Prieto streched his neck, try to look across the other ends of the road side, as the vehicle kept moving. He kept peeping through the windows of the car as it passes by this unexpected places, that never crossed Prieto's mind. The last two passengers who entered the vehicle last, one of the two was sitting beside the car doors, Prieto asked him if he had been in this environment before, or he is just traveling by? The passenger answered him, "you mean yankari?", Prieto said yes! "I am a corpers and was posted to this place for my National Youth Service, reason why am here". He said.
"Anyway my name is Lucky, and the guy sitting at the front sit of the car is my cousin Larry". "I guess you saw us coming into the vehicle together, we were posted to the same place". He concluded. Prieto was encouraged and excited. "It's nice meeting you, I want to believe we were both Corpers heading for the same intention. Am just getting to Jos for the first time, and on my way to the camp". "Actually, I was a little disturbed when I discovered there is no light around this vicinity, and it almost very close to where we will be pitching", Prieto said to them. Larry responded him, " it's our first time too, and there is always a first hand experience in life, we hope to scale through".
The driver kept the pace with it's travel, " don't worry young man, I know exactly where you are going and I will take you there". Unfortunately, it's a place for Corpers in the rural ends of Jos, it's might be challenging getting out to town but it's all experience. "Maybe there would be a facility that could help, once you guys are registered for your obligation at the camp", the driver said. "We hope so! Larry added to the convo.
The driver finally pulled over to an open space, with a fenced entrance with a big gate. At the front of the place, the driver stopped the vehicle and told the three Corpers, that here is the place they are going. "Pointing to the gate of the fence, that is Yankari the youth service camp", Lucky and Larry opened the door to get down from the car, while Prieto followed after Lucky in attempt to get down from the vehicle. Prieto reminded the driver to help open up the boot of his car, so he could carry his traveling bag.
The driver came from where he was and came to the back of the car to use his keys. Quickly, Prieto carried his bag from the boot of the car and closed it, as the driver went back into the car and drive off. The three guys walked there way to the entrance gate of Yankari, at about 9:20clkpm. The security man in uniform saw them coming to the gates and opened the gates for them, knowing they were incoming corpers just arriving to the camp ground.
They greeted the three " Otondo! One of the security officers affirmed. 'Otondo' means new arriving Corpers. The three of them smiled at the security team. "Welldone officer's can you please show us where the camp is, in the compound'. Lucky asked. "Just keep going straight down the lane, you will soon get to the ground and you will see the rest of the Corpers right there". The security man said. The three of them were excited and happy, the road down to the camp was illuminated with streetlight. Thought it seems there is no electricity, around the vicinity from the outside.
They kept going and coming closer to the camp ground. Though it was already at late hour, Prieto and the rest of the two new arrival friends with him, could see other Corpers at every angle and places, in the environment of the camp. All in murfty, some were in their decorum NYSC t- shirt. The fats and the slim, the tall and the short with women older in age and men. Some were going around with mountainous buttocks, and big heavy breast.
The flat chested ladies were equally in the midst, all were having an evening affair with themselves, doing and engaging in one thing or the other.
Prieto felt a bit relaxed, knowing he had just arrived in the right place. Seeing the rest of the corpers, made him feel secured. Larry quickly exchanged greetings with one of the Corpers around. Hello! He said to one of them, "we are just coming into the camp, please can you show us how we can get settled in any of the ground here", sure the guy said. There is a hall you can stay over night, other Corpers sleeps there too but it mostly for Corpers coming to the camp ground newly at late hours, to be able to get to rest there head till the next day, before they could be properly allocated, to the right lodge.
Prieto was excited, at least effort had been made on the regards of his fear, in getting in at late hours to the camp. Surprisingly the whole camp was illuminated with light, even as at 10:30clkpm Corpers were still walking here and there, around the compound sharing interest with themselves. There is a refreshments center that was selling through the night, so anyone can go and buy something to eat or drink at a particular corner in the premises.
The three of them decided to locate the hall, where they intend to lay their head at the night first. They moved into the Hall, which was some few kilometer apart to the open field premises. It's was a big place, spacious and conducive to take up on any angle in passing the night. The light in the hall was dimmed, so anyone who wish to come in to either relax or pass the night, aside from their lodge can be comfortable. They convenient took up spaces for themselves, they dropped their bags to places they feel comfortable with, each of them personally.