Small Talk (2023) Movie Script

1
[anticipatory music playing]
- Morning sir!
- [stomps foot]
Take him in there.
[anticipatory music continues playing]
[door squeaks open]
[clears throat]
Well, start talking.
Officer Okoh,
[in Pidgin] I've told you everything.
- I've told you.
- [chuckles]
So, you told me everything
quiet alright, but you left out
some tiny details and
that's the most important part.
[shouts] Mister Baba Dee,
you better stop wasting my goddamn time!
You don't wanna have
a problem with me, boy!
[shouting] You better start...
[calmly] Alright, my bad, my bad.
Let's start all over. Let's...
Let's go on a clean slate, okay?
[in Pidgin] Officer Okoh
I don't do the dishes.
It isn't my job. That's Gorom's job.
That's all I have been
trying to explain to you.
- I've told you...
- Goddamn it! [shouts] Goddamn it!
I said, "slate", you dummy!
You fool!
[Okoh in Yoruba] Fool.
[in English] I said slate!
It means to start all over
again from the beginning!
- [cars honking]
- [calm music playing]
- [indistinct chatter]
- [Baba Dee laughing]
[in Yoruba] My boss,
[in Pidgin] at the meeting
that day, it was chaotic.
- I can imagine.
- [Baba Dee laughs]
- [boss] You know what I'm thinking?
- Ehn.
I can only imagine how Mr Donatus
would have reacted in the situation.
Mr Dona? Boss, Mr Dona was just shouting.
-He said, Ah! I stand against the motion
-I know, Mr. Donatus.
[in English] to... to pay
the estate security more money.
- [boss] Mr Donatus, I know that man.
- He said they cannot be
- earning more than us.
- [boss laughing]
I can only imagine. That man,
he and his money, an incongruous pair.
[in Yoruba] My boss, very incog...
Incongruous, Baba Dee.
[in Yoruba] It's very true, that's right.
- [in Pidgin] That's very accurate.
- [boss laughing]
[Baba Dee] Boss, I'm happy
that you're back. I'm very happy.
It is good to be back.
It's good to be back.
[upbeat music playing]
[dogs barking from a distance]
- Welcome madam.
- [chuckles]
That's very nice of you.
[in Pidgin] It's my job
to take care of my boss and his wife.
- Thank you.
- [boss] Baba Dee.
- [man] Ah, madam, you're welcome ma.
- How are you?
Salute to the best boss
in the whole world!
- Baba Dee.
- [man exclaims]
- Ah ah. Musa, Musa.
- [Musa] Boss. Boss, you're welcome sir.
- How are you?
- We are very fine.
- [in Pidgin] How is your family?
- [in Pidgin] Everyone is good.
- You're welcome. madam, welcome.
- [in English] That's good. That's good.
Welcome boss. [in Hausa] Welcome.
Oh wow!
[gasps]
Babe, I absolutely love
what you did with the place.
- Yeah? You love it?
- Yeah, it looks so good.
Oh, see my favourite part.
I'm sure. I'm sure you are
your favourite part in the house.
- [chuckles]
- [exhales loudly]
Feels so good to be back home.
Oh my goodness.
Feels so great to be back home.
- [woman] Baby.
- Yes?
Is it me or your driver
is a little over zealous?
Baba Dee?
Over zealous? Baby...
Wait, you don't know Baba Dee.
That guy has been the most
diligent and loyal driver I've ever had.
Okay, well... [scoffs]
He seems to be doing
a little more than just driving you.
[Baba Dee pants]
[in Yoruba] My boss!
[in English] Madam. Welcome madam.
What are you on about?
- I mean the conversations in the car.
- Mm-hm.
He even attends
estate meetings on your behalf.
Let's not even start with the gossip.
But babe, come on, Baba Dee has
been with me for the past two years.
I know he can be a lot,
but that's what makes him Baba Dee.
Plus he's a welcome
distraction from tech talk.
I find his company quite... refreshing.
[Baba Dee breathes heavily]
- [Baba Dee in Yoruba] My boss.
- Baba Dee.
[in Pidgin] It's like there are
a lot of biscuits in this box.
[in Pidgin] There are even
loads of chocolates in there.
When we are settled,
you can come take everything.
- [Baba Dee] Thank you, boss.
- Baba Dee.
[Baba Dee in English] Thanking you.
I mean, I do like his sense of humour.
Now we're getting somewhere.
- But babe...
- Hm-mm?
But there should be boundaries, baby.
Like yes, he can drive you around
but... attend meetings on your behalf?
- That's a little bit too much, baby.
- Okay.
Do you want to talk about the gossips too?
[exhales] Well, a little gossip here
and there, really didn't hurt anyone.
But... [sighs] minimal.
Aye aye, captain.
I will keep it minimal.
[Baba Dee grunts]
- [in Pidgin] It's remaining one.
- [in Pidgin] No problem.
[in English] I'm... I'm telling you,
in a few days
you're gonna be bullying me
to have him as your driver.
- Oh! Someone seems so sure of himself.
- Mm-hm. Oh, I can stake on it, baby.
- Oh yeah?
- Mm-hm.
- Okay deal.
- [chuckles loudly] Okay.
- My wife wants to make a bet with me.
- Mmm.
- Yes.
- Eh?
[soft music playing]
Welcome ma.
- [laughing]
- [woman] Welcome sir.
- Chinagorom, it is so good to see you.
- Thank you.
- Aww, thank you.
- Yes ma.
- Welcome sir. Yes sir.
- Hey Chinagorom. How are you?
- I really missed you.
- I missed you too.
- How was your journey and everything?
- It was good. It was amazing.
Welcome ma [chuckles].
[indistinct chatter]
- So ma...
- Eh ma... Eh madam,
[in Pidgin] I want to know if you will
like to eat now or take a shower first.
After my shower.
That's also good. Good choice.
[in Pidgin] We should leave so
that madam can go take a shower.
- [in English] Let's be going.
- [laughs]
- Okay.
- Yes sir.
- [in Yoruba] My boss! My boss!
- Baba Dee. Baba Dee!
- My boss!
- [laughs]
[in English] Welcome.
No problem. Thank you.
Thank you for the help.
- Welcome madam.
- No problem, thank you.
- Okay.
- See what I mean?
Uh... I saw your eyes.
You were slightly pleased though.
- [scoffs] So like...
- Babe, talk to me.
- He's okay.
- Exactly. Babe,
- now, I can give you a very good bath.
- He's just...
- Okay.
- Maybe a massage.
Okay.
[Baba Dee clears throat]
[in Pidgin] Gorom, how are things going?
[in Pidgin] Everything is ready.
It's ready.
- [in English] Looking good, looking good.
- [Gorom] I try always.
Very, very good.
[in Pidgin] In fact, it's a ten over...
- Ah!
- I'm an expert.
Gorom, quiet. What do you know?
Why did you place
the boss' water like this?
The boss likes lemons in his water.
Master, I have heard.
- I have heard you.
- [in English] Go put uh...
- [Gorom in English] Welcome ma.
- Hello.
Madam.
Welcome ma.
I can see you know so much about Seyi.
You know I heard
so much about you from him.
But meeting you in person,
you're even much better.
Thanking you [chuckles].
- It's okay.
- [Baba Dee] Thanking you.
- [Baba Dee in Yoruba] Boss.
- Baba Dee.
- Hey baby.
- Hey baby.
Boss, don't be annoyed.
Gorom forgot to put lemon in your water.
[in English] The lemon
is in... is in... in route now.
- In what?
- [Baba Dee] Is...
The lemon is coming.
Oh! En route.
- [in Pidgin] That's it.
- [Seyi chuckles] Baba Dee.
Baba Dee, please don't
kill me. It's too early for this.
Sir.
- Thank you.
- Yes.
En... enjoy your meal.
- Thank you.
- Boss, enjoy, madam, enjoy your meal.
Oh no, Baba Dee, please grab a plate.
Join us. You can't arrange this
amazing meal and not eat it. Come on.
Madam, thanking you for the offer but my
food is in the kitchen, I'll eat it there.
No, no, no. I insist. Please join us.
Ah! Madam.
[in Pidgin] You're just like my boss.
Exactly like my boss.
Thank you madam.
Please sit. Come and sit here.
I get shy about things like this.[laughs]
Alright. So, where
are we starting from, baby?
I'm not even sure you know.
[laughing]
Don't tell me he got away.
[in Pidgin] Madam, how could he?
We caught him.
I trust Baba Dee in things like this.
In fact, he now...
- [phone ringing]
- [in English] Sorry sir.
- Sorry.
- [Seyi] No problem.
[chuckles]
- Hello, Angel.
- [Seyi] Nice.
- It's so good, right? It tastes good.
- Hmm?
Today?
Angel, why didn't you
remind me since morning?
Sorry.
[in Pidgin] Okay wait, I'm coming.
Is everything okay?
[in English] Yes sir, everything is okay.
Baba Dee, I know you.
That's not the face
of someone who is okay.
What's the matter?
Was that your wife?
No, Angel is actually his daughter.
[in Pidgin] Boss, please
don't take any offense.
It's Angel. I forgot that
her school's acceptance fee
is to be paid today.
- She gained admission.
- Oh wow. Angel?
Yes.
- Angel is now in the university?
- She is about entering the university.
- Ooh.
- Mm.
- Boss, she passed her WAEC exams.
- That is amazing.
Boss... [exclaims] she passed everything.
- [Baba Dee laughs]
- Wow.
- [Baba Dee in English] Yes.
- It's amazing.
[in Pidgin] That's why my brother
is happy and has pledged his support.
So, what university
is she about to gain admission into?
Um... She got into UI and Unilag.
- Oh! UI and Unilag.
- Hmm.
But I don't want her to go.
But those are fantastic choices.
Boss, you know
government schools go on strike a lot.
[in English] Strike today,
strike tomorrow,
- I don't want ASUU to frustrate her.
- [Seyi] Very true.
[in Pidgin] That's why I've decided
that she will attend another.
Okay, so what school
will she be attending?
She will attend Bangkok.
Bangkok?
I... I think that's a country.
Babcock?
That's it.
- [laughs] Ooh!
- That's a great choice though.
Babcock.
That's a very good choice.
That happens to be my alma mater.
Exactly. That's the matter
we are trying to settle, Madam.
[splutters] But... but Babcock though...
Isn't... isn't the school fees
quite on the high side?
It's expensive, but my Angel
was given a 60% scholarship.
We are merging
the 60 percent scholarship, our savings
and my brother's quota
to send Angel there.
- That is amazing.
- [in English] Thanking you.
- Congratulations.
- Thanking you.
Okay. Boss, permission to fall out sir.
[Baba Dee exclaims]
[in Yoruba] Madam! Ah! My boss.
- [in Pidgin] This is pounds sterling.
- Yes.
You mean I will touch
pounds sterling in my lifetime?
[in Yoruba] My boss!
Pounds, madam.
[Seyi] It's just money.
- My boss. Thank you, my boss.
- It's fine. It's okay, it's okay, get up.
- My boss... Ah no. My boss listen to me.
- Baba Dee, Baba Dee.
- Boss, God will bless you for me.
- [Seyi] Amen.
[in Pidgin] Boss, before you ask God,
He will answer your prayers.
- Amen.
- Madam.
Madam, before you speak, God
will answer you as it is in your mind.
- God has answered you.
- Amen.
Madam, your travel
to London is only child's play.
Madam, you will travel to France.
Madam, you will travel to Russia.
Madam, you will travel to Iraq.
Madam, you will go to all the good places.
- [in Yoruba] Ah, my boss.
- Baba Dee, it's fine. It's okay.
It's the least we could have done.
- Baba Dee, stand up.
- [in Pidgin] My boss, this is too much.
It's fine. You know what, hurry up.
Go to the bureau de change by the estate
gate and go change the money, okay?
It's for Angel's school fees.
Okay? Please stand up.
- [in Yoruba] Boss. My boss.
- Baba Dee, please.
[in Pidgin] My boss, you are
the best boss in the world.
[in Yoruba] My boss.
[Baba Dee sobs]
[soothing music playing]
[soothing music continues playing]
Gorom!
[in Pidgin] Where is this girl?
Gorom!
Gor... Gorom!
[Baba Dee in Yoruba] My boss.
- [intriuging music playing]
- Madam.
My boss!
My boss.
Ha!
Madam, boss... [exclaims]
[in Pidgin] Boss, who did this to you?!
Madam, please don't be angry.
[shouting] Hey! Hey, Gorom!
[in Pidgin] Why didn't you call me?
Or even the estate security?
No, they locked me inside the store.
Gorom, If you were locked inside
the store, was your brain locked as well?
Why didn't you shout or call the police?
- [in Pidgin] They had guns.
- You are a foolish person.
[madam] Baba Dee, let her be.
[doctor] So, this
should help with the pain.
[grunts in pain]
[in Pidgin] Boss,
let me get you some water.
Thank you doc.
I'll take my leave now.
But if the pain doesn't subside say within
-30 minutes and an hour,
-[Baba Dee] Boss...
please do not hesitate to call me.
- [in English] Take.
- No problem, thank you doctor.
- Thank you doctor. Thank you.
- You're welcome.
Thanking you.
Boss, sorry. Madam...
Boss, we must involve the police in
this matter. We must involve the police!
Baba Dee, calm down.
Look, I am just glad to be alive.
Every other thing does not...
I don't have the mental bandwidth
to deal with corrupt police officers.
- Baby.
- I'm serious.
I cannot deal with police officers
that are trying to extort the victim.
[in Pidgin] Does that mean
a thief would be bold enough
to enter our house and
go scot-free? That will not happen.
Boss, it will not happen!
- He has a point, babe.
- [Seyi] Can we just stop?
I already said it. I don't want
anyone to know that I'm in the country.
It's that simple. You know this.
I didn't tell people
that we were coming back.
Boss, if that's the case,
call your American police.
Mr Okoh! Mr Okoh will come here
and help with the investigation.
We will ask! [splutters] We... we... Ah, boss.
Boss, we must get
to the root of this matter.
- Baba Dee, okay. Thank you.
- [Baba Dee exclaims]
ASP Okoh, I believe
that this is an inside job.
[in Pidgin] Nobody can tell me otherwise.
- Nob...
- Baba Dee, please go upstairs
and help me turn on the water
heater in the master bedroom.
[in English] Okay madam.
Officer Okoh, it's an inside job.
Baby, I have to agree with him.
It definitely was an inside job.
You heard Mr Okoh.
The estate security said they
didn't see any criminals enter or leave.
Babe, they're our domestic staff.
- It doesn't... It doesn't matter.
- But baby,
you didn't inform anyone
of your arrival and neither did I.
So, if anyone knew of us coming back home,
it has to have been
someone from this house.
- Our domestic staff to be precise.
- Mm-mm.
Babe, this people are like family to us.
- They won't betray us.
- [Okoh] As a matter of fact, I agree.
I certainly agree and I believe that.
But first, let's clear something straight.
Okay? So we're on the same page.
The name is Okoh.
That's Officer Okoh.
Nothing funny, just Okoh.
Okay, let's break it down.
Barely four hours
after you arrived, you were robbed.
Sorry about that, but you were robbed.
Now, the robbers... [chuckles]
Yeah, reminds me of
my time in Boston Massachusetts.
Crazy days.
But anyway, the robbers
had some information
about y'all before your arrival.
I want you to tell me
something and open up to me.
I need to know who were the first
persons you told about your arrival?
Now start talking. Take a deep breath.
It's gonna be hard but you can talk.
- Start talking.
- Madam,
[in Pidgin] I've done it.
- Baba Dee.
- [in Yoruba] Boss.
- [hisses in pain]
- Sorry boss.
- Sorry boss.
- It's fine, it's okay, it's fine.
Please, can you go clean the car?
- Ah, boss but...
- Baba Dee,
leave, please.
- ASP Okoh...
- If one more time...
[in Pidgin] Make sure
you get to the root of this.
[Okoh] We've got work to do.
Come on, start talking. What have you got?
You asked me the first person
I told that I was returning back to Lagos.
Well, there you have him.
Who's that?
Baba Dee.
[in Pidgin] Officer Okoh,
I know you're doing your job.
But I want you to know
that I also want to help you
catch the thief that
had the guts to do this to my boss.
Let me cut you... let me cut you
right there, let me cut you right there
and make something clear.
See, I wanna assume
my boys kind of roughened you up.
That's making you act
and talk out of line.
But I'mma correct this.
See, the name is Officer Okoh.
Not Okoh, not Loko
not Poko, it's Officer Okoh!
And then... So, you want me to believe
you wanna help me catch the criminals?
Ain't that right? [laughs mockingly]
Ain't that something,
ain't that something?
Okay so, just what if the criminal
is sitting right in this room?
Officer Ok...
- The name is Okoh.
- Officer... Okoh. Okoh. Officer Okoh,
[in Pidgin] how can I
be the criminal and still recomm...
- I recomm... I told...
- You better back your hand up!
- What's wrong with you?
- I asked that they call you.
I told my boss to call you.
That don't matter.
You could be a prime
suspect and you're still acting nice.
I've been there, done that.
So, you've got
to help me so I can help you.
That's how it works.
You've got to give me something.
Give me something, man.
You've got to give me something,
so I can give you something back.
That's how it just fucking works.
Now, from my calculations
it seems like you don't know
the gravity of the situation.
So, I'mma break it down for you
and I want you to
listen up and listen good.
You were the first person
your boss told about his arrival.
[anticipatory music playing]
[phone ringing]
Hello, boss!
Ah! Fine sir.
Thanking you, boss. We are fine.
[in Pidgin] Boss, are you coming back?
Boss, I cannot keep you waiting.
I can't make you wait, boss.
[exclaims]
Hallelu... hallelu...
- [in English] Hallelujah!!
- Hallelujah!!
[in Yoruba] Glory be.
Thanks be to the Lord.
But my husband, why are you shouting?
- What happened? Mm?
- Bushura, Bushura, my boss is coming back.
- Eh! Say God.
- [in Pidgin] He just called me.
[in Yoruba] It's worth celebrating
and shouting hallelujah.
He said I should pick him at the airport.
He lands at exactly 10 a.m. this morning.
Congratulations to us.
Congratulations to us.
-Bushura, quickly help me spread this one,
-Thanks be to God.
- my uniform. Please.
- Ehn ehn.
That's no problem. Or should I iron it?
- Should I iron it?
- [in Pidgin] Whichever is fine.
- Whatever you prefer.
- Angel, Angel fetch water for your daddy.
- [in Yoruba] My boss.
- Thank God.
[in English] Hallelujah, hallelujah!
[in Yoruba] Officer, that's all I know.
[Okoh] Hmm. Okay.
So, you say he was excited.
No sir, no sir. You're wrong
because we don't have a site.
He didn't go to any site.
We've not started building our house.
I said he was excited. Excited, happy.
Ehn ehn! Of course he was happy.
He was happy. Because um... Angel's dad
likes his boss a lot. He loves
his boss very much, so he was happy.
That's why he robbed him.
[scoffs]
[in Yoruba] Officer, what are you saying?
You shouldn't insult Angel's dad just
because you are wearing a uniform.
Angel's dad is not a bad person.
He cannot hurt anybody.
[in English] I'm telling you.
Somebody that cannot kill a rat.
Okay, listen.
Me, as the kind of person I am,
I like to face my enemies.
[in Yoruba] I'm always prepared for
a fight. That's the kind of person I am.
In the house, if I see a rat, cockroach
or any insect I see around me, I kill it.
I kill them with
whatever I can lay my hands on.
[in Yoruba] I make sure to kill it.
But Angel's dad always corrects me.
He says it's not good
and it's a violent thing to do.
Instead, he says
I should look for rat poison
so that they can die peaceful deaths.
- Now be the judge of it. Be the judge.
- What are you saying?
Can somebody that... somebody that
is fighting for a rat, rob a person?
- Can he steal? Be the judge.
- Come one. You are
giving me a migraine. You are... Damn!
This is... this is so much nonsense, man.
- I can't... I can't do this.
- [Bushura in Yoruba] What is he saying?
[sneering] Such nonsense.
You're this good, yet you're still here.
You feel like you're well-spoken, yet you
were deported from America. Stupid man.
[in Yoruba] I hope you're not insane.
- [exclaims]
- Have you lost your mind?
I can't believe this.
Who told your father
that I was deported from America?
[in English] Amazing.
Get out! Officer!
[Okoh] Thief!
Now, get out!
Sorry sir. I'm sorry.
Is this a dress?
With your mouth like a bucket of water.
[in English] Idiot. Get out!
- [Bushura] Sorry sir.
- [in Yoruba] Thief!
[Arabic prayers]
Are you done?
What is your job at the Boderin's?
- Ehn?
- What is your job, what do you do?
I'm the security officer.
[chuckles]
I like it.
A security officer that was not at
his duty post when his boss got robbed.
A round of applause.
Brilliant! A round...
It means clap for yourself.
You fool!
[in Yoruba] You fool!
Fool.
[in English] Where were you
when you were
supposed to be at your duty post?
- [in Pidgin] Officer, I went to pray.
- [in Pidgin] You went to pray.
[in English] Why did you pick
that exact time to go pray?
I'll tell you why.
Because you planned with your friends,
and you tried... You told them, let me go.
[in Pidgin] I swear, sir, I went to pray.
I swear, I only went to pray.
Okay, you went to pray.
Okay, tell me, tell me.
How much did you give your girl?
Sir, I swear, I went to pray.
I didn't give anything to any girl.
- I went... Sir, I went to pray. I swear.
- Are you lying to me?
[Okoh] Doing okay?
You're alright?
Okay.
Just gonna take it one step at a time.
Yes sir.
What's your favourite meal?
[splutters] My... my fav... favourite food?
You want me to repeat myself?
[nervously] No sir. I don't have.
So, a supposed cook
doesn't have a favourite meal.
How about that?
The thing is that,
[in Igbo] I'm not picky about food.
[in English] Like, [tuts] I don't...
I don't... I don't select food.
- [Okoh sighs]
- I eat many, many things.
- So, I don't have a favourite.
- [sighs]
Come on, let... let me
tell you something. You see...
Cut out the... cut it, cut it out.
Cut out the whole...
[mimics Gorom] It's not working.
Um, where were you when the robbers came?
[knock on door]
[in Pidgin] Baba Dee
pass through the back.
- The back door is open.
- [utensils clattering]
[door closes]
[exclaims, gasps]
- [softly] Jesus, Jesus.
- [fart sounds]
Je... I didn't fart.
That's messed up.
- I didn't fart, I didn't fart.
- [In Yoruba] Go this way!
If you make a sound,
I'll shoot your head. Go this way!
[in English] If you make any sound,
I'll just shoot your head.
[in Yoruba] Hey, stand here.
Stand right here.
[Gorom whimpering]
[Gorom whimpering]
[tense music playing]
Come on.
[Okoh] Hmm, you were cooking.
I don't smell no food on you.
[in Igbo] No. I didn't
bring food here today.
You didn't tell me sir,
[in Pidgin] I would have brought some.
Hold on a second,
why didn't you call the police?
Sir, that day, that day everything just...
[in Igbo] I'm not even sure.
My brain was just scattered.
I didn't even... My heart kept racing.
- [Okoh] Hey! Hey!
- I was scared.
- Hey! Hey! Hey!
- I was scared.
Cut out the whole boom,
boom, boom. I told you before,
I'm not feeling it, I'm not buying it.
It's not working.
[mimicking Gorom] I don't like it.
It doesn't look good on you, girl.
Now, what you just said is
what a typical thief is gonna say.
Everybody has something to say.
I'm not a thief.
[in English] Excuse me sir. Sir, let
me explain something to you.
I know that you don't really know me.
You see as I am,
I'm the only child of my mummy.
- She trained me well with all she had.
- Goddamnit!
Everybody has a sob story
about their mother.
I just wanna know
how the hell did your boss get robbed?
I don't know.
I don't know.
My story is not like other people's.
Hey, hey, enough.
- If you go to my hometown and ask them...
- I'm not
getting what I want.
I'm not getting what I want.
Who are all these people, man?
Officer, come on in, man.
[Seyi] This is... so annoying.
[sneering]
Baby, I just got off
the phone with Mr Okoh.
Oh, okay. How did that go?
- You told him to release them.
- Mm-hm. Yes, I did.
Babe, I just
don't think it makes any sense
that innocent people will go to jail.
We're talking about
20,000 pounds here, babe.
Well yeah, 20,000 pounds.
Yes, it's a lot of money no doubt but,
we don't have any evidence
that any of them took it.
Plus you know it's money we shouldn't have
been carrying in cash in the first place.
But babe, you know why we had to.
That's our mistake.
Why should we punish them for our mistake?
[sighs]
You know you're way
too trusting of your staff, right?
Eneh, what do you want from me?
Huh?
They haven't given me any reasons not
to trust them, so why won't I trust them?
Look, I'm sorry.
I'm just... Look,
I'm having a bad day, okay?
I'm stressed, I'm tired.
I'm not gonna stay here if I'm going to
be constantly looking over my shoulders.
But you don't have to
look over your shoulders.
I just spoke to the estate security,
they said they beefed up their security.
No one can go in or
come out without being vetted.
The same estate security that
weren't able to confirm who came in here?
Even our own cameras
aren't working properly.
We can't make out
the faces of the thieves... [sighs]
Look babe, this was not how
I planned this trip to turn out.
Hey baby... Eneh.
Babe.
[tuts]
What's the meaning... [scoffs, hisses]
[groans in pain]
Is that? Okay.
Go get him out.
Hmm.
Hey, you're free to go.
Before you get excited,
don't leave your duty post next time.
I will never leave it.
I will never leave it, I swear.
You better thank your stars. Mr. Seyi
said he's not pressing charges anymore.
- Be careful.
- [in Hausa] Tell my boss thank you.
- Thank you so much.
- That's okay, that's okay.
- Go now, go now, go now.
- Thank you.
Sign here.
[in Pidgin] What's going on,
won't you give me water?
- Shut up!
- [woman] Spell your name.
[Gorom] Chi...
-Chi... ah... go... ro... mi
-[scoffs]
- Chinagorom Nkemjika.
- This your name...
N... k... e... m... j, j... ka, ka.
Yes ma.
Sign here.
[soft music playing]
Yes ma. Thanks, ma.
Thanks, sir.
Jehovah, thanks, Sir.
[exhales]
Mr Baba Dee.
Well, you're free to go.
- Ehn?
- Yup.
[in Pidgin] You have caught the thief.
- Nah we didn't catch...
- I told you that you will...
Hey! We didn't catch no thief.
Apparently, your boss doesn't
wanna pursue this any further.
He wants to relocate
back to the UK with his wife.
- Ehn? U what?
- Yeah.
You said U what?
- Ah, Officer Okoh, that's not possible.
- What?
- That's not possible.
- Hey.
The boss can't do that.
- It's not your concern.
- It concerns me.
It concerns me.
We must get to the root of this.
- We must catch the thief. [exclaims]
- Man...
After I have told all my family
and friends that my special boss
was coming back,
one thief wants to spoil everything.
You... you told who?
Officer Okoh,
I have told my family and friends
- that my boss is coming back.
- Sit your ass down!
- Can't you hear what I'm saying?
- [yells] I said sit your goddamn ass down!
You told who?
I said I told my fa...
[intriuging music playing]
You fool! Damn.
Start talking.
I said start... start talking!
Idiot!
Something just came up right now and
I'mma need you to trust me on this one.
Yes, yes.
Every single one of them.
They're on their way back home.
Except for Baba Dee.
He's gonna remain here.
See, I can't go into details right now
but I'mma keep you updated,
I'mma keep you apprised.
As soon as I do.
Alright. Okay.
Okay.
[comical music playing]
[soothing music playing]
[in Pidgin] Officer Okoh,
aren't your legs paining you?
[chuckles]
Okay. You got a wife
and a daughter, am I correct?
You know that already.
Now, why private school?
- Huh?
- [Okoh chuckles]
So, from what I can gather here,
you're... regular guy.
Now, I don't think you have the means
to send your daughter
to that kind of school.
So, why is she going to a private school
and not a public school?
[in Pidgin] So that she won't ask
foolish questions like you are doing.
Yes.
So, what is wrong with sending
my Angel to go get a better life?
[laughs mockingly]
See, what you just said
reminded me of my time back
in the United States in Texas
and... I think it was in Houston.
Where a man went to a grocery store
and he wanted to get a bottle of champagne
but the motherfucker didn't even
have money for a bottle of soda. [laughs]
- [in Pidgin] What's my business with that?
- Crazy though.
You hear what I'm saying.
So, everybody wanna have a better life
but you cannot afford it.
Can you afford it? You cannot!
Listen up and listen good.
Because I'm warning you.
I'm gonna have a bad time with you.
The last time I asked you
about who you told
about your bosses coming
to town, you said your wife.
So, I'mma ask you one more time.
Listen up and shut
your mouth before you answer.
Let me come down to your level.
Who else
did you open this your big mouth
to tell that your boss was coming to town?
[ominous music playing]
- Junior, Junior!
- Baba Dee!
- Junior, Junior!
- Baba Dee!
- Good morning.
- Good morning, sir.
[in Pidgin] Aren't you job hunting today?
[in Pidgin] I thought to
wash my clothes today.
Ah, Junior.
Because anytime I see
you like this, I'm usually hurt.
It hurts to see a fine man like you
who has a first-class degree
as a university graduate without a job.
It hurts me so much.
Baba Dee, I don't want to think
of anything that will make me sad.
Don't worry, we are praying for you.
Even if you're thinking sad thoughts,
don't worry, keep thinking,
we are doing the prayers.
We will keep praying for you.
Baba Dee, you are getting ready early,
hope everything is alright?
[in English] Junior,
today is a very good day.
[in Pidgin] My boss is coming back today.
Your boss that stays
at Tulip Garden estate?
- You are very correct.
- Wow.
You know he travelled for like six months.
He's not been around.
He just called and said he's coming back.
That's why I'm in such a hurry.
Because I don't want my boss
to stay too long at the airport.
My boss will land at
exactly 10 a.m. this morning.
[in English] I can imagine, Baba Dee.
Baba Dee!
Don't worry. Junior,
my boss will bring all the goodies
with him. Biscuits, and sweets.
I will give you some when I'm back.
- Baba Dee!
- Junior!
Don't worry.
[Junior] That was all we talked about.
What about the money?
What money?
The 20,000 pounds that was stolen?
- That's why we're here.
- Wait.
[in Pidgin] Did you say pounds or naira?
Smartass. Smartass.
Fifty million naira!
I know right. It's a lot of money.
It's a lot of money and you know
what that money can do for you.
Let me see something,
you don't have a job.
You've been job hunting
for years, I hear five years.
And you're smart.
Imagine what that
kind of money is gonna do for you.
Officer... Okoh.
Hey, you better watch
your tongue young man.
The name is Officer Okoh.
Officer Okoh, are you
accusing me of something?
Is there something
you wanna tell me? [laughs sarcastically]
I see Baba Dee
has told you a lot about me.
- [Okoh] Well...
- But it seems he left out
one very vital detail.
This jobless graduate has
a first-class degree in law.
And passed the bar exams summa cum laude.
I'm sure you know
defamation is a very serious offense
and anyone found guilty is liable of
imprisonment for up to two years or more.
[Okoh laughs mockingly]
Damn boy, I have seen some shit in my time
in the force. I'll give that to myself.
Goddammit. You're sitting here with your
Black ass talking about summa cuma bloody.
You don't even have a job, boy!
Look at your shoes.
All messed up looking like... Look at you.
Sweating like a thief.
You better start talking
and telling me who took that 20
thousand pounds or you're
gonna have some problems. Officer!
[comical music playing]
- Driver! Ah ah. Please be careful.
- Ah! Take it easy.
[driver in Pidgin] Stop shouting at me.
Don't shout at me, please.
[in Pidgin] Careful? Drivers
that don't go to driving schools.
The moment I saw the way he was turning
the steering, I knew there was a problem.
Most of them are highly unskilled.
Your father!
Your father is highly unskilled.
- Your father.
- [in Pidgin] Driver, please concentrate.
Ehn ehn, babe, as I was saying, Lady
Catherine is really the devil's daughter.
[woman 1] Look, ever since
she came in as the headmistress,
she has been making
life tough for everyone.
It has just been so frustrating.
Must all of them be mean?
[woman 2] I mean for the fact
that you're the boss doesn't mean
you should run with the devil's money.
I swear. You see all these
bosses, you see them eh...
- They have a special place in hell. Ah ah.
- God forbid!
[in Pidgin] What sort
of talk is that? Please.
My own boss wouldn't go to hellfire.
Your boss can go there
but my boss is going to heaven.
[in Pidgin] He's yet to
mistreat with you, right?
- Don't worry, just wait.
- [scoffs]
Instead of mistreating with me,
my boss does the nicest things for me.
He treats me to the good things of life.
Whenever my boss goes to posh restaurants,
he asks me to go in with him.
Unlike other bosses who
will ask their drivers to wait
in the car, my boss will
ask that we enter together.
We will eat, I will eat like a king.
My boss will even buy some more
so I can take it to my wife at home.
- [passengers exclaim]
- [in Pidgin] This is shocking.
[driver in Pidgin] Please,
be gentle with your lies.
- Even if your boss is Jesus Christ...
- Ah! Look at you.
I know it's hard to believe because you
don't have bosses that treat you nicely.
Listen, my boss
pays me 150,000 every month.
[passengers exclaim]
- One-fifty, an ordinary driver?
- [in Pidgin] Look forward, please.
- [man 1] Look forward, driver, please.
- [woman 2 laughs]
[in Pidgin] Is it only for driving him
or are you doing
- other jobs for him? I don't understand.
- [in Pidgin] Please, ask him.
[in Pidgin] Let me tell you, despite
my boss being abroad, because he's abroad,
he still sends me the 150,000 every month.
- [woman 2 in Pidgin] That's surprising.
- [in English] Yes.
[in Pidgin] If he wants
to send me on an errand,
he tips me and
apologizes for the inconvenience.
He tips me for every errand.
- This is shocking. Ah ah!
- You are living the life.
[in Pidgin] I want this type
of boss, God, please.
He's the one I am hurrying to go pick up.
I want to go pick up the car key
because he will arrive today by 10 a.m.
- [woman 2] Sir, you are very lucky.
- Very lucky.
-[driver in Pidgin] Won't your boss need
-You've hit the jackpot.
an extra driver just in case
something happens to you.
- Driver!
- Maybe you have an accident or something.
- It's you that will have an accident!
- [man 1] Ah! Driver, don't wish him bad.
What rubbish are you saying?
What's wrong with this man?
- [conductors calling for passengers]
- [driver in Pidgin] Give me my ticket.
Where is my ticket?
[conductors calling for passengers]
[indistinct chatter]
Sir, where are you going?
[anticipatory music plays]
- [door creaks]
- Hmm.
Lord of the chosen, fight for me,
Lord of the chosen, fight for me.
[whimpering] Lord of the chosen,
fight for me.
- Weep. Weep. Weep.
- [whimpers]
- [laughs] Okay.
- Lord of the chosen, fight for me.
Got to be ready.
Tell me, how did you do it?
[splutters in Pidgin] I didn't
do anything.
Okay, okay. So...
First, let me apologize for my men.
You know, they kind of roughened you up.
I see, I see you've got
something going on there.
I wanna remind you and jog
your memory of what you did. So,
you heard about
your friend's boss coming to town,
you followed him, stalked him and then,
you got your gang members
and y'all robbed him.
Right? [laughs]
Tell me the truth.
[splutters in Pidgin] I... I
I'm one of the chosen.
I am a bus driver.
Okay, okay. Okay fair.
Where did you keep the money?
The Lord of the chosen...
I... I did not take any money.
Did you just fart?
Listen, listen, listen. Hold on, listen.
Let me, let me... let me open up to you.
Let me come down to your level.
Guy-man to guy-man, you understand?
[in Pidgin] I used to live in America.
Yes, I used to live in America.
[in English] Florida precisely.
I was fraudulent and I was in the force.
That's why I was deported, you understand?
[in Pidgin] By merely looking at you,
I know that you're a married man.
You have children, so just tell me
the truth. You're my guy, let me help you.
[in Pidgin] I have children.
[splutters] I have 11 children.
- [in Igbo] Wow!
- [driver] Yeah. Hmm.
I also have
three children outside marriage.
- [both laughing]
- I have three kids outside of marriage.
That's a complete Chelsea team.
Smart man!
Looking at you,
I could tell that you're a smart man.
Come, let me tell you something. So...
[in English] Are you mad?
[in Pidgin] So, why didn't you
tell me this from the beginning,
that you have 11 mouths to feed?
[in Pidgin] And another three
outside of marriage.
[in English] Oh, that's 14.
Meaning, you did the job because...
First and foremost,
[in Pidgin] where do you keep your guns?
Where do you keep your guns?
Where is the hideout for
you and your accomplice?
Who supplies you the guns?
I'm really interested in the guns.
Where did you keep the money?
Who is the Bureau de change?
- I will injure you.
- Sir,
I don't know what
you're talking about, I swear.
I swear because
I don't have a clue what you're
talking about.
I'm one of the chosen and a bus driver.
- That's the truth.
- [in English] You robbed a family,
you ran away from law enforcement.
- Sir...
- You're a thief.
- I didn't run.
- You're a thief.
I swear to
the Lord of chosen, I didn't run.
I thought it was that man... [splutters]
[spluttering]
- Talk fast, are you stupid?
- [in English] Sorry.
- Are you crazy? You're stressing me here.
- [spluttering]
Stressing me here, are you mad?
[in Pidgin] The man whose jeep
I bashed at Iko... Iko... Ikotun.
- Ikotun.
- Are you... spitting on me?
- Are you spitting on me? Are you stupid?
- Don't be angry. [splutters]
Don't be angry. I thought he was the one
who called the police, that's why I ran.
[in Pidgin] Because I said
we should relate man to...
[in English] Nah,
I think I had a good run.
You will treat me like
a senior officer and that's what's up.
[in Pidgin] Don't be annoyed.
You're getting too familiar and
I don't like it. I don't... I don't like...
You smell... [yells] Officer! Come here.
Did you just fart on yourself?
[whimpers] Lord of the chosen...
[in Pidgin] I'm one of the chosen.
I didn't do it, I swear. It wasn't me.
- I love this job, baby. I love this job.
- Please.
[intriuging music playing]
Mr Baba Dee!
What in the world is wrong with you?
You're out here sleeping your ass, while
you're sending me on a wild goose chase.
I see what's going on. [chuckles]
Okay, but guess what?
My gut tells me that
you were trying to fool me.
So, you're trying to buy time.
You're trying to
buy some time. I like it. [chuckles]
I like it, I like it.
You're trying to buy time, so yourself
and your accomplice
can have enough time to hide the money.
But guess what,
while you were making
that plan, I made my own plan.
And I made sure that
my men are working hand in hand
with every bureau de change in the area.
So guess what, boy, you are done!
[in Pidgin] Officer Okoh, I have told you,
I have no business with these people.
I don't know them.
I have told you everything,
I have told you.
Yet everything you said
is not in the right direction.
But guess what,
your wife's alibi checks out,
your neighbour,
even the bus driver! Except you.
You should ask the bus
passengers who were with me.
The people who boarded
the same bus with me.
You should ask them.
Are you dumb or stupid?
Tell me, 16 million people.
Sixteen fucking million people,
that's the number of people in Lagos.
How in the world
am I supposed to go door to door
asking people... Are you dumb?
You better start talking to me because I'm
getting pissed! I'm getting tired of this!
[in Pidgin] What do I... Ah!
Officer Okoh, please. I remember that
when the bus dropped me, I...
[Baba Dee exclaims]
[in Pidgin] What's up?
- SO, SO!
- [chuckles] Baba Dee, Baba Dee.
- How are you this fine morning?
- [in English] I am fine, thanking you.
- I see you're in great spirits.
- [in Pidgin] I'm very fit.
Baba Dee, one minute please.
The estate chairman
dropped a memo for everyone.
Mr SO, I hope they don't
want to have another estate meeting
because I don't have
the strength for another estate fight.
Estate meetings have become chaotic.
Everybody fights all the time.
Baba Dee, take. This is
your boss' copy, okay? Give it to him.
I will give him
once I pick him up at the airport.
Oh, he's returning today?
SO, my boss will land
at exactly 10 a.m. this morning.
- Aah. Interesting.
- [laughs]
- Interesting. Yes.
- SO, I will see you around.
- Detective, I am a retired officer myself.
- Hm.
So, I demand to know what I am doing here.
See, what you just said
reminds me of my time
in Nashville Tennessee,
in the United States,
when I was in the force.
So, we had an officer who was
serving and he was also a serial killer.
You can't fool me.
Okay?
Take a look at me clearly.
You cannot fool me.
So, I'm asking... You know
why you're here. So start talking.
Officer.
If you're... [clears throat] referring
to the robbery at the Boderin's,
we're already cooperating
with the estate's management.
Do I look local to you?
Do I look like I'm concerned
about the estate management?
I am the law!
And I'm the one in charge of this case.
So once more, start talking,
boy. [chuckles].
My apologies... sir.
We reviewed the footage
from the day of the incident.
We checked everyone who came in and
went out but didn't see any face unusual.
Nineteen years in the force
and I'm still treated like that.
Well, my bad, my bad.
Guess, I've got more work to do.
Okay, let's see what we got going on here.
Um, Emmanuel Okoh,
as Detective Chief Inspector.
There. Take a look at that
and tell me what you see.
Do I look like a fool to you?
[in Pidgin] Do I look like a fool?
Now you're talking about...
If you plotted that robbery,
you're not supposed to see
anything on the damn tapes.
So, start talking, boy.
I know you wanna tell me something.
You better start talking
because I can help you.
I can help you get a lighter sentence.
- [indistinct chatter]
- I know I am
- Musa, Musa!
- Ah ah!
- Baba Dee.
- [in Pidgin] How are you?
Mr Baba Dee!
- Musa!
- Mr Baba Dee, Dee, Dee!
- [in Pidgin] How are sales coming?
- [in Pidgin] Very well.
- Is everything okay?
- [in Hausa] By God's grace. Thank you.
- [in English] Welcome. Yes?
- Musa.
Musa, why is everywhere this dirty?
I'm going to clean it.
What do you mean
by you're going to clean it?
It's too dirty!
- I'm going to clean it.
- The boss is coming back this morning.
[in Pidgin] The boss is coming?
The boss will land at
exactly 10 a.m. this morning.
- This morning, today?
- This morning, Musa.
[in Pidgin] Should the boss come
back and find everywhere dirty?
I'm going to clean it, I will clean it.
- Where is Gorom?
- [in Pidgin] Gorom is inside.
- Musa, this is not good. It's not good.
- I'll clean it now, I'm going to clean it.
[in English] That's why you're
here early this morning like this.
- Gorom!
- I'm going to clean it.
[in Pidgin] Gorom!
That's what I'm talking about.
Gorom.
Gorom the Gorom!
[laughs]
I already know all
I'm seeing is your handiwork.
Nobody cleans better than you in Lagos.
[in Pidgin] You know
I'm an expert at this.
- You know.
- Very good, don't forget the backyard.
- You will clean everywhere...
- I've done that.
Okay, breakfast for the boss.
[in Pidgin] You know he arrives
at exactly 10 a.m. this morning.
- This very morning, today?
- That's when the boss will arrive.
Okay, I will do it.
So that everywhere will sparkle.
So that the boss will be
happy and really excited.
Master, I have heard.
It's alright, I have heard.
- Hurry up, continue cleaning.
- Okay. Let me hurry so
- I can go make breakfast. That's me.
- Gorom the Gorom!
[both laughing]
[in Pidgin] Officer, I don't understand
why you brought me back here.
We got new evidence and
I don't think you're gonna like it.
When I spoke to you before you told me,
you sat here and looked me
eyeball to eyeball and you said
you had no idea that Mr Seyi
was coming to town. Am I right?
- Yes.
- Okay.
So how come I just spoke to
Mr Baba Dee and he said a different story.
- [in English] I don't understand.
- Alright.
Let me bring you up to speed.
Mr Baba Dee said
he told you about his boss coming to
town on his way to the airport.
Is that right?
- Yes, he told me.
- Okay.
So, why in the world
did your big Black skull not
think to tell me
when I interrogated you before?
[exclaims]
I thought I told you.
See sir, I swear to God who
made me. Since... as Baba Dee told me
that my boss was
returning, I didn't tell anybody.
I told no soul.
- You're certain about that?
- Yes sir.
- What about... your boyfriend?
- I don't have.
- Your mother?
- I... I...
[comical music playing]
I don't know what
to believe anymore, babe.
It says it right there, baby.
Seventy percent of
home robberies are inside jobs.
So, who... who exactly do we suspect?
Well clearly, Chinagorom let them in.
[sighs]
And even coming to think of it babe,
we both were left with bruises
while she was literally untouched.
Well... [sighs].
Technically babe,
I'm the only one with bruises here.
So, that theory doesn't work.
I don't know what to believe anymore,
I really don't know
what to believe. It's so frustrating.
Well, I guess we'll just wait for Mr Okoh
to be done with his investigation.
Mr Okoh? [laughs].
You know if he was here,
you know what he will say right?
- What? Is Mr...
- [mimicking Okoh] My name is...
Officer. No, Officer. Officer Okoh.
- "From Boston Massachusetts." [laughs]
- From Mas... [laughs]
"From Boston Massachusetts.
I remember the good old days."
[in Pidgin] This one, right?
Thank you. Help me greet your sister.
-[in English] Yes ma. Bye bye, ma. Brother
-Bye bye.
Junior. Brother Junior.
Sorry I kept you waiting.
[in Yoruba] You see,
the small talk is the problem.
[in Pidgin] Angel's dad talks too much and
that's what always puts him in trouble.
So, are they now
saying that he planned it?
I don't know. But that officer
that was deported from America says that...
- [clears throat]
- [Junior] Why are you quiet?
- Angel's mum, well done, ma.
- [in Yoruba] Thank you, ma.
[in Yoruba] I'm sorry about Angel's dad's
predicament. May it never happen again.
I'm sorry but what's
with the useless sympathy?
"May it never happen again."
Did he die or is he sick?
- Or why are you greeting me?
- Are you angry?
[sarcasm] No.
- Don't be annoyed.
- You shouldn't be as well.
Are you still standing here?
- Can I get some spices?
- It's not available.
It's not available. I don't have.
What's wrong? You talkative.
Such a hypocrite and busybody.
Angel's mum, it's okay.
What do you mean Angel's mum? Even you.
Brother Junior,
you are not very intuitive.
[in Pidgin] I was signalling you
to be quiet but you didn't understand.
- [in Pidgin] I'm sorry.
- [in Yoruba] Hold on, I'm coming.
- [Bushura] How many?
- One bag.
[in Pidgin] I no longer sell it
for 300 naira, it's now 350 naira.
[in Yoruba] You know fuel
is now expensive. Bring it.
I heard you sent for me.
Officer Okoh,
I remember another thing.
Start talking.
[tense music playing]
[hailing] DJ, DJ!
Baba Dee!
- DJ, DJ!
- Baba Dee!
- [in Pidgin] How are you?
- [in Pidgin] I'm fine, I'm okay.
Ah ah. DJ, it's been a little while.
Baba Dee, what do you mean
it's been a while? I swear to
God, I have not seen
you in about six months.
- I began to wonder if I had offended you.
- [laughs] Ah ah.
[in English] Offend me, how?
[in Pidgin] You cannot offend me.
You know my boss travelled.
So, the vehicle has
just been at home. Nobody
was driving it and
I didn't have anywhere to go.
- Aah! Oh!
- That's why you don't see me around.
Maybe that's why.
Because I called your number.
It wasn't not going through.
It was only beeping and dropping.
- DJ, DJ!
- Baba Dee!
Okay. Help me check it. The lights
keep coming on. Check the tires for me.
- The front or back tire? Everything?
- [in English] Check everything.
- No problem.
- Why are you hitting it so hard?
I'm only gauging it.
[in Pidgin] Is that how to gauge a tire?
No, it's a normal thing.
Nothing will happend to the tire.
DJ, you have started
with your issues again.
- Don't hit the tires like that.
- Nothing will happen. This is it.
DJ, guage them normally.
No problem.
- Don't be annoyed.
- Please.
- I want to go check something over there.
- Okay,
no problem.
[in Pidgin] Officer, I don't know what I
have done. Why did you bring me here?
What is my offense? What have I done?
Okay, I'll explain that to you.
So, we are investigating a robbery.
[in English] Robbery?
[in Pidgin] How is that my business?
I am just an ordinary vulcanizer.
I don't know anything about a robbery.
I hear you loud and clear. Okay.
Okay.
Do you know Mr Baba Dee?
- Mr Baba Dee?
- Hold on,
Hold on now. Think about it.
Think about it. Mr Baba Dee.
Mr Baba Dee.
- Mr Baba Dee.
- Yup!
This man.
Ah, Baba Dee. I know Baba Dee very well.
- I know you do.
- [in Yoruba] That's a big man.
- [chuckles] Okay.
- [in Pidgin] That's my loyal customer.
- Yeah.
- He pumps his tires at my shop.
That's more like it, that's more like it.
That's... that's more like it.
Hold on, sir.
- Was he the one that stole?
- [chuckles]
I thought you were just about to tell me.
[in Yoruba] Wale, turn off the engine!
- DJ, I don't like how you handle things.
- Turn off the engine!
[in Pidgin] I left for a while and yet...
[splutters] Have you even done this one?
[in Pidgin] Baba Dee, I'm not
playing here. See how sweaty I am.
Whatever. I even bought you a drink.
You bought me a drink.
If I had known,
I wouldn't have bought you one.
Baba Dee, it's not
what you think. Calm down.
Baba Dee, you are frowning.
For the past two years
that I have known you,
I've never seen your face
like this. What is happening?
DJ, it's not like I want to frown at you,
but I have an appointment for ten.
- Ten?
- Eh.
Baba Dee, for you to have an appointment
for ten, means you must have won a bet.
[both laugh]
- I said it. I said it!
- What is wrong with you?
Baba Dee, you have to give me
something. Even if it's extra money.
See you. All you know
is money, nothing more.
Baba Dee, what is
a man's gain if not money?
Baba Dee, I play bets too, but I don't
know what is wrong with my head.
My head feels too strong, I never win.
If you don't win bets,
it does not mean that your
head is strong,
it only means that your head is bad.
- Please, help me.
- DJ,
DJ, I would have loved to
advise you well but because
I'm running out of time,
that's why I'm in a hurry.
You know my special boss? He will
land at exactly 10 a.m. this morning.
- Your boss is coming back today?
- He is coming back.
It's almost ten. You should hurry along.
- Are you done?
- Hurry and get going. I am done.
- Thank you. DJ, DJ!
- Baba Dee!
Don't worry, I'll come to advise you more.
No problem. I appreciate it.
[in Yoruba] You, jack the tire!
You must be insane.
Jack the tire right now!
Baba Dee!
[in Pidgin] Officer, I have
told you everything that happened.
I don't know any other thing.
Okay. How long
have you been doing this job?
How long, how long? Okay, you
know what? Let... let me break it down.
My colleagues are not looking.
Let me come down to your level.
[in Pidgin] How long
have you been doing this job?
Um... for about 11 years.
[in English] Good.
[in Pidgin] With this job,
you must have met a lot of people,
different type of customers.
Yes. There's no one
who hasn't come to our shop
to pump their tires. We've seen everybody.
Nice. You know, even people
that sell guns and ammunition.
Guns? Ah. Officer, what
do guns have to do with
a vulcanizer? I don't know
anything about guns. I'm not a thief.
- I swear to God, I'm not a thief.
- [Okoh chuckles]
See, what you just said now made me
remember my time in Atlanta, Georgia.
I once shot a man in the foot and
in the eyes because he was lying to me.
Are you... are you lying to me?
[in English] I'm not lying to you.
I swear to God, I'm not lying.
You see, I'll ask you one last time.
The gun and the money, where is it?
[in Pidgin] I don't know anything.
I'm just a vulcanizer.
Where do I want to get a gun?
I don't know anything.
- Are you... Are you mad?
- [yelps, exclaims]
[comical music playing]
- Mr Baba Dee!
- Imade, Imade!
Imade, Imade!
Ah ah, It's been a while we saw you, sir.
- I know, I know. How is everything?
- Fine.
- No problem? Ah! Thanking God.
- At all. Thank God.
Thanking God.
- The usual?
- Yes, yes, yes.
Thanking you.
Imade Imade, Ade's boss, the head
That fits the crown, Imade's father
[exhales]
What do I do with this man?
What do I do with this man?
Okay. Now, listen up.
So, the filling station girl
has dismissed your claim.
She said you only
exchanged pleasantries with her
and she does not even know your boss.
So, what am I supposed to believe?
- [in Pidgin] The first part is true.
- Okay.
The second part is... also true.
[Eneh] Any update?
[Okoh] I wish.
See, the case is proving
to be harder than I thought.
Obviously. This is 20,000 pounds
we're talking about.
Look. Whosoever had the guts to come
into our home and point a gun at myself
and my husband clearly was not
thinking of being caught any time soon.
Well, madam you need to understand
we have interrogated over eight persons.
- Eight?
- Yes, eight.
And apparently, your... your cook
told her mother about your arrival.
[Eneh] Well, I'm... I'm not surprised.
My gut tells me that she was
the one who brought in those thieves.
They came, they left, and they left her
with absolutely no bruises on her body.
Yeah, I understand you.
However, her alibi checks out.
So, I had to send some of my men to
the hospital she said her mother is at.
And... she's mentally ill.
I don't think
they could have pulled that off.
[Eneh] Just keep digging.
I... I... I know that Seyi acts like he
is not bothered but trust me, he is.
The thing is, cause I'm trying to
make sure... Oh, we have another suspect.
[in Pidgin] I didn't do anything.
- [Eneh] A new suspect?
- Yes.
So, you need to understand
that your... your driver
has a problem with shutting the hell up.
He told everybody
that you were coming to town.
And that's why we have
this problem on our hands.
I have spoken to over seven or eight
persons who are saying the same thing.
Jesus Christ.
Well, I have to go now. I will let you
know as soon as I have any more updates.
Alright.
- Man.
- Sir!
Who have we got?
Okay.
Well...
[snaps fingers] Okay!
Let's go catch some criminals.
- [Okoh exhales, yelps]
- Officer Okoh.
Are you crazy?
[Okoh] What is wrong with you?
You better shut your mouth.
Put your eyes on this man.
You're loose, this boy.
[in Pidgin] Gorom, my airtime will
soon get exhausted, so listen to me.
Help me tell Musa, all the dirt
in front of the compound,
the junk, everything I told him to clear
and he didn't, tell him to clear them.
He should clear out
everything, thanking you.
Ehn ehn, This card has been discontinued.
What do you mean?
[in Pidgin] You know it's been
a while since you bought fuel from us.
This card is no longer in use.
Imade, you mean to say that
I can no longer use this card?
But there is a new one.
It's not about getting the new one.
The thing is I don't want
to be late to the airport.
My special boss, you remember him? He
will land at exactly 10 a.m. this morning.
I don't want to waste time
so as not to keep him waiting.
- Imade, please. Can you do me a favour?
- Alright.
You will pay for me
and I'll transfer the money to you.
Baba Dee, that's no problem.
You are a good man.
- Imade, you will do this for me?
- For sure. That's no problem.
[in Pidgin] So because
he mentioned the airport
means that I know
who he's going to pick up?
Well, you could have guessed.
And on the other hand,
you said he told you
his boss was coming to town.
Officer, on this matter, you have no case.
Because that very day,
I was at the station throughout.
If you had the sense to do your work
well, you would have asked my colleagues
at work and they would have told
you that I was at the station all day.
Hey! What's that?
What's that? Is it because
I'm trying to be decent with you?
And you're running your mouth. You're
talking about... Yes, we made our findings
and we found out that you left the
station around 1 p.m. in the afternoon.
To go buy lunch, Officer.
Or is it a crime to eat?
You brought me from my station
only to ask me foolish questions.
Questions you could have
asked me at my station.
Hey! [tuts]
[in Esan] Lord have mercy.
[in English] I'm just looking at you
like my junior sister.
This your mouth you're running up
and down... First of foremost,
you have to understand
there's what we call due process.
[in English] process my foot!
Due process my foot. You are looking
for who to pin this on, I'm not the one.
[in Pidgin] Tell them I'm not the one.
Come, come, come, watch your tongue.
Watch your tongue, what's wrong with you?
I'm talking to you, you're running your
mouth. You're talking to... They don't talk
to an officer like that. What's wrong...
[splutters] Are you playing with me here?
Anyway, you can go. You can go.
Leave now before I change my mind.
-Who are you eyeing? Is it me you're... Wait
-[sneers]
Officers, did anybody see that?
[groovy music playing]
Thanking you. Thanking you.
[groovy music playing]
[groovy music continues playing]
Officer Okoh,
please, any good news?
[in Pidgin] Officer Okoh, I have told
you everything I know about this matter.
I told you all the people. I even tried to
dig into my memory. I tried
to remember everybody I saw.
I told you everything
and didn't hide anything from you.
I cannot do anything
bad to my boss, I can't.
I don't even have
bad thoughts towards my boss,
not to talk of doing anything bad to him.
Sir, someone is here to see you.
[groovy music playing]
[grunts]
- Stay with my food.
- Okay sir.
[groovy music playing]
Sorry about that.
I had a rather busy day and
I think I must have... okay.
Oh, several missed calls, I'm sorry ma'am.
Can I speak to him?
Alone?
Why would you wanna do that?
Well, maybe I'll be able
to get some information out of him.
You know, seeing as he is rather chatty.
Well, that young man
is a hardened criminal
and I don't think chatting or talking
to him is gonna do anything but,
that's fine.
Officer, yeah. Bring in the suspect.
Baba Dee.
Alright.
I spent about seven or eight hours... Yep.
Well done, madam.
[in Pidgin] How's my boss?
- He's...
- Okay, let me just um... I'll be outside.
Thank you.
Madam, how is the boss feeling?
He's in and out.
You know the drugs make him
really drowsy but, all in all, he's fine.
Thanking God.
You know the first time I ever heard
about you was from your husband.
When I went to go pick him
up at the airport at Heathrow,
[chuckles] in a taxi.
And he was so overwhelmed by the silence
that he started to have
a conversation with the driver.
Which really surprised
me because it's very unlike
my husband to partake
in any sort of chit-chat.
Most especially with a stranger.
So when we got home,
I asked him about it and
he said, blame it on Baba Dee.
And he went on to say how he
started working with this amazing driver.
He really spoke about
you in such high esteem.
Yet, I'm seated here today
and I can't help but think
that definitely
you played a role in the robbery.
[in Pidgin] Madam, please
don't say such a thing. Madam, please.
Madam, I didn't do it, I already told you.
So, what happened?
You're the only one that knew
that we had money in the house.
[Eneh] So, what school
will she be attending?
[in Pidgin] She will attend Bangkok.
Bangkok? I... I think that's a country.
- Babcock?
- That's it.
[laughs]
- That's a great choice though.
- Babcock.
That's a very good choice.
Isn't... isn't the school fees
quite on the high side?
It's expensive but my Angel
was given a 60% scholarship.
Baba Dee, you know
I always want to support.
- [in English] I know.
- But right now there's no cash.
[in Pidgin] Boss, I understand.
There's no need to explain to me.
My boss. Thanking you, boss. Madam...
We haven't changed our money
so we don't have any naira
but uh, here is five hundred pounds.
[shouts, exclaims]
- [in Yoruba] Boss!
- What's going on?
[in Pidgin] Boss, this is pounds.
[in Yoruba] The Queen's currency.
- [Seyi] It's for Angel's school fees.
- Ah! My boss.
[exclaims, shouts]
Madam!
- [Seyi roars playfully]
- [Eneh laughs]
Okay. Easy, tiger.
No, I'm not the easy tiger.
I'm the wildest tiger in the jungle.
- [mockingly] Ehhh! Good evening!
- [gasps]
[thief] You people are acting lovey-dovey.
It's good, I'm coming,
don't stop. I'm coming.
You, just stay there and watch.
- Who are you?
- [mocks] Who am I?
- [yells] No!
- Fuck! Easy, easy.
- Are you supposed to talk?
- Please, please.
Are you okay? Do you
think I'm... I'm here to play?
If you try any rubbish
again, I will call my colleague.
[in Yoruba] We'll both deal with you.
- No, no, no.
- [thief in English] Are you sick?
[Seyi groans in pain]
[thief] Now that we have sorted that.
Let's try this again.
- Good evening!
- Good evening, sir.
Better. Now, you're talking.
Where is the pounds in this house?
- What pounds? What pounds?
- Pounds?
- [thief] Okay, there's no pounds?
- No.
- I got the wrong information?
- I think so, I think so.
So, you people
did not land today at 10 a.m.?
- What. What?
- [thief] What? Ehn?
What's what?
- There's no pounds in this house, right?
- There's no pounds.
There's no pounds in this house.
[in Yoruba] Hold on.
- What? Wait, wait, wait.
- [in English] Don't... If you move!
- [thief] There's no pounds in this house.
- [Seyi] Let's talk, man to man, please.
- [thief] There's no pounds.
- There's no pounds, there's no pounds.
- You know you people are stressing me.
- Please.
We'll try it again for the third time.
Earlier before I entered,
he was trying to use his gun on you.
Let's see whether if I use my gun on
you, you wouldn't provide the pounds.
- [frantic] No!
- Let me use my gun on you.
- [Seyi] No!
- [Eneh screaming in fear]
Leave her alone, leave her alone!
No. Please.
Please, check the bag, please.
[in Yoruba] And you were stressing me?
- Please, that's all we have. Please.
- Please.
- God will help you, it will not be there.
- It's there.
God will help you that, I will search the
bag and there will be no pounds there.
[in Yoruba] That means you life is ruined.
- It's okay.
- [thief exclaims]
There's pounds there.
[Okoh] Ma'am, who else
knew about the pounds?
No one.
Well, my gut tells me he did it.
But I can assure you this.
Two days. Max three, tops.
He's gonna loosen up, he's gonna
crack. He's gonna start talking.
I promise you that.
Seyi thinks
we're going a little overboard.
No, we're good.
You know, he's very trusting of his staff.
And you don't?
Well, to be honest, I'm hardly around.
This is my first trip back
home in the past three years.
I personally hired Chinagorom
and Musa but this driver... it was him.
I see.
You see, the thing is, you and I both know
your husband is quite uh...
lenient and um, very trustworthy.
And I don't think he did
due diligence before hiring this man.
Because clearly looking at him,
that guy don't look too good to me.
So, but, we'll get to
the bottom of this, I promise.
Well, true.
But if there's one thing I know about
my husband in our five year marriage,
is the fact that he always trusts
his guts and it has never failed him.
[chuckles] I see.
Well...
You said that um, Baba Dee mentioned
that he told a number of people.
Several people! A lot of people!
And that just pisses me off.
What business do you
have with the neighbours?
He told the neighbours,
he told people on the bus.
He told the vulcanizer on the street.
Wow. He... he clearly
was singing like a canary.
He just went on and on.
I don't... I don't get it.
[groans] And...
Have they all been questioned?
Every single one of them.
And guess what, their story checks out.
They're good.
I don't know what to say.
One thing I noticed was before
your arrival, he said he told no one.
That he drove straight to
the filling station and went home.
I don't know, I honestly don't know.
[cars honking]
[pensive music playing]
- Babe, wait, wait. Isn't that Baba Dee?
- What?
Well, he'll be fine.
You know what? At this rate,
I should get myself my own driver.
So he can be singing me
praises everywhere I go.
- Wait, you don't mean that. Take it back.
- Of course, I do.
Am I not supposed to
be your personal driver?
- Hmmm.
- I mean...
I can think of several ways to drive you.
- Oh yeah?
- Mm-hm.
Well, catch me if you can.
Aw, baby, come here.
[dialer ringing]
[Okoh] Oh, that's it. Oh, that's it!
[yells] That's it!
One second. That's it!
- You're a liar, you're a stupid liar.
- [Baba Dee exclaims] I didn't lie.
- Get your ass up!
- [Baba Dee yells]
- I didn't lie.
- Who did you tell about your boss?
Who did you tell about your boss?
- Officer Okoh, I have told you everything.
- You're a liar!
- I will fuck you up!
- [in Pidgin] I said from the house...
- Who did you tell about your boss?
- Officer Okoh, from the
house, I went to the estate,
from the estate,
I went to the filling station.
From the filling station,
I went to the vulcanizer.
From the vulcanizer,
I went to the airport.
That's everywhere I went.
Officer Okoh, that's all I did. Please.
- You're not telling me the truth!
- Officer Okoh...
If you did not tell somebody about this,
it means you stole the money!
- Where is the money?
- Officer Okoh! [yells]
Officer Okoh! [yelling] Officer Okoh!
- Officer Okoh...
- [Okoh] Okay, okay.
What about after your boss arrived?
- Who did you tell?
- Officer Okoh...
Okay, okay,
I will tell you. I know, I know.
[in Pidgin] I didn't tell anybody.
Officer Okoh, I... No... We only ate.
Officer Okoh, we all ate at the house.
- Man, this boy got me mixed up.
- When...
when we were done eating,
my boss gifted me some money.
After he gave me money,
I went to the bureau de change.
After that... Officer Okoh, don't hit me!
- Officer... [yelling]
- Take that! Take that!
- Officer Okoh, please!
- You're holding me?
Officer, send me two more men.
- Officer Okoh, please, that's all I know.
- [Okoh] Man, something is not adding up!
If you did not tell somebody,
then you stole that money with somebody.
- [Okoh] You better start talking.
- [sobbing]
Officer Okoh.
Something doesn't add up.
I know... I know
you better not be lying to me.
-Officer Okoh,
-What is it?
[lively music plays]
- Hey. Got a problem with me?
- [security] Good day sir.
I'm under strict instructions not to
allow Mr Baba Dee inside the estate.
The CSO said he's a suspect.
You are some wanted criminal.
Can I have a word with the CSO?
Boss.
Officer, please I need your help.
Can you please come into the car?
CSO, they're with me.
- Alright.
- [Okoh] Yeah.
[Okoh] Get in the damn car.
[in Yoruba] My boss.
[in Pidgin] Please, don't be annoyed.
I remembered that as
I went to the bureau de change...
- He's a miracle working God
- [man yells] Musa!
He's the Alpha and Omega
Nwanyawu!
Nwanyawu!
Nwanyawu!
- Baba Dee!
- Nwanyawu.
- Dee for pilot!
- [both laugh]
Good to see you.
[in Pidgin] I've not been
seeing you in the estate.
[in Pidgin] Why are you
looking for me in your estate?
My boss hasn't been around.
[in English] Ah, that's true.
You won't believe that I've forgotten.
- My boss travelled.
- Oh wow.
But my boss is back. He landed
at exactly 10 a.m. this morning.
- [in English] Yes.
- Wow, wow, wow, good to know.
[in Pidgin] I actually
came looking for Musa.
Because I need paper tape for some work.
[in Pidgin] Musa has gone to pray.
Have you forgotten that today is Friday?
- Today is Friday?
- Oh no, today is Sunday.
- Today is really Friday.
- Today is Friday.
I will have to go outside
the estate to get paper tape.
This paper tape
that you've mentioned, I know that
if I search inside the house,
I would find one.
- [in English] Very good.
- But I'm in a hurry.
- I won't be able to wait.
- Baba Dee, where are you off to?
[exclaims loudly]
My bad, my bad! I'm so sorry.
- What is wrong with you?
- [in Pidgin] Isn't that dollars?
What do you mean by dollar?
Does this look like dollar bills to you?
- [in English] What's it?
- This is bigger than the dollar.
- This is called pounds.
- Pounds.
That's why white people
say, if I pounce on you.
- Oh, pounds.
- Because it is heavy.
So, if I pounce on you.
Baba Dee, please pounce on me,
show the boy some love.
I want to start making pounds.
If you want to start making
pounds, you will need to stay humble.
- I'm humble.
- You will do every task you're given.
- Okay.
- You'll go about your activities
- like a good man.
- I'll do it.
So, God will then bless
you with a good boss like mine.
Baba Dee, what are you trying to say?
[in Pidgin] Your boss gifted you pounds?
[in English] For what?
Are you arguing with me
about the type of man my boss is?
- My boss gifted me this pounds!
- You boss gifted you pounds.
You're making me shout.
My boss gifted me the pounds.
Do you know what happened?
I was just on my own
when Angel called me
to talk about her school matter.
I felt bad and my boss noticed.
He then asked me
what happened and I told him.
That's how my boss entered
his room and came out with pounds.
- [exclaims]
- He pounce...
- Leave...
- [in English] I'm sorry.
Pounds? Baba Dee, you're lucky.
[in Pidgin] Where do you want to
change the pounds? So I can escort you.
- Nwanyawu.
- So that...
- Nwanyawu.
- Hmm.
Where I want to change the pounds.
- You think you're smart.
- [in English] How?
You want me to take you
to where I want to change the pounds
so that when we
get there, you'll pounce on me.
- [in Pidgin] That's not true.
- Because you think I'm foolish.
Nwanyawu, that
does not concern you at all.
When Musa gets back,
I'll tell him to call you.
- Nwanyawu!
- Baba Dee.
- Nwanyawu.
- Baba Dee.
Your pounds have fallen.
[laughs mockingly]
[in English] What a nuisance.
[in Yoruba] Bad boy, how far?
A deal just came up.
It's a big deal.
Meet me at the estate.
Hurry up and meet me at the estate.
[anticipatory music playing]
He's on his way.
Well, good news.
So, I have my men
stationed around the estate.
Yeah.
So, I'm just gonna say this, right?
If this Nwanyo... whatever
fellow is responsible for this,
your men are going to
have a lot of explaining to do.
Mr Seyi, I don't see why.
If anyone should be explaining here...
Mr Baba Dee here should be and not us.
- [Seyi] Baba Dee?
- [CSO] Yes.
What does Baba Dee have to do with this?
Is it Baba Dee that I pay
estate security dues to?
Is he the one that I pay
to make sure that every single
person going in and out
of this estate is vetted?
What is he saying?
Sir, this is an entirely different case.
Nwanyawu is a member of
the estate maintenance team
and he's registered,
hence can come in freely.
Aah, he can come in freely.
Well, Mr CSO,
do you see what the effect of
his coming in freely has cost me?
Hello.
Say that again.
Okay.
Well, he has been apprehended.
Let's go. Up!
Please just go, Baba Dee, it's fine.
[Okoh] Yeah, yeah, that's him.
That's him. He confessed
to the whole damn thing.
Nwanyawu.
Nwanyawu.
[in Pidgin] So, you did this.
My brother, it's the work of the devil.
Oh, shut up!
You all go on about blaming the devil for
everything that happens in your lives.
You are responsible for that action.
And listen up, he was not alone,
he had an accomplice.
Uh, one of
the maintenance guys called Okon.
- Not Okoh, Okon.
- Okon?
Yep. They plotted
the whole thing out and did the robbery.
- That's him.
- Nwanyawu.
- Nwanyawu.
- I've learnt my lesson.
But if you and Okon need money,
you can come to me.
- [yelling]
- Oh!
- So it was you who did this to my boss.
- [Seyi] Baba Dee.
- So, it was you.
- Get out of here! What is wrong with you?
Boss, don't be annoyed.
I beg you in God's name, don't be annoyed.
- Baba Dee, go home.
- Boss, don't be annoyed.
[yells] Go home!
Now, get this... Lock this man up.
- Lock this man up!
- Baba Dee help me, please.
They are pulling me inside,
they're pulling me, please.
I'm hungry, please.
What is... what is going on? Damn!
What in the world?
[in Yoruba] Brother Junior, I am fed up.
Angel's mum, I'm sure
God will take control.
[Bushura] He should take control,
that's also my prayer.
Is that not Mr Baba Dee?
My husband. My husband.
[in Pidgin] I have been praying
that you will not end up going to
[in Yoruba] court. The Lord
has answered my prayers.
[in Pidgin] Baba Dee,
how did everything go?
So sorry, Angel's dad.
Thank you Lord.
[Eneh] No, that cannot happen.
[Seyi] It was a mistake, Eneh.
But a costly one at that.
- He has surely learnt his lesson by now.
- Has he?
Look, I'm the one
who knows how people's minds work.
Don't do that with Baba Dee.
- He's not one of your patients.
- What's the difference, huh?
What's the difference
between mental illness
and someone who just chats endlessly.
- Like some sort of auto-chatterbox.
- He's not a chatterbox.
Stop calling him
these names, he... I don't like it.
It's Baba Dee.
He just enjoys making small talks.
It's his nature. Come on.
Small talks, huh?
Was it the same small talks that
had both of us tied up together?
Or was it small talks
that had you beaten so badly?
Or... or was it small talks
that had me literally facing
one of the worst and most
traumatic experiences of my life, babe?
Look, babe.
Can you just relax, please?
Some small talks, yeah?
I don't like the fact that we're having
this argument. We shouldn't be fighting.
Those men came in here with a gun.
They could have shot you.
Or... or shot me.
Then what will
they say at the funeral, hm?
It was small talks that got them here.
Babe, they beat you so badly.
What if you had a hemorrhage and died?
I don't know what I would... [sighs]
It's okay, it's fine.
Look. I hear you, okay?
Can you just calm down.
[sniffles] Babe, I... I don't
feel comfortable.
I don't want him here. I don't feel safe.
- You can always get another driver.
- It's fine. I totally agree with you.
[Eneh] Babe, he's... he's got to go.
[Seyi] No problem.
[in Pidgin] You this mouth,
see the problem you have caused.
God gave us mouths to talk, sing and eat,
and I used mine to cause this problem.
Good morning boss.
Good morning Baba Dee.
Sorry boss.
Uh, thank you.
[clears throat] Um...
- Baba Dee...
- Boss, you don't need to say it.
[in English] I deserve it.
Although, I'm hurt.
[in Pidgin] Because you're
like my special gift from God.
But I have destroyed
everything with my mouth.
Please madam, I'm sorry.
Boss, please plead
with madam on my behalf.
She shouldn't be annoyed.
Because it's not that
I have bad thoughts towards you.
I can never have bad thoughts towards you.
But when you mentioned that you were
coming back, I couldn't contain my joy.
That's why I started announcing
that my special boss is coming back.
I didn't know that
it'll land you in this problem.
- Please, I'm sorry.
- Baba Dee,
It's fine.
Look...
I wish things were different but...
Madam doesn't want you
to remain here, so you have to go.
[in English] I understand.
Well, we've paid your salary
in full so that it can ease the pain.
Salute to the best boss
in the whole world.
Thank you boss.
Baba Dee, you're a good man.
- Thanking you.
- You're the best driver I've ever had.
[Baba Dee] Thanking you boss.
[sad music playing]
Just hold on. Um...
Chinagorom said you forgot
this the other day, so, please...
[in Pidgin] Boss, I don't deserve it.
I cannot take it from you.
It's not about you,
it's about Angel's school fees.
Okay? She deserves it.
Please.
- Thank you boss.
- It's fine, it's fine.
- It's fine, it's okay.
- Thanking you.
It's okay.
[sobbing]
[sad music playing]
I don't have bad thoughts towards my boss.
[in Pidgin] Everything will be alright.
Sorry. We will miss you.
[door opens]
[door shuts]
["Gongo Aso" by 9ice playing]
Baby, it's your song.
Oh.
- Mr. Austin, please turn up the volume.
- Yes... yes, ma.
[singing along]
Baby? Baby, why
aren't you singing along now?
Nothing.
So, Mr Austin, what do you think
about this song? Do you know it?
Yes... yes, ma.
But I don't think it's a nice song.
[in Yoruba] My darling,
the love of my life.
[in English] How are you?
[in Pidgin] Hope you're
now liking the food?
Tofu? What is Tofu?
Bushura, give me the phone.
[in Pidgin] Give me the phone.
All you care about is food.
You're not even asking
her about her studies.
[in Yoruba] It's all a part of it. It's
only when she eats that she can learn.
[in English] My engineer.
- [chuckles]
- [indistinct chatter]
[in Pidgin] Ah. Anybody who is paying as
much as we are will call you an engineer.
Let me call you an engineer.
How's school? Hmm?
Hope you are reading
your books and remaining focused?
[distant indistinct chatter]
[in English] Very good.
Angel, please, remember
the daughter of who... of whom you are.
[in Pidgin] Don't be talkative. All that
small talk implicates people in life.
- Okay, I will...
- [knock on door]
- My dear Angel, don't join bad gangs.
- [in English] Come inside.
Bye bye.
- Baba Dee, I got the job.
- [in Yoruba] What's wrong?
- Eh?
- I got the job. Angel's mum I got the job.
- [in English] Ah! Congratulations.
- Junior.
[in Pidgin] Junior,
you have gotten the job?
At last.
I am happy for you.
I told you not to worry, Junior.
I've been praying for you.
I told you to calm down.
Delay is not Delilah.
- Denial, Baba Dee.
- That's it.
- Can you see this? God has done it.
- Thank you, Baba Dee.
After all these years,
it's your small, small
talk and advise that used to give me hope.
-Junior,
-[Bushura] Can you see the wonders of God?
- my small talk and advise gives you hope?
- Of course.
It means my small talk can also be useful.
Yes. Although you talk too much
sometimes, that's all you need to stop.
[in Yoruba] Every bad thing
has its own usefulness.
You don't even need to tell me that.
I have learned
my lesson that being talkative
isn't good. Everyone should
learn to calm down.
- It's everyday we...
- [knock on door]
Come inside.
It looks like...
- [tense beat plays]
- [exclaims]
- [Eneh] Baba Dee.
- Madam.
Madam.
How are you?
- [in Yoruba] Welcome ma.
- [in English] Welcome Madam.
Madam, hope there's no problem?
- All is well, all is well.
- [in Pidgin] How is my boss?
He's fine.
Um... Do you have some time?
I would like to have a talk with you.
I have time.
Ah, Madam.
[lively music playing]
Subtitle translation by: Anu Akiyode