Emeka Ike’s ex wife Suzanne Emma speaks out in the media for the first time ever.
She answers every allegation and tells me shocking stories of violence, drug addiction and almost being killed by her ex-husband.
Also joining me: Emeka Ike’s first son.
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My piece in the Mail & Guardian today:
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“The real tragedy is that, despite his many failures, a confluence of his strong personal brand curated and calcified in the 2015 elections,… instagram.com/p/Bt3yLl5l352/…
There was a time when Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari represented something deeply special – the democratic ideal that a failed government can be punished; and that an opposition party could possibly win in a country where this had never before happened.
He represented a generation’s aspirations that our voices matter, our decisions count, and together we could direct the destiny of our country.
This week, two major Pastors were out-ed in public making statements about tithing that are very, very easily disproved by anyone who reads the Bible simply, many who have spent years reading the Bible, and millions who testify of having the Holy Spirit.
The statements grieved my spirit. They grieved my spirit deeply, not least because these are people that many have good reason to respect. I even among those faithful.
But I got over my anger quickly, because anger clouds judgement. However the danger of what their statements represent requires considered response, especially from people of faith. People of elaborate faith.
This is remarkable. And points to something @DoubleEph has been very upset about for a while. The corruption in our system actually disproportionately benefits companies (monopolies?) who know well how to master the system.academia.edu/35925666/THE_I… We always knew it. So, evidence.
Young Nigerians deserve better role models, including in business. Successful gaming a system, and making it impossible for enterprise to flourish and wealth to spread is not something to aspire to, be impressed by, or in any treat with anything but (compassionate) disdain.
Many years ago, seeing the pressure, @obyezeks began to speak to me even more urgently about being disdainful of what she called "slothful wealth". Be disdainful of it, she said. Don't be impressed by it. Don't aspire to it. Don't gravitate towards it.