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| Mazi Edochie - Ichie Mbeku (Josh Ziregbe) |
This is the Chief of Evil Men and if you truly want to know the price of ignorance then cross Mazi Edochie. If you are unfortunate not to die, then begging for a grave will seem right when things begin to fall apart for you.
Ichei! Onye ne zu'Mbeku! This is his title, he is "The Wise Turtle". Turtles are the manifestation of wisdom as their ancestors are the most ancient of ancestors, even older than the ancestors of snakes and crocodiles. Ichie Mbeku being a Lord of Turtles and the head of the Turtle cult, is wise beyond boundary. His wisdom has traveled round the world, seen it all, done it all; from Lagos to the Accra, from Namibia to Afghanistan. Mazi Edochie's vast intellectual benevolence is truly righteous, it is even rumoured to be the source of the legendary Tales by Moonlight.
"Get out of my house!"
Mazi has caught you snooping around his house - his own home! - tufia! You will never catch me dead around there, "Man cannot find worms in salt even if the world degenerates to the lowest point possible." You better run, leave now! This is not a place for sightseeing.
They say his skin is as hard as the carapace of a turtle's shell further stenghtened by keratin scutes. Have you ever seen a turtle smile? Then never expect such earthly gestures from Ichie. He has shown kindness to you today by even speaking to you. Normally you would already be locked inside a turtle's shell similar to the one hanging on the necklace around his neck and being blown by the wind, a wind evoked by his anger, in case you are not aware.
In his good moods, it is said that Mazi Edochie has dropped a lot of wise words for us to ponder on, for instance, "S/he who always thinks the soup is too much for the eba cannot handle greatness" and another time, I heard this one myself when he came to town, "When a goat laughs upon hearing the lion is around no one needs to find out what type of grass it has been eating." It appears that today you fit the profile of that goat, what were you thinking snooping around Mazi's house? You do not want to see what happens when Mazi gets in a foul mood.
Since you have already gone there, let us appreciate Ichie's house. It is truly a Nigerian masterpiece and rumours of its artistry have travelled far and wide. No one has ever been inside except his beautiful daughter who mortal men dare not even look at twice, looking at her once is dangerous enough, you need to be very careful in this life, you only live once.
So run now before Mazi gets annoyed and changes his mind about letting you go. He will turn you into a turtle, or something worse...
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