The rise and rise of in Lagos????
I was born in Lagos in the late 80s in the ever-busy Island maternity hospital and grew up in the clustered buildings of Ebute-ero my grandparents and theirs have lived there and I recalled attending Holy Trinity Anglican church recently for a memorial service and took a walk after to see where I grew up and was accosted by some “Area Boys” popularly called Agberos.
“Biggie, how far? Drop something for boys naa….Alaye, filee!!!”
I gave them the mint 200naira notes with me and I could recognise a distant cousin, sitting not quite far from them. “Boda Ahmed, se eyin niyen” (Bro Ahmed, is that you?) and he walked towards me, screaming in excitement as he’s not seen me since my wedding and before that over 20 years ago. He asked all the boys to return my money and they did reluctantly and asked them to escort us both to Aunty Kuburat’s restaurant(his sister) and reiterated to them that I am family and must not be harassed in any way.
He told me he handles the Ebute Ero park and was doing fine, I asked him some questions and not until today would make sense to me. Elections were just concluded and lots of people were divided across religious, partisan and ethnic/tribal lines. Some of the discussions were centred around MC Oluomo, leader of the NURTW(Lagos chapter) and his growing influence in the state and beyond. But, was he the first? who was before him? what structures are in place? how is it run in other states? Here’s your cue to grab something to eat and drink.
Slide2: Bomboy
Slide3: Itu Kadoso
Slide4: Bomboy
Slide5: Adebayo Ogundare (Success)
Pre-2000s NURTW
At a rally in 2019, the Lagos State Treasurer of the union, MC Oluomo, was stabbed while some other persons, including journalists, escaped death by the whiskers. Incidentally, in the Second Republic,
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