WHAT is this that we hear about this other popular money changer who is now on the run after duping a number of close associates substantial amounts of money?
The bozo had established himself as a reliable street banker who earned the trust of a good number of businesspeople around our beautiful city.
They could trust him with huge amounts of cash in exchange rate transactions, and indeed for a long time he delivered.
Word reaching Yours Truly is that he duped a number of colleagues in vehicle import duty payments as well as other local businesspeople who had trusted him with thousands of dollars.
Today, like a rat up the drain pipe, our dear money changer is darting, scurrying, or running away for safety, with high speed and agility, much like a rat dashing up a narrow vertical pipe.
After all, his surname is a direct vernacular translation of the word “rat”.
For those who could be struggling to make heads and tail about the identity of this street banker, his first name is similar to that of a globally acclaimed prince who once had a marital fallout with the princess and the princess later died in a road traffic accident.
For the benefit of those who might not be conversant with global icons, the first name is also similar to that of a very popular male gospel music artiste-cum pastor, who usually performs with his wife.
The literal meaning of his first name means “free man,” or “person of noble standing” and this is when you realise that at times, there is really nothing in a name.
His popular nickname is the same name given to bush babies or nagapies, those small nocturnal primates native to continental, sub-Sahara Africa, and make up the family Galagidae.
Yours Truly is wondering what will happen to the welfare of the two wives he had “married”, given that dad will no longer be able to provide like he used to.
This serves as a lesson to all my brothers and sisters in our beloved city that it is better to be content with the few dollars that one is making on a daily basis than to yearn for more and end up living the life of a fugitive.
Those with ears have heard!
BLABBERMOUTH: The rat is up a drain pipe
