Toyin,
I offered my opinion via "Re-The Canonization of Terror By Professor Wole Soyinka", which pointed out some of the things which also came out in the junior Abacha response. Let others also contribute. I may come back later.
CAO.
On Thursday, 6 March 2014 11:42:37 UTC+1, toyinifa wrote:
Fine idea, Chidi.
Can you help?
toyin
On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 8:47 AM, Chidi Anthony Opara
<chidi...@gmail.com> wrote:
I think we should put the Soyinka outburst and the Sadiq Abacha response side by side and deal with the issues raised in both and not all these "I am for Soyinka" and "I am for Abacha" shallow commentaries all over the place.
CAO.
On Wednesday, 5 March 2014 15:23:16 UTC+1, toyinifa wrote:
I am adding here responses to this letter from the Spaces for Change group on Facebook
Jojo Abiyere May the soul of Gen. Sani Abacha R.I.P. I hope people like Wole Soyinka can allow the dead rest. Semiu Ayobami Akanmu This Abacha's son and his co-travellers are shameless. Only in Nigeria, only in Banana Republic that a man who stole the nation's treasury, from whom looted funds were recovered will be running his oral cavity in public space again defending the action of a co-corrupt President.
That Wole Soyinka worked under IBB is inconsequential here. Abacha has no value to be celebrated in Nigerian Nationalities, if Nigerians are not chimps. Jojo Abiyere "Warever"? Please write in English, I do not understand such terms. Thank you Raheem Odunewu Someday Hitler's kids or folks will come up telling the world how good Hitler was. What a rubbish country we have!!!!! Olagunju Festus Olaoluwa @lawal-i love this. Surely,brilliancy is not perfection. Though,he is an elite,he still mismanaged funds which he could not account for.
Well,he should stop criticising the rulers,he too should contest,come 2015... Lawal Muazu Bauchi Olagunju Festus Olaoluwa believe me, our clueless leaders have failed us.wale Soyinka is part of Nigeria problems, it will be good if he make meaningful contribution instead of accusing someone. Let us forget the past and start looking for Nigeria as a one. Ahmadu Halidu The reason why We accused Abacha as Corrupt President is bcos he is dead When he was alive,Where were You,pls? Olagunju Festus Olaoluwa He reject'd the centenary award b'coz Abacha's family was award'd.he said that abacha is a murderer and a thief that cannot be redeem'd... Is he not one of the seven founding father of National association of Seadogs(pyraytes confraternity)? Ibrahim Abu I agree with Soyinka, Abacha and IBB ought not to be on that list. Abacha for stealing billions of dollars from our purse (billions that are being returned since his death). IBB for annulling democracy after spending so much government funds on the transition program. I would have added Buhari to the list except that Buhari's War against Indiscipline, his stance on corruption and his work at PTF far outweighs any involvement he had in truncating democracy in 1983. Adam Baba Yamani It is the "NADECO" in him that refuse to die, they always fly the sentiment to hypnotize their followers, wait a minute, are you talking about the cult initiator into our University system, a confused identity he is ! Ebi Bozimo This is one of the BEST write ups by a Nigerian that I have EVER had the privilege to read. It is without needless heat, abuse, or disrespect yet it contains succinct truths and is delivered calmly. Many would do well to read and learn from it. Okwe Kenneth Aigbe The only crime Abacha committed is Death. If he was alive, he will have followers, parade the corridor of power like others and possibly hand pick your next president just like OBJ.
But the letter above contain sha.
Anyway, inconsistency is bad for credibility. Oyedokun Abiodun Adejonwo Mmmmm,one cannot but see the sectional sentiments and the unfortunate thing is that we have been conditioned to accept mediocrity as a norm and national etho!Soyinka mismanaged FRSC funds yet his vindictive father didnot expose the sleaze in his five years of terror.I hope some people remember that until lately same FRSC was voted the least corrupt government agency!And with what I have seen personally in recent
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