Getting Street Wisdom By "Little Star"

eke awka! eke awka!! eke awka!!!'
he screamed at the top of his voice, competing with his fellow drivers.
'eke awka nmadu abuo! Aunty bia banye ebea!!!'
I look at him as he wipes the sweat off his brow with a dirty hanky and squints under the baking sun.
'eke awka nmadu abuo ebeaaaaaaaa!!!!!'
indeed inside his tricycle (or keke napep), I find two other passengers already seated so I quickly jump into the back sit in a hurry.
The sweaty driver keeps calling out to attract passengers and almost immediately, a lady climbs into the seat beside me.
Yeah so am seated and grateful that the keke is full (cos am in a hurry), but to my utmost surprise, the driver keeps calling out 'bianu banye ebea kanyi puo' 'nmadu abuo nmadu abuo eke awka' and am wondering if he wants to tie the next person to the roof of the keke!Suddenly I notice that the first two passengers have gotten down and were discussing with the driver, who tips them and they disappear into the crowd.
At this point I realised that the first two passengers were just filling in so that people in a hurry (like myself) would jump into the keke thinking it is almost full. Now I actually recall that my fellow 'passengers' were dressed like street boys and belonged in the park.
So much for my hurry, I had to wait an extra 15 minutes before we got two 'real passengers' and moved. I couldn't help but laugh at myself.
After this, I swear that before I jump into another keke (or any other public transport), I'll make sure that the other passengers were 'well dressed' (I mean suits, ties and all the rest. lollllllz) That thing can pain sha!!!


LITTLE STAR!!!
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