THE OMO OLOORE STORIES STORY 4: SAVED BY THE COPS

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STORY 4: SAVED BY THE COPS 

After I graduated from the University of Ibadan in 2005, I used to go back to campus mostly to see some of my lecturers. There was a particular lecturer, Dr. Ademola Aremu (now Professor); he had a keen interest in my development and that got us close. He had opened his house to me and he really just liked me.

One day in 2007, I was leaving campus after seeing my lecturer – it was about 7:30pm. I was using a blue Peugot 406 with plate number DL 01 BDJ (That plate number was one in town back then😂😂)

As I approached Mokola, on my way home, I realized that I was almost running out of fuel so I decided to branch at the next filling station which was at Mokola Roundabout.

As I drove in, a green Rover car also drove into the filling station – there were four guys in the car. I was about to get down to open my tank for the attendant to insert the nozzle, when a police van sped into the filling station – they were known as SARS at the time.

As the police van sped in, the green Rover took off instantly through the exit! The way they drove was reckless to put it mildly – it was obvious they were running from the law officers that had driven into the filling station. 

I had no idea what was going on with the green Rover and the policemen as I was wondering like everyone else.

The leader of the police team walked up to me and asked if I was tagging along with the Rover car that just recklessly sped off into the night, I responded with a ‘No’ and also that I didn’t know who the occupants of the car were. Then, he told me to identify myself, which I did. That was when he said: “ah, omo baba! Didn’t you see the green Rover that has been tailing you all the way from University of Ibadan?” I told him I didn’t. It was then he explained that they were trailing the guys in the car and then they discovered the guys were on my tail; they assumed that whomever was in the blue Peugeot 406 must be in cahoots with the guys in the Rover.

To be honest, I had no clue at all that I was being tailed from UI; I was just driving home, unmindful of the danger coming behind me. The leader of the team said: “It is too dangerous to stay here, you need to move.” I had to abort the mission of buying fuel and the police van escorted me back home. That was my close shave with death – it was the policemen that saved me.

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