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There is this young man I knew very well some years ago. He worked in a company and was doing well for himself, but he was very proud. Most of his friends stopped being friends with him because of that attitude. (Note: it’s been years since I last saw him.)


I was in Lagos at Abraham Adesanya yesterday to deliver something, and I saw this man. 

God forgive me, he was looking so rough and tattered, and he now works as a driver for a pure‑water company. 

This is someone who was once doing well, had his own house (built at Isolo), and drove a very good car. 

Immediately I saw him, I was shocked and wanted to walk up to him, but I cautioned myself and kept staring to be sure it was really him.

After delivering the water to the shops he supplies, he drove off, and I called one of his old friends to tell him who I saw and where I saw him. 

Omo, what they said about him was terrible. I was told he got a job for his own brother where he worked back then, and a few months later, the brother had an accident while on duty, which damaged his spinal cord, and some other complications followed. 

The company treated him up to a certain stage and gave the victim 7 million naira as a payoff through his elder brother, but the elder brother did not drop a single kobo. He kept deceiving his younger brother, who was dying in pain and hunger, until he eventually died.

After his death, the family decided to face the company over what they thought was cruelty, not knowing the elder brother was the real devil. 

One thing led to another, and the truth came out, and he was fired. They said he began to face problem after problem until he sold all his properties, including his house, and his wife also left him. That issue was what made him relocate from Isolo to where I saw him. 

The person I called said he had also seen him once at Abraham Adesanya but pretended not to, because he didn’t want him to feel bad or ashamed of his situation.
Greed + pride is a brutal combo. One makes you take what isn’t yours; the other makes you think you deserve it.
The sad part? If he had just given his brother the 7 million, he would probably still have his job, his house, his wife, and his peace of mind. He traded all of that for money he couldn’t even enjoy.

Ire oooo.