THE OCCULTIC FATHER Synopsis

THE OCCULTIC FATHER

Written By: Solomon Adinya

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Synopsis

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The entourage that accompanied Chief's mother's corpse from Onitsha main town to his country home at Okpoko ,could stretch from one end of the Sahara desert to the other end , the burial had who is who in Anambra in attendance , big business tyconns from around Nigeria, were in the funeral. 

The white Limousine with black tinted glasses , crawled slowly through the asphalt road , young men wearing green officers uniforms and hats, beat drum and played trumpets , to liven mama's entrance to Okpoko, the undertakers all dressed in black trousers and suit , with white shirt and black bowties danced to the melodious sound of the music .

Christiana and Chike with Nicolas, with Chief's younger brothers went to fetch the corpse from mortuary, Chief was busy welcoming his high profile guest.

When the Ambulance got to Okpoko junction, the ignition switch of the vehicle went off , the driver of the ambulance tried to turn on the car severally, it would only crackle and remain stationary, the men in the cars came down to check what was happening . Chief was called , he came with his bodyguards in two black SUV , he spoke certain words to his mother's corpse in a strange language, a native doctor dressed in a brown Ishiagu native and a red cap with a metal staff came and walked round the vehicle making incantations ,and ordered the driver to get into the vehicle and drive, the limousine coughed and came to life , the black tyres of the vehicle entered the family compound of the late Chief Magnus Okike , six large canopies covered every available space in the large compound .

Chief Agumba and his siblings had scattered several mansions and Edifice in the lands they inherited from their father , and lands around their family lands they had acquired.

the live band played a soulful rendition of Osadabe's Osundu Owendu , one would think he had reincarnated from the dead , men of timber and calibre got up to spray the singer hard currencies , members of the band , didn't relent in gathering the currencies that flowers in ceaseless flows, the billionaires wanted to outdo each other .

The family members of Agumba's family called for a meeting of the immediate Okike family with some of their uncles and aunts . 

"Agumba tell us what happened to mama ."Osundu asked with a grimace buttering his face. "Mama was okay oh Bro Agumba , mama only wanted to go for her routine check up , and then she ended up dead in the hospital toilet!" He said .

"Osundu I don't understand what you're trying to say , are you trying to say I had a hand in my own mother's death ?" Chief hissed . "No I didn't say that oh , but brother you have to explain what happened oh! why did we have to summon the Juju man to force mama's corpse to the village ." Osundu asked ."Yes oh Agumba explain , or is it that your wife killed mama ?" Another of his brother Uchena who lived in Germany asked .

"Uche are you mad? how can you suggest my wife here can have a hand in the death of our mother ? is that not laughable?" Chief Agumba defended his wife ."Mama was old, old people die ,if mama was well would she come for a check up in Abuja ?" Chief Agumba asked angrily getting up on his feet . 

"Mama was sick , she had surgery on her heart , anything could happen anytime , please let us forget all this blame game mama was eighty plus , she died in a ripe age ."Chief said staring at the faces of his family members , Christiana sat with her arms folded over her chest , without saying a word. Chief walked out for the sitting room .

The priest came to pray on Mama's body , he blessed her grave and the undertakers carried the casket towards the grave ,the casket fought and pushed them away , they fought to take the corpse into the grave , the casket fought back pushing them away.

The Juju man came and did incantations as men shot into the air , he made incantations and then mama's corpse allowed the bearers take it to the grave . She was buried , several cows were slaughtered, it was a carnival in mama's burial , over two thousand people were in attendance .

Chief Agumba was sitting with his friends , in one of the canopies , after the burial was over ,he saw his mother walking, she was wearing the white lace she had just been buried with , cotton wool in her nose . He froze as she glared at him angrily .

"You think you can drain the well that fed you water ? Agumba you shall suffer , I'll haunt you until your last breath !" Mama yelled at Agumba , he watched in silence, his friends noticed his discomfort, and absent mindedness.

"Agumba are you okay ?" Chief Maduike asked . "Nothing my brother am fine ." Chief said staring at his mother . "Go back to your grave and sleep!" Chief Agumba mumbled .

"Chief what is it ?" another of his friend that had followers him to the burial with asked , when he heard Chief Agumba talking to himself , his attention far away from the bottle of champagne they were drinking outside after his mother's burial .

"Please I'll go to my room now , my eyes are heavy ." Chief said as he cleared his cup . "Pleased do seems the stress is telling on you , you need to rest ." His friend said , the chief nodded as he got into his two storey fifteen room mansion.

While he was climbing the staircase to the second floor , his mother appeared again . "Are you getting away ? you think you can run ? I'll hunt you till the day you die ! you shall have no peace!" The ghost said , Agumba ignored it , and walked through it .

"Mama you've outlived your usefulness to me , please to and sleep in your grave or wherever you're coming from , I am not the first to use his mother , in fact you would have been long dead if I didn't spend money to save you , please leave me alone." He hissed before walking into his room and banged the door behind him , the spectre stood for a while and vanished .

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