July 14, 2023
Afro-Scope Presents:
(Directed by Harry Agina)
Greetings!
I am Harry Agina, and I welcome you to episode 16 of Afro-Scope’s AfroCultural InfoTainment Drama Series, “In God’s Name.” It’s about various religions in Africa; about misguided and mischievous Pentecostal Christianity. Importantly and regrettably, it’s about ignorant destruction of the African Culture by Africans in Africa. In essence, it’s about all the evil, ridiculous, unbelievable things that new-wave commercial Pentecostal Christian pastors and their brainwashed, zombified followers do in Africa, ignorantly and mischievously in the name of the Lord. This mischievous and ignorant new-wave version of Pentecostal Christianity is strong in many parts of Africa, but Nigeria, in West Africa, is the headquarters.
In the last episode, we saw Sociologist Michael and his friend, Tanda in a panic as they talked over the phone. As far as they could tell, based on TV newsbreak, their wives, Awele and Nadi were probably dead, murdered by bandits in Nadi’s salon. Or, at best, they were being terrorized by the bandits. But, unknown to Michael and Tanda, Nadi, Awele, and Nadi’s other friend, Nadia, were still semi-safe from the bandits as they hid in Nadi’s inner office in the salon.
And in Kono’s dining room, his dad was spoiling for war with Kono’s Pentecostal Christian Pastor K, who had “insulted” his forefathers, when he told his son Kono that he has “Ancestral Curse.” Meanwhile, the same Pastor K was in his office with another man’s wife, Tiya, who he had convinced that she has “Marine-spirit-husband.” The meeting was to exorcise the spirit out of her. We left them in the last episode while Pastor K was still beating about the bush in effort to inform Tiya of his unholy, unwholesome method of exorcism. But he can only beat around the bush for so long; he’s gonno have to come out with it, sooner than later…next on, “In God’s Name,” episode 16.
- INTERNAL, IN PASTOR K’S OFFICE; AT DUSK
TIYA IS STILL STARING AT THE PASTOR, KIND OF SHOCKED. THE PASTOR HOLDS TIYA’S GAZE AND NOW COCKS HIS HEAD ASKANCE…
TIYA: Uh…could you uh… say that again, please?
PASTOR: Sure! I said…to do an objective arbitration of a fight, a trustworthy arbiter, such as myself, must use the same mode as the fighters. Is that clear to you now, dear sweet Tiya?
TIYA: Uh…well, yeah. I think so.
PASTOR: And you do agree, right?
TIYA: I uh…think so.
PASTOR: Good. So…?
HE MOTIONS WITH HIS HEAD FOR HER TO GO INTO THE RESTROOM…
TIYA: Hun?
PASTOR (Smiles): Go in there, sweet sister, and ready up while I tidy up my table.
TIYA: Okay. But uh…ready up in what way? I don’t feel like using the toilet.
PASTOR
(Chuckles): Then let me ask you this: when you and brother sleep, I mean when you have intercourse, how do you ready up?
TIYA (A bit shocked): Oh! Ready up like that?
PASTOR: Well…? And also, when the spirit husband sleeps with you, do you think he does it with you dressed?
TIYA: I cannot say, Pastor.
PASTOR: Yes, you cannot. But I can, because it has been revealed to me. That which you cannot say is what has been revealed to me. Now do as I say so we don’t waste precious time. Remember, brother will soon be coming back for you.
TIYA (Still hesitant): So…you mean…I uh…should go in there and uh…uh…uh…
PASTOR (Laughs): Okay, in lay man’s lingo…yes, go in there and get undressed. Now, let me ask you…if your gynaecologist asks you to get undressed, would you hesitate?
TIYA: No!
PASTOR: See? And here I am, representing the Lord…you know, a spiritual, holy, or divine gynaecologist, if you will. Yet…it is obvious you are doubting my integrity!
TIYA: No, pastor! It is not like that.
PASTOR: So don’t make it seem it is like that. Go in now and undress. Now!
TIYA: Okay.
STILL, SHE HESITATES A BIT BEFORE GOING IN.
AS SOON AS SHE GOES INTO THE RESTROOM, THE PASTOR FROWNS A BIT, GOES TO THE DOOR, PICKS THE TINY THREAD HE HAD PUT THERE FOR TIYA TO CROSS, AND GOES TO DROP IT IN HIS DRAWER. THEN HE PICKS THE AMULET, LICKS IT AGAIN THREE TIMES, AND THEN PUTS IT BACK IN HIS DRAWER. AND THEN HE BEGINS TO REARRANGE THE BOOKS ON HIS DESK TO MAKE SPACE…
- EXTERNAL, IN FRONT OF “NADI’S UNIQUE SALON”; AT DUST
TWO RAGGEDY-LOOKING OLD NIGERIA POLICE SQUARD CARS ARE PARKED IN FRONT OF A BUILDING WITH “NADI’S UNIQUE SALON” SIGN POST. A FEW POLICE OFFICERS AND SEVERAL CIVILIANS ARE STANDING ABOUT ON THE VERANDA, THERE IS ANXIETY ALL OVER THE CIVILIANS FACES AS THEY ARE CONVERSING IN VARIOUS SMALL SEPARATE GROUPS. A POLICE OFFICER APPROACHES A LADY STANDING ALONE BY THE ENTRANCE DOOR OF THE SALON, WHICH IS SHUT. SHE IS TALKING ON HER CELL PHONE, OBVIOUSLY VERY TENSE AND WORRIED…
THE OFFICER: Excuse me, madam.
THE LADY PAUSES HER PHONE CONVERSATION, SCOWLS AT THE OFFICER FOR A MOMENT, AND THEN TURNS TO GO BACK TO HER PHONE CONVERSATION WITHOUT UTTERING A WORD…
THE OFFICER (Irritated): Madam, nobi you I dey talk to?
THE LADY (Indignant): You are talking to me? For what?
SHE IGNORES THE OFFICER AGAIN AND RETURNS TO HER PHONE CONVERSATION. A GROUP OF TWO WOMEN AND A MAN ARE GOSSIPING IN LOW TONES A FEW FEET AWAY…
FEMALE GOSSIP 1 (Sarcastic and bitter): Look at them…our so-called Nigeria Police are just coming.
FEMALE GOSSIP 2: That’s Nigeria Police for you, my dear. The bandits have been operating here for a couple of hours, and our police are just arriving. Now they…
THE MALE GOSSIP (Cuts in): That’s Buhari’s Nigeria Police for you! They always arrive only after the bad guys are through with their operations and gone their m erry way…
BACK TO THE LADY AND THE POLICE OFFICER BY THE SALON DOOR. THE LADY IS STILL ON THE PHONE…
THE LADY: …My dear, listen to me, and don’t worry about who was talking to me here…
THE OFFICER (Now visibly angry): Madam, do you know that I can arrest you now for withholding information from an officer of the law?
MELODRAMATICALLY, THE LADY TURNS AND SCOWL AT THE OFFICER…
Cut…
- INTERNAL, IN KONO’S DINING ROOM; AT DUSK.
KONO AND HIS DAD HAVE JUST FINISHED EATING. SELA CLEARS THE TABLE AND TAKES SOME TO THE KITCHEN. THE DAD RISES…
DAD: Well, I had better go now before it gets dark.
KONO: Still going to see my pastor, right?
DAD: Absolutely!
KONO: No way I can get you to stop?
DAD: In fact, the more you try to get me to stop, the more I feel inclined to go! If that man has brainwashed you, he has not brainwashed me. He most certainly cannot ever do that!
KONO SHAKES HIS HEAD IN DESPAIR. SELA COMES BACK OUT FROM THE KITCHEN TO CLEAR WHAT IS LEFT…
DAD: That was a nice meal, my daughter. Thank you.
SELA: The pleasure is mine, Dad.
SHE CLEARS WHAT IS LEFT AND GOES BACK INTO THE KITCHEN…
SELA (Out of sight): Honey, could you come and look at this, please?
KONO: What?
SELA: Just come and look at it, please!
DAD: Is everything okay there?
SELA: Yes, Dad. Everything is fine.
KONO: Then what are you…
SELA (Cuts in, Out of sight): Just come and look at it, please! It won’t take a minute!
KONO RISES AND GOES OFF INTO THE KITCHEN. DAD SITS, PUZZLED…
Cut…
THE LADY (Shouting): You want to arrest me; right? Then go ahead and do it! Useless Police Force. You only use your force against innocent Nigerians. What did you do when bandits were taking my sister away?!
SOME PEOPLE ARE NOW GATHERING AROUND THE TWO…
THE OFFICER: Madam, make you no dare me o.
THE LADY: I dare you! You people are only powerful when it comes to intimidating, victimizing and extorting innocent Nigerians. Do I look to you like one of those you can intimidate and violate their rights and get away with it?
THE OFFICER: And who do you think you are, huh?
THE LADY: Try me and find out! Where were you when the bandits were here for over two hours in my sister’s salon, kidnapping her and her customers, hun? Now they are gone, and you’re here pretending that you’re working, and harassing innocent people, as usual.
THE OFFICER: Madam, you are talking to an officer of the law, keep quiet! Who do you think you are?
THE LADY: Why don’t you find out! Go ahead and arrest me as you have threatened and see who I am…go on!!!
SHE PUTS FORWARD HER TWO HANDS, DARING THE OFFICER TO ARREST HER…
Cut…
- INTERNAL, IN KONO’S KITCHEN; AT DUSK.
SELA IS WAITING. KONO WALKS IN, A BIT APPREHENSIVE…
KONO: What is it?
SELA (In low tone): Can we talk in low tones, please?
KONO (Whispering): Okay, okay, okay! So what is it?
SELA: I think you should go with Dad to the pastor.
KONO: What? Why?!
SELA: Is it not obvious? Do you think the pastor will have anything convincing to tell Dad?
KONO: Well, I don’t know.
SELA: And do you think, without that, Dad would not make him some trouble?
KONO: Well that’s why I am trying to stop him from going, isn’t it?
SELA: Well, obviously he is going, isn’t he? So would you not rather be there to try and prevent any incident? I think you should go with him.
KONO THINKS QUICKLY ABOUT IT THEN NODS…
KONO: Okay. I see your point. Thank you. I will go with him then.
THEY HUG AND THEN WALK OUT TOGETHER…
- INTERNAL, IN PASTOR K’S OFFICE; AT DUSK.
HE IS NOW UNDRESSED DOWN TO HIS SINGLET AND BOXERS, PERCHING ON AN EDGE OF HIS DESK, AND LOOKING AT THE RESTROOM DOOR. HE POSES THIS WAY, CHANGES, POSES IN ANOTHER WAY, CHANGES AGAIN, AND CONTINUES TO CHANGE HIS PERCHING POSES, EXCITEDLY NERVOUS. AFTER A WHILE, HE CHECKS HIS WATCH AND FROWNS…
PASTOR: My sweet sister?
NO RESPONSE…
PASTOR: Sweet sister, Tiya!
STILL NO RESPONSE. NOW HIS FROWN DEEPENS AS HE RAISES HIS VOICE…
PASTOR: Tiya!
TIYA (Out of sight): Yes, pastor!
PASTOR: Well, what is keeping you?
TIYA (Out of sight): Sorry, pastor. I’ll be right with you now.
PASTOR: Well, hurry! You’ve already taken way too long. What if brother comes and we still have not finished?
RIGHT THEN, THE RESTROOM DOOR BEGINS TO OPEN. PASTOR LICKS HIS LIPS AND SMILES LASCIVIOUSLY…
- EXTERNAL, AT “NADI’S UNIQUE SALON”; SAME TIME
BACK TO THE ARGUMENT BETWEEN NIGERIA POLICE OFFICER AND A LADY AT “NADI’S UNIQUE SALON.” THE SITUATION HAS ESCALATED, THE PUBLIC CROWD HAS GROWN, AND A COUPLE OF MORE POLICE OFFICERS, A SERGEANT AND A CORPORAL ARRIVE AT THE SCENE…
THE SERGEANT: Corporal, what is going on here?
OFFICER/CORPORAL (Salutes): ‘Tion, Serg! Obstruction of investigation, sir!
SERGEANT: What happened?
BACK TO THE GOSSIPPING TWO LADIES AND A MAN, WHO RETAIN THEIR LOCATION CLOSE BY…
LADY 1: You see what we were saying? Our police officers are now diverting attention from the problem at hand.
THE MAN: Yap, they are more interested in fighting a woman who is looking for, and worried about her kidnapped sister.
LADY 1: You know why?…they’re too scared to chase after the bandits.
LADY 2 (Disgustingly): Nobi only one officer you see with gun here? Abegiii!!!
THE MAN: Six officers, one gun. He probably has no single bullet there.
BACK TO THE POLICE OFFICERS AND THE ANGRY LADY WHO IS WORRIED OVER LOSING HER SISTER, NADI…
THE SERGEANT: Madam, you have no right to challenge an officer of the law. You have to come with us to the station?
THE LADY (Now furious, shouting): To do what at your station…you are mad!!! That would be over my dead body; you hear me?!
THE SERGEANT IS INFURIATED, HE SCOWLS AT THE LADY…
END
Written by Michael Shaibu and Harry Agina
There you have it, folks! If you’re not Nigerian, and you didn’t know, now you know some ugly facts about Nigeria Police under President Muhammadu Buhari (2015 to May 2023). You have seen that “a house is on fire, and Nigeria Police is busy chasing after rats!” You now have a little glimpse of the fact that Nigeria Police is atrociously corrupt and largely ineffective, and this degenerated to a record high level under the highly corrupt, evil and clueless government of President Buhari. Remember, no lies are portrayed or even suggested on Afro-Scope.com. We represent the realities of Africa.
What you just saw is a “tip of the iceberg,” as they say. Yes, indeed! President Muhammadu Buhari ran a horrible Police Force that did more victimization of Nigerians, than protect them. This is Afro-Scope Project, and we promote as well as critique the African Culture and the African people. We do this in various ways, including such dramatization. No wonder, besides our AfroCultural InfoTainment productions, we have a category of “Socio-Political Affairs & Sports,” where, among other things, we condemn the atrocities of many African rulers and other powerful individuals who destroy Africa. As you are here, we implore you to take a tour of that category. I will save you the trouble of searching, by giving you this link to the category: https://afro-scope.com/category/socio-political-affairs-sports/
So, anyway, in the next edition of “In God’s Name,” we continue with Kono and his father who is spoiling for a confrontation with Kono’s funky Pentecostal Christian pastor, who was christened “Pastor K” by his “native doctor.” Not to forget the last scene between the same funky pastor and the married woman, Tiya, who is apparently naïve and vulnerable to the pastor’s sexual machinations. You don’t wanno miss anything as those “based-on-real-life” plots unfold, on Afro-Scope.com. Until the next episode, it’s bye from Harry Agina and the Afro-Scope team.
LINK TO EPISODE 17:
AFROCULTURAL DRAMAS ON RELIGIONS AND CULTURE, “IN GOD’S NAME,” EPISODE 17