EHICHIOYA
*The Greedy Money Lender*
β¦18,400. That's all Chidi Okonkwo had left.
In Ajegunle, where the rain turns the streets to mud and dreams drown in the gutters, Chidi was a failed factory worker, a broke father, and a man running out of time. When his daughter's school fees and his sister's rent came due, he made a choice that would change everything.
He became a money lender.
At first, it worked. The cash flowed. The respect came back. Amara ate meat twice a week. Nneka looked at him like he was a man again.
But money doesn't stay clean in Lagos.
To keep his empire, Chidi borrowed rules from the most feared loan shark in the city, Chief Okoro. Rules written in fear, paid for in blood. Soon Chidi wasn't just lending money - he was breaking knees, losing his family, and landing in Kirikiri prison with a name people spat on.
In a 6x8 cell, he met a man who taught him something money couldn't buy: how to live like you'll see your daughter again.
This is the story of a man who started with β¦18,400 and a dream...
And lost everything trying to keep it.
It's about greed, prison, betrayal, and the slow, painful road back to being human.
It's about whether a man can change when the whole system profits from him staying broken.
*Warning:* Contains gritty Lagos street scenes, violence, and moral choices that don't have easy answers.
If you like stories like _City of Gods_, _King of Boys_, and _The Godfather_ but set in modern Lagos, this is for you.
*New chapters weekly. Comment and vote if you want Chidi to make it out alive.*