THE ATTACK: DAY 4
It was the fourth day after the visit of the Voodoo priests. Uche was escorting Mary to her hostel around 10 o’clock in the night. They were laughing excitedly and walking hand in hand like two lovers in the vast campus of the University of Lagos. Suddenly, some men emerged from the shadows and surrounded them. Six stalwart men armed with clubs and one or two of them carried machetes. Their leader, a short wiry man stepped forward and took a good at Mary, totally ignoring Uche as if he was an invisible man. After his inspection, which lasted for about two minutes, he nodded.
“That’s her alright!” he announced to his men.
The six men came at Mary. Uche jumped to the defence of his sister. He gave the leader a terrible kick in the groin and the wiry man doubled over in p
