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In Nigeria's largest city, Monopoly mimics its chaotic property market
Buying property is a tangled affair, plagued by bribery, scams and even machete-wielding gangsters
Add BT as a preferred sourcePublished Wed, Oct 19, 2016 · 09:50 PM
Lagos, Nigeria
THE clock was running out at the Lagos Under-17 Monopoly Championship, and the pace of play was becoming so frantic, it was hard to decipher the true holder of Banana Island, Tiamiyu Savage Street and other properties on the board.
"I am the owner of this house!" shouted Ibrahim Mubarak, 14, a student from Isale Eko Junior Grammar School, his finger jabbing the property on the board.
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