Osasu Obayiuwana

🇬🇧 🇳🇬 ex-@BBC. ⚽️ junkie. Lawyer. @blzzrd, & @guardian writer. Ex- FIFA Anti-Racism Task Force. Associate Fellow, @official_NIIA.

[Osasu Obayiuwana @osasuo]

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@digyoris @PeterObi Even a very good man has his shortcomings. 🙂

[Osasu Obayiuwana @osasuo]

.@PeterObi is my guy. But Haba Oga… You for buy car for your son. You had the personal resources to do that. We all know that. 😂

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“My son is almost 30 and he doesn’t own a car. He has to buy his own. I am the elected governor, not him. I cannot spend state resources to get him a car.”

— Peter Obi

[Osasu Obayiuwana @osasuo]

@soplusvidal @PeterObi "We no dey give shi shi" no dey reach pikin side na! 🤣

[Osasu Obayiuwana @osasuo]

Remember Abdullah Ibhais, the #Qatar2022 whistleblower who went to jail because he was honest about bad labour practices, ahead of the @FIFAWorldCup?

This statement was released by his family in Amman, Jordan on Friday:

1. He was abducted from the Mosque. General Intelligence Directorate (GID) officers were waiting for him in front of the Mosque, after the weekly Juma’at prayer.

2. His two children were with him: Tamim 12 years and Hashim 10 years, he was arrested in front of them.

3. The officers dropped his two children to their house, and continued their journey with Abdullah with them.

4. To our knowledge there was no arrest warrant, and no attorney is allowed to contact him.

Ibhais was due to travel to the United States as a witness in a District Court deposition in two weeks, concerning allegations of forced labour and human trafficking associated with the 2022 World Cup.

[Osasu Obayiuwana @osasuo]

@Xtopherewesi @xtrimlysoccer I hope our administrators don’t kill her patriotism and love for Nigeria with bad treatment, in the coming years, as they did with Echikunwoke.

[Osasu Obayiuwana @osasuo]

@afalli The unvarnished truth. And the poor only buy what they cannot do without.

[Osasu Obayiuwana @osasuo]

@MaduroPoiares @FrancisAwartefe @UEFAcom Unfortunately not, Prof. FIFA laws are often observed in breach, rather in compliance.

[Osasu Obayiuwana @osasuo]

@MaduroPoiares @FrancisAwartefe @UEFAcom If terms limits mattered, Gianni Infantino is supposed to step down in 2028. But he wants to stay till 2034. 😏

[Osasu Obayiuwana @osasuo]

@sowore @NLCHeadquarters @TUCNigeria @aacparty As much as this is desirable, a minimum wage of N500k, paid by governments across Nigeria, would lead to hyperinflation.

[Osasu Obayiuwana @osasuo]

@marc_cart Really? What else do you think was behind their support for Infantino?

[Osasu Obayiuwana @osasuo]

@ngwakomotsieng Hmmmmmm!

[Osasu Obayiuwana @osasuo]

Dear #Mzansi, #SouthAfrica, what do you think of the last CAF statement? And the position Motsepe has taken? https://t.co/ZOMMjivDLZ

[Osasu Obayiuwana @osasuo]

Losing a billion-dollar eight-year contract is what the end of the two-yearly #AFCON means for @CAF_Online, as I report for The @guardian… https://t.co/45pEddcIGD

[Osasu Obayiuwana @osasuo]

@BabatundeKoiki But the Han Chinese are the overwhelming majority, not so? Are they not made to assimilate into the Chinese language and culture?

[Osasu Obayiuwana @osasuo]

@danroan He will be sidelined from now on. Infantino will find a way to fire him. And he’ll sue for unfair dismissal.

[Osasu Obayiuwana @osasuo]

I have no comment concerning the statement of @CAF_Online, following their executive committee meeting. They have said what I knew they will say. 😏 https://t.co/ZOMMjivDLZ

[Osasu Obayiuwana @osasuo]

@BabatundeKoiki We had an iron hand during decades of military rule. I understand that the disappointing behaviour of the current set of politicians is responsible for your opinion. But authoritarianism, in a multi-ethnic society, won’t work.

[Osasu Obayiuwana @osasuo]

@jon_d_doe 😂🤦🏾‍♂️