CHAPTER 2
COLORADO HOSTEL
The Colorado hostel was a storey building with twenty-six rooms on the right-hand side and ten rooms on the left. The compound was painted red with strong fence walls. It looked attractive and had all the facilities in the room, with running water and a sufficient power supply.
Akanni left for his cousin's place to pack his bags. The caretaker had promised to fix the necessary things in the room before his arrival, surely, he was going to pass the night in his new hostel. His cousin helped with his bags and used the opportunity to know Akanni's place. She would be visiting him constantly, as he was the only relative she had in the school.
He had everything he needed except a mattress. Akanni suffered from rheumatism with the SC blood genotype. As a result, he
