My Egbatedo story...

I just relocated from Abuja to Osogbo to start work with this new borehole company in March 2016,
As fine boy wey I be(if you like yinmu, problem tie niyen), I like looking peng to site, even though na thrift, kokami, na wetin I get I go wear.
Even when i know I'm getting dirty, atleast 2k go complete.
It was a Wednesday and my boss call came very early, I struggled to get out of bed and quickly took my bath then dress up. Emi hansoman, won ma gba Leni, I rush down to the office and I met him waiting for me.
He gave me instructions on what to do and gave me money to run site.
I quickly call other workers and we jet out to site.

I'm to call the client to meet us at "Olaiya junction" so he could lead us to site because none of us know where we are heading to.
After some minutes at Olaiya junction, the client finally arrived and he told us we are heading to Egbatedo. One of my colleague shouted, "Egbatedo bawo, shey eti mu owo Omo igboro Dani? (Why Egbatedo, hope you don hold area boys money).
I look surprised and was wondering what's the big deal in Egbatedo. Anyways, we sha move out to site.
When we got to site, we start work immediately and we're moving at a very fast pace. The work was going on smoothly until this guys show.
They troop in on bikes, vooom vooom vooom, was what got my attention and before I know it about 15bikes don land, na BH? Kilode, when we are not fighting war.
I just hear "épana machine yen" (off that machine), off machine bawo, I stood up from where I was sitting.
I was approaching them when one of my colleague said "Manager épada ooo"(manager go back), oh, I forgot to tell you, I'm the manager of the company. I was like, why will I get back, why will they stop us from working, is it their father machine? I will call police for them ni.
By now, I was so close to them, one thick voice from the back just shout " fine boy, wa sibi, oda pe iwo ni oga won" (fine boy come here, it seems you're their boss), I was few step away from them and the confidence in me increased by 90%, I was like ehen, I'm the manager.
What do you want, as I move closer to them, the smoke from what they are smoking is already affecting me, my eye is already seeing double and my leg don dey shake.
Their leader ask me with a thick murderous voice "alaye, owo wa da" (where is our money)?
"Owo kini" (money for what) I quickly replied with a surprised look, the guy just looked at me and gave me a deadly smile, I was about saying who are you and why will you even ask us to off the machine when the first slap landed, Ah, are you people mad, they don't use to slap me
As the slap landed, I quickly reversed back in one step, d sight of cutlasses reduced my confidence rate to 50%, for my mind I'm going to call police for them. One of the boys just came from behind and said "won ba e soro, o de tun duro (oga is talking and you're stand)
So you mean a whole me should kneel down, a whole graduate with Upper credit, kneel down in front of thugs, is like you people don't know me, before I could even say anything another hot slap has landed. By now, I don't know if my ear is ringing or it's my phone.
All I was hearing was coming from afar, egbon, I thought I told you dey don't use to slap us in my family, which kind hand you use? My ear is heavy nah, I don't know how I end up kneeling down, I sha know I knelt down, That was when the slapping became premium,
All I was hearing was thunder sound. Ear don spoil, temi bami Leni, fine boy don turn punching bag.
When d slapping became community donation d boss ordered them to stop. I'm already seeing white stars, I can't even identify colours anymore. Has the world turn to b/w?
The boss moved closer to me and ask me what my name is, within 10seconds, I have told him my details including my Papa and Mama biodata. I don't even know what I was saying. My colleagues were watching from afar, mad people, the have run and leave their manager.
I will sack all of you, sha let me get out of this wahala.
I was thinking of how to get In touch with the nearest police station when the boss hand me his phone and said "óya pe Ólópa to ma wa mu wa" ( call the police officer that will arrest us).
Ehen, o shey shey yemi ni (now I understand) so, you people don't fear the police? I'm in trouble.
I quickly beg the boss, "Egbon aburo yin na ni mi(bros, I'm your kid brother) *in my mind* God forbid, Iya Ola did not give birth to Thug.
The boss was pleased with my pleading and he signal to me and stood up staggering, he asked me to call my boss, which I did, though I was shivering and sweating like a Xmas goat, I sha put the call through and explained to my boss and he agreed to give them 20k.
Immediately they hear 20k, they begin to jubilate. *In my mind* 20k bawo, me wey go do wahala sef no go collect reach that amount na" but who am I to complain, leyin uncountable igbaju. The bastard boys begin to hail me, chairman wa ni e nah (you're our chairman)...
Abi you people want to be unfortunate ni, I'm your chairman and you're slapping me like thief, è ku ni(you will die). They sha leave us and go.
I did not even cry during the slapping process until my colleagues came to ask me how far, I was about explain to them....
When I realised my heart suddenly became heavy and tears burst out of my eyes, the more I try to explain the more water dey comot for my eye. Ah ah, kilode nah?
I sha shepe for them all and left for my house.
@Cheyih_Viktah your egbon are good pple ooo.
After that day, we became paddy paddy, when they meet me for site, we go hail each oda cos I go don hold their money. Na so we settle.

Thanks so much for your time.
Don't forget to follow&contact @GlobalHighbee for your borehole related jobs, don't let ds slapping be in vain 😭.
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