> Late in 1994, an 87 year old great grandfather of a friend passed
> on in> a village close to Amai, Kwale, Delta State, Nigeria
> The late man's grand son by name Ufiaka (26 years old
> and fairly educated) was given some money and asked to
> travel to Agbor, Delta State (Nigeria) and buy a fine Casket for his grand
> pa's burial. Ufiaka left base early and arrived Agbor
> in good time to purchase the Casket and make the
> return journey same day. He was fortunate to get an
> open back white coloured Peugeot 404 pickup heading
> for Amai. He, however, had to ride in the back of the
> pickup with the Casket because two market women
> traveling to Amai were already seated in front with
> the driver.
>
> On the home journey, they ran into a heavy rain storm
> close to Uronigbe and Ufiaka quickly opened the
> Casket, lay himself nicely in the well padded
> interior, covered the lid and used the folded
> newspaper he had with him to leave a small opening
> between the lid and the main body of the white Casket
> to ensure adequate ventilation. The interior of the
> Casket was very comfortable and Ufiaka fell into a
> very deep sleep.
>
> The rain had subsided at the time the pickup van
> arrived at Umutu and during a brief stop there, two
> men travelling to Amai entered the vehicle at the back
> and the same happened at Ubiaruku where a man and a
> woman travelling also to Amai entered the vehicle. All
> this while, Ufiaka was enjoying his beauty sleep
> inside the Casket completely unaware of the new
> passengers who boarded at Umutu and Ubiaruku.
>
> The pickup van arrived Amai just after 5 PM and the driver,who was
> now very hungry, stopped in front of a busy bukataria to have a quick
> bite before proceeding to the next village.
>
> The sudden stoppage and reving of the pickup's engine
> woke Ufiaka who then opened the lid of the Casket and
> rose up.
Trouble come start!
> The passengers in the back of the pickup jumped out of
> the vehicle from various points and took to their
> heels in various directions.
>
> The people eating in open type bukataria (including
> the mama-put and her service girls) who saw the white
> Casket open and a 'ghost' step out, ran off all over
> the place some with balls of eba and akpu in their
> hands.
Ufiaka, seeing people running 'helta skelta'
> was convinced that armed robbers were operating and
> decided to take-off in the direction three of the
> passengers, including the woman, were running. When
> the three passengers realised that Ufiaka was running
> towards them, they increased speed and shouted ghost
> ghost and to further worsen the situation, Ufiaka was
> dressed in white up and down with white shoes to match
> that day.
>
> With the shouting of ghost, other people in their
> homes came out to see what was going on and on seeing
> people running at high speed all over they joined in
> the race for dear life and the number just swelled.
The driver and the two market women were the only
> people who knew what was going and they had a hell of
> a time calming the people down.
> on in> a village close to Amai, Kwale, Delta State, Nigeria
> The late man's grand son by name Ufiaka (26 years old
> and fairly educated) was given some money and asked to
> travel to Agbor, Delta State (Nigeria) and buy a fine Casket for his grand
> pa's burial. Ufiaka left base early and arrived Agbor
> in good time to purchase the Casket and make the
> return journey same day. He was fortunate to get an
> open back white coloured Peugeot 404 pickup heading
> for Amai. He, however, had to ride in the back of the
> pickup with the Casket because two market women
> traveling to Amai were already seated in front with
> the driver.
>
> On the home journey, they ran into a heavy rain storm
> close to Uronigbe and Ufiaka quickly opened the
> Casket, lay himself nicely in the well padded
> interior, covered the lid and used the folded
> newspaper he had with him to leave a small opening
> between the lid and the main body of the white Casket
> to ensure adequate ventilation. The interior of the
> Casket was very comfortable and Ufiaka fell into a
> very deep sleep.
>
> The rain had subsided at the time the pickup van
> arrived at Umutu and during a brief stop there, two
> men travelling to Amai entered the vehicle at the back
> and the same happened at Ubiaruku where a man and a
> woman travelling also to Amai entered the vehicle. All
> this while, Ufiaka was enjoying his beauty sleep
> inside the Casket completely unaware of the new
> passengers who boarded at Umutu and Ubiaruku.
>
> The pickup van arrived Amai just after 5 PM and the driver,who was
> now very hungry, stopped in front of a busy bukataria to have a quick
> bite before proceeding to the next village.
>
> The sudden stoppage and reving of the pickup's engine
> woke Ufiaka who then opened the lid of the Casket and
> rose up.
Trouble come start!
> The passengers in the back of the pickup jumped out of
> the vehicle from various points and took to their
> heels in various directions.
>
> The people eating in open type bukataria (including
> the mama-put and her service girls) who saw the white
> Casket open and a 'ghost' step out, ran off all over
> the place some with balls of eba and akpu in their
> hands.
Ufiaka, seeing people running 'helta skelta'
> was convinced that armed robbers were operating and
> decided to take-off in the direction three of the
> passengers, including the woman, were running. When
> the three passengers realised that Ufiaka was running
> towards them, they increased speed and shouted ghost
> ghost and to further worsen the situation, Ufiaka was
> dressed in white up and down with white shoes to match
> that day.
>
> With the shouting of ghost, other people in their
> homes came out to see what was going on and on seeing
> people running at high speed all over they joined in
> the race for dear life and the number just swelled.
The driver and the two market women were the only
> people who knew what was going and they had a hell of
> a time calming the people down.
