CHILD ABUSE

(A slave who is already late for school because of all his house chores is dressed in his tattered school uniform was on the road calling a bike transport commuter with his boiled egg to sell in school so has to earn little money to get a new school uniform).

SLAVE: Bike! Bike!(A bike stopped and the boy got on it and the bike man drove off).

(A stone throw from the school, a traffic light hold them down with a lot of bike transport commuters).

BIKE MAN: Boy, na wetin dey that bowl wey you carry for hand?

SLAVE:Am almost getting to my school where I will alight from your bike and pay you off sir.

BIKE MAN: You no fit answer my question?

SLAVE: Sir: I don’t know what concern of yours is it sir.

BIKE MAN: You no fit answer?

SLAVE: Sir, am already late for my school and look around, I don’t see any other bikes questioning their passengers like this.

BIKE MAN: Hmm! Hmm! I go show you wetin rude kids like you dey always experience on a Monday morning like this. (The bike man got off his bike, threw the eggs away and started to beat the slave boy. A woman also on a bike had nothing to do but to intervene).

WOMAN: Leave this kid now, what has he done that warrant this act? He is already late for school now, haba! (Successfully, she was able to separate them and the school from afar security sighted what was happening, they were brought to the school premises while the boy was crying and picking up his scattered eggs on the floor).

In school premises…

WOMAN: This is child abuse, look at what this kid is putting on; tattered school uniform. That does not worry him, he took to his strength making sales in order to get himself a better uniform and to worsening it all, this transport commuter is exploiting his weakness and respect for elderly ones.

Written and Edited by

ADEBAYO, Busayo.