Previously on Why?
AKUCHE
And why is that? We are not on the same side
BANKOLE
The accused is the CEO of KINGS who happens to be your biggest client, how are we not on the same side?
AKUCHE
Ex-CEO, you are a lawyer, you should get your facts right
BANKOLE
We both know that if she goes to jail, the stock price of KINGS is going to tank. So, we are on the same side
EPISODE 54
The witness’s
hero
CONTINUATION
FROM LAST EPISODE
INT. ANIKE WADA'S FIRM- CONTINUOUS
During the
deposition at Ann’s lawfirm, Tobe exposes a secret that Bankole kept from Jo
AKUCHE
Mr.
Gbadamosi, please answer the question
SHEHU
Like
e…e…e…very o…o…other ma…ma…marriage
AKUCHE
Like every
other marriage?
SHEHU
They
fa…fa…fa..fight, they ma…ma…make up, they have ki…ki..ki..kids
AKUCHE
You have
been with this couples for over fifteen years, you have to know more than that
SHEHU
When it
comes to…to his ma…ma…ma…ma…marriage, We…we…Wemimo Kings was
all…all...all...always secretive
AKUCHE
So was it
true that the accused tried to leave her ex-husband during the early years of
their marriage?
Both
Bankole and Shehu looks up in shock while Jo looks surprise
JO
What are
you talking about? What do you mean she tried to leave him?
AKUCHE
You didn’t
know
JO
Bankole,
what is he talking about?
Bankole glares at Akuche
AKUCHE
I don’t
think he wants to tell you, so let me. His sister, the accused tried to divorce
her ex-husband, was it a year or two years after their marriage?
JO
Bankole, is
this true?
BANKOLE
Yes
JO
And you
didn’t think to share this crucial information with me
AKUCHE
You can’t
blame him, he didn’t want you to know he has a cold stone bitch as a sister
BANKOLE
That is
uncalled for
AKUCHE
But it is
true, she was going to leave him even after he gave her bastard son his name
Bankole and Shehu looks more
shocked
JO
Bastard
son? Bankole, what is he talking about?
AKUCHE
Does your
husband tell you anything at all?
BANKOLE
Who told
all this? Who was the fool who called Wemi a bastard? Shehu, was it you?
Shehu shook his head
BANKOLE
Then it has
to be Bintu, she hates my sister
AKUCHE
It was the
most crucial witness, the witness who has been with the ex-couple since the
dawn of time
Bankole’s shoulder drops and he
becomes pissed
BANKOLE
She had no
right
AKUCHE
She acted
like a lawyer, like you said, we need to get all our facts right
JO
So Wemi was
a bastard, what other things didn’t you tell me?
Bankole looks upset
BANKOLE
I didn’t
know he will be mentioned, he is innocent in all of these. Ann had no right
dragging him into this mess
JO
But he
started all this, you should have told me about him
AKUCHE
Can you
please take your martial issues out of this law firm?
Akuche notices Bankole’s sad state
AKUCHE
I see the
boy is still a sore issue
BANKOLE
Can you
please continue?
Akuche faces Shehu
AKUCHE
Mr.
Gbadamosi
Shehu nods
AKUCHE
Your words
please
SHEHU
Y…yes
AKUCHE
So we can
say that the accused never loved her ex-husband throughout the course of their
marriage
Shehu nods again
AKUCHE
Your words,
please
SHEHU
Yes
BANKOLE
Since you
know Wemimo Arotile-King so well, you must know how he stopped the accused from
divorcing him the first time
AKUCHE
What are
you doing, it is not yet your time?
BANKOLE
You are not
asking him questions that matters
AKUCHE
And that
questions matters how?
BANKOLE
They are
questions that will bash the witness’s hero, Wemimo Arotile-King. We both know
the opposing lawyer is a man that preys on witnesses’ weak spot, the last thing
we need is for the witness to flip his shit in the court room. After all,
stammerers are vulnerable people
Shehu stands up and punches Bankole
in anger
SHEHU
How dare
you
Jo runs to Bankole’s side
JO
Are you
okay?
BANKOLE
See what I
am saying, what if he punches the opposing lawyer for calling him a stammerer
Jo turns to Shehu angry
JO
What is
wrong with you?
AKUCHE
Let not get
emotional, you husband deserved that punch
BANKOLE
Mr
Gbadamosi, answer my question
SHEHU
No
BANKOLE
Then you
just committed perjury
SHEHU
I just answered
the question you asked me
BANKOLE
But you
lied
AKUCHE
What are
you doing?
BANKOLE
Shsssh,
don’t interrupt me when I am talking (faces Shehu) did you lie because it will
show people that Wemimo King is not the victim you make him out to be but a criminal
and manipulative son of a bitch
AKUCHE
Okay, that
is it. You are done, leave this room
Bankole ignores him
SHEHU
Everything
Oga Wemimo did back then was to protect his family. She was going take his son
away, what were you expecting him to do? Sit down and watch as she destroys
everything he built with his sweat. Why are you acting this way, you hated her
for trying to leave too. I will not tarnish his image for a woman who does not
deserve it.
BANKOLE
So you will
lie for him but not my sister
AKUCHE
That is it,
I am getting the security
Akuche walks out of the room
BANKOLE
Have you
thought about the fact my sister was the victim here all along, all my sister
ever wanted was to be with the man she loves but he won’t let her go,
SHEHU
The thing about
life which your sister blatantly refused to believe is that, it does not alwaydgo the
way we want
BANKOLE
So it was
okay for Wemimo trap her in a marriage she does not want
SHEHU
If you were
in that man’s shoe, will you let her go? A woman you changed your life for,
lived your life for
BANKOLE
He lived
for her you say, my sister was the one living for him. He wanted her to keep
designing, she did, he wanted her to be the CEO, she was, he wanted her to go
Paris and study fashion properly, she went, he wanted kids, and she gave him
his fucking kids
SHEHU
Was she not
suppose to give him kids? She went to Paris to study design she that she
loves drawing, she was the CEO of a multibillion dollar company, why are you making it
sound like it is a bad thing. Everything Wemimo made her do was for her own
good
BANKOLE
That is no…
SHEHU
She was the
billionaire, Bankole, Wemimo did all the work and she was the billionaire. Now
tell me who lived for who
BANKOLE
But she
didn’t want any of that, all she ever wanted was to be a guardian counsellor
SHEHU
Yeah,
counsel people into destroying their lives like she did hers. You have no point
here, Bankole
Shehu sits back on the chair
BANKOLE
Shehu,
please help me save my sister
SHEHU
I am only
going to tell the truth in court
BANKOLE
But you
lied earlier
SHEHU
And you
lied too
BANKOLE
When?
SHEHU
You said
Wemimo stopped the divorce and didn’t let her go
BANKOLE
Yes
SHEHU
The person
who actually stopped the divorce was you
BANKOLE
What?
BANKOLE
But what I
did was little… all I did was…
SHEHU
What you
did took their choice away from them, Wemimo was willing to divorce her later
on but your interference trapped them together
BANKOLE
All I ever
wanted was my family together, is that so wrong?
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