Previously on Why?
BANKOLE
I see this guy destroying your friendship with my sister if you don’t give him a chance with my sister
ANN
He is not good for your sister
BANKOLE
Why? Because he is rich?
EPISODE 35
Wemimo King is gone
PRESENT TIME
INT. BANKOLE’S HOUSE- AFTERNOON
In his study, older Bankole sits on
the chair with his head in his hands when his wife, Jo comes in
JO
Your mother
is ready
Bankole nods
BANKOLE
Okay
He stands
up and walks out with Jo into the sitting room where Madam Babade sits on a
chair
BANKOLE
I believe
Jo told you why you are here?
MADAM
BABADE
Yes
BANKOLE
I am going
to ask my own questions while Jo will ask you questions the opposing side might
likely ask you when you testify
MADAM
BABADE
Okay
BANKOLE
It is
nothing hard, just be comfortable and say the truth
MADAM
BABADE
Alright
BANKOLE
Let start
Bankole sighs deeply
BANKOLE
Motunrayo
Babade, kindly tell the court who your daughter, Imade King is
MADAM
BABADE
Imade was a
good kid growing up, she was nice, brilliant and always took her studies
seriously. She had a little problem on obedience side but she was a good kid.
Designing is…
At this point, she smiles
sadly
MADAM
BABADE
Imade loves
to design, I don’t think a day went by that she didn’t design something. There was
a time I burnt her sketch pad because she disobeyed me but the next day, she
recreated those designs again, she was that good. Before all of this, I was
always proud of her.
She rubs the tears off her eyes
BANKOLE
So do you
think she did what she was accused of?
Madam Babade answers immediately
MADAM
BABADE
Of course
not, Imade can be selfish but a killer… that is not the daughter I raised
BANKOLE
You said
she is nice
MADAM BABADE
Yes
BANKOLE
And now you
say she is selfish… those are two contradicting adjectives. You can’t perjure
yourself on the stand
MADAM
BABADE
Perjure?
What is the meaning of that?
BANKOLE
Lie, you can’t lie on the stand. You can be
jailed for lying if you get caught
MADAM
BABADE
Well, I am
not lying
BANKOLE
You are,
sister is the nicest person I ever seen. Orphanage homes all over Nigeria can
testify to that
MADAM
BABADE
Been stingy
is not the only qualification that makes a person selfish. When you make decision knowing that it will affect people around you negatively, that makes
you selfish too. Isn’t that the reason why we are here, I give your sister a
standing ovation when it comes to making selfish decisions
Bankole looks hurt by what his
mother said
BANKOLE
Mother, I
didn’t ask you t…
MADAM
BABADE
You asked
me to say the truth, I just did…. That man did nothing to your sister but be a
good man. He always protected her, even when she got herself into trouble, he
came to her aid. He didn’t deserve what your sister did to him
Bankole explodes in anger
BANKOLE
Well, he is
gone, Wemimo King is gone and he is not coming back to you
Madam Babade starts to wail
JO
I think we
should take a break
Bankole ignore her
BANKOLE
You are not
getting your favourite son back but you know who you can get back, your
biological daughter. So please put yourself together and work with me
Madam
Babade breaks down in tears calling Wemimo’s name, Jo sighs and she drags her
husband away
JO
You are too
hard on her
BANKOLE
She can’t
take the stand, she is too attached to him
JO
Can you
blame her? Everything she has today was given to her by Wemimo
BANKOLE
And my
sister too, they both worked hard
JO
Calm down,
I am not disputing that fact. Your mother can’t take the stand, we need
alternatives
Bankole paces anxiously
JO
How about
you reach out to the others again
BANKOLE
We talked
about already, they won’t say anything good about my sister
JO
Yes, at
that time but now, I am sure they would have calmed down. They won’t let her go
to jail for something she didn’t do
BANKOLE
You don’t
understand, Wemimo made them. They are who they are today thanks to him
JO
That can’t
be true
BANKOLE
Talk of
Shehu, Aunty Bebii, Bintu, even Ann. KINGS is her biggest client, Wemimo made
all the founding members of KINGS. After what my sister did to him, she is
their enemy
JO
But your
sister is the face of the company
BANKOLE
Yes because
he made her the face. The real engine of KINGS is Wemimo and not my sister.
JO
But why?
BANKOLE
He guess he
loved her that much
JO
This is
interesting
BANKOLE
My mother
is the only other person that can defend her but look at her too
JO
Maybe you
should put your sister on the stand
BANKOLE
What? No
JO
Let her
tell her own story
BANKOLE
She feels
too guilty about what she did, I can’t let the opposing side use her guilt
against her
JO
I don’t
think you have a choice
BANKOLE
I think I
do
JO
Which is
BANKOLE
Get to jury
first
JO
You can’t
be serious
BANKOLE
I just want
to tell them who my sister is
JO
Your sister
can tell them that on the stand herself if you will just let her
BANKOLE
She can’t
take the stand
JO
So what,
you want to bend the law for your selfish reason
BANKOLE
It is for
the right reason
JO
This is Ann
Wada talking, she is in your head… okay, let just say I agree with your insane
plan which I don’t, what if they report you? What if the jury reports you for
obstructing justice?
BANKOLE
I won’t be
the one talking to them
JO
Then who?
Bankole hesitates
JO
Bankole
who?
BANKOLE
Ann Wada
Jo scoffs
JO
Of course
we are back to her but darling husband you seem to forgetting that she made you
choose between your sister and her two year ago and you choose to defend your
sister. What makes you think she will help you?
BANKOLE
She will
JO
Because she
is your first love?
BANKOLE
Oh! come on
JO
Because
there is unexplainable bond between you two? Because you two are in love with
each other
BANKOLE
Jealously
does not look good on you, Jo
JO
I don’t just
understand why you keep going back to that woman for help. When you needed her
the most, she abandoned you
BANKOLE
You don’t
understand wh…
JO
I don’t
want to understand, no
BANKOLE
I don’t
take orders from you
JO
Well if you
want to stay married to me, you will today
Jo walks to the door, then turns
back to Bankole
JO
I don’t
know about you but it seems your mother is the only hope we have at saving your
sister, we should prep her better
Jo leaves while Bankole bangs the
table in anger
Next on Why?
MICHEAL
Made told
me a lot about you
WEMIMO
She did?
MICHEAL
She painted
you as a cool guy who is easy going
WEMIMO
And you
don’t think so
MICHEAL
You look
like a god that she trying to make happy
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