Secrets From Our Nigerian Dreams(SLOW UPDATES)
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Last published Sun, Feb 2, 2020
Just Two weeks to the wedding, Safeeyah receives a mysterious note containing directions to a hotel and a hotel room number.
She bites the bullet and follows the directions where she receives the shock of her life to see the groom, Abubakir entangled with another woman and he seemed oblivious of her presence.
Safeeyah had enough and escapes home leaving a note without explaining herself.
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The wedding has been publicized, the media is waiting and most especially, the elections are coming up. The last thing Senator Ahmadu Juji needed was a scandal and a scandal his daughter has given him. The Solution, carry on with the wedding but with his younger daughter, Lateefah.
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Lateefah was prepared for resumption to school, ready to start a second semester of final year but she wasn't ready to start a new journey of life with someone she knows nothing about.
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Abubakir is determined to help save the nation in his own way, even if it means going against his own father who is a political godfather and will do anything and everything to keep the power in his grasp.
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Throw in a spoon of love, a cube of dirty politics, a streak of rebellion and stir gently while sprinkling drama. Yummy, a dish best served Hot!
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