By RICHARD AKINNOLA
See as bush meat come dey hungry me this cold night. It made me nostalgic about the night Gani Fawehinmi and l fought over bush meat.
We were having dinner together in his house sometime in 1999 and because he never missed the CHANNELS 10 pm news, his attention shifted to the news. Meanwhile, l had played some pranks, the plate where they had dished big pieces of bush meat, l had changed the plate and put the pieces of bush meat in my plate and started eating.
So, he dug his spoon in my plate to take the meat and we started struggling over the meat, till madam pleaded with me to give him part of the meat, otherwise, she would be the “fall guy” after l would have left.
After listening to the highlights of the news, he now shifted his attention to the food. Immediately, he noticed that he couldn’t find the bush meat. In his usual manner, he screamed, calling his wife -“Abikeeee! We de sinwin, e’ongbe mi sa” (in Ondo dialect, Abike, are you mad? Where is my bush meat? In Ondo dialect, the “r” is silent. So, instead of ‘erangbe’, it is pronounced ‘e’ongbe’).
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Then l challenged him, “but Chief, why are you shouting at madam? The bush meat is here. I have swapped it since the news is more important to you than the food”. Then he protested, “Richie, we le hijack e’ongbe mi ke” (Richie, you can’t just hijack my bush meat). Then l told him – “Point of correction Chief – our bush meat, not your bush meat.” So, he dug his spoon in my plate to take the meat and we started struggling over the meat, till madam pleaded with me to give him part of the meat, otherwise, she would be the “fall guy” after l would have left. So, truce was effected and we shared the bush meat. But bush meat still dey hungry me this night sha.
