Lying for a living: How Lagos ‘Corporate Beggars’ fleece unsuspecting residents of their money with pathetic stories

About 8:00 am on a Monday morning, Tayo, as he simply identified himself, tried to meander his way through a thick line of people along a pedestrian bridge at Ojodu-Berger area of Lagos, Nigeria’s economic hub.

Clad in a well-ironed long-sleeved shirt, a black trouser and a neatly polished black shoe, his look suggests that of someone on an official assignment racing against time.

As he sauntered through the crowd of residents rushing to their various destinations, he looked very observant, trying to sift his potential ‘client’.

“Oga, can you help me with any amount? I work in Ibadan but I visit my people in Lagos on weekends. I was robbed this morning on my way to the park and was dispossessed of the money of what I had on me,”

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