On the road from Lagos 16: The checkpoint!



BACK TO PRESENT
INT. INSIDE MARCOPOLO- MORNING
Remilekun looks away from the window when they are being stopped at a checkpoint with about seven soldiers patrolling the checkpoint. The driver goes out to attend to them. After seven minutes, Cece looks up from her laptop, drops her laptop and walks to the front. She sees the driver talking to the soldiers. 

OBA-ABASS
Is there a problem?

Oba-Abass walks towards her

CECE
Don’t you think this is taking too long?

FEMI
Soldier checking papers takes longer than this sometimes

CECE
But I don’t have the time to wait

FEMI
But what else can you do if not wait

OBA-ABASS
What do you want to do?

CECE
I think I will go out and check thing out, maybe tell them to hurry things up

FEMI
 (chuckles) you want to tell soldiers to hurry things up

CECE
I won’t put it in that exact way, I am not a fool. I will just check the reason for the delay

OBA-ABASS
I will go with you

CECE
I can handle the situation

OBA-ABASS
I know you can but these are Nigerian soldiers, you don’t know what might happen

CECE
Fine

Femi watch as Cece and Oba-Abass goes out of the Marco Polo to talk the soldiers. He watch them as they talk to the soldiers calmly. About a minute later, he hears Cece talking at the top of her voice, looking so angry

FLASHBACK-FEMI-TWO YEARS AGO
INT. HOSPITAL-NOON
Femi sits in an office waiting patiently when the door opens and Dr OKAFOR walks in with a document. Dr Okafor is a short, fair, chubby woman in her fifties. She sits opposite Femi

FEMI
So when do we start the trial?

Dr OKAFOR
I am sorry Dr Aminu but you are not qualified for the trial

Femi looks surprise

FEMI
But why?

Dr OKAFOR
The test done on your semen shows you are negative for low sperm count

FEMI
What? how is that possible? The test I did years ago shows that I have low sperm count

Dr OKAFOR
Well the test I conducted three times shows you are negative. To be sure of my test, I sent it to another lab for second opinion, the result is the same. Your sperm count is like every normal man

Femi smiles brightly

FEMI
That means I am cured

Dr OKAFOR
Not exactly because you never had low sperm count, your sperm lost its ability to penetrate woman’s egg 

FEMI
What?

Dr OKAFOR
Have you ever taken any substance that list gandarusa as part of its make up?

FEMI
You think that is the cause?

Dr OKAFOR
Yes

FEMI
Why will I use that when there are other family planning method?

Dr OKAFOR
That is the only known cause of your situation Dr Aminu. Gandarusa has no side effect but I think the reason why it is permanent might be because you used it for a long time

FEMI
I did a lot of test that confirmed that I have low sperm count

Dr OKAFOR
There might be clinical errors

FEMI
Can there be clinical errors multiple times?

Dr OKAFOR
I don’t know what to say to you Dr Aminu, if you don’t believe me, you can have yourself checked again in a different lab and I strongly advise against using the same lab you used the first time 

Femi stands up and stretches his hand to Dr Okafor

FEMI
Thank you

Dr OKAFOR
You are welcome 

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