A club owner, one Mike Nwogu, of an
obscured ‘Club Uno’ located around Ikeja area, Lagos, has courted the
outrage of many Nigerians for turning young girls into human puppies.
The 30-year-old self-acclaimed ‘pretty
Mike’, as he is known in some circles, has always been in the news for
the wrong reasons, and this case was certainly not different.
In turning young impressionable girls
into human puppies, the controversy-prone club owner puts the said girls
on a leash and ties dog chains round their necks.
Although he probably might have been
doing that unnoticed, he however brought it to limelight after he had
first appeared at a function with two girls chained up like dogs,
dressed in black and who lead him while he holds their chains.
Although the first appearance didn’t
create much fuss because many people didn’t see the pictures, the second
appearance, which happened this year has provoked huge social media
outrage.
His second appearance was to a wedding
and this time, the girls wore pink but still with their signature black
masks and dog chains round their necks, with the leash held by the club
owner.
As soon as the pictures surfaced on the
social media, many Nigerians felt it was all shades of wrong, especially
as the picture showed about five policemen laughing at the bizarre
sight.
The Computer Engineering graduate is
said to run ‘Club Uno’ formerly known as Q Club alongside his elder
brother, Frank Nwogu, also known as Don Nero.
As expected, Nigerians who didn’t have
access to him took to different social media platforms to call him out
on his inhumane act.
One Chidi Okereke tweeting from @Chydee
wrote: “What Pretty Mike is doing may not be illegal, but it is
disgusting on so many levels and anyone with a sense of decency will
condemn it.”
Ego Joy Mark wrote: “This country must
really be so hard for girls to allow Pretty Mike tie their necks with
dog chain. At a point I began to think he uses jazz on girls. Premium
UNILAG babes fighting themselves over him.”
One Oria Bure, who was apparently overwhelmed, wrote: “A grown man calls himself Pretty Mike, you just know.”
Deji Dope asked the most pertinent
question: “Why would anyone allow that Pretty Mike guy into their
wedding with two women on a leash?”
For Olusola Olufolabi, the pictures and
act were truly and really sickening, adding: “Girls that really allow
themselves to be used by low self-esteemed men like this and other
musical video producers need to listen over and over again to Linda
Ikeji’s video.”
Mercy Okam said: “Girls really need to be empowered. They are worth more than being treated like dogs.”
One Obi Dim was more concerned about the
lackadaisical attitude of the policemen shown in the background of the
picture. He said: “And you have those who are supposed to be protecting
us laughing in the background.”
Also speaking, Nollywood actress,
Georgina Onuoha said: “Why are so many of us mute on this matter?
Actors? Musicians, models and elected officials?
“When did our society become numb to
everything morally wrong and inexcusable? When did we as a nation and
people degenerate to this level?
“I expect all to be shouting and using their place in the society to call out this folly?
“If this were to be a white man today on
the streets of Lagos tying two black girls or boys on a leash; I bet we
will all cry foul and call for his execution, so why do we all think
its ok? Because he is a black man?”
Meanwhile, mum has been the word from the Lagos State Police Command on the inhumane treatment meted out to the girls.
by Chiemelie Ezeobi
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