Nigerian lady recounts how a bike rider saved her from embarrassment in Lagos
A Nigerian lady and Twitter user @fireofola took to the platform to recount how she was saved from further embarrassment by a bike rider in Lagos .
According to the lady, her skirt got torn and nobody told her except a bike rider. She further disclosed that the bike rider gave her his shirt to cover up the torn part of her skirt showing off her ‘yellow butt’. She wrote;
So I embarrassed myself today and an Okada man saved me.. There are great people in Naija..
#NaijaAllTheWay A thread..
As usual I was going about my business of market runs and I wore a skirt as opposed to my usual Jean trousers/joggers. I got to Oyingbo and after buying all I needed, walking briskly in the rain so I can get back to my kitchen on time to start the day’s orders
An Okada man stopped beside me and said madam abeg stay where you dey. I was looking at him like “Ogbeni ” stay bawo? Then he said “your skirt zip don tear for back” I froze
He came close to me and pulled off his shirt, tied it around my waist and I just stood there wondering how many people have seen my yellow butt since and didn’t tell me
It was raining and this man had only that shirt on, no singlet but he gave me his shirt – I was shocked.. In this Naija where cat calls and groping are almost normal in those markets, so someone can be this kind to a woman?
I asked him why he did that when I finally had the courage to talk, He said – my mind tell me say you be good person and you go do the same for another person..
I am a cry baby so before he knew it I was already crying.. I dropped my shopping bags with Nnamdi my ever faithful Ogbono seeds vendor and water to take the man to a shop to buy him another shirt.
I slipped something into his pocket and I’m sure he will be shocked when he gets home or his park to see what I slipped in.. That was a thank you for being kind gift..
So no matter how wicked and heartless some people are, there are amazing humans in Nigeria.. This, is my story..