I recorded all of it. My phone just buzzed: Delete the video. You are…

At the Surulere rally, an aide paid my boss double to make the crowd scream louder.

Part 3 of 5 · Update 21d ago

Oshodi · 1d

He asked for the crowd to scream louder when the rival's name was mentioned. Not boo. Scream. My boss turned to me and whispered that this is how you know the ground is real: the other side is paying to look afraid. Back on the bus, I counted: three hundred and sixty people, none of whom could name the aspirant. Including me.

I recorded all of it. My phone just buzzed: Delete the video. You are in the front row.

Part 4 of 5 · Update 31d ago

Oshodi · 1d

Wetin Next?Gist Politics

A message from an unknown number. A photo of me, at the Surulere rally, in a green cap, mouth open, mid-scream. Under it: The front row is the only row that is ever seen. I'm sitting in a bukka with the recording on my phone and a plate of rice I cannot finish. The man in the next seat has just put his phone on the table, facing me.

I recorded all of it. Then my phone buzzed: delete the video, you are in the front row.

Part 5 of 5 · Update 419h ago

Oshodi · 19h

Wetin Next?Gist Politics

A message from an unknown number. A photo of me, at the Surulere rally, in a green cap, mouth open, mid-scream. Under it: The front row is the only row that is ever seen. I'm sitting in a bukka with the recording on my phone and a plate of rice I cannot finish. The man in the next seat has just put his phone on the table, facing me.

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At the Surulere rally, an aide paid my boss double to make the crowd scream louder.

I recorded all of it. My phone just buzzed: Delete the video. You are in the front row.

I recorded all of it. Then my phone buzzed: delete the video, you are in the front row.

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