Slander

I remember the first time i heard 
about the reunion they were planning 
to do in 2015 
It was fifteen years after she left 
secondary school and her set wanted 
to do something fun together 
Some of us have pasts we don't want 
to return to, others have unfinished 
businesses from the past that they 
sincerely wanted to finish 
One of her unfinished businesses 
was her relationship with a 
guy called Kunle 
The Kunle guy was a set ahead of her 
They dated then and were very much 
infatuated with each other but
like other relationships you have at 
age 15 and 16, it didn't pan out 
Kunle left for England immediately 
after graduating in the year 2000 
They didn't have closure 
It was one of those relationships that 
time must take care of 
Then the reunion thing started buzzing 
and Kunle was one of the guys organizing 
the whole thing 
He was still single 
He had a child with someone in England 
and things didn't work out 
She said she happened to know all these 
details in the name of catching up 
with "gists" on the WhatsApp platform 
created for the reunion
The air around her changed from 
gratitude to anticipation
She suddenly started feeling she should 
have tried to reach out to him and know 
how he was doing before she got married 
It was so bad that a week to the reunion 
she went for a full body massage, pedicure 
and waxing etc 
Preparing herself like the Queen of Sheba 
as described by King Solomon in 
Songs of Solomon
Yet she was happily married 
Your husband was a medical doctor who 
truly loves her 
She knew this 
She insisted she can never cheat on 
her husband 
Her mouth kept saying something but 
her action kept saying something else 
The pastor of her church called her out 
of the blue and asked her what was 
going on 
He said his spirit was suddenly drawn to 
her in an alarming way 
She told him what was going on and he 
advised her not to go to this reunion 
It was not a good idea 
"You guys were planning to spend a 
weekend at a tourist resort as a set 
You will catch up and have fun and so on 
Hmmm!
What was so fascinating about the past 
that people can't let go of? 
It felt like the image of a cat dragging 
a dead rat about 
Kill it, eat it and move on 
Why drag it everywhere?" explained
her pastor
She acted as if she would take her
pastor's counsel but the dull din of
the reunion only became brighter
and more compelling
The pastor told her it was a bad idea 
and she agreed 
She said she will give it some serious 
thought and she will most likely not 
attend the reunion 
Three weeks later, her husband forwarded 
a Twitter thread to the pastor
 A lady in the UK had written all sorts 
about his wife and Kunle on Twitter 
The lady claimed his wife slept 
with her husband during the reunion
The lady claimed she had set spies to
monitor Kunle's activity since she 
noticed the chat messages the two
of them were exchanging before the
reunion
The lady posted her picture and that of 
her husband 
She wrote out all the details of her 
husband and tagged him 
She said she will pour acid on her family
 if she does not leave her husband alone 
Your husband saw it and reached out to 
the pastor immediately 
He wanted the pastor to talk to this lady 
making the accusations to pull down 
the thread 
He said he didn't want his family members 
to see it 
He said the accusation of infidelity is a big
deal in his family and once the accusation
becomes a public thing, the marriage
may not survive it
He was very confident you didn't sleep 
with anybody during the reunion 
Your elder sister saw the thread too and 
so did your church members 
Eventually, somebody called your 
attention to it 
You saw it and called me
You were livid with anger
Who is this person who is dragging my 
family through this mud of lies and 
deceit on social media? 
Why would anybody do this? 
I told you i have tried to reach out to the 
lady but she didn't reply her DM and 
I didn't have her phone number
you got Kunle's number from your old 
school association 
You said you are too upset to talk to him 
You asked me to beg him to tell his 
baby mama to pull down the thread 
He had also seen the thread and apologized 
He said he will get on it right away but the 
thread remained and it
was being retweeted like #EndSARS 
Eventually, your husband's mother saw it 
One of your sisters-in-law showed it to her 
By this time, somebody had screen grabbed 
it off Twitter and placed it on Instagram 
It was hot gist 
Your husband's mother called you and
 told you to see her
When you got there she accused you of 
cheating on her son 
You denied it vehemently 
She said you should tell her what happened 
at the reunion 
You told her you went there and participated 
in the activities but nothing untoward 
happened 
She told you to provide a witness that 
nothing happened 
You couldn't provide one 
You were all adults and anyone could 
have seen anybody whenever and wherever 
There was no way to prove you didn't see 
the guy or entertained him 
Your mother in law said until the truth is 
known, you cannot return to her son's 
house because there was a family taboo
 that will endanger her son's life if you 
returned there 
You called me again, this time you were 
in tears 
Your husband said he can vouch for you 
but his family cannot risk it 
A cheating wife brings death to the 
husband in their family and the death 
does not stop at only the man but it 
will affect all his siblings too until the 
necessary sacrifices are done 
That was how you moved into your 
friend's house temporarily 
I remember asking you what really
happened between you and Kunle at
the reunion
You said you took a stroll and talked
like old friends
You said you wouldn't lie to me
You had thought something sexual could
happen between you
You went with that intention and even
had a pack of condoms in your bag
But Kunle had changed
Fifteen years in the United Kingdom had
changed him
He was complimenting on your body
parts lustfully and even invited you over
to his room but you felt he was disrespectful
and made you feel cheap
So you declined the offer and went back
to your room
Kunle slept with someone else that night
She was one of your old school mates too
and you felt sorry for the two of them
You said you got to know about it the
next day from some of the other ladies
gossiping about the wild night they
had at the poolside of the hotel
You were fast asleep at that time
You said you had reached out to all
your friends and classmates to tell
the truth about what happened that
night
Many wrote their accounts in response 
to the thread while others called to
pray with you and console you
But people were not interested in the
truth
Slander sells...
Your husband kept a cordial relationship 
with you 
You guys even sneak to hotels to have 
sex while waiting for your mother-in-law 
to lift her embargo 
Your mother in law found out you were 
sleeping with your husband after she 
had placed an embargo and accused 
you of witchcraft 
She said everywhere she went for a 
consultation, they kept telling her 
strange things about you 
She said you were trying to
turn her son's heart against his family 
You begged and pleaded and cried 
A temporary stay over at your friend's 
house lasted for a year 
Then your husband saw the condoms
somewhere in your dressing table
drawer
You had forgotten to dispose of them
Since you don't use condoms as a 
couple, it made him doubt your
account of events and he began to
withdraw from you
Eventually, you moved to your parent's 
house 
Your husband stopped coming around 
and later you discovered he had relocated 
to Canada with your son
You tried calling 
You sent messages to friends and family 
members 
He had blocked you in WhatsApp and 
other channels 
Your marriage was over 
Your family members didn't know what 
to believe 
Your mother supported you and so did
 your father but nobody knew what to 
believe
The social media mob had stoned you 
to death with their retweets 
Your husband's family took advantage 
of the lies to ease you out of your home 
Your husband fought for you at first 
but he eventually threw in the towel 
You turned to God with a clenched fist 
and screamed "Why would you bring 
this on me 
Oh God? 
Why?" 
You tried to call Kunle but he had 
also blocked your number 
The thread was gone but the horrors 
it birthed still lived on
You fasted and prayed
I encouraged you to minister the
gospel to others
I encouraged you to forgive and walk
in love
I encouraged you to grow in your walk
with the Holy Spirit
On the last Thursday of September 2020 
in tears you reached out 
You said you have waited for years 
and you have not heard anything from
your husband
You said God had forsaken you and
your name shall henceforth be called
Desolate
You said you are being overtaken by
depression and pain
We prayed in the spirit
The Holy Spirit saw your heart 
That same night, your husband reached 
out for the first time from Canada 
His mother was ill and had been asking 
for you 
He begged you to go and see his mother 
You saw his mother the following Saturday 
She said it was the devil that wanted 
to scatter your marriage 
She begged for your forgiveness and
asked you to return to your marriage
At 4 AM this morning, 29/10/2020
you were reunited with your husband 
and your son as they returned home 
so that you can rebuild

Mrs. Kofoworola A, 
I congratulate you 
Thank you Holy Spirit

PS: 
Isaiah 58: 11The LORD will always guide you; 
He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched 
land and strengthen your frame. 
You will be like a well-watered garden, 
like a spring whose waters never fail. 
12Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins; 
you will restore the age-old foundations; 
you will be called Repairer of the Breach, 
Restorer of the Streets of Dwelling.

I wish i could write more details but
this story has everything a wise person
can learn from
What are you retweeting?
What are you tweeting?
Why are you posting stuff on the
social media
Why are you a gossip gobbler?
Why is your taste bud craving for 
Egyptian delicacies while you
are of Zion

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