Chapter Eight
Dr. Johnson Kosofe returned home from Australia with his family as was his custom every December. This was his fourth year in that country and the third time he would be coming home like this.
This year’s visit was going to be particularly interesting as his childhood friend’s son was getting married. The wedding ceremony was fixed for December 15 in Kaduna—the bride’s hometown. A car with a driver will be sent about two weeks after his arrival home to Nigeria. The family routine during these visits were usually the same. Dr. Kosofe, his wife— Morenike, and their three teenage children, would visit his aged parents, in their early nineties, in their house at Mokola, Ibadan, stay for three or four days and then return to their Lekki, Lagos residence. From then on, it was one visit to a distant relation, friend, business associate or the other till the Christmas festivities where people will gather in their residence to celebrate.