PART 3
“Miss Funke Salman ” As she walked closer from her end of the
Long table to mine, my
heartbeat increased, my legs were
seriously shaking and my
urinary system started to malfunction, I
could feel my temperature raise and my suit became
heavier… Now I see
Madam very well… She’s a beauty, just like
my “Anike baby” but
different “specs”, ” Her legs? Slim,
straight and s*xy** (SSS), her body frame? Gorgeous! Upper frontal
region? Super.!, her eyes?
“Oojigbigbi… jigbi… jigbi… jigbi…” s*xy**,
seductive and a little big.
( Asiwaju style).
Her melodious accent revived me from my lustful slumber.
” Mr Edwin Babatunde Alexander she sang
gracefully with a
charming smile.
”Madam” I answered informally.
”Please call me Funke Salman” she refuted.
Now that I seem to have her where I
want us to be, I became
more confident and I continued.
“Pardon my ignorance please, Miss Funke
Salman, But you are still our madam”
”Abegi, don’t let the looks deceive you, na
naija dem born me oo”
madam speaking “pigin”.
”Really” I enquired.
“Yes oo, A few years of education abroad and this is what you
get” she added, wiggling as she points to
herself with both
hands.
”So, Madam Do we have the job?” I.
Pressed ”Maybe, just one more hurdle to cross, I
took over from the old
man recently, I mean Alhaji Salman
kashimawo Salman himself,
and I don’t have the right to make final
financial decisions yet, so he wants to meet with you guys from EL-
Paso, you go and tell
him the same thing you told my team
here then we will reach an
agreement and take our decision.. If it
will be alright with you, I can arrange lunch with him on Friday at
his residence in Ikeja
G.R.A., 2:00p.m”.
“Then Friday it is” I answered.
I repeated a few lines from my earlier
presentation as we walk towards the elevator, we said our
goodbyes and chorus “see you
on Friday” as the elevator door closed..
As soon as the elevator started it’s
descend. I screamed.
“Yesss! Yesss.!! Yesss.!!!” Hitting my chest hard like former
Arsenal football club’s star, Theiry Henry
does when he scores
one of those his magnificent goals.
I strolled majestically out of the office
complex, praying she is not looking at me from her pent house
office; I took the next
bend, just in time to flag down a
commercial bus.
“Fine boy, wole pelu change e oo, oshodi
seventy naira” the conductor ordered
I sat in the commercial bus a bit more
relaxed now then I started
to ponder. “Wetin I go tell The boss sef?”,
“if we win this contract
how will it change my life, Boss must take care of me o, else I
will resign”, my debts and living expenses
are raising, my
landlord will soon bring another bill,
“I go pay Nepa oo, buy water from
Northerner”, my car will soon arrive from brazil, thanks to my “padi”
there, “na money I go use
clear that one too”, my younger ones in
school need my financial
support, my parents and Anike’s parents
are another “koko” in this story of the life of a young Lagos
hustler.. Hmmmmmm.
“Baba God dey”
“…Gala..! Gala…!” I screamed at the boys
hustling for their daily
needs in Lagos traffic. “How many Oga” he asked,
”Two abeg, and help me call that boy wey
dey sell lacasera too.”
I requested.
” Man cannot come and die jare my
people”…Abi.?
WATCH OUT FOR PART 4