Adventures Of Oko Ashawo The Uber Driver 42

Oko Ashawo is ranting about pastors today..........

Getting referrals excites me because it keeps the business going.

A few days ago, a regular client called me saying he gave my number to someone who would be coming to town the next day and needs to move around to do some inspection for a few hours. He asked for my charges and I told him 2 thousand naira per hour. He then told me to expect a call from the person so as to finalize arrangements.


As I was going about my work the next day, I received a call from someone who introduced himself to me as the person who I’d be taking out for inspection. He asked me to meet him at a designated location by 12pm and also told me to save his name as Pastor Olaiya, with strong emphasis on the Pastor.

 Hmmmm …. 

As soon as he mentioned ‘Pastor’, my antenna was activated immediately and I got very cautious. I usually get wary of people who introduce themselves beginning with the word 'Pastor'

I got to the agreed location before 12pm and he told me he would join me in 10 minutes. That’s how 10 minutes became 30 minutes. I then called and he told me to drive to another location not far away. 

Hhmmm. I arrived and he still was not there. I wasted another 30 minutes of my life at the new location. 

I called again (I’ had been the one calling all this while o), he said he was already there and he’s still trying to locate me. Imagine, I had been waiting in a place that had only 2 cars parked there o. Shortly afterwards, I received his call and he told me he is still trying to locate me that I should come out of the car and raise my hand only for me to see him being dropped from a vehicle that had just arrived – scam alert.


As soon as he entered the car, he apologized for keeping me waiting and said we should start the trip right away. I insisted on reviewing my charges per hour with him first and he told me, ''shebi it is 700 naira per hour?''. 

What????!!!!!


See as my corporate car hire business metamorphosed to meat market. He said where he is coming from in Oshogbo, it is 700 naira per hour they pay. I told him straight up that it is not possible… I’ll take 2000 naira and nothing less. He priced again to 1000 naira but I insisted on the 2k. He threatened to leave the car if I would not take 1,200. See my life outside. I finally agreed to take 1,800 because of the person who referred him.


He spent 4 hours on the job not counting the previous 1 hour plus wasted while waiting for him. Guess what? 

He still did not pay the agreed amount.

This is just like the other Pastor that still owes me 20 thousand naira for a trip, which I wrote about in Episode 11 of this series. It’s the reason I usually get wary of people who introduce themselves by using the Prefix Pastor with their names ......

 I am not saying there are no good Pastors out there but it is so wrong to be carrying that prefix before your name and adding a question mark to it with lousy behaviour...

let me note it down that I will never pick up or drop anyone who claims to be a Pastor...

the Hustle continues.....