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How I lost everything after ‘Eko project’ – Ara

  The international African female talking drummer, Aralola Olamuyiwa, has narrated how she lost everything after she abandoned her ‘Eko inspire me project’. Ara, as she is fondly called said she was homeless and hopeless in 2019 after selling her four cars and moving out of her house. She said this on Tuesday during a courtesy visit to the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, alongside beneficiaries of her project. The talking drummer said, “The ‘Eko Inspire me’ is an initiative to inspire hope in Lagosians who have lived in darkness and have been exposed to negative influences.” She further stated that the initiative started 10 years ago. But that she got frustrated and abandoned the project in 2019 due to financial reasons, adding  that she had to sell her property which led to her becoming homeless.   “I was hopeless and homeless, I lost everything and it was someone that gave me a room in a hotel that I slept with my son for a year. I did not have anything,...