Chapter 3: Musa Enter, Drama Start

Na that time Musa Bello enter.

If you see as e waka enter team, e just blend, dey crack joke, dey form correct guy. But me, I dey watch am.

At first, e dey follow me, dey do small small work. The guy sabi form, na champion for making friends with oga dem.

You go see am dey laugh with HR, dey gist with admin. If dem dey do end-of-month rice, na Musa dey share spoon.

Him own social life na to dey play golf with big people and dey drink malt with product managers.

Every Friday, you go see am for Ikoyi golf course, dey post picture for WhatsApp status. People dey hail am, but I just dey focus my code.

When new Ribo product launch reach, dem say make I write script.

Me, I just wan finish code. All this show and shine, e no concern me. I dey shy for stage.

I no too like am. Musa Bello say make e do am, write script, even host the launch.

The day of launch, na so e climb stage, dey do MC, dey ginger crowd. I just hide back, dey monitor system.

The guy sabi talk, get energy, so I fit face the technical side. After that, every launch, na him dey handle am.

People begin dey know am as face of Ribo. My own work dey shine for back end, na Musa dey shine for camera.

Me sef happy—na only Ribo I wan make better.

I no even reason say dem fit use my quietness against me. I just dey code, dey pray make system no crash.

Small time, e start dey claim say na him be Ribo chief engineer. Outsiders just begin believe am.

All the journalists, VC, dem begin call Musa 'engineer,' even though e no sabi the code pass surface. If dem mention my name, na small print.

With him connection, e climb reach CEO.

Office politics strong for Naija. Once you sabi how to dey shine for oga front, e fit carry you go far. Before we know, Musa don dey chair board meeting.

Me, I finish Ribo upgrade, my work small small dey reduce.

As project mature, less problem to solve. My work dey light, I dey think say maybe time don reach for new challenge.