Abdul gave me a very scary stare as he pondered what to do with me, he was mad and confused at the same time.
I didn't know when i screamed his name and he immediately covered my hands with his. Upon hearing his name being mentioned, his colleague asked him to waste me immediately as i was a threat to them since i was able to identify him..
Abdul held his gun tightly as sweats dripped from his stony face profusely, when his counterpart noticed he wasn't going to shoot me, he pointed his gun towards my head and was about to pull the trigger when Abdul pushed him away and the bullet landed on the driver
The bus skidded off the road,but for the intervention of a tree, we would have landed in a canal.scared passengers jumped from the window and some from the door, i managed to make way for myself, as i made to run, i noticed Abdul was bleeding profusely and his other counterpart died on the spot.
Most passengers fled the scene of the incident totally, while some stood to narrate their ordeal to the crowd that had already gathered, they pointed to Abdul as one of the thieves and the crowd dragged him out, he held my leg and muttered the words "Please don't let them kill me",i felt tears drop from my eyes, if i make any effort to intervene, the mob might just burn me along with him..
Tires came from everywhere and before i could say Jack, Abdul was in flames, burning like a Christmas goat, there's no doubt about him being a thief, but he sure did save my life.
At this point,all i wanted to do was return to Calabar, Lagos to me looked like an overhyped city and i hated myself for ever agreeing to come..
As i stood there, watching Abdul being burnt alive, i noticed one of the passengers talking to the mob and pointing towards my direction, i started shifting backwards gently as the mob moved closer..
The next thing i heard was "Ole" "catch am",i didn't wait to know why they called me that, but i had been through a lot to give a thought.
I ran as far as my legs could carry as they pursued me, i ran till i got to a nearby police station..
When the policemen saw the mob that followed me, they fled their offices, removed thier uniforms and ran, i almost fainted when i saw this, here i was thinking i was safe from this people only for the opposite to happen..
It took the intervention of some mobile police men who arrived the scene immediately for me to be saved.
After hearing the mob narrate the whole story that i was part of Armed robbery gang, the officer asked that i be remanded in the cell, pending a statement..
For once in my life, i felt safe in a cell, i thought about Abdul again and cried!!