Bettagate: I Disagree With Femi Pedro

Femi Pedro is someone I love personally and as such, I will tread very carefully in this piece. I read more than seven times the treatise credited to him on “ugly Betty”. I am sure, as he wrote, he too would have been careful picking his words and after, must have called his madam to also go through, then he will now read for another 12 times and then send to his lawyer, friends and also ask his pastor before finally releasing it. You see the line between friendship and loyalty in things like this can be very hazy. Professor Wole Soyinka is facing the same with Agunloye, his buddy. Agunloye was remanded for his involvement in a huge power scam and the great old Prof has come out to pull in the late Bola Ige in the matter, claiming that Agunloye may not be safe in the gulag. Prof, no worry, nothing go do am. He is in good hands, don’t worry, God will keep him alive to help us unravel this thing. So, my dear very handsome Otunba now pens a beautiful letter that is fit for the stage. If this was not a tragedy for our country, I would have asked his permission to produce this his script for a befitting stage performance titled “Ugly Betty.” But no, this is a serious issue with very serious national ramifications. This person broke so many boxes — as we can see from reports — that her case needs to and must be used as a mirror case to serve as a deterrent for future miscreants. No sir, we cannot forgive this one. There are so many all over the place. In fact, like they say, “Nigeria is a crime scene,” so this one that we have “catched”, we must follow it to its logical conclusions. Sighting her work during campaigns and all of that only just explains the very idiotic sense of entitlement that must have led to all of these.Sir, we will not mentor, condone or forgive this beautiful woman. We will slam her with the books, while protecting her rights to fair hearing, fair representations and all of that, but yes, we must unravel all of these and bring all those who worked with her to book. Yes, she must be our shining light and an epitome of how not to be a public officer. She has gained immortality and we must revere her for that. So Otunba, kindly stay clear, “e no concern you.” Thank you.