Ten Tips on Surviving in Port Harcourt, The Garden City of Rivers State
Port Harcourt is the fifth largest city in Nigeria, we present to you then tips on surviving. It is otherwise known as the Garden City for its rich horticultural vegetation in the 1970s.
Today, a metropolitan city with an increase in commercial activities especially in the oil industry. With its commercial nature, crime and criminality is a daily routine.
1️⃣ Always know one senior man(senior cultist) so incase of wrong place at the wrong time, you know a name you can call that would make looters rethink their actions on you.
2️⃣ Always leave your big phones at home when you leave the house at odd hours (8pm till dawn) and if you dey bounce anyhow, someone hits you on your shoulder and says ” bring your leg down” just beg am, tell am senior man no vex, I get boil for armpit.
3️⃣ You must always know slangs another thing is know when to use it and another thing is know whom to use it on and the last where to use it. You should never know “Aro wida you” when you are in Mile 1 park or elechi water side.
4️⃣ Do not drink or take any Coke look alike drink wey you no dey when them open am. Some Coke are not actually coke.
5️⃣ Have someone that is in the Task Force or someone in the military preferably Army.
6️⃣ Do not argue too much with Ojo men(Police), any matter wey you no fit settle for road with police when e reach office e go worse pass Murder case.
7️⃣ Before you enter any taxi, look out for the faces of men seated there. If you eventually enter and you notice someone speaking foreign languages or making calls about Cargos, shipment coming in, just leave the taxi na 419.
8️⃣ If you haven’t been to Garrison, you have no idea how much you are missing. You can get anything and everything even iphone 12 for 50,000 all na based on who you know.
9️⃣ We have a place called “Abuja Down” them no dey go there go find woman. You can find babe anywhere in PH but not in Abuja down. Whoever goes in never comes out the same.
🔟 To get cheap clothes visit mile 1 park, to find stolen phones visit Iloabuchi, to get fairly used electronics visits Ojoto, and lastly whatever you do make sure you don’t end up in mile 1 police station, Choba police station and Olu Obasanjo police station.
1️⃣1️⃣ if he wears native all the day, just know he knows one politician. Them no dey hide🤣😂🤣
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