Abidemi travelled from the village to Lagos for the first time to pay his uncle, Adeyemi a visit.
Uncle Adeyemi resides in the sophisticated area of Lekki, a man who works in a private firm there.
And for Abidemi, the closest cousin to Adeyemi is a typical so-called village boy who has never seen civilization.
Getting to Lagos for the first time was overwhelming for him, and he will keep making statements like “Aran gbe leko,” which means wonders lived in Lagos, and everything never ceased to surprise him.
Uncle Adeyemi picked him up with his car as he arrived at Ojota, a bus stop in Lagos.
Abidemi ran and jumped-hogged his uncle after they saw each other, as they had only talked on the phone and had never seen each other.
Uncle Adeyemi “ this Lagos is another heaven oo” Abidemi said and his uncle just laughed it off and opened the car door for him to hump in and they headed home.
Due to Abidemi's talkative behavior, Adeyemi decided to waive most of his questions telling him that he should calm down.
And Abidemi just sticks to his truth about what he assumed to see on the way, like the traffic light he called the Iron tree, which is in different colors, and the car’s AC, which he considers to be harmattan weather felt only in the car.
He has too much gist to dish out to his relatives at home about life in Lagos.
Getting to uncle Adeyemi's smart apartment, Abidemi said, “Uncle, are you a king in Lagos? How come you are living in a palace?
“I am not a king and this is not a palace, but my apartment,” Uncle Adeyemi answered as he drove into the garage.
Getting to the apartment, uncle Adeyemi used his fingerprint to unlock the entrance door and when he got in, he ordered his smart lighting system by saying, “Siri, turn on the light,” and everywhere became bright. At this stage, Abidemi did not ask any more questions and played along with his wonders that live in Lagos, as he usually says.
It is a Sunday, Uncle Adeyemi took Abidemi to his room and showed him around. He explained how to use the toilet, which has auto-flushing characteristics, and others, and that day was gone.
It's Monday already, and Uncle Adeyemi is set for work and told Abidemi to stick with the basic things he needs before he comes back from work. “There is a portion of rice in the kitchen,” he said as he left.
Immediately, Uncle Adeyemi left, Abidemi walked straight to the kitchen due to his fuddy behavior. He saw a portion of fried rice but left it and aimed for the family-size bread. Looking across the kitchen, he saw another door at the extreme ends, and curiosity compelled him to move in that direction. He opened the door and saw cartons of this product with fish drawn on the body. He opened the carton and saw canned sardines and his eyes bulged wide while his mouth watered.
He took six canned sardines, found his way to open them, and that is all he needed. Then he ate and ate with his enormous bread.
It is eleven o'clock and lunch time, so Uncle Adeyemi called his beloved cousin to know how he is coping, and Abidemi told him that he did not eat the fried rice.
“What did you eat?” Uncle Adeyemi asked.
“I ate bread with some oiled fish,” Abidemi answered.
“Where did you see the oiled fish?” Uncle Adeyemi asked in surprise.
“I opened the other door in the kitchen and saw those cartons and I took six of them," Abidemi explained.
“Shit!!, those canned sardines are expired and expired foods can be poisonous. You see what your gluttonous behavior leads you to. Well, I will soon be back from work, and bye for now,” uncle Adeyemi dropped the call, and as Abidemi heard poison, he thought he was dying and called the village and told them that he had eaten poison in his uncle's house, and also hinted about the fact that his uncle is living with spirits.
His father, Mr Alimoso, was heavily worried and called uncle Adeyemi, who was busy at work, and his number was not going through.
Mr Alimoso called his elder brother, uncle Adeyemi’s father to illustrate the matter of urgency and life and death. Adeyemi’s father has nothing to say but to calm Mr Alimoso down who is insisting that nothing must happen to his son.
So many things went through Mr. Alimoso’s mind, a man living with spirits must be demonic, and his son’s safety was all that was on his mind, and he kept calling Abidemi to ask about his health, and the reply was that nothing had happened to him at the present time.
It is four o'clock, and Uncle Adeyemi turned his phone off flight mode, and the call that first came in was for his father, who was in fear. Uncle Adeyemi burst out laughing and told him that it was a false alarm.
The canned sardines are just a few weeks expired, and they will not be of harm to him, and for the spirits, it is just the AI system working in his smart home, and it is no big deal.
Uncle Adeyemi’s father, later called Mr Alimoso, explained further, and he was like, he was sorry for all the inconvenience, and they laughed it off.
From that day, Uncle Adeyemi tried his best to explain things to Abidemi, who stayed for three months before he left for the village.