Salimonu Kadiri:
May your tribe increase.....give or take a few words or phrases here and there, your comeback was fantastic in my books.
Ogbuefi Onyeani:
Please let us move on on this one......there are silly allegations that you allow other people to react to, and you choose a good time to give your input, if you are so inclined. I have been a victim of silly allegations myself, from spectacularly vile individuals, and so have you.
And there you have it.
Bolaji Aluko
On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 9:47 PM, Salimonu Kadiri <ogunlakaiye@hotmail.com> wrote:
Normally, one should not dance to the drum beats of lunatics otherwise people around would mistake one as a lunatic. However, if the drum beating lunatics are armed with machetes the best way to avoid being hurt is to begin dancing from the centre of their drum beats to a far away distance where one can run away from them. The Founder of the Edo Women for Change (EWC), Sarah Obozuma, has alleged that Aisha Buhari stigmatized fellow women during her campaign speech for her husband in Edo. In retaliation, Sarah Obozuma invented a story that Aisha got married to 47 years old Buhari at the age of 9 and was pregnant at the age of 13!! In the thinking of Sarah Obozuma, as posted by Okechukwu Ukaga, the alleged Aisha's child marriage disqualifies her from talking about the plight of women in Nigeria.
Is there anything in Aisha Buhari's speech that could amount to stigmatization of fellow women? In other to answer that question let us consider relevant portion of the transcript of her speech. Hear Aisha, "In each zone of the country, WE have peculiar problems, OUR problems differ, for me in this zone, girl child trafficking should be considered one of OUR problems, though I know there is unemployment. Unemployment is a major factor that contributes to brain drain and girl trafficking.
I am here today to let the Edo women know that when my husband is elected to be President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, insecurity, girl child trafficking, and suffering of the widows in the Southeast will come to an end. There must be a design, a cultural design that can accommodate the widow, and a design that will make a girl child comfortable wherever she is in this COUNTRY, she doesn't need to leave her COUNTRY to go and prostitute ELSEWHERE, it is not her portion, her portion is to have a high moral standard society for her to live, get married, have children, train them and to support them to become OUR future leaders." If Aisha had wanted to stigmatize fellow Edo women she would have said: YOU HAVE PECULIAR PROBLEMS, YOUR PROBLEMS DIFFER, FOR ME IN THIS ZONE, GIRL CHILD TRAFFICKING SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ONE OF YOUR PROBLEMS. SHE DOESN'T NEED TO LEAVE EDO TO GO AND PROSTITUTE ELSEWHERE. Instead Aisha expressed herself in collective pronouns, WE and OUR, and thereby embrace herself into the group of women troubled with the problem of girl child trafficking. Simplified, she sees girl child trafficking as a national problem even though the practice is a known phenomena in Edo. When she mentioned prostitution Aisha Buhari did not associate it with Edo but to Nigeria for which she should be commended for asserting that a problem in any part of Nigeria is a national problem.I have tried to reason about why Sarah Obozuma, as purported by Okechukwu Ukaga's post, could come to the conclusion that Aisha Buhari stigmatized fellow women in her Edo campaign speech. The only reason I can come up likens the oversensitive Yoruba TÈTÈ vegetable hawker who on the approach of a customer begins to shout, my TÈTÈ vegetable is not from the refuse dump. Aisha Buhari should be free to talk about the problem of child trafficking and prostitution without Sarah Obozuma becoming oversensitive to regard that as stigmatization of Edo women.When Chika Onyeani equated the allegation of child marriage against Aisha to the criticism that have been poured on Patience Damenneka Jonathan, he did not understand what the discussion is all about. It is just like Chika Onyeani hearing a bus conductor in Mushin shouting 'OYINGBO STRAIGHT' and Chika Onyeani responding, 'ONYE IGBO, IGBO KWENU.' Since OYINGBO and ONYE IGBO do not mean the same thing, Chika Onyeani must have misunderstood the bus conductor who was shouting OYINGBO straight which means non stop until OYINGBO station. Simplified, allegation is not equal to criticism and the demand by Chika Onyeani that Aisha should publish her birthdate certificate to prove that she was not married at the age of nine to Buhari is stupid. Well, Nigeria is blessed with a lot of intellectual crabs and no matter how one tries one can never make those intellectual crabs walk straight.
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 22:11:38 +0000
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Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: [africanworldforum] MONDAY QUARTER-BACKING: The Nastiness of these Elections { Re: Transcript Plus Video of Aisha Buhari's Speech in Edo.}The Igbo sometimes say that not every question deserves a response, I believe this issue of Buhari's wife age belong to that category.Nkolika
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Bolaji.--It is funny that all this time that the media has been excoriating and viciously attacking Patience Jonathan, you have never said a word. And I am surprised that you would infer that you have never seen anything like what has been written about Aisha Buhari either in the U.S. or in Nigeria, and my question is which U.S. are you talking about. Even your rendering of their curricula vitae shows your partiality. At least, you should have blasted Patience Jonathan's information the same way you did for Aisha Buhari. That's really taking sidesIf Buhari didn't have disdain for Nigerians, all he would have to do would be to just tender her birth certificate and quash the whole rumor, if it is. By the way, Aisha Buhari looks younger than 45 years old. It must be her genes.Chika OnyeaniOn Mar 24, 2015, at 3:28 PM, Mobolaji Aluko <alukome@gmail.com> wrote:_________________________________________________________________MONDAY QUARTER-BACKING: The Nastiness of these ElectionsbyMobolaji Aluko, PhDMonday March 24, 2015_________________________________________________________________My People:We are the first last week of these elections, and I have to vent....so please come with me a moment......I HATE these nasty elections that we are going through, and I cannot wait to have them end, first on Saturday, and then two Saturdays from then. The elections are so nasty that even pointing out the nastiness makes it look as if one is supporting one side over the other, when in fact that is NOT the case....And may they be free, fair and credible elections, and may be the person(s) truly chosen by the Nigerian people win. [Amen.]An example of the elections' nastiness is what this Ukaga forumnite has just repeated below.A lie - a nasty blatant lie - was told against political neophyte Aisha Buhari in her outing in Edo State on behalf of her husband, what is called in politics, the "Big Lie.". She did NOT say what was quoted against her name, yet this Ukaga fellow, who has "Senator" against his name on his mast-head, ignores that lie, and instead carries another set of TOXIC LIES against both Buhari and Aisha, hiding behind the notion that he (or she) was quoting one Sarah Obozuwa.Aisha Buhari, from all credible records, is 44 years old, not 35. She was born in February 1971, not September 1979. She was married on December 2, 1989, at age 18 and 10 months - past the age of consent - not on August 13, 1989, not at age 9. Yes, Buhari, born 17 December 1942, was 47 years, but they have now been married for 26 years, more than most marriages by two 25-year olds, some of who don't last beyond their honeymoon. Clearly she looks gorgeous, and without her, Buhari would have probably looked much older than his 72 years.In all of my years of monitoring elections both in Nigeria and in the US, I have NEVER seen such nastiness on a daily basis, in print and on the TV. I hope that we NEVER have these kinds of elections again [Amen], which, according to the suave and more mature PDP Chairman Muazu, has been polluted by the bad talk of "little boys" and possibly older persons of other genders who should know better.And there you have it.Bolaji AlukoDisgustedPS: By the way, our First Lady Patience Faka and Hopeful First Lady Aisha have gallantly "stood by their men." Very commendable....Their profiles follow......On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 6:22 PM, Okechukwu Ukaga < ukaga001@umn.edu > wrote:......and here is part of one of several responses to Mrs Buhari'' comment circulating in the web...."In a swift response to Mrs. Buhari on Monday in Benin, Sarah Obozuwa, Founder of the Edo Women for Change (EWC) called on Edo women to forgive Mrs. Buhari. "Aisha Buhari was born on September 29, 1979. As of today, Mrs. Buhari is only 35 years of age. She was married to Buhari in August 13, 1989, at the age of 9. This means that Buhari at age 47, in 1989 was having sex with Aisha Buhari at the tender age of 9, an underage according to the constitution of Nigeria. So Mrs. Buhari is a victim of sustained childhood rape and her outbursts are understandable", she said. Speaking further, Mrs. Obozuwa said: "How Buhari got Aisha Buhari pregnant at age 13 is a chilling story of a Buhari who defiled Aisha as a little child while she was visiting Zulai, Buhari's eldest daughter who was her playmate. It is ironic how such a traumatized woman now stands at the vanguard of stigmatizing fellow women."On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 8:42 PM, 'Funmi Tofowomo Okelola' via USA Africa Dialogue Series <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com> wrote:
http://www.nigerianeye.com/2015/03/transcript-plus-video-of-aisha-buharis.html?m=1
Transcript Plus Video of Aisha Buhari's Speech in Edo.
Pls start watching from 2:16 what she said exactly: In each Zone of the Country, we have peculiar problems, Our Problems differs, for me in this zone, Girl child trafficking should be considered one of our problems Though i know there is unemployment, Unemployment is a Major factor that contributes to brain drain and girl child trafficking, Gen Buhari is a leader, he was a Leader, he led nigeria some decades ago and he is coming back now to sanitize the system. For those campaigning, saying that he is coming to jail Nigerians, I dont know what their fear is, but they shouldnt because we are all yearning for change, the insecurity of the country, the very very very bad healthcare system, lack of education and other basic necessitates that people are lacking, i think they need somebody like him now.
Already some years back, he has been contesting, they have painted him black using religion, I am happy today, Nigerians discover that, they use religion as the cover to loot Nigeria to Nonesense.
Whoever talks to you in this country, the politician that can talk to you about religion is a Liar, He is a Liar, he wants to loot. He wants to loot the little resources you are supposed to enjoy. Say no to Politics, comparing it, matching it with Religion to decieve people.
I am here today to let the Edo women know that when My husband is Elected to be president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, all these are going to be history
the insecurity, the girl child trafficking, suffering of the widows in the southeast will come to and end, there must be a design, a cultural design that can accommodate the widow, and then a design that will make a girl child feel comfortable wherever she is in this country, she doesnt need to leave her country to go and prostitute elsewhere, it is not her portion, her portion is to have a highly standard moral society for her to live, get married, have children, train them, train them and to support them to become the future of our Leaders.
We are here today, to also educate you, and to let you know the collection of PVCs is important, you collect your PVCs and dont sell it, dont ever sell it, dont ever sell it, its like selling your future, when you sell it for N5,000, you wont see N5,000 again until after 4 years which is too bad for you.
Get your PVC, Vote for APC, vote for Freedom, Vote for New Nigeria, vote security, vote education, vote healthcare, good roads and all the basic necessitates should be given to you.
I thank you all for being here this afternoon, being under the Sun for hours waiting to see me, thank you so much, i love you all.
Last week, we lost a sister, a mother, a former Woman Leader Mrs Modinat Omokwan May we have a one Minute silence for her.... May her Soul rest in Perfect Peace.
APC..... APC...... Edo... Nigeria..... God Bless you all.BIOGRAPHY/PROFILE/CURRICULUM VITAE OF MRS AISHA BUHARI
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