'AK 47' Fired!!

Blame WBS, dear lover of TAA, I've had to rely on the official website to let you in on what transpired in the fifth episode.

As shattering as it may come, the unbwogable Akatu, became the second Nigerian and fourth West African to get booted.

Although I'll miss the man who used to joke that sharks feared him out of professional courtesy, his going also left me with a sigh of relief because he was a clever one that one and I was afraid he might beat our Deox to the money.

As it is, the task that earned him the sack was about crafting a mission statement and a 30-second television commercial for Sahara Group, a huge oil company in Lagos.

In a surprising move, Shobanjo asked Matrix Corp to choose someone from Zulu Corp to join their team and Isaac became ladies man. I mean it's not everyday that such modern sophisticated beauties show confidence in son of a gun!

Soon, the teams had deployed their brain power, for this task called for fast and original thinking.
In one camp, Eddie used his theatrical experience to direct the TVC and in the other Isaac was busy hatching a winning formulae for the ladies who had appointed him 'associate' producer of their commercial.

As Matrix Corp hired a storyboard illustrator to add a graphical Midas touch to their ideas, the punctilious Deox was irritated that Akatu was behaving like a zombie instead of contributing ideas to help the team.

The old saying you reap what you sow was much into play when it came to shooting for the commercial because both teams sowed excellence by hiring professional film crews. The ever ebullient Nnamdi compared Eddie's film exploits to Spielberg's.

The end of the task was the beginning of the presentation by the contestants to the Sahara executives who then assessed the teams and pronounced Matrix Corporation task winner.
Victory was rewarded with a sumptuous dinner at Lagoon Restaurant and a bike-riding do with the Sahara Bikers Club.

Back in the boardroom, an angry Shobanjo probed Tunde, "What went wrong?" The project manager then went on about how they had put in their best, but if your best can't guarantee you victory, isn't it better calling it your worst? Shobanjo seemed aware because he reminded Tunde he judges not input but results.

When the other guys had gone and left behind Akatu, Eddie and Tunde, "AK47" as Akatu is known among contestants, cocked his gun and pointblank gunned down Tunde's defective leadership because "…he was not open to criticism" and "sacrificed our victory on the altar of his ego."

But Eddie jumped to Tunde's defense accusing the 'gun' of only shooting his mouth off only when they were in the boardroom, and even advised Shobanjo to fire him.

I don't like that Tunde and Eddie have become conspirators and will crush anyone that stands in their way just like they crushed Anthony. But then again, this is a war and if pairing up will help them survive so be it.

So the showy litigator was fired for not cooperating but who will go next?