Omtis Celebrates

Homo sapiens by nature are built to associate. When I was in the university I belonged to a group of noble men called the 3 musketeers (well we became 4 after inducting 1 more member). We were Yemi Coker, Henry Egbunike, Biodun Elemide and the inducted member was Eyinaya Mbagwu. Our sole aim was freeing men from the depression associated with studying Zoology and just having a really good time.
By that same association I was talking about, I became and inducted member of OMTIS, to which my brother was one founding members. They stood to for the cause that man’s true identity could be traced to the bottle. In reality they were a bunch of mutants whose threshold for alcohol was so high very few souls rarely saw them get to their limits. (My induction ceremony was a nightmare)
On sat the 6th of November we ushered one of the last few single members of OMTIS into marriage. Wola Oyesoro was getting married to Moradeyo Adeyemi.

Shevshenko& Wola


From L-R: G. o gbo, Vas1, Wola, Jigga

When OMTIS gathers for any occasion you’re guaranteed to find 2 things, Beer and lots of cars. I got an opportunity to drive for myself 3 cars, the new series Toyota Camry, the 2003 Nissan Xterra and Jigga’s own speeder.
The Toyota camry owned by G.O gbo, was really a sweet car, it came with leather seats, steering mounted controls for the audio system, cruise control and a really cool feature that adjusts the audio system to match the engine noise as you increase speed on the highway thereby ensuring engine noise never drowns whatever it is you’re listening to. It also came with Toyota’s in line 4 Cylinder engine. What that means is that you get 30MPG which is great for your wallet and 169HP. unfortunately as a driver’s car; you might want to sacrifice those MPG values for the 6 cylinder engine putting out 268HP. There is such a long delay between stamping flat on the accelerator and that throw back feeling into the seat I experience everytime in Jigga’s (penciled eye) camry. It makes you hesitate when you want to instantly overtake. Other than the lack of power the camry has so much rear room you can throw a party in the back seat.
After driving the Xterra it further stengtened my belief that bigger isn’t always better. The Xterra had a 3.5L v6 that was eager to go. The ride height was so high up that I felt I was driving a 10 storey building and the hood was so long that it felt I was driving from the back seat of Slama. I have always said short of driving an X5, or a Porsche Cayyene all other SUV’s were nothing more refined than a Toyota Hilux. The Xterra proved this. The Suspension was so out of date hat it felt I was driving a dinosaur. It could do only 1 thing, go in a straight line and that wasn’t even very fast. Avoiding any of the potholes on ikorodu road at top speed was met with so much dip and dive that I wonder why anyone would ever buy any of these relics from prehistoric times.
Jigga’s speeder ofcourse proved itself 1ce more. We attempted to have a go off a green light with a G55 AMG(it packs over 500 hp), we were met with a nothing more than a huge embarrassment. We didn’t even have the decency of seeing the guy’s red light go into the distance. We could only here the sound of that roar from Mercedes 5.5L supercharged beast. Really Jigga’s car proved to be the better of the three from a driver’s perspective. It’s decently fast, which inspires you to throw it harder everytime.
From a realistic point of view, I’d take G.o Gbo’s 2007 Camry. The reason being, it’s newer, and for everyday driving in Lagos it’d be more than sufficient for all the overtaking you’d need to do. Next on my list would be Jigga’s speeder. As a gift I wouldn’t take the Xterra. It’s very thirsty on fuel and I don’t trust the handling one bit.
We all had so much fun at Wola’s wedding ceremony, it was filled with so much Swagg. Happy married life Wola and Moradeyo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!