How Naval Officer Slapped Me For Overcharging Him As Taxi Driver-Tinubu

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s humble beginnings has been revealed in a book written by veteran journalist Mike Awoyinfa.

As described in the book โ€˜Tinubu: My life as gypsy cab driver in the USโ€™, a naval officer once slapped the man who would be Nigerian President for overcharging him unintentionally when he was a taxi driver in the United States.

The president said the driving job was meant to sustain him financially before he went to school.

He narrated, โ€œWe 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.

โ€œWe did that for a while to raise some money. Bolaji went to Tennessee, while I headed for Chicago.

โ€œI 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.

โ€œI 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.โ€

Speaking further about the incident, he said the naval officer he carried responded with a slap on his face because overcharged him, as his destination was a nearby.

โ€œAs 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,โ€ Tinubu said.

โ€œApparently, I didnโ€™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.

โ€œI 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.โ€

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