My neighbor just got jailed for storing human waste outside his house, I can't breathe
5 months ago
I saw this headline and I nearly dropped my phone. Court jailed a man because he was storing human poo-poo outside his house. In this economy, where we are all struggling to find space in Lagos, this man decided to turn his front yard into a sewage farm? The judge said it was a public health hazard. No be small thing.
I am trying to imagine the conversation with the landlord. "Oga, why is the smell so bad?" "Ah, I am just keeping some things outside." Things meaning human waste. Deadass, I cannot. The court said the man was creating a nuisance and endangering the community. Na wa o.
Sometimes I feel like we are all just surviving by the grace of God. But this one is a new level of desperation. Or madness. I cannot decide which one.
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