Olajumoke Orisaguna: The Nigerian Cinderella By Reuben Abati

About three weeks ago, 27-year old Olajumoke Orisaguna was a complete unknown on the streets of Lagos, hawking bread.  A loaf of bread is about N100, and even with a full tray such as she carried in her first public embrace of fame, her whole ware for a day may not be more than N3,000, with daily profit between N300-N700.

She had trained as a hair stylist, got married but had to leave her husband and a daughter back home in Ire, Osun state, to “hustle” as it were in Lagos. The life of a bread seller in Lagos is easily imaginable: exposure to the elements, to sundry abuse, including the possibility of being raped by unruly artisans and bachelors, who will offer to buy bread and something else along with it, if the hawker is willing. 

This was Olajumoke Orisaguna’s reality until she ran into TY Bello and Tinie Tempah and her life changed. Today, she has been enrolled as a model. Her story has appeared in all newspapers, on CNN, Huffington Post, and virtually everywhere online.

The Bread Seller Was Just At The Right Place at The Right Time Says Tinie Tempah

Tinie Tempah has broken his silence on Olajumoke Orisaguna, the popular bread seller who has been making headline recently after she innocently photobombed a photoshoot that was taking place on the street of Lagos by TY Bello.

Amazing story one will say of this 27 year old lady who had to struggle for her family with her 14 months old daughter while her husband was also trying to make ends meet in Osun state. 

But Olajumoke’s sudden rise to fame is worth more than giving her thousands of naira as she is now celebrated almost everywhere despite her academic challenges.

Recently, the singer whom the bread seller disturbed his shoot, Patrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu, better known by his stage name Tinie Tempah, decided to speak out by stating that for one to make it in life, one just have to be at a particular place at the right time.