Again, this is the headline of the Daily Times on Thursday, October 9, 1969, the day after Wole Soyinka was released from 22 months of imprisonment for advocating for Biafrans. Fifty-five years later, the children of those he fought for are insulting him and saying things like, 'You no go die better', 'Your father!' and 'Stomach Infrastructure'.
Peter Obi was eight years old on that day. He is one of the children Soyinka was fighting for. Wole Soyinka will be ninety in six weeks. Even if you cannot respect him for his age, at least revere him for what he did for some of our people and their parents when the whole world had abandoned them. Please fact-check me. Soyinka fought for food relief to be sent to Biafra.
Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed should consider this before threatening to "destroy" Professor Soyinka. If General Gowon, with fifty thousand soldiers, could not destroy Wole Soyinka, I seriously doubt that Baba-Ahmed can destroy the Nobel laureate even if he attacks with fifty thousand Obidients.
And to those saying Soyinka 'has no future' in Nigeria, please note that if not for men like Soyinka, who fought for justice and human rights, perhaps Peter Obi would not have had a future after the Nigerian Civil War.
As for stomach infrastructure, I encourage you to Google the prize money that comes with the Nobel Award. Money is the least of Soyinka's concerns.
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Listened to the President's speech at UNGA. I was quite impressed with how he spoke up for Africa & African issues like he's the President of Africa. He touched on democracy, resource exploitation, security & climate change. The Highlight for me was what he said at the end...👇
Dear Governor Alex Otti,
One Chukwuemeka E. Azuaru Esq recently contacted INEC to inquire if the Labour Party complied with the Electoral Act by submitting their party register 30 days before the party's primary. INEC responded, stating that the Labour Party submitted their register through letters dated 25th April and 5th May 2022, but the Abia register was not included.
As at 5th May, 2022, your name was listed as number 1 on the APC register in your Ward but you unofficially left the party on the 27th of May, 2022.
Your Excellency, it might be best to halt movement of all your belongings to the Government House at this time. Your days are numbered.
Abia State House Of Assembly Members will not accept Innoson Motors as official vehicles from the Gov Alex Otti led administration.
They are of the opinion that Governor Otti should allow them to have the vehicles of their choice and not to offer them IVM as if they were his appointees.
It is a battle of Supremacy between Labour Party Governor & Labour Party Speaker. I am not interested.
I am most humbled and honoured by H.E. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's recognition of the need for more hard work ahead as I have been appointed as his Official Spokesperson & Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity.
I will give 🇳🇬 my best as always. I love you all.
Tinubu got 25% in 29 out of the " 36 States and FCT"
Atiku got 25% in 21 out of the "36 States and FCT"
Peter Obi got 25% in 17 out of the "36 States and FCT"
Nigeria has 37 subnational entities, "36 States and FCT".
Only PBAT met this constitutional requirement (24 out of "36 states and FCT") and having the highest number of votes cast, he was declared winner and returned elected by the constitutional body AKA INEC.
Note: IPOB, Bokoharam, Bandits are deadly Terrorist Groups.
Today, it is 24 years exactly that a deadly massacre occured in OAU. 5 students lost their lives. And it was on that day that Great Ife resolved that cultism will never be tolerated on campus. Since then, OAU has fought cultism with all resources available.
How come all the prominent celebrities and politicians who were so focused on Lagos during the last gubernatorial elections are now so quiet over the growing insecurity in the Southeast and the forced sit-at-homes paralysing economic and social activities in the region? Where are the loud voices that defended the fraudulent act of Mmesoma Ejikeme? How come those who spoke up during the #NigerianElections2023 remain quiet as different non-state actors punish schoolchildren for going to school and deal with market women for going about their lawful businesses?
If these sit-at-homes are popular in the region, why would they need to be enforced? We had sit-at-homes called by the late Dr Beko Kuti's Campaign for Democracy in Lagos during the Abacha regime, and nobody enforced them. Lagosians willingly stayed at home because they supported that act of civil disobedience against a brutal dictator.
Where are IPOBy Esukwesili and others who led the chant against Lagosians? Were they this taciturn when Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour declared himself the incoming governor of Lagos? Or when Lagos wanted to demolish structurally deficient buildings at Alaba? Or when the Lagos State House of Assembly mooted the idea of laws protecting indigenous Lagosians?
Where have your voices gone? Or do you endorse what is currently happening in the Southeast?
It is so bad that Southeast leaders are meeting in Abuja ti discuss insecurity in their region. They could not meet in the Southeast. Have you ever heard that Southwest leaders met in Abuja over conditions in the Southwest?
#TableShaker
The world doesn’t revolve around you. The universe won’t bend for your agenda. You can’t bend others into your position by the power of insults. In a process such as elections, if you can’t get others to buy into your choice in a civilised way, just let it go. Lose peacefully.
I get it that it's election season and agenda must agend, but this agenda is screaming desperation.
Bola Tinubu slept at an event, so as many others, including the ones you support.
Issue based politics, who get sense pass na the measure.