![]() ![]() The narrative shifts to Ahmed, a newspaper owner and reporter with lofty aims to establish a publication of “Nigerian news, by Nigerian people, for Nigerian people,” but whose enthusiasm has been dimmed by the apathy of his employees and government harassment. But for their sanity, he and Yemi must register their protest in some way. Someone would notice their limp index fingers or see them slipping their unused ammunition into the creeks. The futility of his and Yemi’s resistance, the cowardice of it, fingers bent but never pressing down. ![]() Later, they meet Oma, an abused woman fleeing her husband. ![]() Setting out for Lagos, their numbers grow, with the addition of Fineboy, a wannabe radio presenter, and Isoken, separated from her parents in the confusion of conflict. Welcome to Lagos begins with soldier Chike deserting the Nigerian army, along with Yemi, a somewhat less authoritative soldier, having found himself disagreeing too strongly with the methods of his commanders. ![]()
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