Hello this is a book, a horror one to be exact created for July challenge, to write a story on different tales/horror tales we heard from when we were little.

And my worst fear is called THE CLIFFORDORJI. That story makes me to......well you don't wanna know. So let's get on to the story shall we.

Have fun READING!!....*_^

My name is Tosin and I'm a mother of four (or i was) and I'm here to tell you one of the most horrifying things that ever happened to me, it's true and a very real story all the sad events caused by a CANNIBAL Nigerian man called 'Clifford Orji' some don't know him but I do and I still remember all the terrible things he has done to me and many others.

It was a time during a festival celebration, 1995 I was expecting my daughter to come back from abroad I had prepared so many things for her celebration and children helped too. Out of the four she was the eldest and I was so happy that all my hard work would pay off. Little did I know that I wasn't going to see my daughter anymore.

The next morning I expected her to come again, but she didn't so I decided to call to see whether something went wrong, but she wasn't there and she didn't answer, even when I asked her friends over there they all replied with a 'no'. So I decided to go out and look for her but I couldn't find her. Then I saw a 'madman' they said his name was Clifford Orji people knew him all over the area, quite a career in a rural-urban area.

They never suspected that a 'madman' would be a CANNIBAL I too didn't know at the time and went to rest in my house,I decided to go out again to look. it was in the night when I was in my car that the most horrifying thing happened that I never thought it could, I was Attacked YES I was, if I weren't in my car God knows what would have become of me.

I stepped on my car crushing one of the men, but not before coming into eye contact with one of the men which was Clifford Orji, he smiled creepily sending chills down my spine but not the one of pleasure but the one that gives you a vibe that 'something is definitely wrong here' at first I thought he was just a kidnapper but that was until I saw him cutting parts of the man, it was a horrific 3 seconds sight I almost vomited.

Just why would you do that to a fellow human being, I didn't see what he did with the man but  came to the conclusion that he was a ritualist...well I wasn't wrong but it came to light that that was the other profession he had.

From time to time I stopped going out in fear that the man would kidnap me and do whatever he had done to the other man, it never occurred to me that my daughter was still missing of course I cared but I was a mother to 3 more children what would they do if I had gone missing or possibly died the oldest is currently 15 years old after my first girl.

I started having thoughts, that it was during night time my daughter got taken, is it possible that That Mad Man took her?

Did he kill her?

What will I do now?

I'm scared for my children and my life too, what should I do?

Go live in a different country or state?

No, I still have to find my daughter.

But can I leave my children alone in another state?

No, I can't it's too risky.

All those thoughts were circulating in my mind and I don't have enough money for traveling.

Where is their father? He is dead and he left nothing for us, I had to strive and I invested it all in my children, but what should  do now the man might attack all I know is that I cannot stay here anymore and my children can't go out at night.

That man put on such a facade.

Mad during day time.

Ritualist at night, I couldn't possibly deal with loosing another child right now.

Wait what do I mean again, it's not like any proof had been found that my daughter was dead yet or rather it seemed like I wanted to believe so...all I knew was to only go out during daytime. The place I stayed at didn't have any security measures it was just go in and go out.

No one was safe.

Why couldn't I just go?

Is it because of my missing daughter?

Something always made me wonder and think, 'what if she is dead?' Just please don't let be true God. Little did I know the events still waiting to happen, why is my destiny so rugged?, why couldn't I just have a normal life, I always prayed and worshipped God but why did he give me the worst punishment ever, I know I might sound disrespectful but that should be the most terrifying thing that could happen to a parent.

                                            .Having a child dying before them.

One morning, I woke up going to the parlour to open the front doors before I started cooking but then I saw something horrifying, if possible worse because I had to take the pain all in at once. In real life I was actually hallucinating because it was actually night time.

In front of me was blood spelling out, 'Who is next?' He was crazy yes I knew it was him Clifford Orji but I didn't know that there was a ragged box next outside beside my door, I looked into it and began fearing for my life and my other children's.

I saw a head that was bisected equally, organs weren't there not even her eyes she looked lifeless and so dead the head was so horrifying that I couldn't explain what I saw and there was a blood stained note that said, "hmm the eyeballs were delicious, they were the best type of meat ever eaten, and it does tastes like cattle meat" I held a stifled cry only to faint right on the spot.

______________________________________Some days later

The doctor reported me that I was having recent mild heart attacks and next time it won't be as easy as this one to get out of it. Easy? It felt like hell then I suddenly crawled down and started crying.

They were perplexed, I explained but I thought it was a joke then soon I saw my daughter Bunmi sitting like nothing had ever happened but when I reached out to her her face slowly turned into the organ less bisected head, I fainted again.

Was that a dream?

Where am I?

I was awoken by a sharp pain on my leg, it felt gone I was in a cave filled with other bodies?

Then I saw the maniac myself: Clifford.

I started screaming hysterically hoping that someone would find me, my left leg was gone but the worst was the obnoxious smell coming from other bodies whether in soups like hand stew or just dumps of inedible human parts. It distracted me a bit until I saw my baby 'bunmi' headless.

I slowly felt myself dying I could see the light already, the pain was unbareable, first it was the physical pain from him cutting my limbs then now the mental and emotional pain from losing a child but I didn't stop screaming hoping that SOMEONE maybe SOMEONE would help me!

The pain was too unbareable, the sound of him chopping it off toe-by-toe made me wonder why was I still alive, did God want to punish me by making ms conscious while he ripped off my toes one by one .

Just why?

I started fading into an unconscious state at that time, due to my huge loss of blood I was definitely sure I wouldn't make it out alive. But then something happened I wasn't able to figure out what happened yet since I was already unconscious slipping away from my environment.

I thought I was gone forever but then I slowly opened my eyes to see my self in a white room, I concluded that I was in a hospital. But...why though?

Then it hit me like a wave and then the pain decided to join in too, but...how was I still alive? The doctor didn't know but a few people told me what happened and the horrifying things that happened, leading to a poor man's death and me losing my left leg.

It was a story I'd very much not like to tell, but I have to its a warning to all of you girls and guys it's never a good idea to go out in the night especially when  you live close to Ikorodu.

(A/n: that's not the actual place he attacked, but yh continue reading hope u enjoy~)

Flashback to a few days ago......

Stranger's pov

"Aaaah, help me" I heard a woman scream, some other people heard it too and decided to go and check it out, let's just say I wasn't prepared for what I saw.

"Ki leleyi shaa, awon węrę" a middle aged yoruba woman shouted as her eyes met...human parts? (Translation __ What is this, these crazy people shaa)

This was so unexpected, then we saw a man cutting off a woman's leg it was clear she was unconscious we decided to help her by getting some weapons to scare the crazy man to drop his weapons but the disgusting smell of human flesh was just too much.

He looked crazy and completely driven to have a taste of human parts. How did I know? It was clearly written on his face.

It was clear that I was shaking in horror, never have I experienced this before, the man started speaking language that we didn't understand then he started laughing maniacally with his head turning in an uncomfortable direction.

Yes he was definitely possessed by an evil spirit.

Then he turned normal again still speaking a language, we called the police but as soon as I turned my back everything was pitch black, was I dead?

But how?

I was bleeding from my head where I traced up to, to feel an axe stuck in my head I succumbed to the darkness.

Nobody's pov

A young man laid dead on the floor amongst the other bodies, it was a horrifying sight to witness.

Human body parts everywhere, you could clearly see what the ManiaC did by cooking stews with human parts like the hands and legs.

They knew it was a smell they have sniffed before, what was it BARBECUE they never knew that behind that wonderful smell was a common madman making leg barbecues.

They had beat the man to unconsciousness, rushing the victims to the hospital because they weren't dependent on the ambulance arriving early.

Most people knew that the young man wouldn't survive and held little faith but as for the woman, some still held onto hope.

It's hard to find people like this these days in this country, terrorism is present we don't need a cannibal living amongst us now but nowadays they are very common but Clifford was the first to be caught.

Flashback end ------------------------☆☆

Tosin survived and was back with her three children, but not before testifying against the madman and it turns out he was also a cannibal, a ritualist and he sells human body parts for huge amounts of money because some witnesses found a check hidden in his cave full of victims.

He also had a partner in crime who was also in but was crushed by Tosin 's car and became a victim also of Clifford. He also lured young girl hawkers into his cave with an act of him buying some thing from them but when he got an opportunity...he pounced on them killing them and making them into a 'tasty snack'.

After much questioning he said something that made people shiver in fear, " I do not see the difference between goat meat and Human meat" just a sick man. He has no shame and regret.

He was arrested in 1998 after many disappearances of people, 15 years later he was reported dead after suffering from a very serious mental issue in prison where he was put at maximum watching.

As for Tosin she is currently dead but she lived a happy life but died at a middle age but people aren't sure of the cause but oh well...that's another story for another time.

Word count is ---- 2282 words

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This story was made for a horror July challenge by Watt Nigeria.  Please tell me if you liked it. Peace I'm out.💖💖💖💖✌

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