While sitting under my yellow umbrella for 100 days, i was busy writing.
Every lessons,every hard days, i wrote it all.
The book drops on Day 100 on Selar for #2,000.
And the first 5 people to get it will receive a free one-on-one session with me on storytelling in business.
Good day everyone,
After my kidnapping, my mother had to borrow heavily to secure my release. The total debt was โฆ6.2 million. Thanks to the kindness and generosity of many people, we have been able to reduce it significantly. Today, we have โฆ2 million left to repay.
I humbly appeal for your support. Please don't just read my story and pray for me, I genuinely need financial assistance. Any amount, no matter how small, will go a long way in helping my family clear this remaining debt burden.
Account Name: OLANIYI GBOLAHAN
UBA: 2088772282
OPay: 9060297067
If you're unable to support financially, please help by reposting and sharing this appeal so it can reach more people. That alone could make a huge difference.
May God bless and reward everyone who donates, reposts, shares, or keeps us in their prayers. Your kindness and support mean the world to me and my family. ๐๐ฝโค๏ธ๐ฅน
After the โฆ2 million ransom was paid to the second group, on December 2, 2025, something unexpected happened that changed everything.
The young errand boy who delivered food and ran errands for the kidnappers was given just โฆ15,000 from the โฆ2 million ransom. Feeling cheated and angry, he became frustrated with them. In a moment that would change our lives, he dropped the keys to our chains and handcuffs and walked away, carrying only his gun and the clothes on his back.
The moment we noticed the keys, we quietly struggled to reach them. With trembling hands and pounding hearts, we managed to unlock our chains and handcuffs. We knew this was our only chance. Without looking back, we ran into the thick forest.
For three days, we trekked through the wilderness with little strength left in us. We were exhausted, hungry, dehydrated, and terrified of being caught again. Every step felt like a battle between hope and fear.
On the third day, we finally came across a farmer and his family harvesting beans on their farm. Desperate and weak, we explained what had happened to us. Moved by our condition, the farmer immediately called his son to help us get to the nearest village, Esanlu Esa in Kogi State.
By God's grace, there was an Army base in the village. The soldiers received us, listened to our story, and provided assistance. Later that same day, they helped us reach Ado-Ekiti.
That was the day my nightmare finally ended.
After everything I endured the chains, the hunger, the beatings, the fear, and the uncertainty, I escaped the kidnappers' den alive. It is a day I will never forget for the rest of my life. ๐๐๐ฝ๐ญ
There's not a single footballer who made it and didn't get some life-changing support at some point.
The game is so difficult and competitive that you need more than mere talent and ability to make it big.
I've read tonnes of football stories and I see that touch of goodwill enjoyed in every single one of them. Someone has to put their body on the line for your sake.
It may not be a grand act of kindness on the outside but it may mean the world at that point.
Victor Osimhen narrated how a family helped him with accommodation in Abuja. I wonder if he'd have succeeded those trials if they didn't give him the peace of that shelter.
David Luiz spoke about how the medical team at Benfica ensured his injury wasn't open to Fernando Santos and the club President. They worked with him every day three hours before training till he got fit. I wonder what would have happened if they told the coach he's injured.
There's always that one person in a footballerโs story who makes the difference. It may be a family member, an agent, a fan, another family, or a friend but someone is always there when it matters.
In that Amadou Onanaโs story, it's his mum and sister.
As a survivor of kidnapping and banditry, one of the things that still breaks my heart is remembering how we survived in captivity.
From the very first day I was kidnapped alongside 10 other victims, we were forced to trek deep into the forest to their hideout. Along the way, we survived on stolen yams and maize taken from people's farms. The bandits would order us to dig up yams and harvest maize before they cook it on open fire for us to eat.
When we finally reached their camp, some of the bandits brought raw rice. They cooked it without seasoning, without cooking oil just plain, stony white rice. They would pour it onto a nylon bag for us to eat. Before you could even take two handfuls, the food was gone.
Omo, I suffered. I cried bitterly.
After 22 days, I was transferred to another group. There, the food changed, but not for the better. We were fed ground guinea corn prepared by their errand boy. Sometimes they added a little salt, sometimes nothing else.
Most days, we ate only once or twice. Water was even worse. Several of us had to share just one litre of water. The only time we drank enough was during long treks whenever they moved us from one location to another.
The hunger, thirst, exhaustion, and uncertainty were unbearable. Looking back today, I still don't know how I survived it all.
I am forever grateful to God and to my mother, whose sacrifices brought me back home alive. ๐๐ญ๐๐ฝ
Maybe we're taking it for granted because we all expected Lamine to win La Liga Player of the Season after everything he's done, but winning an award like this at 18 years old is simply not normal.
No matter how much people complain about his PR, it sometimes feels like he's a victim of his own brilliance. We've normalized so many things he does that we'd probably never seen from any other footballer at his age. That's how absurdly high the standards around him have become.
Last stage of Kidney failure. @Okwuluorandigbo picked him up, raised money for his transplant, Went to Zenith Hospital Abuja, get done. 2yrs later he got his wife pregnant and she delivered a baby boy.
God bless you Okwuluora Ndi Igbo. You are doing wonders.
Day 45 of begging @DONJAZZY
to show love to my mum. Please help me with some finances to take care of her.
She has stroke pls ๐ญ๐ญ
Help us fight to gain her life back. Nothing is too small, and anything you give will go a long way for us. I have sent you multiple messages, plzz
Tolaโs wife is getting praised for basic financial sense.
Which tells you how low the bar has been.
The fact that โshe made sure we had a home before the weddingโ is viral news means most people go into marriage without doing this.
We have normalized financial chaos as romance.