My siblings have the
raw cash (money) to sponsor my education up to
the level of schooling abroad but like the saying
‘every mallam with his own kettle’ they don’t care,
the only option is for me to hustle and take full
responsibility of my education. After my secondary
education, I had to struggle hard by hustling like
every ambitious youth who have goals to achieve. I
spent three good years at home working as a class
room teacher, party planner, master of ceremonies
MC, designer, and sometimes driver to some aged
individuals. With all these jobs, I was able to make
good money that will see me through my school if
not to the end but at least 2yrs.
A devil in the appearance of an angel I believe is
exactly what I am when it comes to womanizing, It’s
the only bad thing about me actually, this makes
most of my friends who knows the real me calls me
commissioner of womens’ affair, others shawama
Lord but I prefer the name my one and only best
friend Jerry calls me, the reason is that he always
whine his waist like Shakira while calling the name. I
guess you want to know the name, its ALELE
KPEKUS.
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It was a Monday morning, the temperature outside
was 45 degrees, so I turned 45 degrees facing the
wall as I laid like an helpless chick on my bed.
Being soaked alone in cold, I wasn’t able to sleep,
so I had to listen to some cool music. I was listening
to my favorite music sang by flavour titled “catch
cold” when a message beeped my phone. It was an
email from sender NDU (Niger Delta University) I
opened the message to read and its content was;
“AYIS ELIBOY you have been offered provisional
admission into NDU to pursue a degree programme
in the department of zoology, you are expected to
start the screening process as soon as possible.
No-reply@NDU.wiberforceisland.com ”
I sighed in anger going through the message again
and again, I’ve always dreamt of being a medical
doctor saving lives and helping humans and not
attending to animals and studying their
embryological features. Thinking took over me as
my cerebrum expanded. I never knew when tears
started rolling off my eyes and I said, another
wasted year! Two years back I was given admission
to study medicine and surgery in this same school
but it was swept off by a whirled wind from
nowhere. I had to decline due to my father’s
death.
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The next day, I searched for my jamb form to see
if the second choice institute I filled would be a
better alternative, I found it finally and Delta State
Polytechnic Ozoro was my 2nd choice institute with
the course Science Laboratory Technology (SLT).
It’s somehow related to medicine and surgery
although not as I thought because it is restricted to
the laboratory only, more also not only medical
lab but all variety of labs.
I quickly reached out for my phone to surf the net
to see if the second choice institute form was still
on sales and behold it was, I dashed off to a café
in my vicinity to purchase the form and was told to
visit the school for further processes.