In every facets of life, there are categories, so it is in the
‘profession’ of begging, where there are also categories. In the
‘profession’ of begging, there is the normal ‘bambiala’ beggars, which
are those who walk about with sticks saying different kinds of prayers
just to get money from their ‘victims’, while there are the executive
beggars, who beg with executive expertise.
Or what category would
you classify the one done by popular comedian in Nigeria, Julius Agwu,
who chose to get something out of top broadcaster, Bisi Olatilo of Bisi
Olatilo Show (BOS) at a recent Lagos event?
It was at the second
year anniversary of a popular soft-sell magazine where the veteran
broadcaster initially donated N200,000 but rescinded and added more to
make it half a million naira.
Shortly after Bisi Olatilo made the
announcement of his N500,000 donation, the Rivers State-born comedian,
who anchored the event, used his ‘power’ to ‘beg’ for his own share of
Olatilo’s largesse. Like a very sharp ‘Igbo’ boy, Julius turned to
Olatilo and reminded him of how he has not done anything towards his
already held book lunch.
Like the ‘cheer giver’ Olatilo is, he
promised to give Julius Agwu the sum of N500,000, which almost turned
the comedian into something else. Who says celebs don’t ‘beg’? Well, let
me also do mine here now, Julius, don’t forget my own share o.
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