@peace_igho I don't know much about this Kolu guy. However, I think people should not judge others especially when they do things that makes them happy.
Last Thursday night I ran out of fuel on Third Mainland Bridge.
11pm.
Phone at 2%.
No powerbank.
I want to tell you what happened next.
I pushed the hazard lights on and sat in the car.
Trying to think.
Cars were flying past me.
Nobody slowed down.
Not one person.
Lagos at night on that bridge is a different kind of alone.After about 15 minutes I saw headlights slow down behind me.
A danfo bus.
Old. Battered. One headlight slightly dim.
The driver came down.
Big man. Rough looking. Dirty shirt. Chewing something.
My first thought was fear.
My second thought was I had no choice.He looked at my car.
Looked at me.
Said "fuel?"
I nodded.
He didn't say anything else.
Just went back to his bus.
I thought he was leaving.
He wasn't.He came back with a small gallon.
Maybe two liters.
Old plastic container with a rubber pipe attached.
Like he kept it specifically for situations like this.
He poured it into my tank without being asked.
Without negotiating.
Without even looking at me for approval.I started the car.
It came on.
I came down immediately and opened my wallet.
I had โฆ15,000 on me.
I held it out to him.
He looked at the money.
Then looked at me.
And shook his head.I thought he wanted more.
I told him it was all I had.
He said "keep am."
Just like that.
Keep am.
I stood there confused.
This man just helped a stranger on a bridge at 11pm and didn't want anything.I asked him why.
He leaned against his bus.
Took a long breath.
And said something I have not stopped thinking about since.He said in 1998 he broke down on that same bridge.
Night time.
Pregnant wife in the passenger seat.
No phone. No money. No fuel.
He said he sat there for almost an hour crying and praying.Then a man in a big car stopped.
Suit and tie.
Looked like someone who had no business stopping for a danfo driver.
But he stopped.
Bought fuel from somewhere.
Came back.
Filled his tank.
Refused every kobo he offered.
Said only one thing before he drove off."Pass am forward."
That was it.
Pass am forward.
The man in the suit drove away and he never saw him again.
25 years he carried those three words.
Third Mainland Bridge.
Waiting for his own turn to use them.I stood on that bridge and didn't know what to say.
This man had been holding onto someone else's kindness for 25 years.
And he chose me to give it to.
A stranger in a car he had never seen before.He got back into his danfo.
Gave me one nod.
And drove off into the night.
I stood there watching his one dim headlight disappear.
Holding โฆ15,000 I couldn't give away.I sat back in my car for a long time before I drove off.
Thinking about the man in the suit in 1998.
Who had no idea what he started.
A chain of kindness that crossed 25 years and found me on the same bridge.I don't know who that danfo driver is.
I don't know his name.
But somewhere in Lagos tonight he is driving that old bus.
With one dim headlight.
And a heart that has been quietly changing lives since 1998.
Pass am forward.
*What are you passing forward today*?
Karma!!!!!
You will definitely reap something some day.
Depends on what you have been sowing!!!!
Oh my God not again, this is not what we were promised, this is not the country we wish for. @officialABAT you promised us security, this is what we hear every day in Nigeria now. When will this end?๐
Dear @TonUP_io@OfficialAPCNg please, pay the terrorists you guys brought into Nigeria during 2014-15 election whatever you owe them so they can stop killing Nigerians and dashing the hope of so many families. As was confessed by Alhaji Kawu Baraje, you guys brought Fulani terrorists from sahel in 2014, to destabilize Nigeria and make it ungovernable for the then president, GEJ. Now that you're in power, please pay them whatever you owe them.
Nigerians can't be dying like fowls.
This is really heartbreaking, this is not the country we wish for. @officialABAT you made security promises while campaingning but this is what we are getting now๐.
Dear @TonUP_io@OfficialAPCNg please, pay the terrorists you guys brought into Nigeria during 2014-15 election whatever you owe them so they can stop killing Nigerians and dashing the hope of so many families. As was confessed by Alhaji Kawu Baraje, you guys brought Fulani terrorists from sahel in 2014, to destabilize Nigeria and make it ungovernable for the then president, GEJ. Now that you're in power, please pay them whatever you owe them.
Nigerians can't be dying like fowls.
@aonanuga1956 Sometimes it feels like this administration is more focused on VDM than on actual governance, because many citizens are still struggling to see any meaningful impact on their daily lives.
@Buchi_Laba That interview with MLS shows that Arteta truly knows what he is doing. He trained the boy in midfield for months and brought him in when he was ready, that speaks volumes about the gaffer. The competition between MLS and Zubi will bring out the best in both players.
@melo24__@OgbonnaReigns Abi na new taker? The talk no just make sense at all, if him dey find 50k hookup make he talk. Which one be 50k for noodles something wey aboki dey sell 1500?
Some random number called me this morning, she started the call with hallo instead hallo champion. I disconnected.
Canโt let anyone disrespect me like that. Stay guided champions.
@GeronimoMorgans This right here is another reason why Arteta should be appreciated. He brought in 6 players and no one called it a rebuild, his team has been injury plagued all season but somehow maintained the lead. now he has opened a new chapter in Arsenal so respect to him.