One wickedness happened to me now now.
As I am like this, I am looking for N26m to complete my budget
Don’t fret, I will get it – I always do but small fear is catching me
That is how I woke up to see N2m in my account. I checked the narration and didn’t see anything
My friends usually send me money like that, just like that
At times it’s a day after they will now call, Edgar did u see that N5k it’s for you. Don’t give any widow just hold that one.
Other times, there will be narration cos a lot of my friends have my acct no, so they just hit me and say my own contribution
So this N2m came just like that with no narration and I assumed it was one of my friends giving me money for Dora
Me under pressure, quickly sent to my ED Finance and said – oya take add pay people
Just this morning, I was telling the team that the thing don dey tire me o
I get international school fees and international rent overdue and N70m dey pass through me and I no fit even collect N5m sort my immediate problem
So when I woke up and saw N2m with no narrative and not accounted for, I was happy
It didn’t cross my mind to send it to Chantal whose monthly rent was that amount and was overdue, I just sent it on to clear the N1. 3m urgent bill for the production and the rest will be used to pay actors.
Then I went to fight my media and Executive team on an issue
Then I saw the chat – Morning Aburo. It was my greatest and most consistent supporter
I thought he wanted to say he hadn’t seen his tickets
His next words, shrank my pecker
Aburo we did the transfer twice can you check and return
You know I’m a trained Investment banker and can take hard decisions easily while my heart and mind are a mess
I said, ” Sure – send me the account number
I fell into a heep. Eyes red, hands shaking and overwhelmed with grief and regrets
Why did I do two plays? Why am I even doing these fucking plays, why am I not even leveraging my networks and raise these monies for myself
Why am I basically’ throwing away money – N70m for what?
A sector that has nothing but abuse for me, a sector that sneers and derides my efforts at the slightest opportunity, the other day, I was even called a slave
That was my Jesus in Gethsemane moment, that was me ruing my involvement in this theatre matter
The thing distracts me and takes me away from other things and then after each project, I’m left with N200k or something stupid which I just dash the next person I see and one idiot who has been in theatre for 50 years but with nothing to show will now be calling me – theatre marketer
After my moment of gloom, I stood up, shook myself and called my sister
Mayen, we need to return N2m – she gasped – aghh Joe, we still dey find N20m
I say no worry, na integrity issue. This is my reputation, it will not happen, return d danm thing
Last December, another major supporter sent N15m instead of N1. 5m, I returned immediately he called, so return this one, las las we go owe people and that no too bad. We never owe before
She scrimed and scraped and broke the kolo and sent the money to me and I returned it
Now, I dey under one tree inside National Theatre deliberately not going near Lagoon or any body of water before devil go and push me to jump
I know APC people will be laughing at me now oo
Kai
Duke of Shomolu
Last modified: April 2, 2026
