![]() ![]() Bank executives worshipped the ground he walked on and paid good money for his favours. The fear of Nonso was the beginning of wisdom for business people and politicians. Many feared his newspaper, This Country, rather than respect it. His foray into publishing after being a politician gave him the leverage that only a few publishers had. He had been a politician in the aborted Third Republic. Nonso, heavily-built and with a protruding belly that made it difficult for him to wear a pair of shoes on his own, was a man of questionable character. I checked my watch and saw that I could make it to Banana Island the time he asked me to see him.Īs I made my way to the expansive car park of this beautiful mall some forty minutes away from the Island town of Epe, the image of my controversial boss filled my head. If I had not seen him, I would not have become the hostage of a secret which destroyed my best friend. Looking back now, I wish I’d found an excuse not to see him. I had just come out of the cinema at the Novare Mall in Sangotedo where I had gone to see Alakada Reloaded when my phone rang and the caller ID showed that it was my boss, Nonso, whose name instilled fear into top bankers, A-list politicians and every other who-is-who with skeletons in their cupboards. Excerpts from Vaults of Secrets by Associate Editor of The Nation, Korede Yishau on the day a reporter met his friend’s wife in his publisher’s hotel suite.
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