AJ CitiesJune 12 Street
The estate's one main street: a coal pot, a rooming house, a clinic, a gym, a restaurant and a club.
The estate
Abraham Adesyan Estate
A walled estate on the edge of Ajegunle, where Navy Town meets Kirikiri. One street, one club, one gate that costs ₦2,500,000.
- Where
- Edge of Ajegunle, Lagos, beside Navy Town and Kirikiri
- Main street
- June 12 Street
- Neighbours
- Kirikiri prison across the road to the east; the Ajegunle Joint Training Facility behind the west wall, toward Navy Town
- Ways in
- The main gate (north), a side gate, the bush footpath (south)
Abraham Adesyan Estate is a walled estate on the edge of Ajegunle, Lagos, where Navy Town meets Kirikiri. It is the world of AJ Cities: small enough to know everybody, big enough to get lost in at night when the power goes.
Across the road to the east is the wall of Kirikiri prison, its watchtower lights part of the night sky. A short drive away are the Apapa and Tin Can Island ports, so container trucks grind past at all hours and cranes stand on the skyline. The ground is low and swampy and floods in the rains. Generators start their evening choir most nights around eight, when the power goes.
Inside the wall there is one main street, June 12 Street, where everybody meets. At the north end is the gate, guarded by police who want to be paid; outside the main gate is the waiting area where party guests queue. To the south a footpath leads to the bush, the street football pitch and the beach. Behind the west wall, toward Navy Town, soldiers and police train side by side at the Ajegunle Joint Training Facility, so the street is never short of uniforms.
Nearby
The street The way in The main gate
Armed police, a queue, Sarge's window, a salon and a clothes shop. Everyone starts here.
Football and bottles The bush
A street football pitch, an unfinished building, three officers on a smoke break, and the beach beyond.
The club Prizm
The Warden's club at No. 1145: purple lights, a pool deck, a rooftop garden and Joe-Izzy live every night.