From Cleaner to Millionaire. This story here is how the unfailing power of God can turn anyone ones story around in just a twinkling of the eyes!
His real name is Waris Olayinka Akinwande, but he is popularly known by the thousands of his Instagram fans as; Ola of Lagos. Olayinka Aka Ola of Lagos was born and raised in Lagos State together with his siblings. Where he also completed his secondary education. He was raised as a Muslim.
Not being born into plenty or wealth can be very, very challenging, especially in the country we live in, as was in the case of Ola Of Lagos- life was challenging. From a young age he had to learn to fend for himself.
In a bid to make ends meet, Ola had take up a job working as a cleaner in an establishment - the only position offered him according to his academic qualification. Mmm.
But there was something interesting about this young man, not only is he Creative, he had a crazy passion for luxury cars.
Now, his job as a cleaner which was situated in a choice part of Lagos - lekki, gave him the opportunity of always seeing these cars and their rich owners - mostly big names from the entertainment industry and the likes.
It wasn't long before the young man became infected with the bug for success.
Fueled up with all these passion for success and a struggle to get - up out the gutter side of life, the Ola Of Lagos soon took to his Instagram account and started posting pictures of himself and any of these Porsche cars he ever came in physical contact with.
He did it persistently and passionately until his followers number steadily rose
Then the Pearly Whites Gates where finally opened to him!
His efforts got noticed by former Nollywood actor now turned celebrity blogger - Tunde Ednut who started sharing some of Ola's posts on his Instagram channel.
His payday finally came when Tunde Ednut announced that if the number of his Instagram followers grew to 2 million, he would give back that same amount of money to a lucky contestant.
As a result of the close ties amongst the contestants, Tunde Ednut decided to choose his winner by a raffle draw. Fortunately, for Ola of Lagos, God stepped in for him and with the raffle draw, he emerged as the winner of the 2 million NGN price money.
It was all joy for the Ola of Lagos as he showered praises on Tunde Ednut. As he shared a screenshot of the 2 million NGN transfer.
As if that was not enough, the generous one as I like to call him - Davido, happened to be online that day and to add sparkle to the fun, offered the Ola of Lagos an all-expense paid trip to the Dubai car fashion show live!
Expressing his gratitude, the Ola of Lagos shared a screenshot of the 2 million NGN transfer on his Instagram with the caption :
“That Homeless Cleaner Boy has won 2M and a Trip to Dubai… Sir Tundeednut and OBO, after God na You both…
The Ola of Lagos career online and offline has since taken flight as he now serves as brand ambassador to various top car companies. He never let being a cleaner break his soul.
Ola Of Lagos Net Worth: 5 million – 10 million NGN and still growing.
Age: As at the writing of this post, in his 20s.
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