Why I Don't Gamble

My memories of interesting occurrences at Government College Ibadan (GCI) are plentiful and evergreen. I will highlight only a few.

In 1963, Cassius Clay fought Sonny Liston for the heavyweight championship of the world. I was a huge fan of the champion Sonny Liston who I believed was invincible.

So confident was I that Liston would annihilate Clay that I had a bet with Adedeji of Form 3 on the outcome of the fight. Adedeji bet on Cassius Clay. At stake were two plates of dodo (fried plantain). Cassius Clay, a 7-1 underdog beat Liston in one of the biggest upsets in boxing history.

Thereafter, I avoided Adedeji as much as I could. Nemesis caught up with me when he showed up in the dining hall during dinner one day, and remorselessly and unconsciously removed my plate of the wondrous meal of fried plantain. He repeated this �cruelty� the following day.

Boy oh boy was I disconsolate! That may be the reason why till date I do not gamble.

Culled from 50 YEARS GROWING ON THE ROCK: The Lives and Times of Government College Ibadan Class of '62

Submitted by:Chuka Momoh