Here is a press release explaining why Mercy Johnson boarded a train on March 2nd
My picture and that of my daughter, Purity in a Lagos train has surfaced online and quite a number of people have asked me what I was doing in a train and in Lagos for that matter; not Paris or London.I was around Iddo at Ebute Metta when my Range Rover developed a mechanical fault and I had to make a very important appointment in Ikeja regardless of the usual traffic congestion in Lagos. Luckily, a member of my management team was around, he suggested a train ride and we were in Ikeja in less than 30 minutes but that is not the crux of this statement.
In as much as I understand the concept of branding, packaging and exclusiveness, I will never trade the experience to sit, interact and feel the pulse of so-called ordinary people.
By the way, I am part of the ordinary people. I grew up as an ordinary person among ordinarypeople. Why would I avoid them now? Would that be because I am now famous? Without theseordinary people, how would I have been famous in the first place? Without the so called ordinarypeople, where would Nigeria's growing population of so-called well packaged celebrities be today?
The train
was available where I was; most importantly, I did not want to turn
down the opportunity to be with the people who would ordinarily not have
access to me so I grabbed the opportunity with both hands and here we
are.
I want to thank my co-passengers, officials of the train for
treating me with absolute respect and courtesy, I am indeed, very
grateful...
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No ordinary people, we all are one.
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