A Day in Lagos

Yesterday in Lagos

- Yesterday in Lagos, I woke up 10 minutes later than I normally do and I got to the office an hour later because of the traffic

- Yesterday in Lagos, I saw 2 corpses along the road on my way to work and one on my way back. They said one was a robber that was lynched and burnt alive a la tyre style, one was a victim of a hit & run accident and the last is believed to be a mad man that had been dead for about two weeks

- Yesterday in Lagos, I saw a group of hoodlums robbing a guy whose car was broken down on the road; and everybody drove past like they didn’t see it.

- Yesterday in Lagos, while in a traffic jam, we heard random shootings in front and everyone fled leaving cars strewn all over the highway

- Yesterday in Lagos, I saw grown men having their baths by the roadside, some other men were in various stages of answering the call of nature

- Yesterday in Lagos, i saw a molue take off and the conductor while running to jump in, tripped and fell down. He rolled away just in time not to be crushed by his molue. While everyone screamed in horror, the boy got up and laughing loudly jumped into the vehicle which subsequently sped away.

- Yesterday, I saw a friend of mine, Taiwo and after exchanging pleasantries asked after his twin, Kehinde. He said “oh I have not seen Kenny in about 2 months”. They both work and live on the Island.

- Yesterday, there were road blocks on a section of the Agege motor road (the Mushin area) because someone was having a party.

- Yesterday, I was looking for where to eat for only #100. I got a meal with a plate full of meat from that woman who sets up a tent by the town dumpsite

- Yesterday I was also looking for a place to eat in the evening. I got a meal at this fancy place for #5000, I tipped the waiters and I didn’t even get to keep the plates!!!

Now to think of all you can do in Lagos in one day you begin to wonder if there really isn’t more than 24 hours in a day.