Polycarp stayed close to the cemetery so used that to outwit
okada riders and taxi drivers.
He would simply alight at the
cemetery junction, fill his nostrils with cotton and speak
nasally. This scared every driver and rider and wouldnt dare ask
him for money.
Polycarp did this for years and successfully outwitted every
driver thinking he was a ghost.
One cool evening, Polycarp boarded this okada and as usual
alighted at the cemetery junction. "MONEY ?" the angry
looking okada man asked Polycarp was at his best, stuffed
cotton wool into his nostrils and spoke nasally "i dont have
money!"
The okada man wouldnt take any
of that, and kept insisting. . .this
frustrated Polycarp, who later said "ok, ok, follow me into the
cemetery. .. to my room and i will pay you"
The okada man agreed and
followed him till they got to one grave. Polycarp in his attempts to frighten the okadaman
knocked on the grave and screamed " uche!, uche!, uche!, abeg give me #800 make i pay this stubborn okadaman" . All of
a sudden, a very big hand holding #1000 appeared through the grave accompanied
with a voice saying "take, this one na ma last money. . ."
Polycarp and the okadaman took to their heels.