Street Credibility (Bathroom Run) (2010, LAGOS)

There was a time that Uche showed up, and I thought it would be nice to get some Suya at the Palms in Lekki. After we got there, Uche laughed and asked me why I was trying to give him vegan suya or thereabout when the “real stuff” was on the streets. He was about to learn his lesson in an interesting way.

I didn’t know how to explain to him that those of us who had lived longer in Lagos had antibiotics at our beck and call to deliver us from the travails of our stomachs. Our good friend did not heed my warnings. Uche ate everywhere and anywhere with the “street credibility” he assumed he had until his stomach caught up with him. On that day, he ran into his aunt’s office past the security into the toilet. After coming out, he ran back again. Most of his day was spent in the toilets of various office buildings in Victoria Island.

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