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Re: Obahiagbon To Patience - "Wole Is Far From The Problem, Your English Is" by sandysprax(m): 4:12pm On Jul 14, 2013 |
Policewoman: Is it because they are both Lettered grammarians that they will be intimidating this woman? That's unfair. In the words of Hon. Patrick; it is regrettably louquibrous! (Whatever that means) 2 Likes |
Re: Obahiagbon To Patience - "Wole Is Far From The Problem, Your English Is" by Maxymilliano(m): 4:12pm On Jul 14, 2013 |
Hmmm ... So politics in Nigeria has descended to the level of 'fighting' a married woman in public ... Shameless old men! 2 Likes |
Re: Obahiagbon To Patience - "Wole Is Far From The Problem, Your English Is" by superior1: 4:13pm On Jul 14, 2013 |
Patience was yet to complete her hair dressing apprentice when Wole got a Nobel prize. She should learn to be a lady and stop her paraga seller swagga 9 Likes |
Re: Obahiagbon To Patience - "Wole Is Far From The Problem, Your English Is" by bookface: 4:13pm On Jul 14, 2013 |
9ja_I_hail: WTF do you keep spitting about "another man's wife"? This other man's wife chose to meddle directly in the politics of a state leading to chaos and confusion. If you want to be treated like a lady you act like one. You can't be a thug and at the same time demand to be treated like a lady. 15 Likes |
Re: Obahiagbon To Patience - "Wole Is Far From The Problem, Your English Is" by emmydee(m): 4:13pm On Jul 14, 2013 |
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Re: Obahiagbon To Patience - "Wole Is Far From The Problem, Your English Is" by sandysprax(m): 4:14pm On Jul 14, 2013 |
FRDChickenisha: Famous PEJ Quotes No. 10 should be ...press YA finger for UNBLERRA 13. I donate my husband on behalf of N10 MILLION 5 Likes |
Re: Obahiagbon To Patience - "Wole Is Far From The Problem, Your English Is" by Nobody: 4:15pm On Jul 14, 2013 |
Maxymilliano: Hmmm ... So politics in Nigeria has descended to the level of 'fighting' a married woman in public ... U shameless 2 Likes |
Re: Obahiagbon To Patience - "Wole Is Far From The Problem, Your English Is" by commynikky: 4:17pm On Jul 14, 2013 |
9ja_I_hail:cmon guy. If truly ure admirer of wole soyinka u will neva construct ur language dat way. In any comment u shud nt jump into conclusion or in support of anyone of them. I deeply believe ure in support of violent that going on at river state. What the elderly man is saying is for firstlady to stp the crisis rather than add to it. Her name was mention thru one of the lawmaker so its time for her to mak ammendment. Bros if u give woman chance they wil go beyond their boundry esp those woman that love power. Pls always respecT those that deserve respect 2 Likes |
Re: Obahiagbon To Patience - "Wole Is Far From The Problem, Your English Is" by emmydee(m): 4:19pm On Jul 14, 2013 |
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Re: Obahiagbon To Patience - "Wole Is Far From The Problem, Your English Is" by redcliff: 4:19pm On Jul 14, 2013 |
iamtheprincipal: PEJ has got no moral justification to call a renowned scholar of the status of distinguished & erudite Professor Wole Soyinka "an embarrassment...". PEJ is an absolute disgrace to this nation, to womanhood and to the world at large...Idiot![size=14pt] See, her mere reply just showed how lowlife and degraded she really is. Imagine Obama's wife replying a critic via a personal assitant? Its just appalling. well, thats what Nigerian politicians do now. Verbal abuse and counter verbal abuse. Mere domestic appendage. Gosh!!! loquacious PEJ[/size] 1 Like |
Re: Obahiagbon To Patience - "Wole Is Far From The Problem, Your English Is" by Nobody: 4:20pm On Jul 14, 2013 |
Lets compare the statement from the two parties and see wchich made more sense: First the old prof: The wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, has been accused of getting away with murder in the country and of being used as a political tool, with the tacit support of her husband. Making this allegation Thursday during an international press conference on the state of the nation, Nigeria’s Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, who alongside human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), pointedly identified the first lady as being neck deep in the political crisis in Rivers State, added that her “seizure of Port Harcourt for 11 days with full security apparatus in tow, indicated that there is something about that madam herself.” Falana and Soyinka condemned the crisis that had engulfed the Rivers State House of Assembly, when five out the 32 lawmakers attempted to impeach the speaker, Hon. Otelemaba Amachree. Soyinka described the entire scenario as reflective of meddlesomeness and decried Mrs. Jonathan’s involvement in the crisis in the state, pointing out that she has no constitutional role in the country. “This is getting to a state where an unelected person, a mere domestic appendage, can seize control of a place for 11 days and as a result of her presence, the governor of that state was told by policemen that you cannot pass here because the queen was there. What sort of jungle are we living in? “A person with no constitutional position is able to enjoy the full security apparatus of the state which is being denied a governor,” he said. He said his advice for the first lady was to be a lady before being a “first lady”. “My worry for her is that she should be a lady first before being a first lady. You cannot be a first lady without first being a lady. That is the only advice I have for her,” he said. And now the first lady: Wife of the President, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, on Friday took on the Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, for attributing the crisis in the Rivers State House of Assembly to her. In a statement by her spokesman, Ayo Osinlu, the President’s wife said Soyinka betrayed the moral duty that expected him, as a respected member of the society, to carefully consider all shades of issues that informed his opinions on any matter. Mrs. Jonathan said Soyinka had become an embarrassment to his admirers with his diatribe against her. The statement read in part, “Unfortunately, Soyinka betrayed moral duty in his recent diatribe against Mrs. Patience Jonathan. “Of course, this would not be the first time he would reach out against the First Lady, usually from self-righteously indignant lecterns. “In this particular instance, his verdict was that Mrs. Jonathan was ‘stoking the crisis currently rocking her home state of Rivers…’, and thereupon asked Mr. President to caution his wife. “The good, old Prof. reminds one of the truth that indeed, most of the giants on the street are men of like passions like everyone else. Worse still, most of them are actually standing on clay feet and would fail the test of a gentle push. “Otherwise, who would have believed that the social, civil, constitutional and sundry rights crusader Prof. would maintain a safe distance from the heart of an activity that is a potential threat to the peace, security and safety of the people of a state, then collect exaggerated stories and jaundiced perspectives from familiar propagandists and character assassins, and promptly summon the media to a “state of the nation” address. “It’s an embarrassment to his throng of admirers and followers, that a sage of Prof. Soyinka’s status, who used to be a gauge of public morality in this nation, would lend himself to a propaganda of high drive, to save a governor who elected to launch into a river without applicable survival skills.” Mrs. Jonathan argued that the calculation was to attack the President and pull to pieces anyone associated with him, as a strategy for attracting public sympathy to the “clear underdog. On this instance, the first lady made a mice meal out of the old prof. My taking is that old age is begining to set in for wole and its about time he take the back seat.[b]Lets compare the statement from the two parties and see wchich made more sense: First the old prof: The wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, has been accused of getting away with murder in the country and of being used as a political tool, with the tacit support of her husband. Making this allegation Thursday during an international press conference on the state of the nation, Nigeria’s Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, who alongside human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), pointedly identified the first lady as being neck deep in the political crisis in Rivers State, added that her “seizure of Port Harcourt for 11 days with full security apparatus in tow, indicated that there is something about that madam herself.” Falana and Soyinka condemned the crisis that had engulfed the Rivers State House of Assembly, when five out the 32 lawmakers attempted to impeach the speaker, Hon. Otelemaba Amachree. Soyinka described the entire scenario as reflective of meddlesomeness and decried Mrs. Jonathan’s involvement in the crisis in the state, pointing out that she has no constitutional role in the country. “This is getting to a state where an unelected person, a mere domestic appendage, can seize control of a place for 11 days and as a result of her presence, the governor of that state was told by policemen that you cannot pass here because the queen was there. What sort of jungle are we living in? “A person with no constitutional position is able to enjoy the full security apparatus of the state which is being denied a governor,” he said. He said his advice for the first lady was to be a lady before being a “first lady”. “My worry for her is that she should be a lady first before being a first lady. You cannot be a first lady without first being a lady. That is the only advice I have for her,” he said. And now the first lady: Wife of the President, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, on Friday took on the Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, for attributing the crisis in the Rivers State House of Assembly to her. In a statement by her spokesman, Ayo Osinlu, the President’s wife said Soyinka betrayed the moral duty that expected him, as a respected member of the society, to carefully consider all shades of issues that informed his opinions on any matter. Mrs. Jonathan said Soyinka had become an embarrassment to his admirers with his diatribe against her. The statement read in part, “Unfortunately, Soyinka betrayed moral duty in his recent diatribe against Mrs. Patience Jonathan. “Of course, this would not be the first time he would reach out against the First Lady, usually from self-righteously indignant lecterns. “In this particular instance, his verdict was that Mrs. Jonathan was ‘stoking the crisis currently rocking her home state of Rivers…’, and thereupon asked Mr. President to caution his wife. “The good, old Prof. reminds one of the truth that indeed, most of the giants on the street are men of like passions like everyone else. Worse still, most of them are actually standing on clay feet and would fail the test of a gentle push. “Otherwise, who would have believed that the social, civil, constitutional and sundry rights crusader Prof. would maintain a safe distance from the heart of an activity that is a potential threat to the peace, security and safety of the people of a state, then collect exaggerated stories and jaundiced perspectives from familiar propagandists and character assassins, and promptly summon the media to a “state of the nation” address. “It’s an embarrassment to his throng of admirers and followers, that a sage of Prof. Soyinka’s status, who used to be a gauge of public morality in this nation, would lend himself to a propaganda of high drive, to save a governor who elected to launch into a river without applicable survival skills.” Mrs. Jonathan argued that the calculation was to attack the President and pull to pieces anyone associated with him, as a strategy for attracting public sympathy to the “clear underdog. On this instance, the first lady made a mice meal out of the old prof. My taking is that old age is begining to set in for wole and its about time he take the back seat.[/b]Lets compare the statement from the two parties and see wchich made more sense: First the old prof: The wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, has been accused of getting away with murder in the country and of being used as a political tool, with the tacit support of her husband. Making this allegation Thursday during an international press conference on the state of the nation, Nigeria’s Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, who alongside human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), pointedly identified the first lady as being neck deep in the political crisis in Rivers State, added that her “seizure of Port Harcourt for 11 days with full security apparatus in tow, indicated that there is something about that madam herself.” Falana and Soyinka condemned the crisis that had engulfed the Rivers State House of Assembly, when five out the 32 lawmakers attempted to impeach the speaker, Hon. Otelemaba Amachree. Soyinka described the entire scenario as reflective of meddlesomeness and decried Mrs. Jonathan’s involvement in the crisis in the state, pointing out that she has no constitutional role in the country. “This is getting to a state where an unelected person, a mere domestic appendage, can seize control of a place for 11 days and as a result of her presence, the governor of that state was told by policemen that you cannot pass here because the queen was there. What sort of jungle are we living in? “A person with no constitutional position is able to enjoy the full security apparatus of the state which is being denied a governor,” he said. He said his advice for the first lady was to be a lady before being a “first lady”. “My worry for her is that she should be a lady first before being a first lady. You cannot be a first lady without first being a lady. That is the only advice I have for her,” he said. And now the first lady: Wife of the President, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, on Friday took on the Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, for attributing the crisis in the Rivers State House of Assembly to her. In a statement by her spokesman, Ayo Osinlu, the President’s wife said Soyinka betrayed the moral duty that expected him, as a respected member of the society, to carefully consider all shades of issues that informed his opinions on any matter. Mrs. Jonathan said Soyinka had become an embarrassment to his admirers with his diatribe against her. The statement read in part, “Unfortunately, Soyinka betrayed moral duty in his recent diatribe against Mrs. Patience Jonathan. “Of course, this would not be the first time he would reach out against the First Lady, usually from self-righteously indignant lecterns. “In this particular instance, his verdict was that Mrs. Jonathan was ‘stoking the crisis currently rocking her home state of Rivers…’, and thereupon asked Mr. President to caution his wife. “The good, old Prof. reminds one of the truth that indeed, most of the giants on the street are men of like passions like everyone else. Worse still, most of them are actually standing on clay feet and would fail the test of a gentle push. “Otherwise, who would have believed that the social, civil, constitutional and sundry rights crusader Prof. would maintain a safe distance from the heart of an activity that is a potential threat to the peace, security and safety of the people of a state, then collect exaggerated stories and jaundiced perspectives from familiar propagandists and character assassins, and promptly summon the media to a “state of the nation” address. “It’s an embarrassment to his throng of admirers and followers, that a sage of Prof. Soyinka’s status, who used to be a gauge of public morality in this nation, would lend himself to a propaganda of high drive, to save a governor who elected to launch into a river without applicable survival skills.” Mrs. Jonathan argued that the calculation was to attack the President and pull to pieces anyone associated with him, as a strategy for attracting public sympathy to the “clear underdog. On this instance, the first lady made a mice meal out of the old prof. My taking is that old age is begining to set in for wole and its about time he take the back seat. |
Re: Obahiagbon To Patience - "Wole Is Far From The Problem, Your English Is" by Nobody: 4:20pm On Jul 14, 2013 |
Tolexander: Let PEJ catch you(obahiagbon), your wife will be among my fellow widow, when your manhood continues to live on because what she will do to you will make you to rather die than to commit suicide. She thought that you and Wole soyinka are good people like my husband and sambo is a good people. In fact, who are you to bring me to the issue of the problem those children caused in my state's house of assembly last week? Amechi and his state's assembly are children, the president was once a child and also the senators were once a children.*in yuzedo's voice* WE GIVE UP 2 Likes |
Re: Obahiagbon To Patience - "Wole Is Far From The Problem, Your English Is" by duni04(m): 4:20pm On Jul 14, 2013 |
9ja_I_hail:Hey excuse me, u only give respect to people deserving of it. How can u respect someone that constantly belittles the role of a first lady. She shuts down whole cities when she's passing or leaving town, shuts down the airspace when she's flying, insulted a governor to his face, heck she was even going to squander 3billion naira of our money on a s-tupid mission house in abuja. That's apart from our 500million she used to celebrate her resurrection from the dead. That woman doesn't deserve any shred of respect from anyone! 4 Likes |
Re: Obahiagbon To Patience - "Wole Is Far From The Problem, Your English Is" by Nobody: 4:21pm On Jul 14, 2013 |
What is GEJ doing about this? How I wish she was the wife of Abacha or any no-nonsense person. . .let's see if they would have insulted her and gotten away with it. Haba! She's the first Lady for Christ's sake, have some respect!! |
Re: Obahiagbon To Patience - "Wole Is Far From The Problem, Your English Is" by Damsman10(m): 4:21pm On Jul 14, 2013 |
Tolexander: Let PEJ catch you(obahiagbon), your wife will be among my fellow widow, when your manhood continues to live on because what she will do to you will make you to rather die than to commit suicide. She thought that you and Wole soyinka are good people like my husband and sambo is a good people. In fact, who are you to bring me to the issue of the problem those children caused in my state's house of assembly last week? Amechi and his state's assembly are children, the president was once a child and also the senators were once a children.hahahahhahahahahhahahahahahhhahahahahahaahahahhahahahahahahahahahahhahahah..u. D woman own 2 much... She will b d 1 dat will pursue his husband 4rm president.. |
Re: Obahiagbon To Patience - "Wole Is Far From The Problem, Your English Is" by emmydee(m): 4:22pm On Jul 14, 2013 |
Prof. did not insult Mrs. Jonathan. He only advised her on d best practices as d mother of d nation.t Now,if u earn ur livelihood through ur association with Mrs. Jonathan, that should not erode ur entire sense of good reasoning,ok. 1 Like |
Re: Obahiagbon To Patience - "Wole Is Far From The Problem, Your English Is" by Orikinla(m): 4:23pm On Jul 14, 2013 |
The problem with First Lady Dame Patience Goodluck Jonathan and her husband First Gentleman President Goodluck Jonathan are the incompetent jobbers and sycophants they have employed and one of them claims to be a pastor and expert on social media. They are the ones misleading our Head of State and First Lady. 1 Like |
Re: Obahiagbon To Patience - "Wole Is Far From The Problem, Your English Is" by CertifiedFreak(m): 4:24pm On Jul 14, 2013 |
FRDChickenisha: Famous PEJ Quotes 11 gat me cracking dude |
Re: Obahiagbon To Patience - "Wole Is Far From The Problem, Your English Is" by Nobody: 4:24pm On Jul 14, 2013 |
9ja_I_hail: This is not just "someone's wife." This is Nigeria's First Lady. And like it or not, when you're the First Lady of any country, you're in the public domain. Like it or not, PEJ's grammar is really bad. She needs to know when to keep quiet, this isn't about tít-for-tat. Her publicist needs to shield her, and she's not helping herself by opening her mouth and spewing the rubbish she does. The First Ladies of other countries get verbal abuse too, because they're Public Property. The reason we seldom hear about what happens elsewhere is the First Ladies, Presidents etc know when to react, and when to keep quiet. With Nigeria, it's all about "do you know who I am?" "Do you know I can have you arrested?" etc. PEJ needs to brush up on her grammar, or get her publicist to speak on her behalf. 5 Likes |
Re: Obahiagbon To Patience - "Wole Is Far From The Problem, Your English Is" by Nobody: 4:24pm On Jul 14, 2013 |
Wole is an old fool. He cant even win speech and prize giving day award again |
Re: Obahiagbon To Patience - "Wole Is Far From The Problem, Your English Is" by Itoroetti(m): 4:25pm On Jul 14, 2013 |
iamtheprincipal: PEJ has got no moral justification to call a renowned scholar of the status of distinguished & erudite Professor Wole Soyinka "an embarrassment...". PEJ is an absolute disgrace to this nation, to womanhood and to the world at large...Idiot! When Wole introduced cultism into nigeria,he wasn't "an embarrassment".when wole clearly criticized ur sponsorer-buhari as a man without conscience,u all didn't come out here to blap ur mouth. U are now potraying ur ignorance in the public because wole has criticised pej. U and ur fellow members of apc(armour personnel carrier) are more than embarrassment to nigeria and africa. |
Re: Obahiagbon To Patience - "Wole Is Far From The Problem, Your English Is" by Toktee(m): 4:25pm On Jul 14, 2013 |
Ajibel: I hail o. Just d statement of a Prof is what is causing a heat in d nation. Chai!!!Yea babe,that is why he is a prof. |
Re: Obahiagbon To Patience - "Wole Is Far From The Problem, Your English Is" by FRDChickenisha: 4:26pm On Jul 14, 2013 |
oxford: Wole is an old fool. He cant even win speech and prize giving day award again What are you TRYING to say,boi?! 1 Like |
Re: Obahiagbon To Patience - "Wole Is Far From The Problem, Your English Is" by Larryupsy: 4:26pm On Jul 14, 2013 |
Wondering how many pple PEJ is going to fight.making more enemy for urself only results to having so many battle to fight.hope PEJ won't reply hon patrick also in rude manner becos dis man is only taking a comic relieve from dis whole scene,bt how i really wish PEJ get entangled in war of words with dis honorable i really need to be entertained on dis trend, sure it will be real fun |
Re: Obahiagbon To Patience - "Wole Is Far From The Problem, Your English Is" by SaintChukz(m): 4:27pm On Jul 14, 2013 |
emmydee: Prof. did not insult Mrs. Jonathan. He only advised her on d best practices as d mother of d nation.ti also thought about it the same way you did... Hello MODS my appeal still stands help to move this to the FP b4 midnyt please... https://www.nairaland.com/1342473/nairalander-needs-least-500-votes#16544308 Thanks... 1 Like |
Re: Obahiagbon To Patience - "Wole Is Far From The Problem, Your English Is" by Toktee(m): 4:27pm On Jul 14, 2013 |
Itoroetti :Oh God,na wetin this man go smook? 3 Likes |
Re: Obahiagbon To Patience - "Wole Is Far From The Problem, Your English Is" by Nobody: 4:27pm On Jul 14, 2013 |
@9ja I hail: : please list all the men alive that you respect. i wanna see who soyinka is rubbing shoulder with. while i am not a die hard fan of soyinka, i am a great fan of the yoruba men, since thats what i am. 1 Like |
Re: Obahiagbon To Patience - "Wole Is Far From The Problem, Your English Is" by bokohalal(m): 4:28pm On Jul 14, 2013 |
redcliff:Greek does not have grammar? 1 Like |
Re: Obahiagbon To Patience - "Wole Is Far From The Problem, Your English Is" by Itoroetti(m): 4:28pm On Jul 14, 2013 |
9ja_I_hail: Don't mind they blind and tribalistic followers. |
Re: Obahiagbon To Patience - "Wole Is Far From The Problem, Your English Is" by greaterlove(m): 4:29pm On Jul 14, 2013 |
Why are we so petty in this country? There are bigger issues confronting us but its like we enjoy dwelling on irrelevant issues. Everyday is one fight or the other, really we deserve the kind of leaders we get. 1 Like |
Re: Obahiagbon To Patience - "Wole Is Far From The Problem, Your English Is" by Bliss4Lyfe(f): 4:29pm On Jul 14, 2013 |
intellectual show of shame. Obahiagbon and Wole Soyinka. |
Re: Obahiagbon To Patience - "Wole Is Far From The Problem, Your English Is" by PAGAN9JA(m): 4:29pm On Jul 14, 2013 |
[size=16pt]Baba SOyinka. don't worry. We the Pagan Traditionalists of Nigeria are always behind your back![/size] 1 Like |
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