What’s a Life Worth
The dialogue below is once upon a chat with my brother, on yahoo messenger, last year.
Me: how far?
Brother: was attacked by armed robbers on my way home on Thursday
Me: hmmm. Ur phone again? (I asked this because my brother is so glued to his phone. He lost it one night when someone just reached into the car he was sitting in, in traffic, collected the phone while he was trying to place a call, and robber disappeared. My brother saved and bought same phone again).
Brother: u won't believe they shot the driver and the passenger beside me
Me: what happened gist me
Brother: I took a bus from Orile. It was late and bus was scarce. I closed late from work.
Me: did u lose ur phone
Brother: so at Alakija some boys entered
Brother: they told the driver to stop the bus at Finiger bus stop (that bus-stop on Badagry express is one dangerous place that no bus ever stops there once it's 6pm).
Brother: but the driver refused so they shot him when he was on speed
Brother: so the bus swayed from one si…
Me: how far?
Brother: was attacked by armed robbers on my way home on Thursday
Me: hmmm. Ur phone again? (I asked this because my brother is so glued to his phone. He lost it one night when someone just reached into the car he was sitting in, in traffic, collected the phone while he was trying to place a call, and robber disappeared. My brother saved and bought same phone again).
Brother: u won't believe they shot the driver and the passenger beside me
Me: what happened gist me
Brother: I took a bus from Orile. It was late and bus was scarce. I closed late from work.
Me: did u lose ur phone
Brother: so at Alakija some boys entered
Brother: they told the driver to stop the bus at Finiger bus stop (that bus-stop on Badagry express is one dangerous place that no bus ever stops there once it's 6pm).
Brother: but the driver refused so they shot him when he was on speed
Brother: so the bus swayed from one si…