Today's experience ?‍?

volume two (the way out)

I was actually expecting NEPA to bring light, but they did as their name goes, no light especially at night, the heat was too much but I have to keep myself busy watching one k drama like that my friend referred me to till I slept off,

I wake up to my phone ringing, at 8 o clock, the person calling me was my friend, my childhood friend I mean,

Hello Oz, he spoke first,

Ehhh, why are you calling me this morning, Abi u won lottery,

No ohh, as I dey talk to you now I dey prison cell,

Wetin you dey do their?

I was just hanging out with my friends then we got arrested,

Then why are you calling me,

You are the only one I dey with your number nah,

Ohhhh!

Only that!!

Send your papa number make I call am,

MMM,

I dey wait ohh,

So if I'm in danger Na wetin you go say,

Danger never come nah,

Come online let do video call,

Ohhhh,

Now ohh,

I don hear,

I came online only to see him on his bed smiling like mumu, anyway after the call I wake up to blush my teeth, sweep the house then go back to sleep,

Ozy!! Open the door ohh, that was what wake me up, my sister's voice,

I opened the door for her,

Won't you be going back today again,

Ehh, what the time, my dear it's already 4 in the evening when I checked my phone,

I will but have you buy the thing,

Yep, eating the food she bought,

What's that?? I found myself saying,

Food,

What food?

If you want to eat come and eat, stop asking me questions,

Ohhhh,

Be eating let me go arrange the thing,

Ok,

Remain for me ohh,

As if I can finish it,

Na your business,

After some minutes, I went and Bath, change and park the remaining food cause it was getting late already,

We walked to that junction being repaired yesterday, but it did not look like it was repaired at all but it's much better than before, we stop one bus that stopped us at unizik junction, remind you today was Sunday theirs only few vehicle left on the road,

How much from here to odumodu,

800 ?

Brother nah odumodu ohh,

Eeehh, Na 800,

Normally on a good day it's 400 some times 500 so 800 was too much and we get to sit four per sit, and their was like five sit their and already filled with passenger's going to different destination, inside one bus, just remaining four persons left for the bus to move,

Chioma let's go look for another bus I told my sister,

I'm not sure their is any she said looking around, Oya enter this one that you see first she said helping me with the bag,

As I was about to enter, one girl like that ask me to go to the back sit, like four sit before the first one filled with big and small women and some young men,

Don't worry I will stay in the front, I told her, as I sit their near the door, that's really risky cause sometime mostly at times the door will be left open, probably because it was spoilt, or no door at all, but this time the woman sitting next to me assured me that the driver will close the door,

As I enter, two more person's did, then one young man entered behind me, quite tall, then the door closed nearly hitting my arm if not for that woman,

Bye!! The young man behind me said to two other men outside,

Bye!! They replied, hey driver carry him with care ohh he don't know where he is , they told the driver still outside,

Ohhhh, he replied,

Bye bye he repeated again,

Ohhhh safe journey they told as they blow a kiss to him ,

I don hear foolish man he replied,

Mind you we are Nigeria so listening is a must, with everyone's reaction you could tell that the have concluded different nonesence in their head, then people started shouting asking the driver to take us out of here that it's getting late already, that was how our journey began,

Everyone was quite and things was going ok, don't worry about heat all the windows were open, even sand fit enter your eye,

Until, we reach police check point, the first police ask the driver for money and he was like I have given you money before nah, park he shout to the other police man ahead of us,

Guess what happened next, we were asked to park by the side of the road, everyone on the bus was shouting at the driver asking him why did he not give the police man money when he asked for it, the shouting was too much, then the driver said if you like make noise from now to 20 o clock if I like I will not give you your money back,

That was when they started shouting 2 times the formal one, me the fact that I don't have another money with me except the one for bike when I reach my destination, I did not shout I just prayed In my heart that we reach home safely, the driver went out to talk to the police man I don't know what they concluded but I saw the man giving money to him and him giving it back. Now the formal price will be tripled,

After the long conversation out side he then came back to the car,

But before that people inside the bus was arguing especially the women and some old men, some said it's corruption, the other said even if it was, we can't do anything about it that it's already well-known in this country, and when we see the money transfer from one hand to another, they concluded that he is now begging for them to take the money, as the noise was about to die down some girl from the back then said, this our driver do not have sense, everybody laughed to her joke, then she said again as I paid that 800 to him that was when I noticed his sense has then transfer to someplace, again everyone was like you are right and people start backing up her sentence, then the woman beside me was like, the men here will not talk ohh they will just close their mouth watching the women do the talking,

When the bus driver arrived the man behind me was now like,

Driver is it not that money that you later give them doubled, the driver was like, you're very stupid don't you see that the police was the one giving me the money,

The police was giving you the money others shouted,

Yes he was, one man sitting on the front beside the driver said supporting the driver,

But why would you say I'm stupid the man from behind asked,

Cause that what you are,

That's where the argument starred everybody then faced the driver exchanging words with him, as the bus start moving,

Instead of him focusing on driver he was replying to their words each that the bus nearly fell into one gutter along the road,

Then the man behind that has been exchanging words with the driver then said, you are very foolish, you are a stupid man,

The driver was like, is it only stupid that you know, you are very hopeless, he shouted back,

Me hopeless, do you know who I am,

Who are you, who do you think you are, you that I was watching as ur follow man pay for your transport, is it not waybill that they paid for you to come to them,

Is you that is hopeless, driver how many people is in this bus tell me let me transfer the money to you,

Then the woman in the front was like let me call the account number,3 0 she shouted, as people around started calling different account number that was probably theirs,

3 0 9 1 the woman sitting beside the driver shouted again louder this time,

Is like she's his wife, everyone ask at the same time this one that she's busy calling the account number, immediately she heard that she turned her face that was the last time she spoke again,

Driver take this phone and put your account details, he shouted behind asking me to give the phone to him, that was when I then talked,

Please calm down, cause I feel like he's going to regret his decision later,

Is it not this one that they paid to come this side, this one that come here to have s*x and get paid, the driver shouted again,

Me driver, me,

Yes you the driver said turning to him this time, that we nearly clashed the one fuel moto, moving beside us,

Ehhhh, everyone shouted , then one women one the second sit, quiet all thas time was then like we all are molded from sand, let sand be of sand and let stupidity be of stupidity, she keep repeating those words again and again, the she changed to all of us are six feet , you all are six feet, which mean you all will be buried in six feet down, she keep on saying this until one girl from behind then shouted, anty Biko stop saying six feet first I don't want to die ohh, so as everybody,

Then we started calming the man from behind to stop talking and let the driver drive,

But the driver won't stop annoying the man, who was trying his best to listen to us and calm down,

This continued till I reach my destination, and then he came down and opened the door for me as I get down, maybe they continued from where thay stopped when I left,

Borde a bike to my mum's store, then gave her what she sent me, it was already late at 7 in the evening,

Then one woman who was sitting their wanted to ask me something when her phone fell off her hand, you know the way you shout out God's name when you are in trouble that was how she shouted my name just to pick her phone from the floor not even android,

After a few word with my mum I them head home to face another wahala