Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Abuja parole

I've been meaning to come down to Abuja for about 3 weeks now for a couple of follow ups at the ministry and some other parastatals but Lag hol me tight.finally i entered Abuja on Monday 13th.went to the ministry,did a fantastic meeting and went to catch up with my colleague who's been up here in the middle of a lots of stuff.after the meeting,its time to leave and i got settle in some comfy 5k Hotel(yes oo,5k! as man is here for 4days and in the middle of project. so no money for the usual Reiz Continental)
As we left the estate where my colleague is staying with an aunt,it starts drizzlling.sleeping at his aunts was not an option cos she's not one to bump into and moreso she's got her relatives all around too.so as the drizzling gets harder we decided to run back home and ask her to at least let him use her car to drop me at the gate.so we start running back .when we pass a wine ultima with two guys reversing to drive out, i stopped them and ask if they were going to the estate gate and i could join them.They said fine.(when my friend got home he told his aunt how i got the ride and said to her he was sure they would not just take me to the gate, but the hotel i was going.well it was more than that)
As we approached the gate,i looked at the time,twaz few mins to eight(i hate nights in Abuja.Dark,Lonely and Scary) and the place was dark of course with no cabs so i ask if they were headed to town and i could join.we started chatting and i introduced myself.the guy who was driving had actually been watching my programme and he's also PA to someone in Govt.who i have been chasing.He He!see how God works.so just lak dat,we start hunting for hotels.he took me to six!this guy who we just met,who had his own agenda for the evening.mmh!he at some point had to say'guy u must be very nice oo'for me to just be taking u around like this.and i just smile say'Na God oo.
Of the 6, 4 were booked two were just too crappy for five grand and so he just said ,hey,lets go back to the estate and am like really?and he's like yea...so we went on his own parole and when done stopped by for some nice kilishi and roasted chicken.
when we got to the hooouseee,it was a........................................................
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lol! small, cozy self contain.
He fried some nice dodo and stew(great cook acssually)with the Chicken and chilled water
we chatted and he's really a great guy,was in the media before too and i admire his vision and plans.he's off to Sierria leone the next day to spend time with his girlfriend.
we watched a movie.he slept off in the middle(not fearinG that i might kill him!!!).i made my plans for the next day and dozed off at about 1 am.
First day-twaz a rough night, but ended well.

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