Akpan [The Camera Man] Episode 1

Akpan was very hungry and angry at the same time, for the past 3 days he has not eaten any well prepared meal ,just little snacks and water, the hunger is getting too much this time that he cannot bear it any longer. One flaw thing about Akpan is that he is a very lazy man,his laziness is deep to his bone that he can sleep for hours without doing anything tangible. Akpan been a cunning man ,will always like to visit his friends when he thinks the pots are down from fire which make his friends to be mindful of him, he attacks food like a hungry shark and leave your pot clean and say goodbye. Those days, many of his friends always timed his coming and hid their pot away from his sight
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After a while of thinking on what to do to survive this great hunger in his house, an idea struck him and he smiled to himself, shining out his little brownish teethes, he jumped up and rush to his packing bag and brought out a camera, he checked it but it has no camera film and when he clicked the capture button it flashed some good light. “perfect, time to make some papers, Akpan you are a smart guy’’ he boasted . He dressed up immediately and rushed out in search of any event centers around the town.

He came across a marriage ceremony and rushed in there and started work immediately… snapping pictures and collecting cash  advances giving to him[As he requested].  ‘’Awww! See money ooo, Akpan you don hammer oo’’ he screamed to himself. He went and collected his share of ceremony food and ate to his satisfaction. While he was eating he saw a woman coming down from her jeep. ‘’This woman must be rich oo’’ he said. And quickly moves towards her as he does to other clients and quickly took a sharp and quick capture of the woman. “Good afternoon ma, can I have the advance? I swear to god you look beautiful in this picture ,you will see it ma after I print it ’’ he said smiling. “And who asked you to snap me, bring that camera?’’  Woman thundered at him. Before Akpan could escape, the woman grabbed his polo. ‘’You must give me that camera’’ she shouted at Akpan..............................[Akpan is in trouble] Read episode 2

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