The elders have said I should remain silent, and I have no intention of breaking that vow
So I won’t say a word about your recent book launch in which you were quoted to have said, ‘the person who wrote the book is as crazy as I am’
I watched the book launch and saw how you invited former Heads of State and full dignitaries into an empty hall and launched a book you most likely didn’t write
I have vowed to keep silent and remain pure and calmly silent
In a conversation brokered by Edi Lawani, you had said – make he wait till the book come out to see if na the one he write na..
I am waiting, and even if, at the end of the day, it’s the one I wrote, I will not break my pledge to the elders to remain silent. I will remain silent
The pain of writing 62,000 words, travelling to your house weekly for six months, going through the stress of working with a genius like urself like labour pains, will be resolved by my absolute silence
The fact that you went to my contacts that I had taken you to to collect sponsorship for the launch, even though I have been silenced, would not make me say a word
It is not the one I wrote that you white-labelled and launched; it is a brand new one you wrote
You painstakingly cleaned up your make-up, sat on a laptop and wrote a brilliant book and called it 999 and then launched it with glee.
Who am I to scream? Little me from Shomolu against the bully of Oguta whose father was a Supreme Court judge?
I am remaining silent o, even when I was called to ask if I got an invite and I said No, and the person said I shd come and let’s go, I said no ooo, I have promised to keep silent o
The other day, I saw you at Arise TV when you came to promote the book, that you sat up for many nights to write. I hugged you and hugged your tomato paste Executive Assistant with no grudge whatsoever
My prayer is for the book to earn you a Nobel Prize in literature and for it to outsell Things Fall Apart and for it to open you up to the point that you will be invited to speak at the United Nations
God knows, I am really very happy for you on this matter, as my Fada abi why would I feel otherwise, if at your age cataract did not stop you from writing suxh a huge book, and achieving such monumental purpose with 999 why would my envy stop you
My only request is for you to send me an autographed copy so I can keep it on my shelf beside the Nigerian Constitution, where I put those kinds of flawed journals
I promised not to say a word o. Mutual friends had called me before and after the launch and I had sworn on my father’s testicles that I would not scream, make trouble or even say a word and I thank God that I have kept the promise with ease
Please let me advise you to go on a book tour, cos the world really needs to read that book with its very potent content
As for me, I’m. Kneeling in my room with my hands firmly locking my lips, with my eyes closed shut in obedience to the instructions given to me by elders on the matter – utter silence
I have not said anything o, if I have, feel free to come and beat me
Thanks
Duke of Shomolu
Last modified: August 6, 2026
