Prologue

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"My name is Islaha Abubakar Attah. I'm the first daughter of Alhaji Abubakar Attah, the former NNPC boss. My father is from Kaita, Katsina State, but he lives in Lagos with our family. He has two wives and five children.

Hajiya Yaana Shariff: first wife of Alhaji Abubakar Attah, a Kanuri woman from Borno State. She has two children:
Bilal, a 25-year-old medical doctor from Oxford University, and
Amma, a 22-year-old computer science graduate from University College London.

Hajiya Rukayat Balogun: The second wife of Alhaji Abubakar Attah, a Yoruba woman from Ibadan. She has three children:
My twin brother Islam, me (Islaha): Islam and I graduated from University College London - I studied law, and he studied software engineering.
Iqmat : a 16 year old last born of the house and a high school graduate.

Husnah Ismail Gwarzo and Bisola Makinde : They are my closest friends. Husnah and I went to the same college, and we met Bisola in Law school."

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