His adrenaline was similar to a puffing technical helmsman of a home team struggling to clinch an injury-time winner to avoid either a penalty shoot-out or a looming threat of an uncertain return match.

He raced to grab every opportunity, just like what Arsene Wenger did in Arsenal’s first leg quarter final match against Liverpool. But Papa Jay did his by proxy.

The issue of screaming, cursing, pointing and sometimes pleading were skilfully performed by Nana Obaapa without any theatrics. They were real.

Indeed if we had seen Nana Obaapa, her gestures as her shrill voice suggested, would not have been different from what Wenger did in that epic match when he danced at the technical arena in a flurry of pumping fists.

The Obaapa was however saved from the prying Ghanaian eye because her gestures were behind telephone interviews with many radio stations that for once had the privilege of extracting the voice of the Obaapa.

She lingered, fumbled and the chance dissolved. The final decision rested with and indeed came from the Asomdweehene and the Obaapa dropped to her haunches, head in hands.

The chase was over, the cause was lost. Betty was not considered, she wept as she reported to Papa Jay. In her stead was the “Beauty King” from Bole Bamboi.
Her husband, Papa Jerry had different ideas.

Perhaps not! But no one, not even the defiant Asomdweehene could take chances. His unpredicted nature had been legendary since the revolutionary days to when he assumed the civilian garb.

He exhibited similar traits when he severed relations with once trusted allies and revolutionary companions like Sgt. Daniel Alolga Akatapore, Chris Bukari Atim, Zayaa Yeebo, Major Amarkai Amarteifio and Adabuga.

The intellectual group that tried rather hard under the harrowing revolutionary period to legitimize that illegitimate regime bowed out under similar circumstances.
The roll call reads: Dr. Kwesi Botchwey, Kofi Djin, Dr. Yao Graham, Obed Asamoah, Dr. Mohammed Ibn Chambas, Captain Kojo, Fui and Tsatsu Tsikata etc.

An hour or so to the introduction of the “Bole Beauty”, Papa had ventured his way to the Kama Centre to find out how Asomdweehene would rationalize his choice.

There again