SHARIA AND Corpers

"Hello ; guy how far?...na Zamfara dem carry u go o", my heart skipped a beat and immediately I replied " God forbid!, which kind rough play be that, oya drop the call abeg, press d red button sharply"

This expression is a common one for those of us that were posted to Zamfara. Amidst the unbelief and the fear that it might be true, in our 'church mind' we rain curses and abuses on NYSC for been so cruel.

After silently resigning to fate, we try to weigh the pros and cons, and the first thing that comes to mind is SHARIA, suddenly my cloth was drenched in my own sweat. I was frantically looking for a good reason for me to go to Zamfara but couldnt find one, then someone told me "you would come back blacker than charcoal", I thought for a while, can I be darker than this?, " Men the sun over there is blazing hot," then I began to wonder if the Sun can ever be cold....lol

"Into ur hands I commit my soul; Tho I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil for thou art with me". These were the prayer on my lips as I embarked on my 15 hour journey. Mostly the truth is over-rated, all the rumours I have heard about Zamfara suddenly became lies.

As I alighted from the vehicle I was expecting to see fierce looking faces with Sword in hands ready to amputate legs but instead I was greeted with friendly smiles, I was expecting to see everybody in turban witha a different road for the ladies but instead they made me happy me telling me they pride themselves in farming, and I think it's true coz neva in my whole life have I seen garden egg that massive.!

The only evidence of sharia here on camp is that the ladies dormitory is like a kilometre away from where the guys stay, not such a good news and the social scene is f*ckin dry, it's a sin to 'oversocialize', there is no booze and lights out is by 10 tho we never have lights...lol

So far so good, Zamfara is alright and Sharia is just a law to keep the community sane and curb social vices. Personally I think Sharia is doing it's work, nobody wants 2 leave zamfara with a short sleeve or worst still armless.