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Is this the world's most dapper squeegee man?

By Nosmot Gbadamosi, for CNN

Updated 1018 GMT (1818 HKT) May 20, 2016

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Abdulahi Olatoyan wears sharp suits while working as a car window washer in Abeokuta, southwest Nigeria. "I didn't want to be wandering around the streets doing nothing" he says.
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Abdulahi Olatoyan wears sharp suits while working as a car window washer in Abeokuta, southwest Nigeria. "I didn't want to be wandering around the streets doing nothing" he says.
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Dressing smartly for work, ensures people take him seriously explains Olatoyan. His red velvet bowties ensures he stands out. Photos of Abdulahi Olatoyan have gone viral on Instagram and Twitter in Nigeria.
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Dressing smartly for work, ensures people take him seriously explains Olatoyan. His red velvet bowties ensures he stands out. Photos of Abdulahi Olatoyan have gone viral on Instagram and Twitter in Nigeria.
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"I just saw this man wearing a bowtie and suit and cleaning a windscreen" says photographer David Sync who decided to approach Olatoyan.
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"I just saw this man wearing a bowtie and suit and cleaning a windscreen" says photographer David Sync who decided to approach Olatoyan.
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"At first he was angry about photos being taken of him but he soon realized we were just fascinated" says Sync, who rushed to his office to grab his camera.
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"At first he was angry about photos being taken of him but he soon realized we were just fascinated" says Sync, who rushed to his office to grab his camera.
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Olatoyan was offered a job via Instagram after pictures of him was posted on the site. 'Style Doctor' will be his new job title at menswear label OUCH based in Nigeria. He will be advising the countries men on how to dress flamboyantly.
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Olatoyan was offered a job via Instagram after pictures of him was posted on the site. 'Style Doctor' will be his new job title at menswear label OUCH based in Nigeria. He will be advising the countries men on how to dress flamboyantly.
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Story highlights

  • Photos of a squeegee man wearing a tailored suit have gone viral
  • His name is Abdulahi Olatoyan and he was spotted on the streets of Abeokuta, southwest Nigeria
  • His sartorial style has already netted him a new job at a Nigerian fashion label

(CNN)In Congo, Sapeurs (the Society of tastemakers and elegant people), are known for their love of luxury tailoring even while performing the most mundane of tasks. But one car windscreen cleaner in Nigeria's Abeokuta is competing for this title.

Abdulahi Olatoyan, who is a university dropout in his early thirties, turned to the streets to make a living and save enough money to start his own business.

    Pls TAG him or send us his number we have a JOB waiting for him at OUCH: 🙏. I WOKE up to see this image and wondering...How can a young-man make an effort to DRESS this way to CLEAN car windshield in TRAFFIC and be LEFT to continue with this? ..God Forbid Bad Thing . 7 Reasons why this Man deserve a JOB at OUCH... 1: He made an effort to DRESS better than his present SITUATION shows/tells me that this is a Man with a VISION who needs a PUSH. 2: He could have decided to DRESS in a T-shirt and Jeans like others in the same TRADE,but HEY! He won't have stood out and be noticed ...#SellYourSelf 3: He could have STAYED at home living in self delusion that he is better than this kind of JOB. 4: He saw a NEED and DECIDED to provide a SOLUTION #SolveAProblem 5: He understood the IMPORTANCE of wearing a SUIT I have said this countless TIMEs to Fresh graduates and JOB hunters to #DRESS4SUCCESS 6: He had a CHOICE of sitting at HOME, Living in SELF-Pity and BLAMING the Govt for his WOES in Life.but he decided to MAKE A MOVE and get his hands BUSY #7: For a bit I thought about what SOME people may say about this Gesture , but I quickly realized that even JobSEEKERs and those who have NEVER added VALUE TO SOCIETY or another human LIFE would ALWAYS talk as they NEVER see the brighter side of things...So let them TALK... PLEASE All I want is his nos as he deserves BETTER from life #Dress4Success #MCM #SartoriallyCorrect #StyleInfluencer #OUCHman #Menswear #Suitgang #suits #Bowties #dappperlydone

    A photo posted by Uche Nnaji The StyleDoctor (@uchennaji) on

    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.
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    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 mindset 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.