President Bola Tinubu revealed that a naval officer once
slapped him for overcharging him unintentionally when he
was a taxi driver in the United States.
This was revealed as he shared his humble beginning in a
biography published on the back page of a national daily.
The biography titled, ‘Tinubu: My life as gypsy cab driver in
the US’, was authored by Mike Awoyinfa, a seasoned
journalist.
Tinubu, in the story, said he worked as unlicensed taxi
driver in Chicago, the US picking passengers from the
airport to their destinations.

The president said the driving job was meant to sustain
him financially before he went to school.
He narrated, “We got an unregistered used car commonly
called Gypsy, which we ran as a taxi. We operated at the
airport where we picked passengers, and not anywhere
else, like the hotel because it was forbidden for unlicensed
cab drivers to do so.
“We did that for a while to raise some money. Bolaji went
to Tennessee, while I headed for Chicago.
“I was supposed to have started schooling in April. I
deferred it till September in order to have more money.
Immediately I got to Chicago, I went straight to Richard
Daley College. It was very interesting.
“I was able to pay for my apartment and tuition fees at
Chicago State University. I supplemented that by doing
different menial jobs like door guard and security man.”
Speaking further about the incident, he said the naval
officer he carried responded with a slap on his face
because overcharged him, as his destination was a nearby.
“As a cab driver, one experience I will never forget was
when I over-charged a naval officer who was returning to
the country. It was not intentional,” Tinubu said.
“Apparently, I didn’t know the direction. There was no GPRS
in those days to locate directions. So, he gave me the
direction to his house in a Virginia suburb.
“I gave him the price and the man responded with a slap to
my face. He said I should know the correct price to charge
to the location he mentioned. He slapped me and gave me
the money.”


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Such is life
Carry Go my President
God bless Tinubu
God bless Nigeria
God bless me too

In other words do not be afraid to start small.

How time fly people

This story is not possible,you cannot get a taxi from chicago airport to virginia !!
Please stop the lies, Show us policies that are humanitarian......not lies.

Please see the average driving distance between chicago and virginia.....12hrs taxi ride ? Thats from Maiduguri airport to port harcourt.

About 60% of taxi cab drivers in US were into the hard drug value chain Business.

He must have gotten involved with drug as a taxi cab driver.

Drug baron

For long time this man has been under perpetual humiliation