"Don't talk of others let us talk about ourself"
"See,take us for a good decade we went on hunger strike for so many times without number.I could recall hunger strike of more than 40 days.Take 40 days hunger strike for every six months.We live on stipends of twenty k from overseas and rent of one hundred ten thousand per annum for almost a decade paid from father's assets."white power recalled
"You should add you daily meagre wages too from car wash points and bakery gigs.It add a notch or two."
"That sounds ridiculous and we re terribly under employed." White power rebuked.
"See yemisi okelola street was a sesame street but finally we got to the end of the tunnel.I could recall you told me to go back to check the properties way back home"
"Yeah it help a lot and we moved up a notch."
"I saw hell when I went back home."
"Due to COVID-19 incident "
"Exactly because the incidence created paucity of funds for us in Lagos and we had to go back home "
"You said you were attacked "
"Yeah about eight guys came with cutlasses and matchetes oblivious of whom I was."
"Matchetes!"
"Yeah four of them brandished matchetes with red eyes.I was saved by brother gbemisoye one of the only surviving workers in the family silver."
"Finally you chased away some tenants"
"Why won't I? They were stealing money.They diverted our tenants . Caretakers,agents,relatives etc."
"How did you do it?"
"I got home and went straight to factory and chased the back tenants away.Then a year or two after I chased away tenant lady at odoru a school proprietress who was paying next to nothing.She was paying nothing while claiming the building was dilapidated and yet believe paying teachers well was better than paying owner of the property well .Her husband even insulted and I was so annoyed.I said you will stay no longer in that apartment.You see."
"You said Iya awo was annoyed at okelerin when you chased out tenants.How did you handle that too?"
"What would she do or say?She only said that they would use police to arrest you o.But I said It was already done that I had chased them away.Then I came back to Lagos double the rent to a forty k from twenty k.See determination."
"You know I told you."
"We did that and all of a sudden the rent income jumped to a half million then ten million and we bought several lands in cheaper location in Lagos.We built houses and even mansions in choice areas of Lagos.
When we moved to unity street revenue from overseas also skyrocketed and we cutting deals in Lagos islands like Dangotes and otedolas,adenugas and adelekes of this world.You name it"
"See the best experience is hunger and nothing like it."
"We didn't learn a trade"
"Won't you learn that we re different?"
"I know "
"But you did journalism a bit"
"They didn't pay me much"
"Is because you don't have mass communication certificate.Probably the only illiterate to try journalism n Nigeria. Good record you may not like it."
"I see that you re right."
"People not ready to make a difference."
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