· CBN governor crawls into her hutch, embraces simplicity
· Why she changed her friends
She is not a nameless column with a buried base. But having embraced simplicity like the fabled gasp of survival, Margaret Emefiele, assumes the life of a mushroom on whom the dew of heaven drops now and then.
Following her nasty experience with daredevil kidnappers, the unassuming wife of the Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has retreated into a life of extreme purity and simplicity. Margaret now shies away from the limelight.
Findings revealed that the CBN governor’s wife has taken drastic steps to prevent a recurrence of her perilous ride on the coasts of death. She has changed her friends and reduced her social appearances. This is because she is still in the dark about how she became game and easy prey for her abductors.
Margaret hasn’t recovered from the gruesomeness foisted on her by her abductors.
Everyday heralds a fresh struggle through her ordeal but the meek and lovable woman is pulling through. Notwithstanding her increased security detail and measures, she lives like a woman who knows that her gated mansions can only offer little protection.
Until her husband was appointed CBN governor, Margaret lived a very simple life. Unlike most rich, privileged high society wives, she painstakingly tamed and lessened her mortal fascination with self; and she succeeded where most of her peer failed. Margaret diminished desire and lust for acclaim – despite her exalted status as the CBN governor’s wife.
But no sooner than she emerged in public glare as the CBN governor’s wife, her life of simplicity and diffidence began to fade and give way for a loud life in the limelight. This preceded the sequence of events that led to her abduction and subsequent release by her kidnappers.
As the pressure intensifies against her feeble will, let’s hope she wouldn’t yield to the scourge of political jobbers and favour seekers, seeking to corrupt her, in their grand design to exploit her husband’s power and status to advantage.
