AT
SENATOR OMISORE'S
RESIDENCE*
[Omisore punching calculator and writing on
his note pad. Then the
phone rings]
OMISORE: Hello! Who is this?
GEJ: It's me your President. Sorry about the
loss ehn...This APC
rascals are stubborn ooo.
OMISORE: Ha, my president, na so we see am
ooo. In fact, that yeye
Raufu get juju.
[Continues punching calculator loudly]
GEJ: Iyiola, what is that sound I'm hearing?
OMISORE: I'm calculating sir.
GEJ: Calculating what?
OMISORE: All the money that I've lost on this
election sir. Ha, owo wo
igbo ooo. With all the bags of rice, salt and
gallons of kerosene.
GEJ: My friend stop that! Afterall, it is not really
ur money.
OMISORE: [Speaking in agony] What do I do
about this 1,000 bottles
of champagne now!
GEJ: 1,000 bottles of what! Do you plan to
open a bar?
OMISORE: No sir! I planned to use it for
celebration when they
declare me as winner ni. Ha! Mo gbe ooo.
GEJ: Stop that my friend! It is a blessing in
disguise!
OMISORE: Blessing how! You know I'm not
from the royal family and
the Ooni of Ife has no plans to die now. So
being king is not an
option.
GEJ: I am making you an ambassador. A very
special, very powerful
and very dignified ambassador.
OMISORE: [Quickly drops calculator]
Ambassador!