The humid air of Ikeja felt heavier than usual as Omoyele Sowore adjusted his mic, his eyes scanning the crowd of reporters and restless youth. He wasn’t there to offer platitudes; he was there to pull back the curtain on what he called the "Great Lagos Con."
"They want you to believe in a miracle," Sowore began, his voice cutting through the hum of a standby generator. "They want you to think the lions of Lagos suddenly grew wings and flew away, leaving the gates open for Peter Obi." The humid air of Ikeja felt heavier than
"It was the ultimate bait-and-switch," Sowore concluded, as the pens of the journalists scratched furiously against paper. "They gave you the city so they could keep the country. They traded a piece of the map to ensure the game stayed exactly the same." "They gave you the city so they could keep the country
As he walked away from the podium, the headline was already writing itself across the digital screens of Nigeria: The Sacrifice of Lagos—A Revolutionary’s Warning. " Sowore began