The first thing I do every morning when
I wake up from my flatteringly big bed and dreamless sleep is to take my Ch@t
222 and check my Facebook to be abreast with what’s trending. UCC SRC Aspirant
Private Videos Leak, the headlines read. The pervertiousness in me hadn’t woken
up yet, so I simply ignored the tempting headline. Considering the fact that
the ending of last year till now had been characterized by people competing
against each other in home-made porn videos, ranging from the distasteful
Tamale sex-tape, to Tiffany’s moment of helplessness (which I couldn’t watch
because she was my childhood crush), to KKD’s consensual rape saga, to the
Limping Man (or whatever he’s called) in the Begoro sex-tape saga, I treated
the news with conscious indifference. However, Korkor wouldn’t stop trending. Why
would somebody in a private video reason with her conscience to contest in SRC
elections? In a school like UCC? If it was Legon (no disrespect), maybe it
wouldn’t be so surprising. Even if it was in Tech, we would compromisingly drop
our game-pads and accept the free show with glee. But in UCC (a whole University
of Choice), that was weird. Who would dare think of contesting in SRC elections
with a past as current as Korkor’s?
The next day, the second episode of
Korkor’s alluringly mouthwatering footage was dropped, and a video of Korkor
with a message to her new fans (of whom I was to be soon). From her campaign
posters, Korkor looked like a nice girl. Particularly, I admired her lips, eyes,
smile and skin color. Perhaps, it was at this point that I had to put my
Christianity on the line and watch the videos. I started with the one she had
the message for her fans, claiming she leaked the videos herself and that she
wasn’t on drugs. Well, a dozen of males who watched the videos were so
captivated that we never wondered if she was on drugs. And if she was on drugs,
then that must be one hell of a drug. She went ahead to demand respect, equality
and justice for women. Why would she intentionally leaked her private video on
her class page, and then demand respect, equality and justice? What was she
trying to achieve? Sympathy votes? Election Sponsorship deals? New love? Finger
big men? Or is it a new campaign strategy? If it is, then I can guess no male
would ever be interested in leadership. We would just allow the ladies to do
their thing, to make our things happy. After all, our erection is going to be
their election.
Because these thoughts echoed in my
head as my eyes feasted on the private videos, my pervertiousness didn’t react
the way it should have at such indecencies. Normally, my heart would beat at an
increasing pace while my mouth waters tantalizingly, after which I would have
to start my Christian journey all over again. My reasoning had completely shut
down the man in me. Reports from her class indicates that Korkor was
academically on point. She was a brilliant young lady, her body was brilliant too.
I can emphatically say that Korkor would easily pass for a wife for the gods. She
even had an eye for students’ leadership. I don’t know exactly why but
I’ve got great admiration for young ladies who want to lead. Who knows, had I
been in UCC, I would have been on Korkor’s ‘is-having-a-crush-on-me’ list. There’s
no way some fathers would disapprove if their sons tell them Korkor is the girl
of their dreams. As a matter of fact, some parents would completely forgive their
undergraduate sons for the inability of their semester average to rise. Well,
if we are not coming home with First Class degrees, it doesn’t mean we can’t
come home with Korkor.
But you see, instead of hurling
ridicule at her as she keeps releasing videos, we should rather support her. I
hear she’s reported missing on campus, and at the moment, unreachable. With the
way the thing has spread, some people would have committed suicide had they been
in her shoes. The country has become so boring that Korkor wants us to release
stress that’s probably why she released the videos. Korkor wants to achieve
something in her life, unlike those (excuse me to say) ambitionless young women
who do all sort of nasty things with countless men day in and day out. Isn’t it
this same channel that some so-called celebrities use to be seen in the limelight?
I don’t exactly know what Korkor was trying to achieve, but at least she broke
the internet in a few days than Vanessa Deborah could ever do in her entire
life.
I
know by now, some of y’all have lost the small sympathy you initially had for
her after considering the way she keeps releasing video after video. Well, when
people are disgraced, they act corny to cover up for the embarrassment. Even if
that’s not the case, Korkor’s already down; she has nothing to lose. A man
who’s down fears no fall. Dear Korkor, come out with an apology and give
yourself a second chance; even if it’s your thousandth second chance. Let’s
show her love, and pray that she comes out stronger. And talking about
character, things would been different had Korkor been treated with a certain
level of emotional support and respect which the society had failed to offer
her. We live in a society where women are seen as sex symbols. With this kind
of tags on our ladies, what do you expect? Abena hasn’t failed; our society
has! Some people criticizing Nana Abena Korkor Addo have behaviors that
frightens the devil.
And
to conclude, KNUST and Legon girls, a UCC girl has just destroyed the marking
scheme; and we would be waiting for your response.
-
Tony Afuti Eyram,Knust, POLITICS 3.
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