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 Met my wife at the Mallam Sidi camp in Gombe in September 2009. It was day 2 at the Orientation camp. She was different. Standing a little apart from the crowd of girls doing hard to impress and catch new guys. She was still and calm and alone. Hands in the two pockets of her white on white shorts. Her shirt was a vintage polo shirt. She had "class" written all over her. So naturally, I felt intimidated. But just as I was contemplating what excuse I will use to break the ice and talk to her, a young Hausa boy approached me with his cart and asked if I would buy sweets. The idea brightened my eyes and I quickly purchased 10 buttermint sweets and he left I ensured that our eyes met and I hollered at her and asked if she wanted some sweets and without waiting for an answer, I threw 2 in her direction. The Warri girl in her caught the two instinctively then we started a conversation. We became close friends and inseparable at the camp and it became sure that God had a hand in th...

In 2017, I was posted to Mangu LGA, Plateau State for my PPA. I wasn't too pleased, I cried and I wanted a relocation so bad. But my Dad advised me to stay back and get an apartment. He told me to give it time that I might just come to love it there, after all, I speak Hausa which should be an advantage. I obeyed, did my documentation and left. I returned after some weeks - it was hard, but there was this guy in my CDS group, Medical and Health, I took notice of him because he stood with me all through the meeting and very outspoken. That evening after the CDS, I saw him with a group of Corp members. The next morning, I came to get stuff for breakfast and saw him again. He saw me coming and waited behind. We greeted, exchanged contact and became friends. He had dinner at my place one evening and became a regular visitor. Gradually my service year became very interesting and I wasn't grumpy anymore. He was a perfect gentleman.  Well, we had a kiss on one of his visits and that ...