Tunde Ajaja
In their relatively rich neighbourhood, her beautiful mansion is the cynosure of all eyes, given its luxury trappings and the expanse of land it occupies. Apart from the main building, which is well finished, it has chalets, boys’ quarters, swimming pool, huts and other things of interest that could make living more exciting.
But as big as the house is, 75-year-old Mrs. Comfort (surname withheld), a widow, lives alone in the entire premises, and the only company she has are her driver and the home help, both of whom live in one of the chalets.
For the past seven years when she lost her husband, loneliness has been the only company she has had, and it is particularly challenging because all but one of her children live outside the country, while the one in the country lives in Port Harcourt, hundreds of kilometres away from her abode in Lagos.
On a typical day, the old…
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