AJ CitiesAJ
Deported from London, beaten in a cell, broke on a veranda bench. He has a plan, a London accent and a debt to the gate police.
Dozie lives across the corridor from AJ at Iloro House. Lend him ₦500 and you will see ₦50 of it again.
AJ’s neighbour, always in opportunities
Dozie: Chidozie "Big Break" Nnadi
Economics graduate, second class upper, "in opportunities". He borrows ₦500 and pays back ₦50, exactly once.
Write it down so history remembers that Chidozie pays his debts.Dozie, repaying ₦50 of ₦500
- Lives
- Room 6, Iloro House
- Degree
- Economics, second class upper
- In
- Opportunities
- Wants
- To move to Lekki
Chidozie Nnadi has a degree in economics and no intention of using it for a nine-to-five. "Nine-to-five is how they keep a visionary small. I'm in opportunities." Crypto, forex, investment clubs, one small import deal — any of them could be the big break, and when it comes he is moving to Lekki.
His latest is BreakCoin. Before that, a guy in Dubai who sends him arrows on WhatsApp: "Green arrow, I buy. Red arrow, I pray." He also knows about a generator that runs on water. Accuse him of running a scam and he is wounded: "Yahoo? Me? I have a degree."
In the game
Also on June 12 Street
Chuks
Big, kind and always cooking. He knew AJ before London, and he feeds him before he asks a single question.
Danger
The most dangerous man on June 12 Street and the one it loves most: a stare that stops a fight, a laugh you can hear from the gate, and a notebook of verses.
Benny
Small, quick and never short of a word. If it is moving this week, Benny has it, and it is written in a notebook with a rubber band around it.
Tiny
The smallest room, the emptiest pocket and the busiest door on June 12 Street. Nobody can explain it, least of all Benny.