I wasn't going to put this into the blog. but Carl said I must because it isn't all good in Lagos. Yesterday two members of staff at my school fell prey to the seamier side. Eunice my amazingly talented administration manager who went to University in Britain and worked at the London Stock Exchange was due to move house. She is renting a huge place and wanted something more family friendly. They had an agent to undertake due diligence on the house they were going to rent, they handed over a huge cheque as deposit and advance rent, and then the night before they are due to move in, they find out the guy renting out the house is not the owner! it was, as they say in Nigeria a 419 (fraud) Luckily they stopped the cheque in time but only just.
And then the school nurse (we have a full medically equipped sick room and registered nurse on site at all times) was late for work. When she came in she was in shock. She was at the bus stop (DO NOT THINK UK BUS STOP) and one of the numerous green and white buses (all wrecks with God is our Saviour etc on the back - I would think it should be "abandon all hope" they are such deathtraps) stopped and her and two other ladies got on. However the bus driver didn't stop to pick some other people up and she started to complain and shout, the next thing was she had a gun in her back, the driver went to a lonely spot, threw the women off and took all their jewellery, valuables and money. They were made to face the bush while the guy drove off. I said have you told the police and she laughed, and said,"so they can take the money I have left?"
Thank the Lord she is still alive, but mainland Lagos is not always a nice place. We live on Ikoyi Island -much safer and calmer and we have wonderful security on our compound, and I am driven everywhere.
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