Senior ‘Science Student’
You do not tarry under the first Obalende Bridge, the one near the Postal and Telecommunications (P&T) building in Lagos. There is no bus stop there.
But some do. They wait for the commercial minibuses or tricycles making a turn around the canal.
If the driver is fearless or is in the traffic police’s good books, he slows to a trot and the passengers hop in. Otherwise, the warden swings his cane – whack – on the conductor’s back.
Last Tuesday afternoon, I did not tarry. I crossed the road and made for the Lagbus Park a few metres away.
“Bros,” someone said, tugging at my shirt.