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When THE STAR team stepped out of the vehicle in Daytona, St Catherine, they were attacked by an army of mosquitoes. This is the daily reality that Nigerian born Godwin Izevbekhai has to endure. The 60-year-old has been living in deplorable conditions, moving from gully to gully over the years. His plight only recently came to light after appearing on Youtuber Rabble Dabble’s channel.



As he changes his clothes in a dilapidated van nearby, he told our team that he has been homeless since 2006 and has been living in a chicken coop on the Daytona gully for the last four years.

This is the third gully I have lived over the past 13 years and because of that people call me the ‘gully supervisor’. I really have no choice. I have lived in the gully at Cumberland, followed by Westchester to here. I survive because I sell chemicals like bleach and detergent and so on. I also grow callaloo and so on but the sales aren’t fast.”


The tears flowed freely as he recounted how he lost everything after his 14-year-relationship went sour and his woman kicked him out of their home in Portmore. “I was fascinated by Bob Marley and the culture so I decided to visit and I eventually fell in love with the country. I stayed in a hotel for a while until I met a few friends who introduced me to a woman. She and I built a home together and lived for years, but things did not work out,” he said.

The sting of mosquitoes make it impossible to stand still inside Izevbekhia dark hut. An old tarpaulin is used as a roof and pieces of clothing and rotten boards are used to stuff crevices. He stated that the mosquitoes have driven him out of the house at nights and as a result has been sleeping in his broken-down van for some time.

“When the rain fall it is crazy and everywhere flood out. I do not have electricity or running water and I can’t sleep in here at nights because these mosquitoes will eat you alive. Just recently, I was sick for about three weeks and I just had to lay down and bear it because I cant do any better,” he said.

He told THE STAR that he has not reached out to any of his family members in Nigeria , stating that a lot of persons only learned of his situation after the YouTube video went viral.

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While our team interviewed Izevbekhai, another Nigerian, Ermonselle Alchidenor, arrived at the location in hopes of offering assistance.

As Alchidenor listened to Izevbekhai’s plight, he was overcome with emotion and stated that the Nigerian community in Jamaica is highly concerned about his living conditions.

“He cannot live in this condition and even if decides not to go back to Nigeria, we will be offering him some assistance. We did not know about him until we saw the YouTube video. We are trying to get in contact with the Nigerian Embassy here and the Consular. We are both from the same state in Nigeria, so it is painful to see him living in such inhumane condition,” he said.

When asked if he desires to return to Nigeria to start his life over, Izevbekhai said: “I will always be a Nigerian although I have Jamaican citizenship but I am not going to fit in Nigeria now because I left almost 30 years ago. I am sure a lot has changed there. I have a little business here with my chemical thing, I really just need somewhere to live”.

http://jamaica-star.com/article/news/20191024/nigerian-man-lives-portmore-gully

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Gov. Seyi "Tammy" Makinde just scored another hat trick and signed a 4 years contract extension with Oyo FC....

Unlike one Affidavits daura drunkard called Marcus Bubu, Seyi has come to score goals.


God bless Gov. Seyi "Tammy" Makinde
God bless the PDP
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Tailor fit provision was made by one man and his Airline, it was provision to airlift as much as he could on his own budget. The government was not supporting him.

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Beehshorp:
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Na dem

It's only in my country that judiciary will admit that academic certificates are irrelevant.

I'm wondering where they got their education from and how they want the younger generation of lawyers to look up to them.

Baba too slow is a disaster

What a WASTE we have in this administration. They came in through lies and one would have expected them to change and proper solutions to the myriads of problems that was on us...but no; they still keep on lying and plays politics with our life.

To show you how daft they are...they went on to re-instate this palmy woman even when most Nigerians were happy that she will not be reappointed.

I don't see any difference in what the South Africans are doing to black foreigners to what this administration is doing to all Nigerians. This Bubu administration is also a XENOPHOBIC administration

What about Jubril home?

Good to see Africans United against South Africa

Nobody has been killed in Zambia but if it's here in Naija...NPF would have killed in hundreds

Surely we don't. We only have political leaders that plays politics with citizens life.

Just imagine if this has happened in 2014 and what Lai Mohammed, Tinubu, Buhari and APC would have said

yetunsbay:
Lol. This nko

there is a big difference. Oyo own no get anything wey you go take lead am to the Governor but Ogun own get "mission to rebuild" which is a slogan for that particular Governor in power

And some other few that only talks to the citizens when they travel abroad also give us bad names

It's only Africa's (Nigeria) Forces and Politicians that does things out of the ordinary. All they know is how to kill defenceless people and loot the nation respectively

The Northerners especially the Muslims are looking for any means to unleash violence in the country.

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And to think that the television is analogue pains me so much

All we want is a Nigeria that favours her citizens.
A Nigeria that doesn't discriminate. A Nigeria that provides for all. A Nigeria that doesn't Favour the rich and make the poor poorer. A Nigeria that propagates equality. And most importantly...a Nigeria that that makes our Politicians to earn salary and allowances like ordinary civil servants.

IPOB in abroad are helping us to correct the anomalies of bad governance

When they stop worshipping their Fulani masters

The best decision so far from Buhari.
Now she can go back to her olo###$$$ business and feel what the masses are feeling.
The hardship of this government knows no supporter. It will get to all of us in due time

shakmati:
God punish IPOB! Sowore is the true activist. Not some bunch of illiterate cowards who will beat an unarmed man in a foreign land. May lightning fire every IPOB gathering starting with Nnamdi Kanu, the chief coward!

Stop wailing

Never compare Pepe with Daniel James. Pepe is far better than him. Btw...im a ManU fan

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Pepe 72m didn't have 20 touches

Someone who sang "chop my money" in 2012 is singing "Reason With Me" in 2019.
#Buhari why?

One court of Law refused that DSS should detain him for 3 days or so; and another court of Law agreed for 45 days. How and where did we get it wrong?

jlinkd78:
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Nigeria has failed us as her citizens

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Footballers might not have a reputation for intelligence, but these players proved that plenty have brains on top of their talent


Vincent Kompany
Not content with lifting Premier League titles as captain, rifling in screamers at crucial stages in title races and being beloved by seemingly all who cross his path, Vincent Kompany also has a Master's in Business Administration.

He graduated from Alliance Manchester Business School in 2017, with a keen interest in the world of football off the pitch. It was hardly surprising, then, to see him step into a managerial role at Anderlecht.

His final dissertation project, looking at how Premier League football clubs benefit from home advantage, received a distinction grade.


David Cannon
Socrates
The Brazil legend built up a mystique not only around his ability on the field, but his deep thinking off it.

He completed a doctorate in Medicine during his playing career, and practised medicine after his retirement from the game in 1989 before also earning a PhD.

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Juan Mata
Juan Mata became one of the world's most universally popular footballers when he announced his Common Goal initiative back in 2017, but it wasn't the first sign of his thoughtful nature.

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Iain Dowie
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Andrey Arshavin
The 75-cap Russian international has had a long and colourful career, and will be remembered on English shores primarily for his famous four-goal performance for Arsenal against Liverpool.

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Duncan Watmore
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Bilic is back in England this year, the former West Ham manager dropping down to the Championship with promotion hopefuls West Brom after a short spell in Saudi Arabia.


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While on the books at Sheffield Wednesday at the beginning of his career, Wetherall earned a degree in Chemistry from the University of Sheffield. He had previously represented Great Britain at the 1990 world student five-a-side football championship in Italy, and the 1991 World Student Games in Sheffield.

After making more than 500 appearances for Leeds and Bradford, Wetherall was later named Head of Youth Development for the Football League.

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One candidate; Two different names (Mohammed and Mohammadu) and Three different results (5, 6 and 7 papers).