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Something happened on our way back from Ghana…
And I know those of you that joined our Christmas Group Trip to Ghana have been waiting for me to finally share this story.
So let me gist you.
We were 6 travelers on the trip.
The bus we entered also had about 6 other passengers:
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an elderly woman in her 60s
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a middle-aged woman
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a young lady in her mid-20s
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and 3 men in their 30s+
My people… you don’t need a prophet to know who this story is about.
The Driver Was Tired… And We Were All at Risk
The driver told us he drove from Lagos to Accra overnight, so he was tired and weak.
I was sitting beside him, and I noticed he was struggling with sleep.
So I started doing two things at the same time:
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I kept him busy with conversation
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and he kept himself busy with food
Because abeg… we didn’t come to Ghana to end inside bush.
Then the Noise Started…
The 3 men at the back of the bus were loud.
Not normal loud.
The kind of loud that tells you immediately that sense no dey inside their noise.
They started with their first argument:
That Nigerian street boys in Ghana are the ones paying expensive house rent and boosting Ghana’s economy…
And that if all Nigerian “Gee boys” leave Ghana, Ghana’s economy will collapse.
Imagine.
A young man with ratty hair opened his mouth to claim that his rent is what is sustaining a whole country.
I just shook my head.
From Rent Argument… To Ronaldo vs Messi
Before we could blink, the topic changed to:
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Ronaldo vs Messi
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Davido vs Wizkid
Full grown men. Loud. Shouting. Like secondary school debate.
“Oga Drive Fast, Somebody Get Flight to Catch!”
Now here’s the annoying part…
Anytime the driver slowed down, they would shout:
“Oga drive fast o! Somebody get flight to catch!”
If the driver coughed, they would shout from the back:
“Oga you dey waste time! Somebody get flight to catch!”
At the border, when passports were being stamped, they were still shouting:
“Oga tell them to hurry! Somebody get flight to catch!”
It got to a point where I said… okay, it’s time to tame demons respectfully.
I Finally Responded… And Hell Broke Loose
After we crossed the Togo border and the driver returned with our passports, the loudest one shouted again:
“Oga somebody get flight to catch o!”
I turned back and calmly said:
“Bro chill, relax. No be only you get flight to catch. Allow this man do his job.”
My people…
Na there wahala start.
He shouted:
“Who are you? Do you know the implications of missing a flight? Do you know how much flight costs?”
I replied:
“This is my 8th international trip this year, so sit down and shut up.”
They Mocked Me for Being in a Bus
He and his friends started clapping and laughing.
They said:
“So you’re forming international traveler inside local bus? If you have money to fly, would you be here?”
I told him:
“Notice our hoodies. This is an all-girls Christmas trip. We chose road travel.”
But he still refused to rest.
He now said:
“Do you even know who I am?”
I told him:
“You’re a lousy rat. Sit down and shut your smelly loud mouth.”
Then He Dropped the Most Typical Nigerian Man Line
He stood up and shouted:
“I marry your type at home!”
I corrected him:
“You married a woman, not my type. If you married my type, you for don die. I can’t marry a loud, smelly, illiterate and ignorant man like you.”
Then we started exchanging words.
My travelers were whispering:
“Oma, this man never call you ashawo yet o…”
And as if he heard them, he shouted:
“Na so dem dey make mouth after dem don sell their toto take travel!”
My people… we screamed and clapped.
Because finally, he has used the one line we were expecting.
You know these men…
When they see a woman that challenges them, their brain only has 3 insults:
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“Ashawo”
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“You’re single”
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“Menopause is coming”
Nothing else.
That Was When My Travelers Stood Up… And Heaven Came Down
The moment he said that rubbish…
My travelers stood up.
And that was when he realized he was not just talking to “roadside women.”
Among us were:
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married women
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lawyers
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business owners
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financially successful professionals
Two lawyers among us first reminded him that if his mother and sisters didn’t fail, he wouldn’t think all women survive by “toto.”
A school owner entered him.
Everybody descended on him properly.
And I told him:
“You are in a public bus. You don’t know who is who. There are lawyers here. There are married women here. There are serious people here. But because we’re women, you assume we are selling ourselves.”
At that point, his voice disappeared.
At Seme Border… God Used Immigration Officer to Finish the Matter
When we got to Seme Border, our passports were stamped.
Then an officer brought our passports to the vehicle and asked:
“Who is Oma?”
They pointed at me. I thought I was in trouble.
The officer looked at my passport and asked:
“What do you do for a living?”
I asked why.
He said:
“I saw your travel footprint. You’ve been all over. What do you do?”
I told him:
“I run a travel company.”
The officer smiled, collected my phone number and said he wants to work with me.
My people…
Mr “toto” and his crew became silent like someone poured ice water on them.
Even their mother that was joining them to insult me kept quiet.
Guess What Happened When We Got to Lagos?
When we arrived Lagos…
These same men that were shouting and insulting women…
Came down, tucked their tails between their legs…
And asked for my number.
I laughed so hard.
Moral of the Story
30+ men are not from God.
I kid you not.
Anyway…
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