Nobody slaps an American president, period! And it does not matter if that slap was handed down on a Hollywood set! Icheoku is an avid fan of Jack Bauer's 24, but when the writers and producers of the thriller, allow a scene where the "terrorist" rogue General Juma lays his filthy hand on our president, we condemn such as very indecent. Today's episode was hair-raising until that downer where our helpless president was forced out of her secured-room, by the threat of Juma to slice her daughter to pieces. And to watch her already stressed but courageous face be slapped by General Juma was as unthoughtful a scene as it was very insulting to our general psyche. No one slaps an American president anywhere, anytime and no matter the circumstance.
Icheoku would have preferred the Vice president gave the order to assault the White-house or better still the agent escaped with the president's daughter to alert the security agents that Juma does not have the president. There were several instances where the spitfire of 24 would have been maintained in a more dignified way other than to slap our president. This is an over-kill and please 24 and crew must take this under advisement when scripting subsequent series! Such a scene is simply speaking, a no no and as unthinkable as it is horrifying!
We understand that the whole episode was intended to make us stand on our toes till next Monday, but slapping of an American president was a disrespect to all Americans and that president, being a woman, in lieu of the recent Chris Brown roughing-up of Rihana, fortifies the stereotype of humiliating women in a masculine world! Icheoku condemns this scene and hopefully we are not the lone voice in denouncing this humiliating slap of an American president by the rogue General Juma of Singala.
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Christy 'Apena' Essien-Igbokwe , the wife of Jegede Shokoya of the New Masquerade and Nigeria's lady of songs is dead; she was 51years old. Although her family claimed that "brief Illness" killed her like so many Nigerians; Icheoku retorts that it was most likely AKwa Ibom voodoo and remote control that was used to arrest her. It is on record that she had fallen out with the governor of her native Akwa Ibiom State and have been having a relentless war for political turf with the governor? So who knows whether she was sacrificed to Ekpe cult or even Alusi-Okija as an offal; afterall African science is still very much alive and portent. May her soul rest in peace.
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