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Story that touches the heart: boy who sleeps under Oshodi bridge, works as bus conductor wins chess championship

By allcitynews.ng/legit.ng

This would best be described as story that touched the heart. And this is dramatic twist as boy who sleeps under Oshodi bridge, works as bus conductor wins chess championship.

It all started as the teenager, Adeoye Fawaz, who lives under the Oshodi bridge by night and works as a conductor by day became winner in chess playing.

His life received turnaround after winning a trophy. Adeoye caught the interest of Tunde Onakoya who introduced him to the game.

The 18-year-old Adeoye Fawaz, who works as a bus conductor to survive and has been living under the Oshodi bridge all his life has finally had a life turnaround. The turnaround was made possible by Tunde Onakoya, the CEO of Chess in Slum Africa, an organisation that has used the game of chess to give new meanings to many lives.

The boy was carried up after he won the chess championship.

Similarly, many months ago, Tunde’s encounter with a boy with cerebral palsy seized media attention.

The boy who was mostly ridiculed by his peers because of his medical condition became the joy of his community. His skill at chess won him the attention of Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.