Chapter 2: Apartment Palava and Gist
Before the story start, abeg try remember these two floor plans well, look the details sharp-sharp:
Before anything, abeg clear your head and shine your eye. Just imagine say na you dey arrange all the corners of this house. Look the room dem, the stairs, the window position. No rush—take am like say you dey solve small puzzle for Sunday evening.
This na one rental apartment wey dey for city for middle and lower side of River Niger.
For here, e dey normal to see this kain house—na city wey mix old colonial building with new type. Gutter dey run for front, generator dey hum for back. Harmattan dust dey dance for air, boys dey shout goal for muddy street. Mama dey fry akara. But na the inside of this house go matter pass for this story.
Wetin sure be say this apartment dey real, and inside am, dead body dey.
No be film trick, no be play-play. For Naija, if person die for house, e dey cast everywhere. Pikin go dey hear from neighbor, and market women go dey gist for junction. Dem for don call police, pastor, even the local vigilante—gossip go full street. But for this one, body dey, and nobody sabi.
Just take this story like say na detective game: Use the clues, try your best to find the wicked truth.
Make you dey reason am like that Basi and Company, or all those old Sunday Sun crime stories. Every small gist fit be big clue. Na your head go help you.
[If you wan try reason the mystery, abeg avoid the comment section so dem no spoil am for you.]
No let person spoil the suspense for you. Hold am jeje, use your sense like person wey dey play Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.
You ready to enter the main matter?