Dear Tara Badamasi,
You probably won't read this until you're older. You will probably be even older before you understand it, but I hope you will someday understand why I am writing you this letter.
By now, you probably know that you come from a place known as 'Nigeria.' If it still exists when you are reading this, then you know a little bit about what it means to be associated with it. You probably don't like the way other people treat you or talk about you simply because of where you come from.
I was once just like you. Actually, millions of us were just like you. One day we were born, the next day we were dealing with all kinds of problems simply because of where we were born or who gave birth to us. I'm sure you find it as unfair as we did.
Of course, we did not sit on our hands and do nothing about it. Some of us did everything in our power to change the situation. If there is still Google or ChatGPT whenever you're reading this, you can search "Nigeria 2023 Election" and see what happened.
You can also search my name and see the work I did to inform Nigerians and the world about the danger of allowing a drug criminal force his way into power and stay there. If Amazon still exists, you can search for my second book 'Breaking Point' and read all about it.
After reading everything, if you're horrified that what happened took place in spite of all our efforts, then there is something you should know. It didn't happen because we failed, or because we didn't try hard enough. It happened because Nigeria in 2023 unfortunately had several people who didn't believe that they were fully human.
These people were fully committed to preserving Nigeria exactly the way it was, not because it was good for them, but because they thought that they might someday become like the drug criminal who became president.
There was no evidence that they would ever amount to anything other than the miserable nobodies that they were, but - as I'm sure you know by now - Nigerians as they existed in my time, were strangely, intensely, delusionally, optimistic people.
Your father Akeem, was unfortunately one of them.
I'm not writing this to tell you that your dad was a terrible person. He may or may not have been a terrible person from my perspective, but that is not important. You may know him only as a loving father who hopefully takes care of you and treats you well.
What is important is that - regardless of who you know him as - he was a deeply unwise person who personally contributed to whatever problems you think of whenever someone says the word "Nigeria" around you. If you have ever heard him complain about "Nigeria" or talk about its problems as though he were a victim, it is important for you to know that he was a perpetrator and an accomplice.
Your father Akeem Badamasi was not a victim. He was one of the people who destroyed the place you know as 'Nigeria.'
I'm not writing this so you should start to hate him. He is still your father - by all accounts he loves you very much. I am writing this so that someday when you are at the age your father is now in September 2023, you can properly assess your situation and make better choices than he did.
He might have been an unwise, delusional turkey who voted for Christmas, but you have the opportunity to make better choices and be better than him. You can do it. Every human child has the capacity to transcend and rise above the mental limitations their parents imposed on themselves.
Tara, it might be too late for your father, for me and our generation over here in 2023, but it is not too late for you. You have the blank slate of the future ahead of you and the pencil is in your hand. Only you and your contemporaries can determine what 'Nigeria' - or whatever replaces it - will be known for or associated with.
Your father might have failed you, but you don't have to fail yourself.
I'm wishing you all the best from over here in September 2023.
Rooting for you!
David Hundeyin
@bunmi_grey @bunmi_grey this is actually just very wrong and no translation of the Bible even says this. What do you gain by misleading. You don’t have to be a Christian or like Christianity but at least don’t tell a lie against an entire denomination. You’re obviously not a good person. Sad
@D_wickedone @switydinma @bunmi_grey That’s not what it says oh my God! To be fair, if you imagine how the cities were then, a woman who is being forced would be heard and the Bible says, if a man lays with an engaged woman kill them both. It’s basically talking about the sin of Fornication.
@its_daqueen @bunmi_grey No it’s not. The person clearly didn’t understand what they read and it’s very sad to see how it is being twisted. I have never come out to defend before but this is a very wrong quote. And not even any Bible translation.
@Bawzz_lady @its_daqueen @bunmi_grey It didn’t say rapist oh. If she loses her virginity by lying with a man who is not her husband. Then they have to marry.
@lola_eden_ruth@mambo_0ply @bunmi_grey No 28 says if he violates her. In the days of old, women were considered ‘gentle’. So if such an act was carried out, she was persuaded and then has to marry the man who disvirgined her. Because sex outside marriage was a violation.
@omaa_oe I actually understand this because more than 90% of the time, the only thing men offer is money. 🤷🏽♀️ No intellectual conversation, poor communication skills, co dependency, inferiority complex, infidelity, it’s a lot 🤡. So, at least your money helps you filter 😂😂
@Letter_to_Jack Wait wait 😂😂 so any body that gives birth for you is family regardless of whether you marry them or not?😂😂 Ahan, you people would have said it since nau 😂😂💔
@Tobi_gogori@vibe_esteem@Egi_nupe_ And stop being sexist. At least be sure of my gender first. That being said the lady in question, is a well to do actress that had fame before Hakimi.
@Tobi_gogori@vibe_esteem@Egi_nupe_ No court judgement has been made. No one even knows what’s happening now. Neither of them have come out to deny or accept anything. We’re all talking based on speculations.
@vibe_esteem@Tobi_gogori@Egi_nupe_ Maybe you should do your own research. In a case of infidelity, the partner can ask for more alimony. Maybe think before resorting to insults .
@__open_minded @iiampsticks @ThaBoyYom@Remmzor__ The only one that stands out is Eboue. The other two? Well that’s what happens when you hurt someone close to you. Most women can’t handle infidelity. It’s that simple. That being said, they should settle. Nothing to do with me. They’re children involved is all I’m saying.