Eric and Franklin arrive in Maiduguri, Nigeria (pg 12)

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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2016 6:43 pm

@Capone.

They say nothing about being next to the bus station. Confused

Master of Master Baiters Joined: 26 Aug 2006 Posts: 577

ABC Transport is across the street

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2016 9:47 pm

I like the idea of the truck being stolen with Moses in it; when he finally manages to escape he's hundreds of miles away, in unknown (to him) country, trying to get to Abuja. Then he runs foul of the notorious Nigerian police corruption and runs out of cash passing roadblocks and checkpoints - what does he do? He asks Head Office to send him extra cash by Western Union - and his dollar gets chopped; so he has to use the money in the shipment to pay the bribes...

Not quite a Newb Joined: 20 Nov 2012 Posts: 68

Capone wrote:

Looks like a hot property:

http://www.pyramidestates.org/category/shopping-malls/

That has to be the most weirdest 'mall' ever

When someone says mall, I expect a shopping mall.
That is a simple block of flats

Apparently they simply rent out a flat/unit as a 'shop'

(and the smallest 'shop' is 11m^2- which sounds like a small bedroom- they rent out a single bedroom in one of the flats?)

Seriously look at the pictures there- would anyone here seriously call that a mall???

(I half expected to see the real estate agents being listed as the company 'Dewwey, Skrewem and Howe' LOL)

Shocked

Baiting Guru Joined: 10 Oct 2010 Posts: 3877

@yastreb: yes, something like that. steal moses van with moses inside (like that urban legend with the caravan, that is stolen with the corpse of the sleeping grandmother inside). and again, they have to wait a few extra days at their bus park Twisted Evil

just as a side thought:

that is a bus terminal without a single toilet (according to the descriptions). it is considered funny by some individuals to piss onto sleeping people. is there any chance that these lads experience a golden shower? besides, above a certain smell-level, I could understand, that there might be quite a few bus drivers who don't want to transport these two lads back to ghana.

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2016 10:50 pm

I like the kidnapping angle, maybe it turns out to be someone with links to the K-boyz? But firs they should waste a few days being urged by Mr. G to come to the room waiting for them at S. Hotels

Master Baiter Joined: 17 Jun 2007 Posts: 142

Capone wrote:

Looks like a hot property:

http://www.pyramidestates.org/category/shopping-malls/

It's got it's own borehole !

What more could you ask for?
Very Happy

Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2016 12:21 am

GP5's vehicle maintenance program is lacking at best. If Moses were to be injured, say... changing a tire on the van, he could be stuck in a hospital for quite some time. If he has the lads' cash, no Westy would be possible. Depending on the seriousness of the injury, no telling where poor Moses might get transferred for surgery. Twisted Evil

ETA> Though it might be possible the lads would try to contact a hospital.

Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2016 1:15 am

Can they use the toilets at the mall, or is that not pissible?

Baiting Guru Joined: 07 Jul 2006 Posts: 5727

Another thought - The van arrives to deliver their package but the driver waits forever at the Rock of Ages Mall, where he was supposed to meet Laurel and Hardy. Per the boys instructions, that is where they were supposed to meet, right?

Baiting Guru Joined: 19 Sep 2013 Posts: 2210

Our boys spend another day waiting at the bus station.

The next morning...

Quote:

Hello Mr Malone,

How are you and your family? I hope you enjoy the weekend successful.

WHAT IS GOING ON?

We have waited for you to come and pick us out this place. Please let
us know what is happening, We are totally confused the way we hang
outside since we came to Abuja for this package for almost a week now.

I am writing to inform you that we don't have much time to waste in
Abuja. That is the reason why we asked you the day you will deliver
the package to us, so that we know what we are here for, because delay
is dangerous at this point.

We are still at JABI BUS STATION ADJACENT ROCK OF AGES ALONG OBAFEMI
AWOLOWO WAY.

Please let us know your lay down plan so that we know if we will go
back to Ghana, because we thought by now we could have sort out this
issue the way you promised us that once we arrived in Abuja everything
be sorted out without delay.

What Eric and Franklin didn't realize was that shit was going down at the GPS office! Moses emails them back to let them know the situation:

Quote:

Mr. Eric,

Are you still safe!??!

Several men wearing a mask broke into our GPS facility yesterday and ransacked the entire office! They attacked several workers and ran into the back of the warehouse. Many packages were opened, many were stolen! This is an absolute disaster! When I saw the men in masks I ran out the back door and fled for my safety.This is clearly the work of Uzumbo and those wicked Kofiboyz!!

I am glad to let you know that your package is still safe. They were only there for a few short minutes, we called out to group of men standing outside to help us and soon the masked attackers were forced to run away because they were outnumbered.Most of our workers were unharmed, although Jamal had his nose broken and Dominique was struck over the back with a large stick. Thank God they did not have time to access our secure storage facility where we keep out most valuable packages!

I immediately ran away! I do not want to die here in Abuja! If they had more time to search the office and attack our employees only God know what would have happened. I thank God that I am still alive!

I have taken a GPS van to safety and I am currently in a city called Jos. It is about 150 miles to the east of Abuja. I am logged into a hotel here and I am not leaving until I know that I can be safe! Abuja is not safe now and those evil Kofiboyz are after me!!

Mr. Eric, you must keep this an absolute secret, because you are the ONLY PERSON that I have given this information of my currently location. I am currently at hotel adjacent to the University of Jos Teaching Hospital. I am in a GPS van and I have your package here. Can you meet me? I will wait here for you. I cannot return to Abuja. Not with those Kofiboyz searching for me! Jos is a large city and there are many buses that come here. Please come with Mr. Franklin. I just want to finally deliver this package to you once and for all so these men will stop hunting me like a dog!

Wiseman Eric thinks it was Kareem, not the Kofiboyz who did this:

Quote:

Hello Mr Malone,

I just sent you an email before i received your mail, we are totally
mad about what happened to your company yesterday.

We thank God that you are safe with your family. but we don't think
that the robbers are Kofiboys, because it will be hard for them from
Cote d Ivoire to locate your Company in Abuja.

We suspected it might be one of workers that heard about this package,
because two days ago Mr Kareem called us on phone he sounds the way
Mr Bahbango sound in Côte d Ivoire Very Happy

, that is the major reason why we
wrote an email yesterday for you to know the kind of people you will
tell about this package, because we don't trust anybody this days.

I promise you that nobody will know where you and your family are at the moment.

We are trying to see if we can contact our people in Ghana to help us
with cash to locate you in the city of Jos this evening, but i want
you to send us the name of the hotel so that once we arrive we can
locate you easily.

Moses:

Quote:

I am at <fake hotel> adjacent to university of Jo's teaching hospital. Let me know when you arrive!

Eric and Franklin prepare for the next leg of their journey..

Quote:

Hello Mr Malone,

Thank you for your response.
Honestly, we are totally confused about what happened to your company
yesterday. We thank God that you are saved, it is the most important
thing that brings our mind back.

I am writing to inform you that our journey will be tomorrow morning,
because we got our transportation very late today. We will contact you
as soon as we arrive in Jos, before miday so that we will meet you
where you directed us to come to sort out this issue.

Please be careful on how you respond to people on your cell phone or
your mailbox at this point, because we notice that anybody that had
about the package will like to steal it from you to put you in
problem. We thank the almighty God that they didn't succeed with their
wicked mind.

Hope seeing you tomorrow.

Regards.

Mr Eric

Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2016 5:27 am

Right on!

Awesomely played, now the hardest part will be to decide whether to send them to SH in Kano or SH in N'Djamena....I suppose Yaounde could be another destination. Those dratted K-boyz!

Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2016 5:35 am

They are going to Jos? That region can be one dangerous place.

UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office wrote:

The FCO advises against all but essential travel to...Jos City.

From Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Jos_riots
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Jos_riots
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Jos_riots
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Jos_bombings

Jos is a good staging post for the trek to Maiduguri. Enjoy your time in Jos, Lads Cool

Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2016 6:00 am

Great find, TM! Looks like a lovely resort town for these lads.

And who knew the lads were such big Def Leppard fans? One thing's for sure, this epic bait ROCKS, and is ONE FOR THE AGES!

We are ADJACENT to the ROCK OF AGES!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncjcjpQzceQ

Baiting Guru Joined: 19 Sep 2013 Posts: 2210

^^Those look like the men that attacked the GPS office! Cool

I'm sure Eric and Franklin will love it in Jos.

Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2016 2:58 pm

Wonderful baiting! Such compliant lads. It helps that Moses is on their side, and vice versa. Laughing

Baiting Guru Joined: 07 Jul 2006 Posts: 5727

In the pic of the one guy holding up a magazine, how funny would it be to photoshop a pic of Laurel and Hardy (that is what I call them) onto the magazine and inform the lads that these are the Kofiboyz, and they are out to kill our heroes? Twisted Evil

Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2016 3:34 pm

Looking forward to seeing that skull and crossbones in your sig line Dude!

These lads are so sold they have no idea anymore what was even in the box. It's like the content of the briefcase from Kiss Me Deadly/Pulp Fiction to them...

Baiting Guru Joined: 19 Sep 2013 Posts: 2210

Our boys have arrived in Jos, which is about 200 miles northeast of Abuja. They are now about 900 miles from their home in Accra and have gone even further from home than when they were in Korhogo last month. Plus they have crossed 3 international borders. Very Happy

Quote:

Hello Mr Malone,

Good Morning, I am writing to inform you that we just arrive in the
city of Jos, at the UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL JOS but we didn't see
any hotel adjacent the hospital and we asked people around the
University Teaching Hospital about NUALA HOTEL but we couldn't locate
it.
People told us that they have old and new teaching in Jos here.

Please confirm to us where exactly you are if it's new or old teaching
hospital, we are in front of old teaching hospital at the moment, also
confirm the name of the hotel where you are at the moment to us as
soon as possible so that we will not stand outside, because delay is
dangerous.

Hope to hear from you as soon as possible.

Regards

Mr Eric

Quote:

Hello Mr Malone,

I have not heard from you, what happened? We don't understand the
reason why you kept silent,do you forget that we risk our life again?
Now we are standing outside waiting for you over five hours after
stressing ourselves on the road, because of this package. That is
major reason why we informed you since yesterday that we will arrive
midday today.

We start our journey very early in the morning to make sure we meet
you in time to sort out this issue once and for all, but we don't
understand why the delay.

Please let us know what next to do before night, because this city is
not like Abuja, Jos is very dangerous to stay outside in the night to
avoid having problem here at this point.

We enter another bus coming to the NEW UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL
JOS to see if we can locate the hotel as you directed us.

Moses:

Quote:

Hello Mr Eric,

Please send me a picture of yourselves with buildings in the background so I can recognize your location and I will come out to find you. Make sure you are adjacent to somewhere that I will recognize.

Mose

Eric:

Quote:

Hello Mr Malone,

Thank you for your response and I'm very sorry for the late reply, we
just returned back from the new UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL JOS, We
couldn't locate the hotel.

I am writing to inform you that we did not see any cyber cafe around
to upload our picture you requested.

I am wearing red top long sleeve shirt and Franklin wearing the same
top black T shirt in the previous picture we sent to you in Abuja. We
are currently in front of the OLD UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL at the
moment beside TAMINOS MARKET, or you can ask any taxi to direct you.
It is very popular to locate OLD UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL in the
city Jos.

We are waiting.

Regards.

Mr Eric

Quote:

Hello Mr Melone,

I don't think that we can wait any longer, because we don't know
anywhere to hang out if you did not locate us tonight.

We decided to search for safe place to stay in time so that you will
come and pick us tomorrow morning, We will be waiting for you at OLD
UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL JOS NEAR TAMINOS MARKET, It is very
popular in the city of Jos.

Please don't forget to come and pick us in time, because we will be
hanging outside tonight.

Hope seeing you tomorrow.

Regards.

Mr Eric

Eric and Franklin spend their first night in a new city. It must be exciting for them...

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2016 4:39 am

I am very excited for the new horizons that have been opened up for these lads!

I am also excited for the inevitable e-mail where Kareem will go look for them at the NEW teaching hospital, as they outlined so clearly in their message. Smile

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2016 5:13 am

Those BIG letters would sure make me wonder who was sending the message after I had been warned:

The Dim Duo wrote:

Please be careful on how you respond to people on your cell phone or your mailbox at this point, because we notice that anybody that hadabout the package will like to steal it from you to put you in problem.

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2016 5:47 am

Such compliant lads to wander through 3 countries and into dangerous cities. They must really smell that payday. Twisted Evil

Elite Baiter Joined: 28 Mar 2015 Posts: 1916

This dynamic duo never learn, do they? Lol. Always giving the benefit of the doubt. So much greed. So little common sense. Hilarious. Shocked

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2016 11:59 pm

For them, running a Hitlad script would be a promotion.

Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2016 12:33 am

I sense that the lads may have another Eater's Greatest Hits in their future Dancing Banana

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