FAB Diary: The Life & Times Of FABO, Episode 7

It is not every day that when you wake up you feel like getting off the bed and today is one of those days for me.

It is almost as if I am just being taught a life lesson in this. This Monday is all about reflections for me because something happened to me that is making me re-evaluate my life and my next few decisions. Last week I mentioned that I am moving closer and closer to leaving this conductor business and it is the truth – if I did not know this I know it more with what happened that is making me re-evaluate my life.

One of my friends, and fellow conductor moving this same CMS to Victoria Island route, told me he quickly wanted to go and buy alomo from one woman like this in CMS sha. The woman is a normal customer for us and there is nothing you cannot get from this woman I am telling you from agbo jedijedi to agbo malaria and every thing. Sometimes the woman even has igbo if you ask her very well but that one is not for me. Anyway, my friend told me he wanted to quickly go and buy alomo from her because, according to him, he had work that he needed energy for that night. This was on Friday o, around 9 in the night and traffic had already started building outside the island and the traffic inside the island had reduced well so we did not have crowd. All of us were just sitting and laughing in the park.

That is how, in front of my eyes o, three boys went up to meet Raman. That is the name of my friend, Raman. So three boys went up to meet Raman and they were just talking quietly and before we knew what was happening I just saw three different flashes of silver and the flash disappeared. After that the three boys ran away before anybody could register what was happening and Raman started to fall on the floor. It was like home video in my eye I swear. I ran to Raman and I saw that the place they had stab him was very baaadd. He was already doing like he was fainting. None of us there knew what to do we just kept on shouting his name and shaking him till Raman was no more.

Let me tell you the truth, that is the first time I will see somebody die in my front. It was like film trick and I am still thinking about it till today. Somebody that I was laughing with, begging him not to kill his girlfriend on Friday night and now nothing. We don’t even know who his people are so what are we going to do? We threw him inside the water at CMS and that was all because the way this country is ehn, if we had gone to police they will first use that one to search us and arrest us and that one will now be another story.

Guys, Friday changed me. I could not even go for any of the events that I wanted to go for on Saturday and Sunday. I just sat in my room listening to all the noise around me and thinking about my life. Can you now see why my life really really has to change? More than ever I am resolved to succeed with my music and you guys will hear a song from me before you know it. If Vocal Slender from that Lagos dump in Ketu can make it as a star then why can’t I? His star is not brighter than my own abeg. I really have to make it before someone will come and stab me over one small dispute.

All I can ask from you, as this week starts, is that you pray for me. Everybody in this park know that me and Raman we are like 5 and 6. So please pray for me. I will need it in the coming days.