Area Boys

In 1994, I came into Lagos with my cousine Felix on an attarchment on an old luxirious bus. We entered into the city of Eko at about 5pm with our bags occupying a few faded clothes. We had taken our journey from Kaduna, a city in the north of Nigeria.

On our arrival at the motor park at Yaba, we were amazed at the lifestyle of so many youths; drinking the local gin "paraga", smoking marijuana"igbo", and dancing to a local music "fuji". These particular people did'nt care about the next person, as there could easily pick up a fight and unleash terror on innocent people who are doing legitimate businesses.

They would harras people to extort money from them and other valuables. Thier population has being on an alarming rate,because they multiply by the day in a geometric form.

we later learned that this folks don,t just exist on thier own, but through the area fathers(ignorant politicians:former area boys)..

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