By Chief Bonaventure Mokwe
This character is a man named "Udene Gba Ola" ( The Golden Vulture ) whom I employed as a trailer driver on the strength of his clutching a 2ft by 2ft sized bible in his arm pit. As his employment progressed his antecedents along with his voodoo inclinations started manifesting.
The amount of money he renders as account to the company after every trip is solely decided by him and no question asked. Every other driver was afraid of him largely because of his pronounced voodoo inclination. Well, I was suffering in silence over the development of, " from an employed driver to an owner of the trailer?
Then, on one fateful day, he informed me that he was going for a burial in his home town; Agu Ukwu Nri and that he will be back in a weeks time. He confidently cautioned against another driver handling his vehicle.
That was unacceptable to me but the reality later was that non of the spare driver's wanted to temporarily drive the trailer. The development put me on the spot to either assert my honour as the boss of the company or to perpetually become a joke in eyes of other drivers.
I summoned a meeting the next day and sought to know the pulse of the employees and they offered their support in doing anything that will remove him from the company. I now told them that I will travel to Ijebu Ode to end it all and shouts of yes yes filled the air.
I drove off with one Dubem Chude , an Onitsha native , an assistant of mine to a beer parlour to plot the episode. He is one of the most street intelligent individual I have ever come across. After the plot, we drove back to my trailer park the next day to tell that we are on our way to Ijebu Ode and they all wished us a safe journey.
We then drove to travellers palace hotel at Woliwo Onitsha and lodged for 3 days. Completely out of sight from the staff. We commissioned a carpenter that constructed a 3ft sized coffin. We bought a red oil paint and a big sized chain with which we tied around the coffin and padlocked it . We then brought chicken feathers and held them glued all over the coffin with the red paint. We ended up with a very scary looking coffin.
By that time, the information in the transport business group at Onitsha was that I had traveled to Ijabuode to solve Udene gbo ola
After three days at Travellers palace hotel , we checked out and drove straight to my trailer park. As soon as we parked , every of my staff kept their distance and was looking with every attention.
As soon as I opened my car booth and Dubem Chude brings out the coffin with pretense of it being heavy , shouts of Jesus, Jesus, Jesus filled my trailer park. Some started leaving the premises while the ones that remained kept further distance.
We subsequently place the coffin on Udene gbo ola's trailer burnet and drove off till the next day. All of my staff were all outside my trailer park until I drove in the next morning and kept a straight face. Dubem Chude then drove off the coffin and threw it away.One of the spare drivers took over the vehicle from the very day because the fear element has been eliminated.
As for Udene gbo ola, I never saw him again. He must have heard the Ijebuode story.
The lesson is clear.
UNSHACKLE THE BRAIN OR LIVE AND DIE A SLAVE
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