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THE DAUNTLESS (COVID19SERIES)
Idara had just returned from work that evening. She had bought a lot of fruits like apples, strawberries, pineapple, pawpaw, cucumbers and mangoes. She had long been longing for fruit salad. With the salary being paid her, she could afford it. She also came home with her car trunk loaded with enough food stuff like two bags of rice and beans, tubers of yam, 4kg of palm oil, 4kg of power oil.

"Praise the Lord! My sister don hama", Uduak shouted immediately she opened the car trunk and found all the things Idara had purchased.

"What is wrong with you, why are you shouting? Erhn? Kukuma use megaphone and tell the neighbours that we have just loaded our kitchen, talk talk. Mbok komot for road". Idara said, while she headed towards the door.

" Sista wait na, wait first, you been here sey oga Buhari don sanction 2 weeks lockdown because of aunti Kovina wey don visit awa kontri so? Uduak inquired. I sure sey you hear am, na im make you go buy all dis plenti food." She added.

"My sister, I heard it on the news immediately I arrived at the office....