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IBB To Soyinka; Practise What You Preach. by Sunnybobo3(m): 7:49pm On Jul 14, 2013
Contributed by Prince Kassim Afegbua -

• Says Nobel laureate is suffering from intellectual cirrhosis

Spokesman of former military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, Prince Kassim Afegbua, has taken Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka to the cleaners over the latter's comment Wednesday that IBB was not qualified to give the keynote address at this year's NLNG awards ceremony.

Afegbua said that the recent outburst of Soyinka are not only misplaced, but have further confirmed the world renowned intellectual as two-faced, 'ego-defensive ideologue' who never practices what he preaches.
In a written response titled SOYINKA’S MISPLACED OUTBURST ON IBB OVER THE NLNG AWARD EVENT, Afegbua who is also the acting national chairman of the National Democratic Party (NDP) said it was in the character of Soyinka to dine with the powers that be in the night only to come out in the morning to condemn them in order to endear himself to the unsuspecting public.

"There is nothing more nauseating than to see a man trying to be holier than thou and yet expecting the public to take him serious. Such deep-rooted pretentiousness has been the bane of most writers who never practice what they preach, either in their works of fiction or daily lives. Professor Wole Soyinka falls into this category of ego-defensive ideologues who try as much as possible to portray a different world view from their actual characteristics", Afegbua said.

The rejoinder from the IBB spokesman reads in part:
"From all the available records of service in Soyinka’s trajectory in life, there are legions of references to suggest that he is a man of dual personality. [b] It is a matter of fact that Soyinka served in the Babangida regime in the capacity of Chairman, Federal Road Safety Commission. It is also on video tape that he publicly endorsed the Structural Adjustment Programme of the Babangida era. It is also a matter of fact, that he had always abhorred the objective behind the Nobel Laureate until he was made a beneficiary. It is on record that he accepted the second highest honour of Commander of the Federal Republic [CFR] during military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida.
The award was to shore up his profile against the wholesale criticisms by his colleague writers, of his Nobel Laureate which they said he did not merit. It is on record that he went overseas to campaign against the democratic elections of 1983 won by Alhaji Shehu Shagari, on account of the elections being rigged. It is also on record that his tenure as Chairman of FRSC was not the best of times for the organization. He ran the Commission as his personal fiefdom. When the Abacha regime tried to investigate his tenure of the FRSC he went on self exile.It is a matter of historical correctness that he walked into the studio of Western Nigeria Broadcasting Corporation in 1965 to substitute a pre-recorded broadcast of the Premier just to cause chaos. Typical of a man whose upbringing was admittedly characterized with storm and stress, he established the Seadogs Confraternity during his undergraduate years in the University of Ibadan. We all know the implications of that confraternity in the life of Nigerian universities. [/b] Such a man cannot, by every societal standard, be a role model. In the light of the above, it will be appropriate to say in very unambiguous terms that Professor Wole Soyinka is suffering from pathological self-righteous hypocrisy of the first order. The fact that he tries to exonerate himself from the life span of an administration that he served in, is suggestive of low leadership quality. Leaders must be able to own up to their responsibilities and should be accountable to them at all times. That has been the hallmark of General Babangida. For sure, IBB is no capuchin [saint] to borrow the word of Napoleon Bonaparte but he knows his onus when it comes to leadership and service delivery. A man like Soyinka who cannot... cannot possibly wear the toga of a moralist in the African sense of it. I can only conclude with the strength of psycho-analytical permission, that he represents the fictive Baroka, his heroic character in his first play "Lion and the Jewel", who sits atop the village stead of Ilujinle milking the freshness of the female specie in a royal grandeur of a common "Baale" [village head]

Writers who suffer from intellectual cirrhosis like Wole Soyinka possess the capacity to write what the public cannot simply understand thus betraying the fundamental essence of literature. The strength and relevance of any work of arts is determined by the number of people who are naturally willing to patronize it and not the ones that are read for examination sake. Ask Nigerian writers who Soyinka appears to be protecting how many of Soyinka’s works are relevant in the true sense of curative literature.

General Babangida provided an avenue for intellectuals to flourish during his tenure. He encouraged their ingenuity and promoted creativity to the extent that policies that were fashioned out during his regime have since become the cornerstone of modern Nigeria. The intellect of those Professors that graciously served the military regime of IBB, cannot be questioned.
It smacks of shamelessness for a man who wants the world to see him as pro-democracy activist to be defending a coupist who paid the supreme price for his action. Whether we like it or not, there is punishment for every coup plotter in the military, but the likes of Soyinka can afford to defend such coupist since he too unsettled nerves in his Western Broadcasting Corporation scenario. I cannot fashion out when coup plotting has become acceptable in our law books.
The price for failed coup plot is death. I can't even explain his new found love for foreign countries when on the one hand, he frowned against colonialism. What does the haven of the White man hold for him in this present time? This also applies to other Professors who are living in deplorable condition overseas but have chosen to remain put simply because of the fat foreign exchange that the Dollar fetches for them. If the urge for foreign adventure was as a result of military rule as these characters would have us believe, what explanation would they advance in the light of this democracy?
Even in the face of daunting challenges that confronted the Babangida regime, IBB was able to overcome the activities of sycophants and saboteurs like Wole Soyinka who are seen during daylight condemning government but go cap in hand at night to embrace it. Wole Soyinka was in political doldrum when IBB decided to rehabilitate him and in the process got into public prominence during that regime. Can Soyinka in all sincerity point at anything that he has contributed in bringing to fruition in Nigeria despite his larger than life posturing? Can he say in specific details what he has ploughed back to a country that nurtured him to assume this Laureate status?
General Babangida cannot be distracted by the rantings of a Wole Soyinka. A thousand and one Soyinkas cannot also undo him. It will even surprise Soyinka to know that Babangida would add more intellectual value to the NLNG award process than all the noise makers writers who easily blame Babangida for their unproductivity and utter intellectual laziness in the foregone years. Such excuses do not sell any longer."

http://consciencedaily.com/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=125

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Re: IBB To Soyinka; Practise What You Preach. by ujchief(m): 7:56pm On Jul 14, 2013
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Re: IBB To Soyinka; Practise What You Preach. by Tolexander: 7:57pm On Jul 14, 2013
Sunny_bobo: Contributed by Prince Kassim Afegbua -

• Says Nobel laureate is suffering from intellectual cirrhosisSpokesman of former military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, Prince Kassim Afegbua, has taken Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka to the cleaners over the latter's comment Wednesday that IBB was not qualified to give the keynote address at this year's NLNG awards ceremony.
Afegbua said that the recent outburst of Soyinka are not only misplaced, but have further confirmed the world renowned intellectual as two-faced, 'ego-defensive ideologue' who never practices what he preaches.
In a written response titled SOYINKA’S MISPLACED OUTBURST ON IBB OVER THE NLNG AWARD EVENT, Afegbua who is also the acting national chairman of the National Democratic Party (NDP) said it was in the character of Soyinka to dine with the powers that be in the night only to come out in the morning to condemn them in order to endear himself to the unsuspecting public.
"There is nothing more nauseating than to see a man trying to be holier than thou and yet expecting the public to take him serious. Such deep-rooted pretentiousness has been the bane of most writers who never practice what they preach, either in their works of fiction or daily lives. Professor Wole Soyinka falls into this category of ego-defensive ideologues who try as much as possible to portray a different world view from their actual characteristics", Afegbua said.
The rejoinder from the IBB spokesman reads in part:
"From all the available records of service in Soyinka’s trajectory in life, there are legions of references to suggest that he is a man of dual personality. It is a matter of fact that Soyinka served in the Babangida regime in the capacity of Chairman, Federal Road Safety Commission. It is also on video tape that he publicly endorsed the Structural Adjustment Programme of the Babangida era. It is also a matter of fact, that he had always abhorred the objective behind the Nobel Laureate until he was made a beneficiary. It is on record that he accepted the second highest honour of Commander of the Federal Republic [CFR] during military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida.
The award was to shore up his profile against the wholesale criticisms by his colleague writers, of his Nobel Laureate which they said he did not merit. It is on record that he went overseas to campaign against the democratic elections of 1983 won by Alhaji Shehu Shagari, on account of the elections being rigged. It is also on record that his tenure as Chairman of FRSC was not the best of times for the organization. He ran the Commission as his personal fiefdom. When the Abacha regime tried to investigate his tenure of the FRSC he went on self exile.It is a matter of historical correctness that he walked into the studio of Western Nigeria Broadcasting Corporation in 1965 to substitute
all these haven't qualified IBB to give the NLNG keynote address at this year award.

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Re: IBB To Soyinka; Practise What You Preach. by Ngwakwe: 8:12pm On Jul 14, 2013
This is what the diarrhea of the mouth is costing our amiable Professor.

Dined with the Devil at night and condemn his social gathering in the day.

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Re: IBB To Soyinka; Practise What You Preach. by Nobody: 8:15pm On Jul 14, 2013
[size=13pt] Such a man
cannot, by every societal standard, be a role
model.
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Prof! Quit judging others cos they sin differently from you.

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Re: IBB To Soyinka; Practise What You Preach. by takedat(m): 8:16pm On Jul 14, 2013
A sponsored article written in 2007! Desperados, Every Day Crooks, Shysters and Losers in Action!


An IBB, who has been consigned to the dustbin of history is trying to discredit another in his usual maradonic style. When did it become a crime to serve ones fatherland or receive National honors? Yoruba's will say "aje gbodo on wa eni kun ra". IBB does not have the moral authority to castigate anyone. Only shameless reprobates will rejoice over this manufactured hogwash from a man who committed egregious crimes against Nigeria. Kongi will forever be remembered as an erudite scholar, unrepentant activist and a blunt critic, Wole is a Lion and a Jewel. What will an IBB be remembered for? A coupist, murderer and one who looted Nigeria into an unfathomable abyss of unimaginable ruin.

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Re: IBB To Soyinka; Practise What You Preach. by Built2last: 8:17pm On Jul 14, 2013
Professor over to you. We await a grammar filled response
Re: IBB To Soyinka; Practise What You Preach. by Built2last: 8:18pm On Jul 14, 2013
Professor over to you. We await a grammar filled response.but make sure you don't lie oo...wait where is my dictionary
Re: IBB To Soyinka; Practise What You Preach. by Sunnybobo3(m): 8:22pm On Jul 14, 2013
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"From all the available records of service in Soyinka’s trajectory in life, there are legions of references to suggest that he is a man of dual personality. It is a matter of fact that Soyinka served in the Babangida regime in the capacity of Chairman, Federal Road Safety Commission. It is also on video tape that he publicly endorsed the Structural Adjustment Programme of the Babangida era. It is also a matter of fact, that he had always abhorred the objective behind the Nobel Laureate until he was made a beneficiary. It is on record that he accepted the second highest honour of Commander of the Federal Republic [CFR] during military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida.
The award was to shore up his profile against the wholesale criticisms by his colleague writers, of his Nobel Laureate which they said he did not merit. It is on record that he went overseas to campaign against the democratic elections of 1983 won by Alhaji Shehu Shagari, on account of the elections being rigged. It is also on record that his tenure as Chairman of FRSC was not the best of times for the organization. He ran the Commission as his personal fiefdom. When the Abacha regime tried to investigate his tenure of the FRSC he went on self exile.It is a matter of historical correctness that he walked into the studio of Western Nigeria Broadcasting Corporation in 1965 to substitute a pre-recorded broadcast of the Premier just to cause chaos. Typical of a man whose upbringing was admittedly characterized with storm and stress, he established the Seadogs Confraternity during his undergraduate years in the University of Ibadan. We all know the implications of that confraternity in the life of Nigerian universities[/b].

If breeze no blow, we no go see fowl yansh.

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Re: IBB To Soyinka; Practise What You Preach. by Nobody: 8:25pm On Jul 14, 2013
Tolexander

Must you quote almost d whole thing just to pass ur trivialised point across?
Re: IBB To Soyinka; Practise What You Preach. by akpomeme(m): 8:32pm On Jul 14, 2013
take dat: Hogwash. An IBB, who has been consigned to the dustbin of history is trying to discredit another in his usual maradonic style. When did it become a crime to serve ones fatherland? Yoruba's will say "aje gbodo on wa eni kun ra". IBB does not have the moral authority to castigate anyone.
Soyinka served in his government b
Re: IBB To Soyinka; Practise What You Preach. by akpomeme(m): 8:33pm On Jul 14, 2013
Sunny_bobo:

If breeze no blow, we no go see fowl yansh.
We go see am. One way or the other.
Re: IBB To Soyinka; Practise What You Preach. by akpomeme(m): 8:34pm On Jul 14, 2013
one.east4:
Soyenka had since gone senile since he attacked the father of modern African literature- Achebe..

Soyenka is a common cultist that should not be taken seriously. He brought the cancer secret cult to Nigerian university. He has not contributed any meaningful thing to Nigeria, just like the rest of yuruba people.

Preach it son let them hear.
Re: IBB To Soyinka; Practise What You Preach. by peckhamboi: 8:35pm On Jul 14, 2013
Sunny_bobo:

If breeze no blow, we no go see fowl yansh.


You are bringing an irrelevant article from 2007 just because Soyinka criticized the fat pig PEJ.

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Re: IBB To Soyinka; Practise What You Preach. by wisdomw(m): 8:36pm On Jul 14, 2013
Soyinka...(Mtcheeew) am nt surprised cos yoruba peeps talk b4 dey reason. Animals in de making. Dat man shud visit FMC owerri imo state 4 proper checkup
Re: IBB To Soyinka; Practise What You Preach. by iRepFactmart: 8:38pm On Jul 14, 2013
Wooohh prof na so life dey....I once came across a phrase that says "There's no righteous way to wealth"
Re: IBB To Soyinka; Practise What You Preach. by akpomeme(m): 8:47pm On Jul 14, 2013
iRepFactmart: Wooohh prof na so life dey....I once came across a phrase that says "There's no righteous way to wealth"

Shiiiiiiiiiii!!!!
Re: IBB To Soyinka; Practise What You Preach. by enm(m): 8:48pm On Jul 14, 2013
take dat: An IBB, who has been consigned to the dustbin of history is trying to discredit another in his usual maradonic style. When did it become a crime to serve ones fatherland? Yoruba's will say "aje gbodo on wa eni kun ra". IBB does not have the moral authority to castigate anyone. Only shameless reprobates will rejoice over this manufactured hogwash from a man who committed egregious crimes against Nigeria.

I pray tell us, who among the past and current leaders including the so called holier than thou progressive leaders or politicians can in all honesty and sincerity is qualified morally to castigate his or her fellow club member?
Re: IBB To Soyinka; Practise What You Preach. by oneeast4: 8:57pm On Jul 14, 2013
"Typical of a man whose upbringing was admittedly characterized with storm and stress, he established the Seadogs Confraternity during his undergraduate years in the University of Ibadan. We all know the implications of that confraternity in the life of Nigerian universities. Such a man cannot, by every societal standard, be a role model."






I still wonder why yurubas worship mediocres and such a character as Soyenka who championed campus secret cultism.

IBB has proved it again that there is no role model in yurubaland, its either they are crooks or cultists or they are committing suicide like awoalowo did.

Yurubas should come to the east of Niger and see abundance of role models to emulate from: great Zik to Achebe to Ojukwu to Orizu to Ekwueme to Tansi to Cardinal Arinze to Chuka Umunna to .......infact NL cannot contain it.

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Re: IBB To Soyinka; Practise What You Preach. by enm(m): 8:57pm On Jul 14, 2013
I always love things like this because it gives me the means to know our leader better.

Me even though I gbadun the lion and the jewel plus the telephone conversation i can not vouch, accept him as a role model or even elect him into position because i feel something about him his not right and its through things like this that one will know if or she is right about a person?
Re: IBB To Soyinka; Practise What You Preach. by enm(m): 9:01pm On Jul 14, 2013
one.east4:
"Typical of a man whose upbringing was admittedly characterized with storm and stress, he established the Seadogs Confraternity during his undergraduate years in the University of Ibadan. We all know the implications of that confraternity in the life of Nigerian universities. Such a man cannot, by every societal standard, be a role model."






I still wonder why yurubas worship mediocres and such a character as Soyenka who championed campus secret cultism.

IBB has proved it again that there is no role model in yurubaland, its either they are crooks or cultists or they are committing suicide like awoalowo did.

Yurubas should come to the east of Niger and see abundance of role models to emulate from: great Zik to Achebe to Ojukwu to Orizu to Ekwueme to Tansi to Cardinal Arinze to Chuka Umunna to .......infact NL cannot contain it.

Guy abeg stop this your line of reasoning here. some people will see it as a provocation
Re: IBB To Soyinka; Practise What You Preach. by Nobody: 9:04pm On Jul 14, 2013
wisdom-w:
Soyinka...(Mtcheeew) am nt surprised cos yoruba peeps talk b4 dey reason. Animals in de making. Dat man shud visit FMC owerri imo state 4 proper checkup


Just get ready, put on a helmet and all other armouries. For they will soon attack you from all conceive-able angles.
Re: IBB To Soyinka; Practise What You Preach. by Nobody: 9:09pm On Jul 14, 2013
[size=14pt] Let he who's without sin always cast stones against people...

Else......[/size]
Re: IBB To Soyinka; Practise What You Preach. by launique: 9:11pm On Jul 14, 2013
It is clear that Prof Soyinka has clearly lost it. He should go back to the drawing board and re-strategize. Picking quarrels with everyone is not good for his image
Re: IBB To Soyinka; Practise What You Preach. by Sunnybobo3(m): 9:12pm On Jul 14, 2013
one.east4:
"Typical of a man whose upbringing was admittedly characterized with storm and stress, he established the Seadogs Confraternity during his undergraduate years in the University of Ibadan. We all know the implications of that confraternity in the life of Nigerian universities. Such a man cannot, by every societal standard, be a role model."






I still wonder why yurubas worship mediocres and such a character as Soyenka who championed campus secret cultism.

IBB has proved it again that there is no role model in yurubaland, its either they are crooks or cultists or they are committing suicide like awoalowo did.

Yurubas should come to the east of Niger and see abundance of role models to emulate from: great Zik to Achebe to Ojukwu to Orizu to Ekwueme to Tansi to Cardinal Arinze to Chuka Umunna to .......infact NL cannot contain it.

Please folks, let's not tribalise this thread. This is about Soyinka's alleged dual personality, so please let's stick to the topic.

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Re: IBB To Soyinka; Practise What You Preach. by Sunnybobo3(m): 9:23pm On Jul 14, 2013
Sunny_bobo:
"The fact that he tries to exonerate himself from the life span of an administration that he served in, is suggestive of low leadership quality. Leaders must be able to own up to their responsibilities and should be accountable to them at all times".

Hmm! Classic knock out punch......
Re: IBB To Soyinka; Practise What You Preach. by tpia5: 9:26pm On Jul 14, 2013
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Re: IBB To Soyinka; Practise What You Preach. by drnoel: 9:28pm On Jul 14, 2013
4k, this is hot. Men IBB take vex write this one. I believe the stage is now clear, let the mud swinging begin. I can't wait to see the Prof. reply to this large dent on his holier than holy shinning amour.
Re: IBB To Soyinka; Practise What You Preach. by taiocol: 9:35pm On Jul 14, 2013
u cant fight gej govt. Its just lyk fightin God. Ibb come soyinka attack nw soyinka wan spoil Gej name ibb don pursue am. Haha
Re: IBB To Soyinka; Practise What You Preach. by Desola(f): 9:42pm On Jul 14, 2013
This stupid nonsense was culled from an article which was supposedly published in 2007 and from an unknown website,

What the heck is consciencedaily.com?

A very lame attempt by the op to stroke the embers of maliciousness riding on the back of patience's rebuttal to the professor.

Sunny bobo, I see what you're playing at but you're not smart enough. Try harder,

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