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Jacob might just as well be any of the many nondescript teenage boys flitting about the Makoko community. Could that be why Damilola Opedun offers no further â not even sketchy â details about the 15-year-old? Makoko, where Jacob lives is, by the way, is an informal Lagos mainland littoral community. Some apparently informed sources estimate that a third of this community is built on stilts on the fringes of the Lagos Lagoon, across which the Third Mainland Bridge spans. Most of its residents, who are mostly fishermen, are widely believed to have migrated from Badagry and Benin Republic.
Back to Jacob. What matters here is that Opedun got talking to the youth one day. The fact that Jacobâs poor class attendance was taking its toll on his grades has not escaped his attention. Nor has the fact that the boy hadnât been seen that often lately in his Saturday art classesâ¦