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As e be say I dey rush dat Tuesday morning to go attend our union meeting for our garage wey dey near Ikeja under bridge, I no come know weda to park for one corner of di expressway and pick di call, weda to jus pick di call as I dey drive dey go, or to kukuma ignore di call.
I come talk am for my mind say, but dis number wey dey call me so, na special number, and I no get am for my phone.
I come decide to park and pick di call. I slow down, park for roadside and off my engine. As I carry my torch light chinko phone up to pick , na im di call cut. Tori Olorun!
I wait small to see weda di person go call again. E no call. I start engine and begin dey rush dey go. As I jus enter express again, my phone begin ring again. And na dat same special number.
I come use boldface to pick di call as I dey fire my guonguoro dey go. After all, man die but once. And someting must kill a man. And tank God say olopa dem never come since #EndSARS drive dem comot for road. So nobody go stop me say I dey pick call for steering.
I carry my phone again to pick di call as I dey match trottle dey go, na im di call cut again. Aaah! Kilode ?
Na so I jus dey fire dey go. By dis time I don reach Guinness, to begin go Second Gate. As I reach dat Adeniyi Jones junction for First Bank, di traffic light wey dey for dia come show red. I stop, and na so my phone ring again. I look am, na di same special number.
I happy say I go pick am now wey I standstill for traffic light. I carry up my phone to pick di call, di call cut again. Olorun Oba o! I come talk am for my mind say, shey my village people don dey come?
Small time di traffic light show green. I put my guonguoro for gear one and move.
I drive enter garage by sharp 8 o'clock a.m on di dot, wey be our meeting time.
I park my guonguoro, open di door and come out. Na im one sisi waka come meet me. I look am well well. I come see say na one sisi like dat wey I meet for Isale Eko before Coro enter Lagos.
Di sisi say e don dey wait for me for garage ti-ti-ti-ti. E say e get wetin e wan discus with me.
I tell am say as e see me so, I dey for hurry. I ask am weda e no see all our union member dem siddon for dia. I say na me dem dey wait for becos we get meeting, and na me be Akowe.
I jus lef di sisi run go enter meeting.
(To be continued)
Make we jam again on Tuesday.
Tank you
Tank you very much
And tank you very, very much indeed.