I went for Choir practice last night (this just happens to be 1.34am). Still can't sleep. I survived it. I was on my way back home by 9pm. My brother had called me while I was at Lekki phase 1 to pick him at Ilaje bus-stop, just before the Ajah round-about. The road was clear and doing a 80Km/hr, I got there fast but he had not arrived. I parked by the road side and told him I was waiting. Just two minutes or less, I saw a saloon car coming towards my direction. He hit the car and then off he went some distance away before he came to rest. 'Did this just happen?' my thoughts. It sure did, as reality set in. I turned the ignition and off I went to his side. I noticed I couldn't move as fast as I wanted to. One tyre was down and bent in.
I came out of the vehicle trying to understand the situation. The driver was reluctant to get out of the car. When he did come out, I realised he was drunk. An drunk man hit me? Yes, he did.
The funny thing is that he escaped(with his leg o) from the hands of the police after my brother had pleaddded (begging Nigerian traffic police to do their job) for them to come handle the situation.
My thoughts. My car isn't in a good shape. How could the Police have helped without saying 'what can I do?'. I never asked them to do anything. All I needed was for them to take the drunk guy away. He had no business driving in his state. He could have killed some people had the car not been parked there. Funny enough, a car had hit some people some metres away this same day.
I marvelled as I watched the guy run away and the Nigerian Policemen chasing after him like buffoons. Actually, they were (not abusing them, they showed it through their words immediately they arrived). Not been able to get him, knowing there would be no source of special income (they would have gotten this from the guy) in the case, they ignored me and left. Wow! Not even a word.
I recalled everything government in my country, Nigeria seems to be in a state of jeopardy. I'm only amazed that its the same people that form the government. Bloody Nigerians. I am too (just with a different kind of mindset).
OH! THOSE CHILDHOOD DREAMS OF BUILDING NANOBOTS, DESTRUCTIVE MACHINES THAT COULD HANDLE ANY SITUATION, and any buffoon if I may add (Not angry at the vehicle or the police but at the way they handled the situation). It could be a set of lives next time. Men, that guy wa drunk. (Funny enough, we lost about 4 lives this week - some school children in the morning on monday and one adult this evening, thanks to drunk drivers the police would rather not check)
I came out of the vehicle trying to understand the situation. The driver was reluctant to get out of the car. When he did come out, I realised he was drunk. An drunk man hit me? Yes, he did.
The funny thing is that he escaped(with his leg o) from the hands of the police after my brother had pleaddded (begging Nigerian traffic police to do their job) for them to come handle the situation.
My thoughts. My car isn't in a good shape. How could the Police have helped without saying 'what can I do?'. I never asked them to do anything. All I needed was for them to take the drunk guy away. He had no business driving in his state. He could have killed some people had the car not been parked there. Funny enough, a car had hit some people some metres away this same day.
I marvelled as I watched the guy run away and the Nigerian Policemen chasing after him like buffoons. Actually, they were (not abusing them, they showed it through their words immediately they arrived). Not been able to get him, knowing there would be no source of special income (they would have gotten this from the guy) in the case, they ignored me and left. Wow! Not even a word.
I recalled everything government in my country, Nigeria seems to be in a state of jeopardy. I'm only amazed that its the same people that form the government. Bloody Nigerians. I am too (just with a different kind of mindset).
OH! THOSE CHILDHOOD DREAMS OF BUILDING NANOBOTS, DESTRUCTIVE MACHINES THAT COULD HANDLE ANY SITUATION, and any buffoon if I may add (Not angry at the vehicle or the police but at the way they handled the situation). It could be a set of lives next time. Men, that guy wa drunk. (Funny enough, we lost about 4 lives this week - some school children in the morning on monday and one adult this evening, thanks to drunk drivers the police would rather not check)
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