A user of X, formerly known as Twitter, identified as Pastor Okezie, has bemoaned the dogs-eat-dogs mindset of Nigerians while sharing his experience with Nigerian traders (hawkers), who tried to scam him, News About Nigeria reports.
He shared his experience in a statement via his verified handle on X on Thursday.
Okezie narrated how he had intended to give five random hawkers 20k each after buying wares from them but was surprised when they tried to cheat him.
He wrote, “Two days ago, I went out intending to give 5 random hawkers 20k each.
“The plan was to first buy their products and then pay them plus extra 20k cash. The first woman I met was at Utako Market.
“Immediately I stopped by the ever busy market, the hawkers besieged my car with their products. The lucky woman I picked was selling African Pear in tiny baskets and each basket cost N1,000.
“I asked her to give me 5 baskets. Each baskets had less than 10 pieces arranged inside.
“Immediately she brought down her tray, I couldn’t see what she was doing from inside the car, so I turned on the car’s 360-degree camera.
“I watched as she emptied 3 baskets into the nylon bag instead of 5 baskets. She quickly tied the nylon and even raised her head to tell me she added two pieces of pears as jara and then quickly opened the back door and dropped it there.
“Instead of saying anything, I gave her 3k. She told me with an unbelievable audacity that her money was remaining 2k.
“I looked at this woman, amazed by how such an old woman could tell such a petty lie with a straight face.
“I pointed at the dashboard screen of my car and when she looked, she saw her tray on the ground and her legs. It was at that moment she knew she had f**ked up and she quickly left.
“I drove up a little bit and called one of the boys hawking plantains. I pointed at the biggest one in his hand and we agreed 10k for it. I turned on my camera again and asked him to put it in the trunk of the car. Before he got to the trunk of the car he quickly switched the plantains and put the smaller one in the car.
“When he came to collect his money, I asked him why he switched the plantains and he swore in the name of the God of his religion that he did not.
“I went to the trunk of the car, brought out the plantain, handed it back to him, and drove off with my money back to the house. I have had enough of almost everyone wanting to rip everyone off.
“When I got home, I sent the equivalent of the 100k to my mother’s bank account and had restlessness thinking about the dogs-eat-dogs mindset that has become a tradition in our society.
