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President Tinubu: Why A Naval Officer I Picked Slapped Me While Working As A Taxi Driver In Chicago
President Tinubu: Why a naval officer i picked slapped me while working as an unlicensed taxi driver in Chicago.
He said he worked as an unlicensed taxi driver in Chicago to sustain him financially before he went to school.
Speaking on the incident, Tinubu in his biography said he was slapped by the officer after he overcharged him unintentionally.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has revealed that a naval officer once slapped him for overcharging him unintentionally while working as an unlicensed taxi driver in Chicago in the United States.
This incident was revealed in his biography titled, ‘Tinubu : My life as gypsy cab driver in the US’, which was published on the back page of a national daily.
Narrating the incident, Tinubu said he worked as an unlicensed taxi driver in Chicago to sustain him financially before he went to school.
He narrated :
“We got an unregistered used car commonly called Gypsy, which we ran as a taxi. We operated at the airport where we picked passengers, and not anywhere else, like the hotel because it was forbidden for unlicensed cab drivers to do so.
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“We did that for a while to raise some money. Bolaji went to Tennessee, while I headed for Chicago.
“I was supposed to have started schooling in April. I deferred it till September in order to have more money. Immediately I got to Chicago, I went straight to Richard Daley College. It was very interesting.
“I was able to pay for my apartment and tuition fees at Chicago State University. I supplemented that by doing different menial jobs like door guard and security man.”
Speaking further about his life as a taxi driver, he said :
“As a cab driver, one experience I will never forget was when I over-charged a naval officer who was returning to the country. It was not intentional,” Tinubu said.
“Apparently, I didn’t know the direction. There was no GPRS in those days to locate directions. So, he gave me the direction to his house in a Virginia suburb.
“I gave him the price and the man responded with a slap to my face. He said I should know the correct price to charge to the location he mentioned. He slapped me and gave me the money.”
