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 </div><p></p>The very day that Audu was born,<br>
his father said, ‘I will not raise a son!’<br>
So the day he became five years,<br>
he was sent out admist his sisters’ tears.<br>
He was given a small hollow plate,<br>
and was told not to return home for food.<br>
He was to fend for himself as a man should,<br>
so little Audu was sent out;<br>
a boy of five was sent out!<br>
He was sent out to face his fate.
<p>When Audu got to the streets,<br>
he found it hard to place his feet:<br>
Wherever he finds a family on the mat,<br>
there with his plate, he will squat,<br>
and beg for food, and supplicate,<br>
till he wins himself the left over plate.<br>
Eating for him was difficult,<br>
each day his meals went for soace and cot.<br>
The little he gets and thinks of eating,<br>
is robbed him, after serious beatings.<br>
Then Audu thinks,’Shall I go on like this?<br>
I need to be tough, or remain as thin as this!’</p>
<p>So determined was Audu of five,<br>
that in the slums, he rose to position five.<br>
He fights with whatever weapon at hand,<br>
and soon he formed his own band.<br>
New ones subjected to a atre like his,<br>
pay him obesciance: they pay him fees.</p>
<p>Audu’sband got a rich sponsor,<br>
and they soon became national terrors.<br>
So deep into the business they went,<br>
that they were feared everywhere they went.<br>
The fame they could never have thought of,<br>
they easily got by being tough;<br>
for after each terrorist operation,<br>
they would send a message to the nation,<br>
and fear-stricken men and women will listen<br>
as newscasters chant off the names of persons missing.<br>
In their hideout, before the television,<br>
they hear the news and sing in jubilation.</p>
<p>They boast of fighting for their God,<br>
but know this, they are their own gods!<br>
For Audu, just like any other kid,<br>
had dreams, which he did breed;<br>
to be a doctor, world renowned,<br>
but then Audu was disowned!<br>
And the very day he was disowned,<br>
with tears, he vowed to be renowned.<br>
No specifications as to whether by good or evil,<br>
so when the opportunity came, though evil,<br>
Audu grabbed it!<br>
And held on to it!<br>
Today the nation suffers terribly,<br>
because Audu’s father acted foolishly.</p>
<p>To me cultural beliefs ought to be flexible,<br>
so if one breeds Audus, so terrible,<br>
why not jettison it?<br>
All children have a right to parental care,<br>
train them, or they turn a snare.<br>
If all children enjoy parental care,<br>
Almajiris won’t be easy preys to terrorist bands,<br>
and there will be peace throughout the land.</p>
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