I just wanted to make mummy proud
Dear mum, I wanted to make you proud I’m sorry I failed stupidly. The foolishness of a child can indeed be great. “Congratulations, you have just won a chance to win N1,000,000.00 in the ongoing LaCasera promo. To enjoy this, please call 080xxxxxxxxx” The excitement I felt knew no bounds. I stared at my bulky Nokia phone with great delight. My God has answered our prayer. Mum was not home but I needed to make her so proud. So, I proceeded to make the call. Ring. Ring. Without waste of time, as if waiting for me, I heard the husky voice. “How may I help?” “Yes sir, I just received the message saying that I am qualified to win the N1m for the LaCasera promo” “Oh yes, please provide your full name. You will be required to buy Glo airtime of N1500 and send the details to this number. Ensure you copy it out well. We need it to make the necessary calls and connections” Ahhh, I thought to myself, where will I get that kind of money from? But I needed to give mum this bombshell of a...