Abdulahi
Olatoyan, who is a university drop-out in his early thirties, turned to the
streets to make a living and save enough money to start his own business.
Wearing a
bright polka dot suit and red velvet bow tie, Olatoyan says he hopes to return
to school one day and finish his studies.
“I didn’t
want to be wandering the streets doing nothing” he explains, adding he wanted
to make sure people knew he was serious about his work.
“He is the
first suited windscreen cleaner I have ever seen”, says photographer Daniel
Sync, who decided to take photos. “We need more innovative citizens like
Abdulahi in Nigeria”, he added.
Sync spotted
the cleaner on his way to work and rushed to the office to pick up his camera.
The photographs have since gone viral – with Olatoyan being offered a job at
Nigerian clothing line OUCH.
The label’s
designer Uche Nnaji posted on Instagram that Olatoyan could come work at his
company, and listed seven reasons why he deserved the job. He asked his 18,000
followers to help track down the elegant squeegee man.
Olatoyan has
now been offered a position as ‘style doctor’ at the menswear brand: “I have a
team of young people that I call style doctors,” says Nnaji, “when I saw him I
thought this person is someone that likes looking good and can style others”.
“I saw attitude
in him and thought if this man is doing this just to go and wash cars, he is
someone that will work with a different mind-set even if he’s doing the least
popular job in the company” he added.
Olatoyan will
soon begin offering his own distinctive opinions on style and taste to
customers.
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