Before all the gas guzzling trucks and exotic cars began flooding Lagos' death trap roads--but not before nnabe crota (Volkswagen Beetle) and 404 (Peugeot), and not now that Okada riders had taken over-- there had been the kia-kia bus (Volkswagen van)and molue (Los Angeles Unified School District school bus look alike). From Ebute Ero to Orile, Iganmu; from Mile 2 to Oshodi; from CMS to Lawanson; from Ijora Causeway to Boundary, Ajegunle; and from Wilma Peoples to Kirikiri, bus conductors and happy passengers had a joy ride coupled with salesmen who sold ampicillin, tetracycllin, amoxycillin, pennicillin and rimactane in the bus without prescription. No wonder Naijas are said to be the happiest people on Planet Earth. How about the bus conductors' gestures of "Oshodi straight, Ilasa Maja ma wole O?" "Lagos bin dey good o!"
As I thought about the terrible Lagos traffic, the above picture popped up and I was like, wow, is this my Lagos. "Overtake Don Overtake Overtake," as Baba would say in one of his lyrics. Baba is the Chief Priest who preached on how to alleviate social ills like the congested Lagos traffic. Baba sef, na real agbalagba. The man see road sha! I'm not sure if that's Oshodi Bus Stop or is it Mile 2? I really dunno! But Lagos is always Lagos, sha!
Nothing much has changed as Okada has become the best transit system. From molue to Okada. Ain't that something?
