James was scrolling through twitter feeds when a tweet caught his eye: "Have you seen him? Last seen leaving Buffet Park on Saturday 2am". A picture of man not older than 30 was attached to the tweet with a hash tag #HelpFindOparanya
He quickly recalled a young man walking over to him at the late hour and making an unusual request. The man had asked him for 500 bob in cash in exchange for swiping his bank card for an equivalent amount as settlement for part of his (James) beer bill. He had hesitated briefly, but the clearly inebriated man had explained to him that he needed the cash to pay off a taxi driver and that he considered the effort of driving to an ATM machine too much for the amount in question. James had summoned a waiter who had executed the request. The beneficiary had been profuse with his gratitude.
James had watched the young man jaunt towards the parking area and disappear into the cover of darkness. His attention had drifted back to his drink and company.
But here he was now, staring at the image of the same man, trending on Twitter, with rewards being offered for information leading to his whereabouts. He quickly replied to the original tweet, disclosing that indeed he had interacted with the aforementioned, and disclosing details of their odd encounter. The retweets of his reply were generous, even catching the attention of the IG of Police who quickly asked him to walk into the nearest police station to record a statement.
Clearly Oparanya was a man who even the police were eager to find unharmed. James freshened up, bade a quick goodbye to his girlfriend and drove his Honda Accord to Kilimani police station. He shared whatever information he had with a bored officer who took his number "in case he needed more information"...CONTINUE READING
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