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My dear brothers, sisters and children. I speak as an older man who has observed the world for a bit longer than many of you.
The incidence of wife battering has become rampant in Nigeria, especially among the younger generation. Many of them are
well off and well educated, so one wonders what the problem is; or may be because they are largely well off and feel that life
should revolve around them. Whatever the reason, it has become a stigma and men need to examine themselves thoroughly.
I know Frank well. He worked with me in FRCN and he gives me credit for grooming him for what later become his great
television success. I would never in my wildest dream have imagined that he would debase himself to the level of battering
his wife, so not having heard his side, i would continue to believe that he would never do that because he would be letting down
first himself, his children and his millions of young admirers for whom he is a role model, not to mention his wife of many years.
But if this truly happed as it was reported by his wife, i suggest that Frank should go for counselling. It is not enough to say to his
wife that he has learnt his lesson. Wife beaters never learn their lesson until they get help or end up in police cell. Anger management
may not be available in nigeria, but he should find help wherever he can.
I speak as someone who has quite a temper, but have never raised my hand on a woman, certainly not my wife, or even my children.
I speak in very good faith because i like Frank and admire the work he does. But he must be careful not to throw it all away.
Dr Eddie IROH, OON/UK