When the going gets tough and survival becomes so difficult then you'll notice (or come across) the second category of Nigerians whose progress is at a distant variance to yours.
You'll begin to wonder how they could afford their livestyles. Se owo ise £10/hr naa ni won save lati fi ra BMW X7? What about their designer gears, jewelries and the lavish houses they live in. Owo ti won ma nna ni party nko as if they have the keys to the bank of England? You are confused because they do similar jobs to yours..so whatelse are they doing that you are not?
(This is a very sensitive group so i'll tread cautiously).
2. The OLODUS (Find the English meaning yourself)
This group consist of young and middle-aged individuals. This group is not gender-specific as both genders are capable of pulling the same level of stunts.
Activities carried out within this group is very broad such as:
Bank frauds, drug-pushing, yahooyahoo (internet frauds), Credit card scams, robbery, genje producers and benefits fraud. I'll also like to include naija supervisors who are experts in managing ghost workers at their respective places of work and the final one being young and mature ladies who sell their bodies to fund their lifestyles.
I think it won't be out of place if i include corner shop pastors, alfas and wooli in this category as well.
Some have jobs to cover up the real deal because of societal stigma, some no send anybody and they are proud of what they do.
The major spots for people in this categories are clubs, African restaurants, betting shops and barbing salons.
The lifestyles of people in this category are the major reasons why folks back home wants to come to London at all cost. The see pixs of how large they live, they see how every week containers are cleared at the port on their behalf, they also come across them on their occasional visits home where they flaunt their ill-gotten wealth. These people make your folks at home, who don't know what is going on here to mount unnecessary pressure on you. 'Kini iwo n joko se nibeyen...omo lagbaja ti pari ile won...to ba ri motor ti awon obi e gan ngun...?' 'Send motor si awa naa o....wa k'ole sibi o' etc
It is very easy for people from first category to be lured in this world of Odu especially those who with financial problems and students struggling to pay their fees. I belonged to the latter category but never considered it as the best route out of my financial predicament. Even when i was approached to help gbe oja lo si Holland at a fee that could ease (not solve) my problem, i refused. Ofcourse i wish to enjoy life like them but emi mi o gbe. Even when some of the things you might be asked to do can be as simple as supplying an address or account or picking up an item, you still have to be bold.
Truth be told, people here are intelligent and smart and could have become successful in life without delving into this life of fraud, but the love for fast-living and greed has robbed them of the needed patience.
They have the best of everything: cars, clothes, women, properties. When everything is going well for them you cannot but envy them but the end of most of them is not what you'll wish for yourself.
Unlike the first group, these people come in contact with the oyinbo in different levels: as sex-partners (they usually hook in clubs and end up in bed), as maga-mates (online targets to be swindled), as business mates (where accent is needed for telephone deals or in-person where seeing an oyinbo will make the deal sail through easily).
People in this category are always moving houses and changing contact details.
Individusls here also attend places of worship not neccessarily for worship but to show off their latest ride, clothes, and to hook up with new partners.
Ladies easily fall in love with men in this category because they are known to be jaye-jayes and good spenders who'll spoil them silly. There are though some bad ones among them who are simply faworajas. They only package to lure, use and dump these unsuspecting and greedy girls.
They are party animals, show-offs, pretenders and calous but bold and intelligent.
If you roll with people in this category, there is a very high chance of you ending up in jail.
Hmmm....o ti re mi. I wan rest.
...to be continued.
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