Professor Wole Soyinka has released a statement denying reports that he trashed the Igbos during his lecture at Harvard University last week. Soyinka was quoted to have said 'the Igbos voted based on their stomach and suffer from incurable money mindedness'. The Nobel Laureate says he never made a statement like that and anyone who believes he did is a moron. Lol. His statement below...
"I have just read a statement attributed to me on something called The Cable, a news outlet, evidently one of the Internet infestations. My lecture at the Hutchins Centre, Harvard University, was video recorded. Anyone who believes what I am alleged to have said must be a moron – repeat, a moron. It is demeaning, sickening and boring to have to deal with these cowards who cannot fight their own battles but must fasten their imbecilic pronouncements on others. Only the mentally retarded will credit this comment attributed to me regarding the Ndigbo voting pattern in the last elections. I strongly suspect the author of this despicable concoction, and may make a further statement, once the source is verified.” the statement read
Lol dont u just love him
ReplyDeleteThank God I didn't comment on dat post o lmfao, libers gather plenty morons o..lmfao
DeleteHe is an honorable man he can't say such pple are tryna bring his name 2 the mud..I respect dis man die
DeleteIgbo lead others follow
DeleteSexy queen
Nawah! This man has a loud mouth sha. Ofcourse d Oba has started d trend of insulting d ibo's and denying it. Shameless old men.
DeleteHian! Who come dey lie??? Linda take note!
DeleteHian! Who come dey lie??? Linda take note!
DeleteI knew there was going to b counter statement wit his big grammar's.
DeleteBeta 4 him
DeleteI respect u sir. Unfortunately Nigeria is full of tribalistic,uncivilized illiterates and morons. Even with all your insults &bitterness against this Man of Honour, some of you will never be able to accomplish 3% of what Prof. Soyinka has achieved.
DeleteAbegi... dint d oba retract his statement too? Lol...una never see anything! 2 very respected yoruba men have made tribalistic statements, y nt a third 1?
DeleteIf u did not say so then we forgive u. If u did... Hmm na tail of lion u don touch so
DeleteJane Ike winner of LIB 2015 100k
Lol. That is their trade mark. Lily livered set of human beings. They are quick to utter rubbish and then turn around to deny it.
DeleteI had a reason to begin to view Prof Wole Soyinka differently during the period of campaign for the just run general elections in Nigeria. Certain clear publications credited to him went viral on the social media. He allowed the publications to wet the desires of readers for weeks before he turned around to refute the items. I think he has developed a new way to cause trouble with his statements & go on to deny them, knowing Nigerians have many gullible audience.
DeleteHe's really lucky. It'd have ruined him totally. Yorubas had better start considering thinking before making lousy remarks about the igbo people at large; it's demeaning and beginning to be a recurrence as such.
Delete~D great anonymous!
You ibos are totally mad. What is wrong with you? Becos we yorubas always choose the path of civility you uncultured and ill-mannered twats talk rubbish like someone is scared of you????? Ok..here is my honest and non-retractable statement: "The ibos are a set of displaced, disenfranchised, disillusioned and disrespectful tribe in Nigeria who's insecurities stem from the fact that the entire race was built on a platform of servitude to others i.e your fathers and mothers were domestic helps to yorubas...a superior and elite race. The yorubas are what and who you aspire to be..but will NEVER be...and it will serve you properly to know your your position in the helm of things and accept it. Failure to do so is why your lousy disrespectful asses were almost wiped out during the biafran war (I can see why now..dont let it pain you too much) just like the proverbial bastard who tries to manipulate legitimacy into his/her pedigree. When you accept that you are a bastard..no one can hurt you. And you are all bastards..so accept it. Since you imbeciles only possess the mannerisms of stray dogs and chickens (probably due to a genetically predisposed inclination towards the consumption of human meat) let me assure you factually that no one is scared of you or anything you think you might be able to do cos when the it comes down to real business..you will eat your words." so there...suck on it and choke you fucking mannerless beasts of no nation.
DeleteNice one. Clap for yourself. Oya clap again for your children who will bear igbo surnames soon enough. Thank u for allowing the devil manipulate ur childish brain so that ur mouth can spew the rubbish it did.
DeleteSo, what if he did? Lindaobserve
ReplyDeleteOde.... a beggar like you.. remember linda is Igbo, so u don't deserve to be here..onye ohie
DeleteNo relatnship btw linda being ibo n his statement. Quit with the tribalism. Dnt ibos comment on yoruba blogs?
DeleteDon't mind the ibo fool
DeleteLmfao morons hope ona don hear!?!? Daddy has spoken o gbam!
ReplyDeleteWhich daddy? Na im be say papa nor know e pikin den
DeleteLol...buh even if he said it nko?
DeleteSalau abi mumu abi mumu u are a fool, u think u can insult the igbos and get away free?
DeleteLousy aboki get a job.
Deletewhat do you expect him to say Linda? All this Yoruba's them a tire them young or old. they talk any how.
ReplyDeleteYou're just an idiot. Go ahead and watch the video and you'll realise he didn't say such. Not even close. Idiots likes you inject ethnic nepotism and favouritism and cause more trouble. You really do not have to talk. It is not compulsory. You don't always have to have an opinion. May God forgive you and give you some sense. Waste of space, waste of life. Bugger!
DeleteAnother illiterate! You can't construct a simple sentence.
DeleteDoes anyone understand what this person is trying to say?
DeleteIt's nt d ibos fault for flaring up. Can any of you yorubas honestly say that if an ibo personalty should say such that you guys wnt explode. It was on evri major news outlet ystrday, nd instead of blaming d pple wo carried d false new, some idiots here n blaming ibos for defending their heritage...forgetting it was your stupid oba that started the trend,if d oba and film producer could do it, y wnt wole soyinka do it? Abeg give it a rest!
DeleteLol you're pained. You'll be fine. Cunt
DeleteYou know your name? Moron,yes moron...
DeleteOde,he said u can go check the video of the lectures,u ar part of the morons he is talkin about
DeleteLet him provide us with an Emperical Evidence that he didn't. Lol.
ReplyDeleteLazy bone... Technology has level the playing field. The onus is on u to get down wif ur busy body to dig out the said video evidence to corroborate ur questionable and lazy position.
DeleteWhy don't u provide us with empirical evidence dat he did?
Delete@ Anonymous there's a joke making the rounds in Nigeria involving the phrase "empirical evidence"
DeleteLET DE VIDEO SPEAKS IT ALL...TOMJERRYSWIT
ReplyDeleteWhether he said it or not dis man doesn't briddle his tongue. Did anyone ever hear Mandela use d word moron? Can't Wole soyinka act the part of a noble laurette? Even his uttercations in d past don't depict that of a laurette. Am glad he didn't make d initial statement.
DeleteIndeed d video will speaks it all......OLODO
DeleteBaba i have a lot of respect for you, now is the time to listen more and talk less. Don't let APC people turn you to something else.
ReplyDeleteLol what does apc have to do with this? Sense ooo. Sense
DeleteU realize that he isn't aligned to APC or the PDP
DeleteNo,I think he's d moron if he thinks he's d only learned man..
ReplyDeleteLol nana smooth. Don't worry, your opinion would be stuck back up your a$$
DeleteAfter its stuck up Ur dirty let all be done with sense lousy a$$
DeleteU see,he was ryt wen he said u guys were predictable ,cos u guys just showed how stupid u can be,blasting someone u can never av d type in d east(morons)...go back to east and leave lagos,it belongs to d west side.....
ReplyDeleteNw a kid is talking....hw old are u? Na ur kind dey kill pple 4 south Africa...bloody fool
DeleteLagos belongs to the west? Hmm, do u think lagos will be what it is without the Igbo's think well.
DeleteU must really be a cow
DeleteU must really be a cow
DeleteYou are very stupid! Even those from neighbouring states busy claiming Lagos! Westside ko, Westside no...Dumb ass tribal bigot!!!
DeleteJobless soul
DeleteLagos belongs to the Eguns and Ajase. Ijebu ppl just chance them. When the Egun are ready, everybody will answer his father name. You think you can marginalise them in the fatherland. The Igbo no get issue them all get house to run to . But all you Iluoke who look down Egun will soon knw. Eko a mo ra wa
Delete@anon 10.37am - It is sad that you have a narrow minded view. Have you heard of China Achebe of 'Things Fall Apart' fame? He is an Ibo author who is also known globally. My daughter's grade 10 class in North America is currently studying 'Things Fall Apart '. Acknowledge greatness when you see it, regardless of ethnic sentiments.
DeleteHey anonymous Moron, av u heard of Chinua Achebe? what do u knw abt the east n west side story??? The great development that came to the west was brought by the easterners.. I bet u Moron will argue that... The increased house rents and shop rents were increased becos of the Easterners here in d west, if there was a 100% standard shipping port in the East u won't see the Easterners in the west, in other words the development in Surulere, Festac, Amuwo-Odofin, VGC, Lekki, V.I, Ikoyi wud not av come and Lagos will not be different from Porto-Novo if you know where I am talking about, one thing you should know is that the Easterners dominate and develop anywhere they live n work this is a blessing God bestowed on the Jewish people, if u look at Isreal today they are the only Christian nation in the midst of the Arabs nations(I will make a table before you in the presence of your enemies) this a verse from the Famous Psalm23 which God has on his people the Isrealites mind you the Igbos have traits with the Isrealites, you can find out about that if you doubt, in Nigeria today the source of the country wealth is right there in the East, 80% of the oil wells today in that same east are owned by the Northerners, this can't happen in the North, Just an advice God's hands are on the Igbos no matter how rough the govt can be we will always survive, This old man is just tribalistic from my point of view period.
DeleteAnonymous 12:01, even if the old man is tribalistic what do u think your whole statement is? It's TRIBALISTIC. Look inwards all of you. Your misplaced ethnocentric rant is insulting and inexcusable. I've spent my time responding cos U seem articulate and it scares me that you can see when U're slighted but don't realize when you do the same to others. Anyways cheers
DeleteEwu yoruba, see the level of your thinking
DeleteVery ignorant.Israelis are predominantly Jewish by religion.same lack of knowledge that made you not know the history of Lagos as commercial predating colonial times. It could be easier to use trade resources develop ports in the east to confirm if indeed Lagos would collapse. Check Yoruba history. Oyo empire is a little example.
DeleteMr man without Lagos Igbos will be broke.
DeleteIgbos didn't develop VGC, Festac, Amumo odofun or even Lekki , Victoria Island ? Really Ikoyi Igbos developed it ? Loool stop being delusional. Go and study the history of Lagos maybe you will know why it's developed.
Lagos was already a developing town before you came it's like Ogun state currently growing fast by yoruba indigenes and business men it's the 6th richest state not that some Igbos will go there down the line and start claiming they developed it .
Without the Lagos purchasing power your businesses will collapse.
Also the richest people (non yorubas) are the Niger delta people who have invested in airports and seaports and classy hotels, Ibrus , Ben Murray Bruce, Arumemis and they don't make noise.
Igbos play an important role yes but to now attempt to take all the credit is delusional.
As for Chinue Achebe he's an expert in twisting history to satisfy his bias (blaming Awolowo for the civil war, but forgetting to say Ojukwu wanted to take over Lagos and Oyo) very one sided author.
Lagos is mini Nigeria with all ethnic groups contributing massively to its development.
And there's a reason why Igbos come to west it's called OPPORTUNITIES created by western leadership. And that's why SW is the richest region In the country with Lagos making up only 28% of the region.
As for the shipping ports blame your earlier forefathers for settling down During independence when all ports were working, easterners trooped the west so stop all the ports story, the West simply as it all.
Igbos have traits with Isreal I won't even comment on this if it makes you happy about your heritage congrats
But that we ibos developed Lagos is the joke of the century.
The need to "dominate" is what causes hostility to Igbos wherever they are and you seem to forget your minority hence any attempt to do so backfires.
Go and learn to be like the rich Niger deltans, people who make their money and respect people but once you want to take advantage that's when you get backlash.
And as for port novo your bashing and cotonu those two cities are individually richer than all SE States
I won't bother responding you with a why we yorubas are great etc etc
Anonymous 9:36, from your statements you actually do not know what you are saying. I was delusional in my earlier post, it's just the truth and you know the truth hurts.... Sir Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu was the first and founding President of The Nigerian Stock Exchange as well as President of The African Continental Bank. He was also chairman or board to many profitable companies today in Nigeria, do your research and find out about these companies and you will be so amazed.
DeleteArthur Eze(Ezenukpor) is richer than the Ibru's, The Bruce Family and the Arumemi's. Is Arthur Eze from the West? Do you even have an idea of who I am talking about? I just want to educate you alittle as you do not know anything about the Igbos, I agree we are minority but remember it is dis same minority that fought Nigeria from 1967-70 with no military training and ammunition yet we survived the war that ended without any side winning, now about development I will make you the judge can you count the number of houses owned by Igbos in the areas of Lagos I earlier mentioned?
About the seaport: cost of shipping to the East is 4-5times more than the cost of shipping to Lagos any reasonable business man would relocate to the Lagos and keep his business going, The Igbo's can never go broke we are industrialists.
You did Mr man
ReplyDeleteOk, we hope so
ReplyDeleteCheck out d big grammar, and English. Definitely who so ever believes he said such is a moron, and I repeat a moron. Case close.
DeleteLol. D man mouth still dey run
ReplyDeleteE Don do, abeg
ReplyDeleteThat is it, correct #thumbup#
ReplyDeleteLet me let out a sigh of relief because that comment attributed to him was just too underhanded for a learned man!
ReplyDeleteIt is great, he made this press statement. When I saw the post, I wondered, why would a man of his calibre say such.
ReplyDeleteI am happy that a press statement has been issued.
Nigeria should try and move beyond tribal divide.
Wole just Stfu plzZz!
ReplyDeleteCan you say that to his face?? Someone old enough to be your grandfather?? You really have no training whatsoever!
DeleteWole just stfu pls. Really?? Who raised you
Delete@Porshit!Are u ok????? I can imagine how u talk to u popsi @ home !
DeleteWole should stfu, I laff at you. Your father could me a palm wine tapper there o n here u are asking a graced proff to stfu.
DeleteSee as she carry saliva for mouth sef. Enugu girl.
DeleteDirty ofe mmanu no clean bum bum ibadan a**es
DeleteOk o
ReplyDeletea.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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*despicable concoction* hmmm... This is english i swear....
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LoL. As in the guy no gree
DeleteAnd whoever believes this defense you are putting up is a double moron . You are simply denying you said it because of the backlash you got!
ReplyDeleteThen you obviously don't know him.
DeleteHe doesn't need to put up any defense.seriously from who?you and I that hide behind our anonymous posts?lol
You clearly lack home training, I'm sure your parents will be disappointed by your lack of manners.
DeleteThat's not the point. Go find the footage and put it up. If he said it lets know. But to believe blindly shows U're prejudiced yourself. I can't cry abt being victimized and then victimize others. And yes I'm Igbo. The truth is the truth.
DeleteHe has forgotten what he said!! DEMETIA at work!!
ReplyDeleteThe word is Dementia. You should also get yourself checked up for same disease.
DeleteHahaha. Oga Anon 11:56. I'm loving that yawa. Lukmon an serious mumu
DeleteAll thse grammar. 4 wetin?
ReplyDeleteHold on, you should understand this better "Kim Kardashian"... Is that slow enough for you?
DeleteLobatan. Lwkmd. Does it means we have so many morons on lib who believed d story too? Hahahaha
ReplyDeleteAnd the message goes to al the LIB morons dt abused the intelligent man
ReplyDeleteigbos don enter kia..........lmao
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ReplyDeleteNa the yeruba wey not vote based on their stomch abi? It has alws been like dt in dis country everybody wants their tribe 2 win...so fuck off
DeleteTruth is if U don't vote for socioeconomic reasons in this country then U're probably an idiot. People are hungry
DeleteI think those of u who sent thunder and lightening his way yesterday own him an apology.
ReplyDeleteOwe...
DeleteI agree. But they won't. They'll cling to the hope that he said it or that he's still tribalistic. Victims who victimize
DeleteAnd they all shall live in denial after each
ReplyDeleteStatement released against the Ibos.
he wont make such a statement. ws is far too refined for that
DeleteIt doesnt matter......We got the msg loud and clear
ReplyDeleteMoye says so via BB Passport...Courtesy LIB....
Nice1
ReplyDeleteAkuko uwa lol see dem after blasting the igbos they will come back and start claiming they didn't say anyfin smh shame u man, I ve neva seen a respected igbo leader kings or business man come out publicly to bash on yoruba ppl but their king oba, wole and co will do it and later come out to deny it lol shameless ppl, you guyz think igbos will die but HEY y'all tribalistic fools we are stronger now
ReplyDeleteU said it all...1000 likes..😎
DeleteWe are tribalistic fools but what's your statement is not tribalistic right? And I've never read tribalistic statements by Achebe? Or random Igbo people. Relax man, unlike you I have good friends that are Igbo, Benin, Hausa etc. From your statement, I doubt u can say the same. Anyhoo good luck to U.
DeleteI 4 say. ..y would a notable man of his class condescend so low to demeaning statements. .
ReplyDeletei didnt buy it either and am ibo.
DeleteThere is video evidence, Bonario and co who rained insult on him, please go and listen to what he said. The internet is full of miscreants and mischievous people. Linda, the Queen of copy and paste, check well before you post. Biko!!!
ReplyDeleteLeave linda alone...I double checked ystrday out of shock, once you type wole soyinka...d news was evriwher. Nd Bonario n co were just defending their tribe....absolutely nothing wrong with that...cos any tribe would do the same. U cnt blame ibos for being prickly seeing the amount of hate dats being recently directed at them.
DeleteIt's only a matter of time, the video will surface shortly
ReplyDeleteLinda and her bunch of morons!!!
ReplyDeleteOf course, he won't have said it. I also said so in the last fake news and linked the real story from Harvard website..
ReplyDeleteSome people are out to make Nigerians hate each.other by setting us. Apart.
Live long Wole
Im a very proud Igbo woman and when I read ur earlier post about this, for the first time I had my doubts about the authenticity of the story. Not Wole Soyinka whom I love with a passion and whom I have tried to read every of his article. I had wanted to write a comment, but funny enough I started then stopped. I said to myself to just take it easy something is wrong somewhere, NOT WOLE SOYINKA. I showed the earlier post to my colleague in the office - a Yoruba man and he immediately jumped up gloating and confirming that Prof Soyinka is right. I smiled and said within me 'NOT MY PROF WOLE SOYINKA'. Im happy I never wrote what I had wanted to write. Pls lets all quit hating. As I read in Dec 2014 / Jan 2015 edition of the Reader's Digest, an article by Zak Ebrahim 'Not my Father's son' he says - I'm so tired of hating people. Everyone has a choice. even if you are trained to hate, you can choose tolerance. You can choose empathy'.
ReplyDeleteWell said. But I doubt it's in our DNA. It's like black ppl are bred to hate each other. It's scary how much hate is simmering on the surface in Nigeria
DeleteWole is the most incredible moron of all time
ReplyDeleteLol..to anyone who blvs he did is a moron..Wole Soyinka is a man of integrity.
ReplyDeleteIm a very proud Igbo woman and when I read ur earlier post about this, for the first time I had my doubts about the authenticity of the story. Not Wole Soyinka whom I love with a passion and whom I have tried to read every of his article. I had wanted to write a comment, but funny enough I started then stopped. I said to myself to just take it easy something is wrong somewhere, NOT WOLE SOYINKA. I showed the earlier post to my colleague in the office - a Yoruba man and he immediately jumped up gloating and confirming that Prof Soyinka is right. I smiled and said within me 'NOT MY PROF WOLE SOYINKA'. Im happy I never wrote what I had wanted to write. Pls lets all quit hating. As I read in Dec 2014 / Jan 2015 edition of the Reader's Digest, an article by Zak Ebrahim 'Not my Father's son' he says - I'm so tired of hating people. Everyone has a choice. even if you are trained to hate, you can choose tolerance. You can choose empathy'.
ReplyDeleteLinda he's talking to you, you are a moron for peddling lies about him.
ReplyDeleteFree Linda. She reported what she saw. It's not the first time she's reported rubbish. Abeg it's a blog and not CNN. Pele o Linda. Ma da awon morons yii loun.
DeleteSilly idiots yet u find Ur selves in plural dancong back to her popular site unconsciously...
Delete~D great anonymous!
*dancing
Delete~D great anonymous!
Soyinka doesn't like money but he clinged to Amaechi who impregnated his daughter, paid his medical bills abroad for cancer treatment, bought him a house in Lagos. He accepted yet he doesn't like money. DIRTY OLD TRIBALISTIC LIER PROFESSOR
ReplyDeleteI don't get how he's tribalistic from what U said??
DeleteBecause u don't get even your name... too bad!
DeleteU guyz r just dumb for thinking Wole will say a thing like dat...y'all r indeed predictable...stupid set of morons (igbos) smh
ReplyDeleteHow stupid u sound imbecile
DeleteWhoever accused him of saying it is a fool if he cannot provide evidence aka exhibit. Awon ode! Bombastic fools! Why was he not recorded but Baba if evidence is later produced then it is bad o!
ReplyDeleteMischief makers full ground in Naija
DeleteMumu...you guys are already dying in Indonesian prison/firing squad. check it out, eight more chukwudis arraigned to be killed for your incurable money mindedness. Linda no go gree carry that news.
ReplyDeleteOMG! Aren't u worse than an idiot??? Them terrorists in England, United States and even the blacks in al-quaeda and ISIS aren't they strictly yorubas??? So which is worse, murder or 'moneying'?
Delete~D great anonymous!
Igbos r obviously dumb skulls...I just hate y'all
ReplyDeleteYou are actually the dumb skull. Hope the hate doesn't kill you.
DeleteHater, hate Ur Yoruba ppl for continously embarrassing y'all and steaming chaos for our beloved nation.
Delete~D great anonymous!
The problem with Yoruba born is that they talk weigh too much, FFK. Now even the grandpapas are showing the true nature of dia genes. thanks to awolowo I wonder what would have become of these misfits
ReplyDeleteHahaha. What are U saying? Come back when U're ready to Make sense
DeleteIgbos here and there. Smh!
ReplyDeletecheck yourselves as a tribe and heal yourselves of your 'un'doubtable incurable money mindedness. Eight more of igbo to be executed in Indonesia. I'm sure Linda will not share that news, she's more concerned with attacking people who tell the bitter truth. Go save the chukwudis rotting in indonesian prisons.
ReplyDeleteAnd the yorubas are saints right? Go and find out how many of your brothers and sisters are rottening in US prisons for different crimes. Yet u put up a holier than thou attitude.
DeleteLinda, please always verify the authenticity of your stories especially sensitive ones....we don't need more ethnic division
ReplyDeleteThis a blog tho. It's not really her job to verify anything. It would be nice if she did esp with stories like this. Way to divisive.
Deleteissokay
ReplyDeleteLinda you are guilty as charged. you dont publish something you havnt verified. cos you influence people wrongly.
ReplyDeleteThey should be mindfull of what their say
ReplyDeletelol, this man sha
ReplyDeleteI will urge the Igbo's 2 be watching this people on 6D. They cnt do without us at all. It shows the kind of people they are. They will say this in one minute about the Igbo's, and the next minutes they deny it. SMH it shows they are not man Enough, Besides why are they beefing the Igbo's? Are we the problem of this country or the Yorubas that will say this and deny in the next minutes. That is why we will always come out better than you people. Since you people want to start discriminating, we are ready too. Awon Omo Olofofo Daleru daleru
ReplyDeleteLoL. Anna U can carry your tribalistic ass and take several seats
DeleteHope U can swim, lagoon dey wait U. LoL. Tribalist
DeleteI AM IBO THOUGH BORN AND BROUGHT UP IN THE WEST BUT I AM SURE SOYINKA DIDN'T MAKE THE STATEMENT. HAVING SAID THAT, SOME ARE SAYING HE SAID IT AND NOW DENYING. FOR SOMEONE TO DENY WHATEVER HE HAD SAID IS A FEATURE OF COWARDICE AND THAT SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM AS THE NEW/MODIFIED STATEMENT SHOULD BE ADOPTED.
ReplyDeleteIt's not even that serious. Let's just go on the Harvard website and watch his talk
DeleteThey will always deny what they've said...
ReplyDeleteGo watch the video. Ignorant Nigerian. Damn.
DeleteBTW who are the "they" U're referring to?
I am waiting for the video.
ReplyDeleteHe must read LIB. LOL. Big word around here.
ReplyDeleteWhy do Igbo girls have thick calfs? because they are always chasing money....LMAOOO.I can't get enough of that joke
ReplyDeleteokay... When i saw that comment, i was certain it was fake... Thank God it was fake o, cos i too much respect sir Soyinka
ReplyDeleteNobody should blame him since they have the video they should play it to use so he can be clean of the air...
ReplyDeleteSmh. Well, God is watching
ReplyDeleteI said it. Prof is a great NIgerian. For those illiterate imbeciles who go around saying that igbos love money, go and get an education. You are all a disgrace to the younger generation. We are in 2015 not 1966. We can forgive the older generation for their politics and propaganda but not the younger generation. Meanwhile
ReplyDeleteLinda, kedu Kwanu?
Linda he just called u a retard. You reported that he said so without verifying.
ReplyDeleteyou see!!! Talking in general is just wrong, you can pick a few igbo and blast them for whatever but not just pack the whole Igbo lot and make an unguarded statement, I believe he did not
ReplyDeleteI know the Professor thinks he is smarter than everyone else, but that is a big lie.
ReplyDeleteBetter o, the respect I have for you even reduced yesterday cos I dont expect that from you
ReplyDeleteI am a proud Igbo man and happy to be that. Ndi Igbo have no apologies to make for our nature whatever our detractors might term it to be because that is what has guaranteed our survival and excellence in a hostile environment called Nigeria. Here dullards and loafers idle about waiting for manna to fall from heaven for them but ndi-igbo struggle and strive to press water out of stone only to be castigated by jealous nincompoops. No tribe in Nigeria can survive the vicissitudes inflicted on ndi-igbo by diabolically wicked fellow Nigerians. But we did and are now ready to excel. Nobody can stop the sun from rising
ReplyDeleteWhat sense hv u made bro?
DeleteYou're very right. Jealousy is the root of hatred
DeleteI tire for all these IGBE (shit) people.
ReplyDeleteTHIS IS A TREATISE BY SANUSI LAMIDO SANUSI AN UPDATED RESPONSE TO SOYINKA'S DIATRIBE
ReplyDeletePractically every crisis in Nigeria since independence has its roots from Yorubas ----Sanusi Lamido Sanusi
The Yoruba elite were the first, in 1962, to attempt a violent overthrow of an elected government in this country---Sanusi Lamido Sanusi
When Buhari jailed UPN governors like Ige and Onabanjo, the South-Western press castigated that good government and provided the right mood for IBB to take over power. As soon as IBB cleared UPN governors of charges against them in a politically motivated retrial, he became the darling of the South-West. When IBB annulled the primaries in which Adamu Ciroma and Shehu Yar Adua emerged as presidential candidates in the NRC and SDP, he was hailed by the South-West. When the same man annulled the June 12, 1993 elections in which Abiola was the front-runner, the South-West now became defenders of democracy.
When it seemed Sani Abacha was sympathetic to Abiola, the South-West supported his take-over. He was in fact invited by a prominent NADECO member to take over in a published letter shortly before the event. Even though Abiola had won the elections in the North, the North was blamed for its annulment. When Abdulsalam Abubakar started his transition, the Yoruba political leadership through NADECO presented a memorandum on a Government of National Unity that showed complete disrespect for the intelligence and liberties of other Nigerians.
Subsequently, they formed a tribal party which failed to meet minimum requirements for registration, but was registered all the same to avoid the violence that was bound to follow non-registration, given the area-boy mentality of South-West politicians. Having rejected an Obasanjo candidacy and challenged the election as a fraud in court, we now find a leading member of the AD in the government, a daughter of an Afenifere leader as Minister of State, and Awolowo´s daughter as Ambassador, all appointed by a man who won the election through fraud.
Meanwhile, nothing has been negotiated for the children of Abiola, the focus of Yoruba political activity. In return for these favours, the AD solidly voted for Evan Enwerem as Senate President. This is a man who participated in the two-million- man March for Abacha´s self-succession. He also is reputed to have hosted a meeting of governors during IBB´s transition, demanding that June 12 elections should never be de-annulled and threatening that the East would go to war if this was done. When Ibrahim Salisu Buhari was accused of swearing to a false affidavit, the Yoruba political elite correctly took up the gauntlet for his resignation.
When an AD governor, Bola Tinubu, swears to a false affidavit that he attended an Ivy League University which he did not attend, we hear excuses.
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Thanks for the details, always excuses with them. Sure they now make up excuses even before committing the crime.
Delete~D great anonymous!
CONTINUATION;
ReplyDeleteFor so many years, the Yoruba have inundated this country with stories of being marginalised and of a civil service dominated by northerners through quota system. The Federal Character Commission has recently released a report which shows that the South-West accounts for 27.8% of civil servants in the range GL08 to GL14 and a full 29.5% of GL 15 and above. One zone out of six zones controls a full 30% of the civil service leaving the other five zones to share the remaining 70%. We find the same story in the economy, in academia, in parastatals.
Yet in spite of being so dominant, the Yoruba complained and complained of marginalization. Of recent, in recognition of the trauma which hit the South-West after June 12, the rest of the country forced everyone out of the race to ensure that a South-Westerner emerged, often against the best advice of political activists.
Instead of leading a path of reconciliation and strong appreciation, the Yoruba have embarked on short-sighted triumphalism, threatening other "nationalities" that they ( who after all lost the election) will protect Obasanjo ( who was forced on them). No less a person than Bola Ige has made such utterances.
To further show that they were in charge, they led a cult into the Hausa area of Sagamu, murdered a Hausa woman and nothing happened. In the violence that followed, they killed several Hausa residents, with Yoruba leaders like Segun Osoba, reminding Nigerians of the need to respect the culture of their host communities. This would have continued were it not for the people of Kano who showed that they could also create their own Oro who would only be appeased through the shedding of innocent Yoruba blood.
I say all this, to support Balarabe Musa´s statement, that the greatest problem to nation-building in Nigeria are the Yoruba Bourgeoisie. I say this also to underscore my point that until they change this attitude, no conference can solve the problems of Nigeria. We cannot move forward if the leadership of one of the largest ethnic groups continues to operate, not like statesmen, but like common area boys.
Being Excerpts from A Paper Presented At The “National Conference On The 1999 Constitution” Jointly Organised By The Network For Justice And The Vision Trust Foundation, At The Arewa House, Kaduna From 11th –12th September, 1999.
Liar old fool
ReplyDeleteThe old man wole soyinka who needs to see a psychiatric Doctor for brain fag is the moron.
ReplyDeleteVictor Onah is a bigger moron
DeleteAnd funmi aiyenuro is the biggest moron, lmao!
Delete~D great anonymous!
The way Igbo people are holding on to their vex even when the man said he did not say it....I am very sure and Igbo man is behind this mischief. You hateful people are always looking for a reason to hate Yorubas and unluckily for you, on this occassion you are wrong, yet MORONS like you are still holding on to your vex asking for evidence and calling him a coward. No my dear morons, it was your Ojukwu that was a coward, Soyinka went to jail for the biafran cause while Ojukwu went to England. IDIOTS!!!
ReplyDeleteLwkm, pls lemme refer u to anonymous 2:29/ 2:30pm's post... crappy Yoruba sadist.
DeleteAnd the yorubas are imbeciles
Deleteyee the igbos are morons he is right
ReplyDeleteNawa o...........All dem igbo pple taking dis personal. Shey una don hear?
ReplyDeleteAnd u Igbos don't need to insult Yoruba's, If you av issues with Wole Soyinka.........See HIM
ReplyDeleteAll for attention right?
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I still don't know why any other tribe reads this blog. It's very glaring that linda is tribaliatic. Knowing full well that such matters as this can cause havoc and commotion in a country that still hopes for unity, you should have been a 100 percent sure he said it. Even if other news outlets are carrying it, it's stupidity to just follow suit. I saw the same statement by soyinka on channels today and they didn't mention anything he said concerning igbos and that's cos he actually didn't say it. Your blog has now turned to a battle field for different tribes. Keep up the good work, Nigeria will definitely be United
ReplyDeleteOh yeah right! Same way Ur Yoruba copy-cat bloggers keep screening posts and posting strictly favorable comments on the positive to the Yoruba sect right? I think there's some form of neutrality on lib so take a chill and drown in Ur hate hater! Like u can survive without lib??? Iti!
Delete~D great anonymous!
Then why are you here? It's a blog walk away
DeleteAnother Yoruba talkative after Obasanjo, FFK, Fayose and co. Talk and deny.
ReplyDeleteAnother Yoruba talkative after Obasanjo, FFK, Fayose and co. Talk and deny.
ReplyDeleteCan Yoruba men keep their mouths shut for a second without talking,talking and talking? Can they see how real men behave? Igbo men are the real deal, they talk less and do more.
ReplyDeleteYoruba people talk too much I guess that's why they're not physically strong.
ReplyDeleteThe only strength the Yoruba man has is in his mouth, I guess that's why Igbos take on them physically anytime any day." Hey comrades(Yorubas)let's keep on barking and not bite,lest they think we're totally dead"
ReplyDeleteFrom Wole Soyinka's satire.
Linda, let me look for this comment.
The only strength the Yoruba man has is in his mouth, I guess that's why Igbos take on them physically anytime any day." Hey comrades(Yorubas)let's keep on barking and not bite,lest they think we're totally dead"
ReplyDeleteFrom Wole Soyinka's satire.
Linda, let me look for this comment.
Oliver Twist.
ReplyDeleteWhy do yuroba say "av" instead of "have" ? Fucking illiterate
ReplyDeleteYoruba men are the biggest DICK SUCKERS I've ever seen
ReplyDeleteIGBOs own LAGOS and there's nothing a Yoruba man can do about it. Without us you are nobody.
ReplyDeleteWhy are we like this? The matter is simple. Does everything have to degenerate into racial slurs?
ReplyDelete1. Soyinka was quoted to have made a sensitive, tribalistic comment.
2. He comes out to deny it.
3. There is video evidence and, oh, I bet some of the posters did not bother to watch the video.. Only for them to conclude Yorubas say things and deny it.
Oba Akiolu is not the entire Yoruba land just like not one person is the entire Igbo land.
*the page stinks of bigotry. I am a proud Nigerian and a believer in God's creation. I'm Yoruba but I'm very proud to say three very good friends of mine that will call me before any other person when they are in a corner are from the SE. I have Hausa friends too.. I'm thankful I see the light beyond tribe and have benefited from wonderful people regardless of their tribes.
It is no wonder TK says, Human beings are divided into two tribes: good and bad..
Why are we like this?