Author: Ife Sarumi

7/2/2019 6:00am: My alarm goes off, instantly jolting me to the reality of the busy day ahead of me.  My journey into Nigerian politics began in 2018. My mentor had called me the day before and asked me to join their campaign rally in Ogun state, Nigeria which included the Vice President of Nigeria and an incoming gubernatorial aspirant to do some grassroot campaigning in Ogun state. Before my brain had the time to list the cons of not going. I exclaimed ‘Yes!’. I had met my mentor in 2018 at his town-hall meeting event in London. I made my…