People never go through life without Enemies.
Enemies are a perfect part of life. In fact, they form a very close and intimate part of our existence.
There are two types of enemies – the known and the unknown
I once met a handsome man who openly told me – I hate Emir Sanusi and would do anything to destroy him.
That is an open and known enemy.
Most of us have the unknown ones.
These are the ones who never let you know they hate you.
They are usually very close and are some of your best allies
You may eventually know them from their reactions when u fall on some bad times or they are outed usually by their words or deeds
Then you come to the excruciating realisation of their true intent and purpose in your life.
An enemy is not driven by envy. Someone envious of you is not your enemy just yet even though he can progress very quickly to that point.
An envious person can be quickly saved by good deeds, prayers and emotional sanctions
But an enemy is Judas Iscariot kind of person.
An enemy can kill or have you killed. Enemies are a poisonous lot who loose apetite when your matter comes up
They foam in the mouth and sometimes hide in ingenious morality to define their huge and apparent hatred for you
They waste no time in harming you and only delay till they have the right opportunity to hit to ensure maximum damage.
My two enemies are sadly from my childhood and they moved from envy straight into massive jealousy and then to hatred
One is male and has been my besto for over 30 years.
We did things together and even distance did not stop our friendship
Then he did a stupid act and expected me to stand by him cos of ‘guy code’
I said no guy code on a matter like this as I stood on the side of justice and fairplay and for that, he moved against me
Blocked me, yanked me off his radar and finally released a secret that he foolishly thought was a secret only me and him shared.
The fool had thought, I had taken him into confidence by telling him an earth shattering secret
What he didn’t knw was that I had started having my suspicions that our 30 year bond was built on straws
So i decided to test him by telling him a lie and said, this must be kept between two of us till death
He agreed and swore to die with it.
Not up to two years and the first push, he released it and that was it.
He failed. If it was true, that is how he would have killed me. Good riddance
The second is a husband and wife team. We were bestos and i even bought the fools wedding suit.
Over 30 years later, the hubby gave me money to manage in my firm, the wife stole it and I was paying back what the wife stole
Then i said i cant pay interest on money ur wife stole and he charged me to court
The shocking thing was that in the papers filed – he called me a fraudster and asked the court to be investigate me thoroughly that i was defrauding Nigerians under the guise of theatre.
I cried when i saw that statement.
This was a friend of over thrity years.
My mothers last words were for me to protect her as if she was my blood sister
Her children grew in my hands and i gave her a job when she was down.
She gave me my first job thereby opening my life and I loved her with all of my heart even till this day
But she and her hubby connived to not only defraud me but attempted to put me in jail as they filed charges that could have landed me on hot soup
When my then partner would say that I shd arrest her as we surveyed mounting evidence of her theivery , I would say – how would I face her children if I jailed their mother
But they didnt think of my children who till this day call them uncle and aunty when they were filing charges in court and calling me fraudster and a thief.
I stood in d dock for the first time in my life as an accuse cos of them and he sat in court that day, crossed his leg and smiled to his lawyer cos of a disputed N6m which was the interest on the principal that his wife stole that I had already paid.
Good thing is that, they were liliputians in the scheme of things.
Poor people. I got quality legal representation, got advice from a SAN quashed their stupid case in a second and then arrested her and got her to face true criminal charges
She sat there in the police station crying – Edgar, you do this to me? And I laughed and said ur fucking husband did it to u when he charged me to court for the money you stole.
So my people when I think of enemies, that saying that all Lizards lay on their belle and u will not know which one has belly ache comes to mind.
You will never know your enemy cos they all come with a smile most of the time.
But just look well and u will see them lurking around your bedroom, Church workplace and lounges.
Just look well
Thanks
Duke of Shomolu