My ABEOKUTA-Lagos Train trip dairy, 17th February, 2022
This is without Prejudice
A mixture of the Good, The Bad & The Ugly
It's supposed to be my first train ride & this is my personal experience.
The Good.
@AdedotunTaiwo
@llawal_latifah
First and foremost, the idea of initiating and completing this laudable and long awaited infrastructure, is awesome. Kudos to the Buhari administration for it's completion.
I was inbound, Lagos. (My bitter sweet experience)
D journey from my home to d station began at 6.15am,
all in an attempt to avoid the rush for tickets. The station which is about 8km from my home started on a good note. I had planned to take a cab to the station, a break from the accompanying stress of driving to Lagos. (We all know Lagos is not an easy place to drive to)
At exactly 6.20am, a flagged down an incoming car, thinking it was a cab, as the atmosphere was still a bit foggy, and difficult to make out which car was approaching. The driver stopped and to my disappointment, it wasn't a cab, but, a privately own car. The driver bent over and
asked me to come in, I asked how much to the nearest destination to the terminal, and he said, "don't worry, just hop in, I just want to help you"
The first yeye thought that came to my head was, "look well before you enter o, we don't want stories that touch in these days of