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Mr Ogo was the parent at Fruitful Future School who had recommended that Bepo engage in ritual practices that would help bring more students to the school. When Bepo rejects this offer, Mr Ogo withdraws his children from the school. However, ten years later, when Bepo is watching the evening news, he discovers that Mr Ogo has been arrested for the murder of a civil servant, a woman who had consulted him to help with her infertility. During the course of the treatment, Mr Ogo had collected a total of N9 million as a fee with no tangible results. When the woman confronts him about this and threatens to report him to the police, he invites her to his house and murders her. This can be found on page 39 of the novel.

Contrary to the European claim that it was chanced upon by some Europeans in 1925, the Gurara Waterfall was discovered by a Gwari hunter in 1745. This can be found on page 45 of the novel.

Henry Townsend built the first-storey building in Nigeria in 1846. It is where Ajayi Crowther stayed and made the first translation of the Yoruba Bible. This can be found on page 46 of the novel.

According to Bepo, "new slavery" is when "Africans themselves, especially Nigerians, in japa fit, voluntarily and desperately [walk] into the workforce of who seemed to be the yester masters". This means that we Africans, who are migrating, are voluntarily engaging in a new kind of slavery. This can be found on page 47 of the novel.

The name of the passport office in Ibadan is the Agodi-Gate Passport Office. This can be found on page 49 of the novel.

The banner had a large image of Bepo laughing gracefully and headlined FOR HE GAVE STARDOM HIS VERY BEST. It was subtitled "Memorable Farewell for the Most Committed Principal, Adewale Adebepo". This can be found on page 54 of the novel.

Mr Bepo first applied for the position of the school's English Teacher. He was to teach SSS1-3. This was revealed during the MD's farewell speech and can be found on pages 56-57 of the novel.

Mr Bepo had sold his Pathfinder Sports Utility Vehicle for N1.5 million to Stardom school's accountant, Mr Jeremi Amos. This can be found on page 60 of the novel.

Bepo gave the landlord's children i.e. Jide and his sister, the sum of ₦5000 as a gift before he left for the airport.

Bepo studied English/ History Education at the University of Benin. This can be found on page 12 of the novel.

Sola was the Home Economics teacher at Stardom Schools before she relocated to the UK. This can be found on page 15 of the novel.

According to the novel, Bishop Ajayi Crowther was the one who translated the Bible into Yoruba. This can be found on page 46 of the novel.

The phrase “under the world of tears” as used on page 8 of the novel metaphorically illustrates the depth of the principal’s emotional breakdown. It compares his sorrow to a physical state of being buried beneath tears.

The principal's uncharacteristic silence as he walked to the podium that morning, as well as his breakdown into tears, created a tense and bewildering atmosphere for the students. There was also a feeling of uncertainty as the students had never encountered such before. The principal they have come to know and depend on was behaving quite strangely. The heavy silence, the "perplexed eyes", and the shock from both students and staff all point to a tense and uncertain atmosphere. This can be inferred from the description on page 5 of the novel.