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Prof. Johnbull glo TV Series: Mercy Johnson betrays Kanayo O Kanayo in episode 2  

The second episode of the popular drama T.V series Professor Johnbull, sponsored by data grandmasters, Globacom, made the airwaves again last Tuesday on NTA Network, NTA International and Startimes channels.

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The second episode of the popular drama T.V series Professor Johnbull, sponsored by data grandmasters, Globacom, made the airwaves again last Tuesday on NTA Network, NTA International and Startimes channels.

The episode titled ‘Eliza My Daughter’ reveals a troubled and perturbed Professor Johnbull who fears that his daughter might be pregnant. The scene opens with the lead character, Professor Johnbull played by Kanayo O Kanayo in his garden listening to Flavour’s latest single, which incidentally is the soundtrack of the sitcom.

As Professor Johnbull sighted his engineer son, Churchill (Junior Pope), he confronted him and sought to know who repaired his transistor radio and made it possible for him to enjoy the radio set once again. Churchill’s response that he did rekindled the endless conversation between father and son on which Profession Churchill should pursue. “I am highly impressed with your genius in fixing gadgets”, Professor Johnbull posited as he tried to dissuade his son from becoming a musician, describing music as “arrant balderdash”. Convinced that music was his calling, Churchill respectfully held his ground.

While the conversation was on-going, Elizabeth (Queen Nwokoye) rushed out of the main house, looking sickly and nauseous. Before Professor Johnbull and his son could move close to Elizabeth to ascertain what was wrong with her, she started vomiting.

In the midst of the confusion, Mai Doya (Funky Mallam) arrived to share with Professor Johnbull the goodnews that his wife was pregnant and also expressed his concern that she was vomiting all over their house. That combination made Professor Johnbull to assume that his undergraduate daughter who was also vomiting might be pregnant.
His countenance changed. Rather than showing sympathy and concern for Elizabeth, he chased her into the house with her sibling and househelp, Caro (Mercy Johnson-Okogie).

He took time to listen to Mai Doya for further clarifications on the nexus between pregnancy and vomiting. The more he heard about it, the more convinced he was that someone had put his unmarried daughter in the family way.

Prof Johnbull would soon take a series of rash steps in a bid to confirm if his daughter was pregnant or not and who was responsible.
After carrying out what he termed “optical examination and initial parental diagnosis” of checking the body temperature and eyes of Eliza for signs of pregnancy, Professor Johnbull went further to discreetly procuring pregnancy testing strips from a local pharmaceutical shop, and enlisted the help of Caro as well as a medical doctor, acted by Pascal Atumah, to unravel the pregnancy mystery.

Interestingly, in her characteristic illiterate manner, Caro gave the pregnancy testing strip to her lover boy, Olaniyi, the nkwobi seller, acted by Yomi Fash-Lanso, who turned the issue to a communal discussion involving Mai Doya and Samson, the “adjudicator” acted by the comedian, Ogus Baba to make Professor Johnbull a laughing stock.

The drama also promoted personal hygiene by teaching proper handling of drugs and covering of nose whilst sneezing.The action climaxed when the doctor’s report showed a negative pregnancy result for Elizabeth, a self-acclaimed “strong advocate of no conjugal affiliation before matrimony”. Professor Johnbull swallowed the humble pie by “professorially” apologising to his daughter.

The all encompassing closing remarks of Professor Johnbull, who punctuated his remarks with the interjection of “Mon Dieu!” was vintage as he submitted that “by not trusting my trustworthy daughter, I could easily have destroyed the trust and love that existed in my family. Oh yes, I overdid this one!”.

He admonished parents from over-reacting and stop being overtly suspicious of their girls despite the prevalence of sexual immorality amongst the youth. The program, bankrolled by Globacom, runs on Tuesdays at 8.30pm on NTA Network, NTA International and Startimes while the repeat episode runs on Fridays on the same channels at the same time.

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