Just in case you have been so caught up in our elections and you couldn't know who R. Kelly is and what he did? Here is a synopsis: the 52 year old multiple Grammy award winner who has been flying for sometime now succumbed to the laws of gravity when he finally crash landed in Chicago, last week. He was at the Cook County to answer charges in a 10-count aggravated sex abuse. While rolling out award winning singles almost on a regular basis in public, the R & B crooner has also been busy privately.
The FBI (an agency in charge of white crimes) has been on his trail for years now. The artiste has been taking advantage of teenagers who were sympathetic to his pathetic desires. Jumping up and down to his music is endearing enough, but having lazy youths practically answering to his my body is calling pleads is disgusting. And if you still think relationship by association automatically confers celebrity status, then read on.
Like any alleged person who is enjoying the status of presumption of innocence until found guilty, Kelly pleaded not guilty to the criminal liability charges. He was to be released with a posted $100,000 bail that the three time Grammy winner couldn’t pay! With his celebrity friends more broke than him, his temporary salvation came from an unlikely quarters. Still, credit to Kelly for being able to unsolicitedly walk into a court to put records (no pun intended) straight.
Having fulfilled the first item on his to-do list by running the presidential election to a halt, Atiku must now borrow a leaf from Kelly and step into any court of competence jurisdiction to clear whatever is left of his smeared name. We all know that the President will never grow a pair overnight to prosecute him. However, to have him as a credible opposition, it is time to do the needful. Reverse the order of prosecution; the burden of proof is no longer on who alleged.
By the way, he has so very little to lose anyway. Money is gone, connection is lost and wives may soon disappear the way Dele Momodu did. Going to court alone in Nigeria can be terrifying especially if friends with bullion vans no longer have your back.
The possibility of prison experience either in Nigeria or America holds little fascination but Atiku can be rest assured that he will never see the inside of a prison, at least in Nigeria.
Sadly, R. Kelly will serve his term when convicted and two things await him in prison. Either he becomes a rap artiste or he gets saved but not as a catholic. The Pope can hear him calling quite alright, but he has his hands full of priests who have been equally accused of sexual abuse for now.
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