7. Cele bus stop- Along Mile 2
Lagosians have an abbreviation for the Celestial churches, and that is “Cele” and that is the concept behind naming this bus-stop after some celestial church within.
Takuti Jesu- Ajah
It remains somewhat unclear to me why this bus-stop was named “Taku ti Jesu”, a name which basically means never letting go of Jesus. Perhaps some new form of admonition, so don’t let go till you get what you want.
Somebody, must have read Jacob’s story.
Mongoro- Along Oshodi- Egbeda road
Now this is one very funny one. Just like coconut, this is supposed to be Mango bus-stop, but the conductors never fail to call it “mongoro”, I can’t forget how much i laughed the first time I deciphered it.
There’s ‘Abule Tailor’ (Tailor’s village, literally, lol)and ‘Salolo’ on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway and ‘Agbo malu’ (which means cow arena) on the road that leads to Ajegunle, off Marine Beach in Apapa.
Well, we have Onigbagbo (believer). Still would love to know how it came about tho.