Chapter 10: Exposé and Revenge Plans

But Lami miss one thing.

I know say Musa sharp—e get patience like snake. E wait make I finish all the hard work, then e strike.

Musa know say to upgrade new system na must.

No matter how e dislike me, e wait make I finish before e sack me.

E get sense. If e sack me before I finish, company fit crash. Now, e just dey wait make I leave, then e claim glory.

I scroll the exposé post—comments dey pile up.

My phone dey hot. Gist dey fly everywhere.

Some dey mock, some dey yab, some dey talk rubbish.

Na Naija gist. Everybody get opinion, nobody get fact.

But nobody know the truth.

The people wey dey hail Musa no sabi say e no write single line of the main code.

Few minutes later, the exposé reach top for company group.

Na trending topic. My name dey everywhere.

My personal info, attendance, my short KPI report—all dey there.

Dem leak all my data, even small small error for timesheet.

Any achievement wey no dey report, dem clear am.

As dem no see my work for official record, e be like say I no do anything.

Normally, if person leak private info, admin go delete am.

This time, admin no talk. Silence dey. Everybody know say big man approve am.

But this one still dey—no need guess who approve am.

Even HR dey mute. For Naija, na who get power dey decide law.

Lami dey cry for voice chat.

She dey try call me, voice dey shake. I try calm her, but e no easy.

As long as this post dey, forget any good job for industry.

If dem Google your name, na scandal go first show. Na real wahala.

Musa no wan make I work for Ribo, and e no wan make I join competitor.

Na so power dey work for Naija tech world. Gatekeepers dey everywhere.

If I remember, Musa dey always drop hint say make I keep quiet:

E dey warn me codedly. For meeting, e go say, "Make we dey loyal."

“Engineer Kunle, you no understand management. This work pass normal staff.”

E dey try dey make me feel small. I just dey smile inside.

“I dey do PR outside, dey take risk inside. You no go fit understand.”

E dey justify e own salary, dey form boss.

But I no gree:

I always talk my mind. If I see lie, I dey point am out.

“But your salary high pass normal staff own.”

I dey always jab am for meeting. E no like am.

Him ‘work’ get result:

All the social media praise, na Musa dey collect. My own na shadow work.

Na him be ‘chief engineer.’ Ribo na him own. E get connection everywhere.

If dem need tech advice, na Musa dem call, even though na me dey fix bug.

Last last, e find chance throw me out like trash.

But I no dey cry. I dey learn. Next time, I go play my card well.

[Kunle, abeg, na only you fit help us now. Show mercy!]

Inside me, I dey swear say, if e reach that point, dem go see real Kunle. For Naija, sometimes na when you commot dem go know your worth. Shebi dem dey do gra-gra now; dem go soon humble.