life in ozoro polytechnic, a story by eliboy
*MY LIFE IN OZORO POLYTECHNIC*
*EPISODE 13*
I haven’t finished my statement when an average
height man walked into the hall and the whole
building became calm like a graveyard. Chekwube
just whispered to my ears that he is the lecturer
taking plant and animal taxonomy and also the
course adviser of the department; I nodded in haste
as if my mouth weren’t functioning.
LECTURER: Good morning great scientist!
CLASS: Good morning sir (The whole class shouted)
LECTURER: I believed some of you are here for the
first time, and some of you where in my first class?
CLASS: Yes sir (some students were shouting MR.
FOLE the thalophyta)
LECTURER: For those of you who don’t know me
am your course adviser, my name is MR. FOLE and
I’ll be taking a very important course in your field,
with the course code STB121 ‘plant and animal
taxonomy’.
He wrote the topic for the day on the marker
board, which is TAXONOMY and started lecturing.
He defined taxonomy as the science of finding,
describing, classifying and naming organisms; he
explained further and touched some sub-topic
where he ended with NUMECLATURE. During the
lecture he asked several questions and the brilliant
student especially those in his first class answered all
perfectly, I happened to be among those that
answered his question. He brought out a book and
wrote down our names, he promise to pick the class
rep which they fondly call HOC (Head Of Class)
from that list in his next class, he gave us an
assignment and left the lecture hall.
Other lecturers came in turn that very day to
introduce the course they take, and continue from
where they stopped in their previous class. I was a
bit shy with the way people looked at me at the
end of the days’ lecture, but Chekwube told me it’s
because of my unbelievable performance in the first
class we had. She asked me to follow her to her
hostel to get the notes, and promise to help me
copy some. We boarded a bike and went to her
hostel.
CHEKWUBE: Welcome to my house, please sit down
(offering me a stool)
ME: You have a nice place
CHEKWUBE: thanks, I know yours will be a paradise,
can’t wait to go there with you (sorting out all the
notes from her small shelf)
ME: I pray oo
CHEKWUBE: you sound like someone from Warri with
you accent?
ME: Yes am a Wafferian, what about you?
CHEKWUBE: I’m from Sapele but I love hanging out
with Warri boys?
ME: Why?
CHEKWUBE: They got swag, charming looks, mind
(guts), sense, brilliant and are good in so many
things
ME: Hahahahahahaha, things like what?
CHEKWUBE: You know na, I don’t have to say it
all…
ME: You must say it all oo, finish watin you start
CHEKWUBE: Maybe some other time. *smilling* please
take the notes, and give me some of you empty
note so I can copy for you.
I gave her two empty notes which she promised to
use for ELECTRONIC LOGIC FOR SCIENCE (STP 122) &
HEAT ENERGY (STP 121). She saw me off to her gate
where I took a bike to my hostel. My phone rang
up to five times while I was on the bike but I
couldn’t pick-up, I paid the bike man and brought
out my phone to see who have been calling. Its
FAVOUR, I dialed her number and she picked
FAVOUR: It has come to this level eh?
ME: Is that how you greet your elders? (Saying it
jokingly)
FAVOUR: Sorry, I noticed you have been avoiding
me. It’s the fourth week since you resumed and we
haven’t seen each other, any time I call you on
phone, you must always have an excuse either you
are in the bank or bursary, if not bursary its
admission office
ME: But that is the truth na (interrupting her)
FAVOUR: Today you were on top of bike with the
rector’s daughter, going to her house to pay for
SUG DUE shey?
ME: No oo, the girl you saw me with is my course
mate. I followed her to her house just to get her
notes
FAVOUR: but I saw you holding her when the bike
passed my hostel
ME: I didn’t hold her oooooooo, the only time my
hand touches her was when we passed a speed
breaker… Do you live close to the speed breaker?
FAVOUR: Something like that. I’m spending tonight
in your place live and direct, so send me your
address now I’m prepared already. I will be there as
soon as I received the text. Please hurry with it
because its 5:51pm and I won’t be able to get bike
if it gets to 6:00pm
ME: Okay….
I sent her my address immediately and started
regretting sending it. I quickly brought out my
phone again trying to terminate the message which
has already been delivered. Hope that girl isn’t
coming to tempt me? I be fool oo, I have notes to
copy and I’m allowing a girl to come and spend
the night with me. What if she seduce me or even
rape me… well I’ve told her we are just friends, Yes
‘best of friends’ and not lovers. That is to say am
safe with her……………
*EPISODE 13*
I haven’t finished my statement when an average
height man walked into the hall and the whole
building became calm like a graveyard. Chekwube
just whispered to my ears that he is the lecturer
taking plant and animal taxonomy and also the
course adviser of the department; I nodded in haste
as if my mouth weren’t functioning.
LECTURER: Good morning great scientist!
CLASS: Good morning sir (The whole class shouted)
LECTURER: I believed some of you are here for the
first time, and some of you where in my first class?
CLASS: Yes sir (some students were shouting MR.
FOLE the thalophyta)
LECTURER: For those of you who don’t know me
am your course adviser, my name is MR. FOLE and
I’ll be taking a very important course in your field,
with the course code STB121 ‘plant and animal
taxonomy’.
He wrote the topic for the day on the marker
board, which is TAXONOMY and started lecturing.
He defined taxonomy as the science of finding,
describing, classifying and naming organisms; he
explained further and touched some sub-topic
where he ended with NUMECLATURE. During the
lecture he asked several questions and the brilliant
student especially those in his first class answered all
perfectly, I happened to be among those that
answered his question. He brought out a book and
wrote down our names, he promise to pick the class
rep which they fondly call HOC (Head Of Class)
from that list in his next class, he gave us an
assignment and left the lecture hall.
Other lecturers came in turn that very day to
introduce the course they take, and continue from
where they stopped in their previous class. I was a
bit shy with the way people looked at me at the
end of the days’ lecture, but Chekwube told me it’s
because of my unbelievable performance in the first
class we had. She asked me to follow her to her
hostel to get the notes, and promise to help me
copy some. We boarded a bike and went to her
hostel.
CHEKWUBE: Welcome to my house, please sit down
(offering me a stool)
ME: You have a nice place
CHEKWUBE: thanks, I know yours will be a paradise,
can’t wait to go there with you (sorting out all the
notes from her small shelf)
ME: I pray oo
CHEKWUBE: you sound like someone from Warri with
you accent?
ME: Yes am a Wafferian, what about you?
CHEKWUBE: I’m from Sapele but I love hanging out
with Warri boys?
ME: Why?
CHEKWUBE: They got swag, charming looks, mind
(guts), sense, brilliant and are good in so many
things
ME: Hahahahahahaha, things like what?
CHEKWUBE: You know na, I don’t have to say it
all…
ME: You must say it all oo, finish watin you start
CHEKWUBE: Maybe some other time. *smilling* please
take the notes, and give me some of you empty
note so I can copy for you.
I gave her two empty notes which she promised to
use for ELECTRONIC LOGIC FOR SCIENCE (STP 122) &
HEAT ENERGY (STP 121). She saw me off to her gate
where I took a bike to my hostel. My phone rang
up to five times while I was on the bike but I
couldn’t pick-up, I paid the bike man and brought
out my phone to see who have been calling. Its
FAVOUR, I dialed her number and she picked
FAVOUR: It has come to this level eh?
ME: Is that how you greet your elders? (Saying it
jokingly)
FAVOUR: Sorry, I noticed you have been avoiding
me. It’s the fourth week since you resumed and we
haven’t seen each other, any time I call you on
phone, you must always have an excuse either you
are in the bank or bursary, if not bursary its
admission office
ME: But that is the truth na (interrupting her)
FAVOUR: Today you were on top of bike with the
rector’s daughter, going to her house to pay for
SUG DUE shey?
ME: No oo, the girl you saw me with is my course
mate. I followed her to her house just to get her
notes
FAVOUR: but I saw you holding her when the bike
passed my hostel
ME: I didn’t hold her oooooooo, the only time my
hand touches her was when we passed a speed
breaker… Do you live close to the speed breaker?
FAVOUR: Something like that. I’m spending tonight
in your place live and direct, so send me your
address now I’m prepared already. I will be there as
soon as I received the text. Please hurry with it
because its 5:51pm and I won’t be able to get bike
if it gets to 6:00pm
ME: Okay….
I sent her my address immediately and started
regretting sending it. I quickly brought out my
phone again trying to terminate the message which
has already been delivered. Hope that girl isn’t
coming to tempt me? I be fool oo, I have notes to
copy and I’m allowing a girl to come and spend
the night with me. What if she seduce me or even
rape me… well I’ve told her we are just friends, Yes
‘best of friends’ and not lovers. That is to say am
safe with her……………
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