Nwosu and Wala: Talk of the 486 south-bound insurgents. [A Dialogue]

INT: 10:00am. City office, wuse, Abuja.

Nwosu: (curtly) Come, you have being unusually quiet today.

Mallam Wala: (reluctantly) Yea. it pays that way

Mr Nwosu: Ogini? Who says you are under arrest and have the right to remain silent? (laughs light-heartedly) Biko your cow lose?

Wala: (stops whatever he was suppose to be doing, abrutly) Nwosu, What's does that mean?

Nwosu: Haba! You dey vex today o Wala. I say your cow miss road?

Wala: (firmly) Look here Nwosu, I have had enough of Nigerians! I'm sick of you and every others! Come. Must you take every possible excuse to humiliate my tribe? Must I loose a cow before I change mood. Why remind me of mules when other possible assumtion abound. More over here am I, in an office not some bushes

Nwosu. But!

Wala: (cuts in) No but! Nwosu I lepeat, no but! You take advantage of my predicament as a people to subjucate my emotion and person. You and your kinds. Yesterday it's almajaris, today it's Boko. . .'

Nwosu: (amusingly) Alright, alright. You obviously lost your sense of humour just now. Anyway I'm sorry. Biko Mallam. . . . But you have not explained this latest no-talking attitude of yours just a while ago

Wala: (calmly, drew a chair and sit) I have desided to commence a 'speechless protest' against the Nigerian army.

Nwosu: (shocked) What for?

Wala: (sorrowfuly) Did you read the papers on monday? You did see how 486 brothers of mine were unlawful waylaid and are being unnecessarily maltreated as suspected insurgents while their civic rights of movement are being infringe upon.

Nwosu: You mean those suspected Boko Haram caught at 2:00am in Abia state?

Wala: (stood up agitated) Exactly what I'm saying! Every kanuri, hausa or fulani found at night becomes an automatic Boko Haram. Walai you people are mad in this country.

Nwosu: (courteously) Bia, I wouldn't have you insult me o Wala.

Wala: Walai Nwosu you just insulted me yourself. Or do you agree that every Igbo found at night is a kidnapper or probably an armed robber?

Nwosu: Wala! Wala! Just be true for once, what were 486 youthful stern looking potential arrow expert--dagger mafia northerners coming to do down south?

Wala: (defeatedly) That's unarguably the most stupid question I heard today. For Allah sake they were fleeing the insecurity in the north --coming down south to seek employement. They are just surviving Nwosu, they are surviving.

Nwosu: Who advertised vacancy that these ones wanted to apply for? Ehn Wala? Why hadn't they fleed to the North-west of Sokoto, Kebbi or Zamfara a more peaceful and familiar zone?

Wala: They are legitimate citizen just like you and I. Freedom to move unhindered, is part of the rights that comes with citizenship

Nwosu: What about the Boko kingpin the soldiers said was part of the convoy.

Wala: Tah! That's propaganda. Listen, Boko Haram arn't so dumb to move with such mass of people into the waiting hands of the military. They are smartter than that. It's ridiculous for Boko Haram to move in such large convoy of 36 buses.

Nwosu: But it's not ridiculous that they could move almost 300 girls in a convoy from Chibok. You choose what you believe hun!

To be Continue. . .