[Mhiz Rebecca]

Popular Lagos socialite, Mike Nwogu, also known as
Pretty Mike, has explained why he chained some girls
on a dog leash and took them to different events
recently.
The owner of Club Uno in Lagos, claims he did it to
advocate for women who “have no voice.”
Pretty
Mike
said:
“For
me,
there
is a
mission statement. I would give you some examples to
explain the mission statement behind my action. I would
not call any names but I am sure we all know about an
Emir that was given a 15-year-old as a wife. To me, that
is putting women on a leash. We talk about traditional
rulers that marry underage women, that is putting
women on the leash. We talk about boyfriends and
husbands that beat their spouses and abuse them
physically, emotionally and spiritually, that is putting
women on a leash.
“I needed to get the world’s attention first to be able to
pass across my mission statement. It is all about
women advocacy at the end of the day. It is all about
empowering the women. These women have no voice. I
refer to the girls I use as super heroes and we had to do
something drastic in order to be heard and get the
world’s attention. Now they are talking about it.
“Yes, there are other ways I could have gone about it
but there has to be a new way all the time. This is the
era of social media and if I come up with a good write-
up about women advocacy, nobody would pay attention
to me. I would not even get up to ten ‘likes’. We are in
the era of social media and if you pay close attention,
something drastic has to happen to get the attention of
people on social media. Most of the people that have
become popular on social media did so by doing
something drastic, different and unique.”
Pretty Mike was arrested few days ago by the Lagos
Police command and was made to sign an undertaking.