Lagos state, 1999

The Bensons lived in a rented three-bedroom apartment while living in Kano state. Ever since Tade had thought of settling back in Lagos with his family, he had judiciously saved up and bought a land in a new developing estate called The Flower Garden, located in Lekki Lagos.

He gradually built on it a five-bedroom house with two living rooms. Set apart from the main building was a smaller two-bedroom and a living-room apartment originally meant for live-in staff. By the time the family was forced to flee Kano, the house was completed and fully furnished.

'The Bensons are truly God sent to me' Julianna thought to herself as she traveled with the family to their home in Lagos. 'They chose to help me...a stranger, who had nothing to her name but a baby. A baby who is an additional mouth for them to feed.