Kola Adesina: An Unwarranted Attack

Gentleman Kola Adeshina, the other day, was under attack. Some renegades went on social media to name him and his very hard-working Managing Director at the Ikeja Disco, the … Mbok, I cannot repeat the names they called them o because that would be strengthening a very warped narrative. They followed up the bile with pictures of the two, and pronto, all those who have had their power cut, especially in Magodo, made sure the clip went viral.

As I read the piece, it was very clear that this was a personal battle gone too far, as all sorts of personal abuse were heaped on these two individuals.

This is sad, because the “comment” section jumped on it and began to justify the odious label the write-up gave the two.

The firm no doubt has its challenges with customer service and other such service delivery inputs, but now jumping on, for example, the “Air Force debacle” as an example of the “madness” at Ikeja Disco was nothing but the very worst in yellow Journalism.

The power sector, end to end,  and by this, I mean from the government through the regulators, through transmission, down to distribution, and lastly, the end users, is all very complicit in the mess that we currently face. Even as I write whatever they call it, I have collapsed twice in the last five days. So to now single out these two because you can no longer afford power, or they have disconnected your light and taken away the electricity pole is such a wicked thing to have done. Thankfully, Nigerians looked through the write-up and moved towards the AI-generated Oshiomole, which offered better drama.

Let me just say this once again, that I, Joseph Edgar, the honourable Duke of Shomolu, who has never faced an impeachment and also does not have any Wike lording over me, declare that Kola Adeshina is an honourable man and one of the most credible business leaders in this country. Come and beat me. Thank you.