GIDEON OLANREWAJU ODUKOGBE

I carry a burden for men. I believe men are missing in society, and that missing piece has torn a gap into the world we live in today. Part of what's kept them away is the belief that no one else is fighting what they're fighting.

I battled addictions — more than a few, more than I'd like to admit. My journey is what I want to show the world: the truth behind the mysteries of the battles so many of us fight alone. I am a man on a mission, carrying a divine assignment.

A boy who came out of the slumps of Bariga and found Mercy. My life is a testament to the power of God. I am genuinely grateful that I found my purpose and my calling early in life.

The best part of our journeys is locked up in the possibilities we haven't seen yet. But we know that, with time, we'll do the work — and live out the destiny that was placed inside us all along.