As the sun set over the city, the debate moved from the buka to the streets. Whether Abdulsalam was right about the "relatives" or simply miscalculating the scale of a digital uprising, one thing was clear: in the heat of 2023, everyone in Nigeria was talking as if they were part of the family—either fighting for the inheritance or trying to change the house rules.
The table erupted. Abdulsalam doubled down, citing his own observations, but the room was a microcosm of the 2023 fever. To him, the movement felt like a localized echo; to the youth sitting across from him, it felt like a national anthem they were finally learning the words to. As the sun set over the city, the
"Abdulsalam," Aminu chuckled, "if all these people are his relatives, then Obi must have the largest family tree in human history. I guess I’m his long-lost cousin from the North then?" Abdulsalam doubled down, citing his own observations, but