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MEMOIRS OF AN EX-OTONDO

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Hello, my readers! Happy weekend to you all. Today is the 25th day of November 2017 (like say una no know before). Since I am a stickler for dates, I guess this date (25th November) will always be a memorable one for me. On this day, two years ago, I was supposed to travel from Delta state to the Nigerian Law School, Abuja campus for my screening for my call to bar ceremony and also to resume at the Yikpata orientation camp, Kwara state for the opinion ceremony.(If you don't know what otondo means, ask a corper or an excorper). When I got the news, I was in a fix. After wracking my brain, I decided to go to Abuja first, and then proceed to Kwara state. Well, after the screening exercise at the Law School, I left for Kwara state on the 26th day of November. I arrived at Yikpata Orientation Camp,at about 8pm. At last! The long-awaited camping experience had come! But.... My first day on camp started on a bad note. After the 'preliminaries' at the gate with some s