By Abdul Fonti
Let’s not sugarcoat this.
Admire Bio’s apology to the Minister of Lands, Housing and Country Planning, Dr. Turad Senesie, is not an act of moral reflection — it is a carefully calculated maneuver prompted by legal pressure. In the face of an ongoing defamation lawsuit and a court injunction forbidding her from further defamatory publications, she has suddenly discovered a sense of remorse.
But the timing says it all.
This is not the apology of someone who has looked within and realized the harm she caused. It is the apology of someone who has realized she is in trouble – deep shit.
When Admire Bio — a close family member of the President — unleashed her unprovoked tirade of allegations on social media, she wasn’t speaking truth to power. She was slinging mud without proof, weaponizing her surname and platform to tarnish the reputation of a minister known across the country for his integrity, transparency, and service-driven reforms.
She didn’t just stop at the Minister. The Deputy Minister and several senior staff members of the Ministry were also caught in her reckless accusations. Careers, reputations, and public trust were placed under unnecessary strain because someone chose clout over conscience.
Now, in a stunning act of revisionism, Admire claims she merely asked the public to “tag” the Minister in her videos. As if we all imagined the direct insults, the pointed allegations, and the absolute confidence with which she dragged names through the mud.
Then comes the apology — or whatever that was.
She frames it not as an admission of wrongdoing, but as a Christian duty to “appease an elder” she may have angered. She refers to the Minister not as a victim of her false accusations, but as an “uncle” whom she upset. Conveniently, she directs her apology only to him — the one who had the courage to take her to court. The Deputy Minister and senior officials? Not a word. Not a mention.
If Admire Bio were truly remorseful — if her faith is what drives her conscience — then the apology would have come long before the lawsuit. And it would have extended to all those she wronged, not just the one who held her accountable.
But this isn’t repentance. It’s damage control.
She is now banking on the decency and forgiveness of the very man she tried to destroy. The Minister is well within his rights to press forward with the case, just as he is within his rights to forgive. But the public must not be fooled by hollow gestures wrapped in religious language.
Because what’s at stake here is much bigger than one person’s online recklessness. This is about precedent. It’s about whether public servants — particularly those who serve with integrity — can be protected from baseless attacks. It’s about whether the powerful can abuse their privilege to destroy others without consequences.
We must ask ourselves: What kind of country are we building if people can weaponize lies, and when caught, cry religion to avoid responsibility?
Admire Bio must do more than delete posts and issue selective ‘pressured’ apologies. She must take full responsibility — publicly, specifically, and sincerely. Not because the law demands it, but because it’s the right thing to do.
Until then, her apology remains what it is: a last-minute escape attempt dressed up as virtue.
And the law — thankfully — is still watching.
But if I were Dr. Turad Senesie, “ar go just lef am how ar see am” at this point.
Abdul Fonti is my name still and always.