The controversial club owner was not impressed concerning
the lack of understanding displayed by women
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Pretty Mike and his leahed ladies |
The owner of a The owner of popular Lagos club house, Eze
Nwalie Nwogu, has explained why he put leashes on women.
This is following his arrest by the Lagos State Police who
made him write an undertaking that he will not repeat such an act.
In an interview with with the press, Nwogu also known as 'Pretty Mike',
disclosed that his perceived abuse of women was actually a sort of activism
meant for female empowerment.
He qualified his action as a mission statement of a greater
goal, claiming that only extreme measures such as his can bring the public's
attention to the cause.
He further stated: “I
have done it twice and let us not make it look as if it is something I have
been doing all the time.
"The two times
I have done it were weddings where I was part of the groomsmen which means that
I have a personal relationship with the bride and groom.
"The overall
reason I chose to do this was because of the mission statement behind it. It is
just unfortunate how people are so quick to jump into conclusion without
actually finding out what is going on.
"All they
think is that it is an abuse, or a form of slavery or perverted thoughts.
“For me, there is a
mission statement. I would give you some examples to explain the mission
statement behind my action.
"I would not
call any names but I am sure we all know about an Emir that was given a
15-year-old as a wife.
"To me, that
is putting women on a leash. We talk about traditional rulers that marry
underage women, that is putting women on the leash.
"We talk about
boyfriends and husbands that beat their spouses and abuse them physically,
emotionally and spiritually, that is putting women on a leash.
"I needed to
get the world’s attention first to be able to pass across my mission statement.
It is all about women advocacy at the end of the day.
"It is all
about empowering the women. These women have no voice. I refer to the girls I
use as super heroes and we had to do something drastic in order to be heard and
get the world’s attention. Now they are talking about it.
“Yes, there are
other ways I could have gone about it but there has to be a new way all the
time.
"This is the
era of social media and if I come up with a good write-up about women advocacy,
nobody would pay attention to me.
"I would not
even get up to ten ‘likes’. We are in the era of social media and if you pay
close attention, something drastic has to happen to get the attention of people
on social media.
"Most of the
people that have become popular on social media did so by doing something
drastic, different and unique.”
Pretty Mike, who admitted to being a controversial
person lamented about Nigeria being a backward society.
He believes the negative reactions he received on social
media, particularly from women between the ages of 35 and 50 was proof of this.
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