I don’t know where to start; my life right now is m£ssed up. I don’t want to deceive you all—I think I’m having a taste of karma already. In 2019, one of my friends traveled to hustle. After a year, he came back and told me and another friend about the trip. He asked us to get a PC (normal street level – yahoo), which we did. I traveled with him, and after three weeks, I got my first pay. The money that got to me was almost a million naira. Before those three weeks, we were there for just two weeks when police started raiding boys, so we traveled back home. I didn’t buy anything for myself; I spent a lot on my family. When the raid calmed down, we went back. Normally, you’re supposed to make enough money to start a life before leaving there. But for me, the money stopped coming. I spent four years of my life in that place. Mind you, we were always inside the house.
No matter how long you stayed there, if you hadn’t made money, you couldn’t step outside. Four years of my life were wasted in such a situation until the place eventually closed down and everyone left. When I came back to Nigeria, nothing seemed to interest me except making that money again. I had seen people arrive with nothing and, within 6–8 months, make it big, buy cars, and go home to start a life. In 2022, I talked with a friend to look for an office to enter. After three months, God blessed me. Before I left, someone prayed for me and demanded 30% of whatever I earned. This man could cripple you spiritually if you messed up. The money I got was over N50 million naira, but after picker and boss settlements, I was left with M17 million. From that, N6 million went to the prayer man. I had only N11 million left. When I came back, I tried to figure out what to do with the money but realized I had no ideas.
Everything seemed so far from what I wanted. Before I knew it, family problems started eating into the money. So, I decided to learn a tech skill because of the online hype about tech jobs providing a stable income. I registered at a tech school. During that time, I was afraid of spending the money on things that didn’t matter. Out of fear, I bought land and put money into it. That’s where my problems started. The money wasn’t in my account anymore. I instructed the person managing it on what to do and where to stop, but she didn’t listen. She started spending the money. When we calculated what was left, it was only N1.4 million, which she couldn’t even give me. Since I finished tech training, I’ve been searching for a job, but nothing has come up. I went back to the prayer man, and he said the angel that blessed me is angry. He didn’t tell me what to do about it. Now my life is in total mess.
I’m even in debt—almost N200k—and I have no idea how to pay it back. The only things I have left are my PC and the air I breathe. I’ve been thinking about selling the building, but even if I do, I have no clue what to do with the money. My plan has always been to set up a store or an eatery. I’m still looking for a job, but what’s eating me up is the debt. I know they’ll come to arrest me in the next two weeks if I don’t pay. Please, I need your advice. I don’t know what to do. In my heart, I don’t want to continue this fraudulent lifestyle. I’ve quit it many times, but my present condition is pushing me back into it.
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