Mariere Madness...

‘I wan confess oh! I wan confess oh!’

This was the exact echo that woke almost half of Mariere’s inhabitants this fateful morning. For those of you who might not know where or what Mariere is, it is arguably the most sort after male hostel in the University of Lagos. Not only because it is known as the Scholars’ Hall (some may say it is living on ‘past glories’), but also because it is relatively conducive and peaceful compared to the other hostels (no disrespect).

By morning, I mean 2am. You can imagine the gravity of this outburst at this time of the day. Well, because this was an unusual occurrence in Mariere, we (at least those who woke up), ventured to find out what the problem was. Tracing the particular room from which the noise emanated was far from being easy. At last, we got to the room! One of the rooms on the 3rd Floor!

Upon getting to this room, we met a heavily sweat-drenched guy on the floor. ‘What is the matter?’- most people asked him. ‘I wan confess oh’ – he continued. An already frustrated fellow from the back of the crown then let out his fury, saying- ‘confess now or never’.

Instantaneously, the most ridiculously and unimaginable answer i have ever heard followed. ‘I dey Hungry!’ Yes. That was the confession ‘our guy’ wanted to make.

Right there and then, if i were to choose between letting this guy go without a scratch on his skin and jumping into the Lagoon from the 3rd Main Land Bridge, i would gladly have chosen the latter option. As a matter of fact, my palm was some split seconds away from stamping his fairly-toned cheek when he screamed, ‘April Fool, April Fool!’

At that moment, it dawned on all of us present in that room that it was 1st of April! Oh My God! How come not even one of us thought of that? HE outsmarted us. Plain and Simple!