Carrier

I, am one of 10 person selected for recriutment into the Nigeria police for in may 1982 in Dekina, by then Benue state, after the exercise that last 4 hours, we were ordered to hire a bus to Markurdi being the capital for further process . i have to back hope to inform my parent that i have be recruited and we are ordered to hire a bus so i came for some money my Brother Alhaji Kashim, my Dad Alhaji Yahaya gave me 70kobo, and i return to Dekina to contribute for our transport for Makurdi, that day was the day transport workers are striking so we were delayed in Ankpa John Ejiga was hurt on his lip by the angry members of the union, before some well to do in Ankpa intervened soon we were allowed to go ahead for Makurdi, we arrive the police hqs, and we were taken to a primary school as a camp, before we could be issue with with a warrant for a train, for Maiduguri in the evening we were called to the headquaters and then taken to the rail way station, later the train came and we are allocated into one coach , the train delayed for some hour and later we set off the makurdi railway station, the from Makurdi to Maiduguri on a train took us more than 3 days before we arrived Maiduguri, soon on our arrival the rail way authority informed the police collage that recruits as we were call, have arrive so a lorry was sent to the rail way station to covey us down to the police college.On our reaching the college premise they make a role call , and then we were sent to one empty upstir where everyone choose a bed for himself before we are schooded and issued us with a  Tshirt short nicker a kits, ready for the training.that last six months.