The Cost of Air: A Lagos Thriller of Power, Corruption, and Survival

Bayo Adeniran has built his reputation on one principle: do the job right, even when doing it right costs more. A successful contractor living in Lagos, Bayo has spent years building roads, structures, and projects for a city that never seems to stop growing. But one ordinary morning on Ikorodu Road, he witnesses a child struggling to breathe while officials argue over money instead of helping him. The encounter refuses to leave Bayo’s mind. Then the numbers on one of his company’s major government-backed projects stop making sense. Transportation costs have changed. Old documents point to a logistics company that keeps appearing under different names. A familiar Ikoyi address connects seemingly unrelated records. And buried beneath years of paperwork is a trail that reaches far beyond Bayo’s current contract. At first, Bayo believes he is simply uncovering corruption. But the deeper he looks, the more he realizes that the problem may be much larger—and much older—than he imagined. With journalist and strategist Tope at his side, Bayo begins following the documents, the contracts, the companies, and eventually the money. Along the way, he encounters communities carrying the human cost of development, officials who would rather not answer questions, and people with reasons to keep the past buried. Every answer leads to another question. And every question brings Bayo closer to a truth that could cost him his business, his reputation, his safety—and everything he still has left to lose. In a city where everyone needs to breathe, someone has decided what the air is worth. THE COST OF AIR is a Lagos thriller of power, corruption, deception, survival, and the dangerous price of asking the right questions. — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: The Cost of Air: A Lagos Thriller of Power, Corruption, and Survival — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠