Service Year Boulevard 95

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Sterra Nwunye Korkus, Kedu? I roff you so vely vely mush......I just left on 13th Feb but I felt I should send in my story to keep the ministry (folder) moving to the permanent site. This is gonna be a long read, please bear with me.


In as much as I didn't want to serve in Lagos due to personal reasons, I felt Abuja or Cross River would be nice as I'd always wanted to visit both states. Although someone was working mine to abj(I had family members to stay with for the whole year) but cross river came out. My parents were livid! Their worries were, I don't know anyone in cross river, where will I stay, money for rent, cooking utensils, mattress, fan etc...recession is really hitting us hard but we are pushing forward by God's Grace..........


Preparations for camp started oo, I waka round Ajah and Lagos market looking for white shorts to buy, I no see, eventually went to yaba and saw fine fine ones. My journey to Obubra Camp started on 23rd January, would you all believe that I stepped into the camp the next day? What happened? I'll go into details. Remember at the top I said it was gonna be a long read? You can stop now if you wish, I'm so sorry.


I was advised by indigenes of Cross river state to take a bus from Ajah going to Abakaliki--Ugep(from ugep to Obubra is less than 2hrs drive, meanwhile from calabar to Obubra is more than 4hrs, no jokes). So I took the shortest route oo. Unknown to me(I never go there before na and I no sabi the waka), the driver also had passengers going to Enugu, Delta, Anambra camps respectively. He drove into the states and dropped them where its closer to their camps. 

We arrived Enugu by 6 and the driver put me in their company bus going to Abakaliki. I met one girl going to same camp with me and we connected so fast.....we arrived Abakaliki by past 8(the driver was meant to pay our ticket from there to Ugep in Cross river state), but he advised us that it was late to travel down that road by night that Ugep people eat other people, Jesus! The girl and I sempe oo, we spent the night in the driver's bus(at their bus station sha).


The next morning, he put us in a car going to Ugep and collected my number(so as to know of our safe arrival oo beevees lol, he knew we were just corpers and never been to that area, nice guy). We were 4 at the back and 2 beside the driver. The driver drove very rough on the very bad roads gosh, we even had an accident.

While the driver was trying to avoid vigilante guys from collecting money from him that early morning, he drove really fast into a ditch on the road and one tyre burst, flew out and hit an okada guy with his passenger, okada scatter pieces, injured the two men. Meanwhile we were driving on the iron wheels and the driver was losing control. I was just shouting Jesus Jesus Jesus. My dear beevees, if not that there wasn't any vehicle coming our way, my God, it would have been a disaster for my enemy that day. I'm so grateful I'm alive.


The driver put us on a bike to Ugep(e come be like say this Ugep na audio, we de hear am, we no dey see am lol). Journey to Ugep, another drama, can you guys believe that the driver shared his seat with a passenger from Ugep to Obubra? Like there were literally 2 people in the driver's seat? The driver picked the person on the way, if I'd seen that at the Ugep park, I swear I would have come down from the vehicle. I was like who is more stupid? The driver who is sharing his seat with someone and also driving at top speed, or the mumu wey korokoro siddon jeje for driver seat and him dey drive? 

I was shocked and dumbfounded, I curse their 2 tire. Driver come dey say, if to say he know say I be troublesome person, he for no allow me enter him moto, Chai Jesus on top my money, no be him fault, na NYSC cause am! The worst part guys, we drove past police oo, FRSC oo, gbogbotigbo ooo, the officials no arrest the driver. Meaning its a norm in that part of the state. Hmmm Obara Jesus!



I finally got to the camp, they just asked us to jog with our bags(not on the head sha) to the search area. I was able to complete my registration same day, it took some time though. Went to have my bath and changed to white white. At first, I thought we all looked funny going everywhere dressed as a ghost lol.


Parade and drills....I hated parade, only loved the man o war drills. We could stand in the sun for hours unending on the parade ground gosh. The greatest punishment the soldiers could give to corpers in Obubra camp was to tell you to sit on the floor, gosh? Cuz na red sand dey there and before the end of the day, our whites would be looking like "I was once white"......I could count how many times I went for kitchen food, no be say the money plenty for my hand like that oo, but I'm just so selective of food. No camp boo for me jare, was mostly with my platoon 9 people. 

Our camp commandant TKK, troublesome guy, he had his bodyguards consisting of mainly male corps members(those guys were mainly defaulters and he felt the best punishment for them was for them to go anywhere he went Jesus, the man can waka for Africa lol). I once heard he caught a guy washing clothes after lights out, he asked the guy to NOT stop washing oo, my dear beevees, this guy washed his whites from 11pm till 5am, he and TKK no sleep. When they blew the beagle (my roomie go say na bingule lwkmd), he told him to just go and change and come back and meet him. Omo they caught two lesbians oo, soldier and corper doing coytus, decamped others, so many drama ehen.


I joined socials group to avoid parade, i got bored, rehearsals unending, yet Mr Ebony (socials director) was never satisfied. I eventually joined statistics group in camp. It favored me sha, I could choose wherever I wanted my ppa to be in the state. After waking up by 3am for 3 days to meet up bathroom, but I would still queue, I borrow myself brain oo, na when the soldier start to blow whistle by my up bunk na when I go wake up sharp sharp go brush, tamba, dress up(I don already arrange everything on my bed the previous night, sharp geh lol). After morning parade, I baff my baff lol.


I chose calabar and I got calabar for my ppa. After my documentation, I applied for leave And I'm home now, would be resuming fully next week. I just hope and pray that I and my fellow corps members travelling also arrive safely to our various destinations.


I hope I did NORTH WEST YA TIME, I'm sorry for the long epistle....... BTW, corps members in calabar should holla and greet me good morning in Efik lol.


For ya eyes only. Love you Stella.

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