04/06/2026
I remember the day I boarded a bus going to Awgu from Enugu town, as the bus took off from the park and neared the express, one of the passengers shouted "Praaaiise the Lord!!", but before other passengers could respond, the conductor shouted "stop that rubbish!". We were all confused, you sure say this conductor no be marine spirit?
The passenger tried shouting again, but before she could even say "praise", the conductor and the driver shouted at her simultaneously to keep quiet.
Wahala!!π²
Before I knew it, almost everyone in the bus started "kabashing", binding and casting conductor and his driver. I was busy observing when they will start turning to snake, owl or even cat, but they were busy laughing at the passengers π. Eleyi gidi gan! When they saw nothing was happening, one of the passengers now decided to ask them why they didn't allow the woman to pray and they told the following story.
Last week, we pick passengers wey de go Enugu from Awka, so one woman come decide to pray, all of us quiet, come concentrate like person wey dey await judgement. But she no start the prayer immediately, she say she wan preach small before the main prayer.
Na there problem start.
This woman come de condemn trouser, wig, necklace, earing etc. She even condemn belt wey get metal head join. Na so argument take start. Before you know wetin de happen, there voice come de rise, but we no chook mouth for their matter o, until one man, out of frustration, land slap for the woman cheek, Gbawam!!, the woman come return the slap like returning officer, Gbozaa!!! Na so fight start inside bus o, as we de try stop the fight, we approach army checkpoint. Them say make all of us come down.
Soldier: why una de cause confusion for road
Silence π€
Soldier: una no go talk ba?
Silence again π€
Soldier: who be the conductor here?
I come raise my hand ποΈ
Soldier: come like this (pointing to the side of the road close to the gutter)
Soldier: wey driver?
The driver raise him own hand
Soldier: oya since una no fit control una passengers, collect cutlass.
Approprinquo!!!
We cut grass so tey blisters full our hand.
Na why we decide say from that day, no form of preaching or praying inside our bus, if you wan pray, abeg pray inside your mind, God go still hear am.
Everywhere come quiet like burial ground until we reach where we de go.