Chronicles of Isioma

Episode 1
My name is Isioma Agunwannaya. I am 24years
old, the third and last child of my parents, whom I
lost to a motor accident, five years ago. My elder
sister and brother are living the life they choose. I
know you have been hearing about me before
now, I am telling you my story from the spirit
realm, I committed suicide because I couldn’t
stand this wicked world, am sure that after now, I
will be going to hell. My story Begins from here…
Cuts…..
David wakes up in shock from a deep slumber,
after he heard the voice of a lady calling out his
name. He starts to breathe fast. His mother
rushes into his room to ask what the problem
was, he replied, “I heard the voice of a girl, she
said her name is Isioma”. “ehen, what does she
want?” his mother replied. David still shivering
with cold says he doesn’t know. “Is like the movie
you watched last night is still playing in your
head, please go back to sleep and stop disturbing
my sleep, Isioma ko, Isigbaka ni”. (She walks out
of the room).
Isioma who appeared from nowhere is still
roaming helplessly in the room (invisibly) and
calls out David again, this time he shouts at the
voice, “what is your problem, abi dem send you to
me, I have no business with spirits”. Isioma
begins to sob. “Why are you crying” David asked.
“I thought you were kind and slow to anger, that’s
why I came” she replied. David, already feeling
pity for her tries to touch and calm her down, but
he was unable to. ‘Why can’t I touch you?” he
asked her. “I am dead” she says while struggling
with her voice. “Dead ke” he adjusts himself.
‘you have created a constructive peace which I
have been seeking in vain since death took me
away, I am sorry if I am bothering you, I am so
sorry; I know you won’t chase me away. I am just
helpless, I need help’ she continued.
“Help to do what, to find your murderer? Because
that is what I always watch in movies, if it is that
one, I can’t help you oh” David answers her
wearing a face of disapproval.
‘ Nobody murdered me, I committed suicide and
now I regret it. If you would calm down, I will tell
you why and how. I will tell you everything. Just
be a little bit friendly’ she said. David stands up
from the bed and roams around with his hand on
his head. David then tells her to meet him at a
park far away from the house later in the day, so
he won’t be seen or heard as a mad person,
speaking to himself. Isioma concurs to this and
disappears into thin air, which gets David shocked
again.
It is 5pm in the evening; the early evening breeze
is already out. David heard the wind of heaven
pass over him and through him, at that moment
he felt calm after his experience with his new
spirit friend that morning. He is seen sitting under
a coconut tree at the palm park kilometers away
from his house. He is waiting for Isioma to
appear and there she did. “I guess you are
waiting for a damsel” Isioma appeared shockingly
behind him. ‘who told you, you are a damsel, stop
giving yourself glory, I am just here because I
wanted to be here, and stop scaring me, I don’t
like it, if you want to appear, appear like a normal
person(hisses) David said. “You know you are
very rude, right? You should be happy I am being
calm with you” Isioma replied. Isioma then sat
down close to him, they chatted a little and then
she decided to answer David’s question on why
she committed suicide. “It all started when I was
in secondary school, I was the most beautiful girl
in class and very intelligent too, even my siblings
loved showing me off, I was full of life, everything
was perfect, until my own blood decided to strike
me hard. I met a cross, where I first saw the light
and the burden of my sin rolled away, it was there
by faith I received my sight that I have finally seen
someone who could help me unravel the mystery
that many are finding it hard to answer.
My soul is troubled; it is finding it difficult to rest
in peace. I was hurt, I was helpless and I decided
to take my life, which was the mistake I
committed and someone dear is paying for it.
David adjusts himself again, takes a deep breath,
wondering what all the long talk was all about, he
feels she is wasting time, in his mind he says ‘say
what you want to say’, he continues listening to
her, while staring into her eyes. Isioma continues
her story; “My brother was the cause of my
situation, he made me kill myself out of anger.
One day, two years after we lost our parents, I
returned from the field with my girlfriends where
we gathered for a little picnic, I approached his
room to tell him am back, I met him with a girl as
usual,(he is always bringing different girls home
even when my parents were alive) they were both
smoking in the room. I excused myself and left for
my own room, sat on my bed and carried my
ipad. Few hours later, he started calling out my
name in a very unusual voice. I was scared… I
was scared, i was wondering what i might have
done wrong for my name to be called out in that
manner. I knew he was angry with me, he then
rushed into my room, he was holding a knife in his
left hand, I had no idea of what he wanted to do,
until he…
Find out why Isioma committed suicide in next
episode of ‘Chronicles of Isioma

Previously on the Chronicles of Isioma:

Isioma met a guy named David to help her carry an

assignment, but before that, she has to explain

what really happened that caused her to commit

suicide. In case you missed it READ EPISODE 1ON

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EPISODE 2

My brother ran into the room with a knife, I kept

wondering what he was doing with a knife and

calling out my name in an angry way. He looked

and sounded drunk, I asked him what the problem

was and what he was doing with a knife, he said

he was h---y and that his girlfriend refused to

give him s-x before she left. David now looks in

disgust and said ‘so how does that concern you’, I

wondered to myself too and asked myself the

same question, she continued. He pointed the

knife to my face and said he wanted me to give

him s-x otherwise he would tear me with the

knife. That was an offence to God and man, how

can my brother think of harming me, that is a big

taboo.

Now the fear has increased, my heart was racing

fast; I didn’t know whether to shout or to cry. He

drew closer to me and pushed me on the bed,

unzipped his trousers and forced my clothes off

me. No man has ever seen my nakedness before,

not even my boyfriend, we decided to keep s-x till

the right time and I wasn’t ready to lose my

virginity to just anybody, though I loved him so

much, but I wasn’t ready to lose it just yet. He

tore my clothes and found a way between my

thighs, I cried and cried yet he couldn’t just leave

me alone.

From that day, I hated him with passion, I couldn’t

tell anyone what my brother did to me, not even

my boyfriend, no one will believe me, they might

think I am lying because of my cunning character.

I was down for days, I closed my door for 3days, I

only came out on the third day when my worried

boyfriend came to find out what was the matter

with me. The day he came, he met my brother in

the sitting room smoking as usual, he asked of

me, my brother didn’t reply him but gave him a

weird look. He came to my room, I couldn’t say

anything. I was dumbfounded.

Kelvin (my boyfriend) crossed his arm round my

body, he saw I had a temperature, he rushed out

to get me drugs. While he was away, my brother

came into my room. I asked him what he was

looking for and he should leave my room, he

came closer to me, forced me to his body and

threw me to the bed and said he missed my body.

He forcefully took my clothes off, poured wine all

over my body and raped me again.

My head was on fire, the tears in my eyes

couldn’t just finish. He left me crying and

struggling in pain and drove out of the house.

Kelvin returned and didn’t meet me in my room.

He called out my name, I didn’t respond, I was in

the bathroom, I refused to come out until he left.

Who will I tell my story, who would I tell that my

brother was raping me. This was the second time

within three days. It was as if my heart was torn

into pieces.

I knew Kelvin was worried about me, he left in

anger. He dropped the drugs, by the time I came

out from the bathroom, he was already gone, I

took my drugs, locked myself inside and slept. I

planned on leaving the house the next day and go

and stay with my boyfriend for some time.

I had no best friend to confide in. I fell sick for

days. I made up my mind that if there was nobody

to confide in, then let me write it down in a book.

This secret was too heavy for me, since I couldn’t

tell anyone not even the police because I had no

evidence that my brother raped me. I left for

kelvin’s house, I stayed there for 3days. Kelvin

noticed that I was not myself. So he decided to

take me out to eat lunch at a Chinese Restaurant,

he thought that would make me feel better. Few

hours later when we got back to the house, he

was searching for his office documents and

remembered he had hid them inside my small

bag. He went to my bag to take the documents

and he almost bumped into my book of secrets. I

quickly jumped off the bed and shouted at him

‘why would you go into my bag without

permission’ Kelvin was shocked, because he

doesn’t remember when going into his lovers bag

was a problem. I had never shouted at him that

way.

But the truth was that, my life was a mess, I

wasn’t myself. He walked out of the house with

anger, he didn’t come home that night, he knew I

was hiding something. He refused to pick my call.

He was so mad at me. He came back home after

a day and told me he was mad at me. I told him

that wasn’t the reason he should leave the house

that way. He begged me to tell him what my

problem was.

I sat him down and begged him not to be angry at

what I was about to tell him and that he might not

believe me but it was the truth. He stared into my

eyes, looked at my lips as if he wanted to plant a

kiss on them and listened to me “I am so not

happy, my brother is hurting me badly, he has

been (a sudden knock came on the door) Kelvin

quickly stood up to find out who was at the door.

Behold it was my brother. My brother came in

search for me at his place, he said he wanted to

take me home, I refused, I said I wasn’t going with

him, Kelvin then begged me to go back to my

house. I followed my brother home. We got to the

house; he drove into the compound with anger,

dragged me out of the car and pushed me into the

house, locked the door and removed his belt and

flogged me mercilessly. He pulled my dress and

raped me again and threatened to burn me alive if

I left the house without telling him.

I cried so much, I picked up my phone to call

Kelvin, to tell him what was happening. Kelvin

picked up his phone and was busy saying hello,

but my voice was cracked, I couldn’t say a word.

Immediately, my brother opened the door and

caught me with my phone. He seized it from me

and tied me to my bed with strong ropes. I

couldn’t move, I couldn’t eat. I was tied on my

bed and waiting for the next line of action. What

should I do, how do I run, who should I tell, every

chance for me to tell Kelvin was being interrupted.

I laid there helplessly. I thought to myself, is this

really my blood brother? What has come over

him? Has he been taking drugs? I am confused as

you are on what to do. Wish someone could just

give me a clue.

Look out for the next episode of Chronicles of

Isioma and find out what happens next.

Keep in touch next on Friday for the exciting drama.

Last time on the Chronicles of Isioma;

I was tied on my bed and waiting for the next line of

action.

What should I do, how do I run, who should I tell,

every chance for me to tell Kelvin was being

interrupted. I laid there helplessly. I thought to

myself, is this really my blood brother? What has

come over him? Has he been taking drugs? I am

confused as you are on what to do. Wish someone

could just give me a clue.

Missed it? Read EPISODE 1 & 2 ON PAGE 1 & PAGE

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EPISODE 3

My brother left me tied on the bed for days, only

came to give me food and tied me back when I

finished eating, Kelvin couldn’t reach me, no one

to send to call him for me, and he couldn’t even

come and check on me, I thought to myself that

maybe he didn’t care about me. So I decided to

carry my cross by myself. In the afternoon on the

third day, I heard a knock downstairs, but I didn’t

know who was knocking, all I heard was “she

wasn’t around and she has gone out with her

friends”. I guess it was Kelvin who finally came to

check on me. Kelvin called few of my friends and

they said I wasn’t with them, he concluded that I

may have gone out with some new friends he

might not know.

Few hours later, My brother entered the room with

two of his friends, of which one of them have

been asking me out and I kept on turning him

down, his name is Ejira, and the other was one of

their notorious friend . They all sat around me and

were laughing. Ejira touched my face with the

back of his hand smoothly and was cleaning my

tears, “Stop crying, your brother is only doing

what is best for you, he hasn’t killed you yet na,

try and be calm, and enjoy the ride, it is fun” he

said.

My brother then laughed again and asked him

why he is begging me not to cry, that he shouldn’t

listen to me and ignore my tears because I can’t

deny that I have not been enjoying the ride. The

second guy was just there rubbing his manhood

with his hands, I thought he was actually

masturbating until he removed his pants and said

they should excuse him, because it was his turn to

enjoy me. They stripped me naked and each of

them took turns to rape me.

They hurt me so bad that I couldn’t breathe

properly anymore. The torture was too much for

me to bear, while he was having canal knowledge

of me, the other was busy squeezing my b----t so

hard, that I was screaming, but my voice wasn’t

loud enough because my mouth was tied. Is this

my brother, who cursed him, why is he doing this,

could it be that his friends influenced him, or are

there no longer girls for him to pick one to satisfy

his sexual desires, why his own blood sister, why

me?, I have never heard of it in my entire life. I am

so pained, both physically and sociologically.

When they felt they were satisfied, they left me,

still tied to the bed. The next day Kelvin came to

the house and saw the house opened, he didn’t

see any one around, so he came straight to my

room, and knocked on the door, I couldn’t answer

because my mouth was tied too. I wasn’t even

with the key to the door. Kingsley’s (my brother)

room was next door so he heard the knock and

came out. On seeing Kelvin, he shouted at him,

“what are you doing here, don’t you know your

boundary anymore?” Kelvin answered with a

surprised face, saying he just came to check on

me. “She is not around and don’t come to this

house again, you hear me” Kingsley said. Kelvin

left with anger, wondering what he may have

done wrong to deserve such negative response

and didn’t come back again.

***Oh my dear Kelvin, he was the most

understanding guy I know, but these days, he

understood me no more, he is even confused

himself. I wondered what was going through his

mind***

*****(She continues her story)*****

Some hours later, my brother left the house and

told the gateman not to allow anyone come into

the house. I was shocked when I saw the

gateman inside my room. He released me quickly;

I was already panting seriously and asked him

how he managed to get the key or something. “As

oga dey commot, e give me 500naira make I use

buy food, as he dey bring the money come out,

the key fall, so I come try whether na d key to the

room wey you dey, I dey always hear your voice

dey cry everyday” he said. Thank you so much,

my God will surely repay you. What do you

suggest I do now? I asked him. “I go advice make

you run katapata from this house, run far, no

come back again” what If he asks of me and

didn’t see me? “I sha no no say you dey here na,

why e go ask me, ino no wetin dey happen” he

said.

I quickly packed some of my things. My tummy

was hurting me, I was feeling dizzy, I didn’t know

what was wrong with me. I made up my mind that

I will visit the hospital before I go to Kelvin’s

house. I went downstairs, went through the back

door and tried to leave, and Kingsley pressing the

horn of his car. He is back. Ahamdu the gateman

quickly tried to help me jump the fence at the

backyard, I was in big trouble. Kingsley got down

from the car and was shouting for Ahmadu to

open the gate; he stood outside the gate and

stood at a distance trying to see if there was

anyone around at all and saw me running away.

He entered his car and tried chasing me with his

car, but he was not fast enough as I entered a

bike and took off.

He angrily went into the compound slapped

Ahmadu and asked him why he would allow me

escape, Ahmadu who was scared, said he didn’t

know how I did it “me I no know o, I know even

know say madam dry inside house, no be me do

am o” he said fearfully. Kingsley, who is now

boiling in anger, went into his car brought out a

gun and shot him. He died on the spot.

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