Real reason landlords never make my prayer list – Osimhen

Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen has recounted his painful childhood in Lagos, revealing how poverty and a landlord’s actions shaped his early struggles before rising to football stardom.

Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen has opened up about the harsh realities of his upbringing in Olusosun, a densely populated slum in Lagos, describing how poverty and hardship defined his formative years. In a chat with the Players’ Tribune, the 27-year-old forward shared emotional memories of growing up in a cramped one-room apartment with six other family members following the death of his mother.

Osimhen revealed that his father lost his job as a driver after his mother’s passing and was forced to take up menial work washing dishes in a police department kitchen to earn a small stipend. According to him, the income was insufficient to meet the family’s basic needs, including rent, leaving them constantly on the brink of eviction.

“I remember one night when I was about 12, the landlord had enough. He cut off the power to our apartment. We were sitting in the dark in one room, all seven of us, no TV, nothing. I went outside and sat next to a gutter and started crying,” Osimhen said.

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