Imagine witnessing heartbreak as a childβ¦ some peopleβs character development started very early π€§π
My mom left when I was just 8 years old. Since then, my dad had to play both father and mother all by himself. Till today, I still donβt really know what motherβs love feels like.
My dad was a truck driver, always on the road trying to survive, so I had to learn how to take care of myself at a very young age. Cooking, cleaning, washing⦠all those responsibilities came early for me.
My primary school days were really tough because there was nobody there to properly look after me. After primary school, I was sent to boarding school from JS1 to SS3. Throughout those 6 years, it was still just my dad showing up for me.
My mom never came around.
After WAEC in 2018, I had to stay home for an extra year because my dad had already spent so much on WAEC and NECO fees. I started hustling on my own just to raise money for JAMB in 2019. Eventually, I gained admission into Federal Polytechnic Oko and started my ND1.
Things became harder during my second year because of my dadβs health challenges. I had to leave school and join βHKβ in Onitsha in 2020 just to survive.
Those 9 months were some of the most traumatizing moments of my life. I eventually had to run away from there for my own safety in late 2021.
I went back to the village and continued hustling however I could, while also trying to pursue football.
Then in 2023, I started my tech journey. I left Anambra for Bayelsa, but things didnβt work out as planned, so I relocated to Uyo in early 2024.
In February 2024, I enrolled at MitaSchool to learn Web Development. The program lasted 6 months. After graduating, I was preparing to return home when I was given the opportunity to stay back as a student teacher for about 2β3 months.
After putting in the work and doing my best, I eventually got employed in early 2025 as a tutor for the same course I once came to learn.
And here we are todayβ¦
I may not be where I want to be yet, but looking back at how far Iβve come, I know for sure that better days are ahead β€οΈ
Na when my mother leave my father because him no guide follow another man, na I sabi say all girls are the same..π
And my mother na still God fearing woman ooβ¦π€§
This one happen for my front guy!! π