NUMEROUS ESCAPADES!

SUNDAY 24TH FEBRUARY, 2002

I woke up as early as possible to iron my uniform and Compound Wear/House Wear. I took my bath and dressed up. My mummy sent me to call Manniru to accompany me to the park.
At the bus park, we met Abu Imam, our dinning hall prefect. They exchanged greetings with Manniru. He asked me of Sadiq. I replied to him that I don't know whether he is returning that day.
We started our journey at 1:30 p.m. The driver was an elderly man, so he didn't drive recklessly. At one checkpoint at Falgore Forest, one of the soldiers said that he would like to check one of the passengers bag. The man begged him that there is no any contra band but the soldier insists. The man called him aside and bribed him and he let us go.
We continued with our journey. The driver told us to that the soldiers inspite of the fact that they collect bribes, their presence stopped armed robbery. He narrated to us his numerous escapades in that forest as he was once attack by armed robbers. He told us most of the armed robbers are not citizens of Nigeria. He claimed they are from countries like Chad, Niger etc but there are still some that are indigenes.
We stopped on the way to pray Asr Prayer before continuing with the journey. The weather was somehow chilly, there was no sun. So I thought I will be late to school. I was a bit scared. On arriving school, however, I noticed that it wasn't yet 6:00 p.m. and I was glad. We took our roll call and went to the class for night prep.