EPISODE 33
So first thing Saturday morning, we headed for the Airport…Deola rode with us, she was also travelling to Ghana for work. We landed in Lagos about an hour and 15 minutes later.
There was supposed to be a driver waiting for us but he got stuck in traffic. That was his second trip to the airport that day…he had just dropped off Folahan’s sisters and was coming back for us.
Folahan told him not to worry about it and that we would take a cab, the driver wouldn’t turn back until Folahan called his mum and insisted that we would find our way.
The original arrangement was that the driver would to take us to see one of Folahan’s uncles in Ikeja, en route to the house…so we had to take the cab to the person’s place. Folahan called his uncle on our way there, who promised to get someone to take us to Victoria Island.
It was the same person that got Folahan his current job. Folahan called him Uncle Ade…a jovial and funny man
He was happy to see us “So you are the one he gave up a job offer for?
I was wondering what came over him”
Then he asked me to stand up and turn around…he nodded his head like a sign of approval and continued
“Now I see why…I would have done exactly the same thing
Eye for detail and good things is something he got from our side”
I was a little embarrassed but I laughed it off, then he gave Folahan a thumbs-up
“Kare lai (well-done) I’m sure you used that gesture to seal the deal abi?(right)Smart boy”
He turned to me and got back on my case
“His mum already said I should check you out and if I like you, that settles it.
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