“We are however not surprised that the ACN people are denigrating the memory of MKO, because the same party that used the name of Abiola to canvass for votes denied one of his sons the party’s House of Representative ticket in Ogun State.

[size=14pt]“Obviously, the same thing the ACN people are doing to MKO, they are doing to Chief Obafemi Awolowo by using his name to canvass for votes while they go about disrespecting his family, including the woman Awolowo called his jewel of inestimable value.[/size]

“The party appealed to students and other stakeholders not to be used to tarnish the memory of Abiola and the cherished reputation of the erstwhile University of Lagos.”

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Lai Mohammed Lai Mohammed

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and the Peoples democratic Party (PDP) yesterday traded accusations over the protests by the students of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) against the change of the institution’s name to Moshood Abiola University.

PDP, in a statement by its Zonal Publicity Secretary, Hon. Kayode Babade, said it was shocked that those who benefited from MKO Abiola are raising objection to the honour done him.

[size=14pt]It accused ACN of instigating the protests.[/size]

But the ACN said the protests were spontaneous because the President did not follow due process.

The PDP said: “The PDP-led Federal Government has done well by honouring MKO Abiola.

“We recall that Prof Soyinka had in the time past clamoured for the immortalisation of MKO and blamed the PDP for not according him the deserved honour. We therefore need to ask, what is now the issue, having now recognised the renowned defender of the masses?”

The party appealed to students and other stakeholders “not to be used to tarnish the memory of MKO Abiola and the cherished reputation of the erstwhile University of Lagos.”

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"We are, however, not surprised that the ACN people are denigrating the memory of M.K.O., because the same party that used the name of Abiola to canvass for votes, denied one of his sons the party's House of Representatives ticket in Ogun State.

"Obviously, the same thing the ACN people are doing to M.K.O., they are doing to Chief Obafemi Awolowo by using his name to canvass for votes, while they go about disrespecting his family, including the woman Awolowo called his jewel of inestimable value".

While calling on government to initiate all statutory legal steps to perfect the name change, the party appealed to students and other stakeholders not to be used to tarnish the memory of Abiola and the cherished reputation of the erstwhile University of Lagos.

The PDP, which accused the Action Congress of Nigeria of hypocrisy and underhand support for the protest on the rename of UNILAG, said: “It is very sad to note that these same people, who dined and wined with late MKO Abiola and had used his name for political gains have suddenly become anonymous and cannot show appreciation to the Federal Government for immortalising him.

“Instead, they have suddenly lost their voice in their usual hypocrisy and have also gone to the extent of fueling protests in Lagos”

The PDP Zonal Publicity Secretary, Hon. Kayode Babade, said in the statement issued yesterday that all lovers of democracy, especially those who benefited from MKO Abiola’s matyrdom, should support whatever honour is done him by the Nigerian government.

Babade said: “the PDP led federal government has done well by honouring MKO Abiola, but inheritors of MKO’s political largesse feeding fat on Lagos have in a shameless display of their hypocrisy kept quite, and it is not difficult to see the hand of Esau in the voice of Jacob in the uproar over the change of name.

Beaf: Aregbesola has also confessed that ACN was behind the ethnically bigoted pro-subsidy riots that led to the death of innocent youths. They were paid, used and dumped. We demand to know the oil marketers that were involved in that ethnically bigoted show of shame.
Why would a political party act like Nazi's and subversives? Is no low too low? They spit on our unity, on Awo and now, on MKo!

Akanbi_edu:

A scum like you needs to be shot before you lead many into their untimely death.

blacksta: Propaganda from the pit of hell. Thank God for other sources of credible news. This morning a representative of unilag students was on channels tv and he was repeatedly asked the question " Who organised or instigated the protests “ He replied nothing to do with any third party or the student union - it was merely a case of individuals deciding that they weren’t going to accept the name change forced upon the university without the appropriate consultations or due process.

Anyway the name change at this point in time is still a mere“ STATEMENT “ it needs to be ratified by the House of reps -

blacksta:

I can only laugh - will dismiss the above rant as that from a malnourished child.

Akanbi_edu:

A scum like you needs to be shot before you lead many into their untimely death.

In response to newspaper reports that [size=14pt]South-West governors shunned the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo lecture[/size], governors of Oyo and Ekiti states have denied shunning the lecture, saying they were absent because they were attending important state assignments.

The six governors of the South-West states were conspicuously absent at the 2012 Obafemi Awolowo Memorial Lecture which held in Lagos recently.

The event, which was organised by the Obafemi Awolowo Foundation, was [size=14pt]attended by traditional rulers and politicians from different parts of the country.[/size]

According to the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Olayinka Oyebode, Governor Kayode Fayemi could not attend the lecture because he had an important state function.

Oyebode said, “The governor had a crucial state function in Ado-Ekiti, as a result he could not travel out of the state for the lecture. But I’m sure he got across to the organisers of the event. His primary responsibility is to govern Ekiti State. If he is invited to an event, be it a lecture, a book launch and something else, he would attend only if there is no pressing state assignment.”

Similarly, the Special Adviser (Media) to Oyo State Governor, Dr. Festus Adedayo, said state assignments kept Governor Abiola Ajimobi from attending the lecture.

“Chief Obafemi Awolowo, who was recently referred to by Governor Abiola Ajimobi at a South-West reintegration summit, as a recent Yoruba ancestor, is almost a god to the government and people of Oyo State. His image looms even larger to the governor of Oyo. And more so, because Ajimobi sits inside the same hallowed environment where Awo sat as Premier to administer the Western region. But the exigencies of day to day office work make the governor to give a round-the-clock attention to governance, and as such his absence at that forum,” he said.

It would be recalled that October last year, the governors of Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Ekiti, and Osun were also absent from the pan-Yoruba summit which was convened by the Ooni of Ife and Mama H.I.D. Awolowo at Awolowo’s residence in Ikenne, Ogun State.

Eko Ile: Yesterday's Tribune's attack and hatchet job

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The Tribune is full of ignorant writers. [size=14pt]Who voted, elected, appoint or made Awo Yoruba leader?[/size]

The ashes part clearly highlights the writers cluelessness and warped interpretation of current events and history.

The fact remains that Tinubu was given one single state and in less than 4 years, he not only he turned it into 6 states, he took all nearly all the legislative seats in the SW.

[size=14pt]HID is wasting her money on these dum.b and clueless writers.[/size]

jmaine: Î strongly disagree that the ACN is sponsoring the protest . . .although the recent gist of students hikacking a Lagbus to block the third mainland bridge sounds indicting to the ACN . .

Well it's a complex game . . . And anyone can afford to give a lil stealth support . . .This is politics for you . . . .

Demdem: The truth of the matter is the wife of Awo seems to have found a new found love with the killers from the killer party (PDP). These killers arent wanted by the yoruba People and anyone found mixing with them is treated like a leper. Infact, some Awolowo's children are known to be fraternising with PDP.
Those mama is now mixing with are the likes of Oyinlola, Daniels, Bode george, Akala, omisores and the Adedibu clan etc. these are the killers we are reffering to.
Its not too late for mama to re-trace her steps and key in to the vision of the yoruba race.
besides this gat nothing to do with the love the Yorubas still has with the late sage, Awolowo himself

Akanbi_edu:

My mistake. That was not meant for you. I am sorry.

corrected.

Demdem: Stuppid thread, Foolish Poster.
As usual, accusation that has no basis.
Who doesnt know that the protest was spontaneous? For anyone to attribute it to one party or individual is just plain daft.
Its on record than less than 5mins after the president's speech, the students came out to express their disgust
IDIIOTS.

Demdem: The truth of the matter is the wife of Awo seems to have found a new found love with the killers from the killer party (PDP). These killers arent wanted by the yoruba People and anyone found mixing with them is treated like a leper. Infact, some Awolowo's children are known to be fraternising with PDP.
Those mama is now mixing with are the likes of Oyinlola, Daniels, Bode george, Akala, omisores and the Adedibu clan etc. these are the killers we are reffering to.
Its not too late for mama to re-trace her steps and key in to the vision of the yoruba race.
besides this gat nothing to do with the love the Yorubas still has with the late sage, Awolowo himself

Beaf:

Just the same way you send innocent kids to face bullets for the sake of your pocket?
Is the article below not evidence of the gutter breeding in ACN? They were "too busy" to attend an Awo memorial lecture, in fact they were so busy they couldnt even send representatives. If the party of hypocrites and youth users, ACN can so blatantly spit on Awo, it is no surprise to find them now spitting on MKO too.



http://www.punchng.com/news/south-west-governors-deny-shunning-awolowo-lecture/

afam4eva:
Dude, just read this post again and tell me it makes sense.

Oga, it will only be senseless to those who have refused to use their brain.

Was Awolowo a member of ACN? Don't Ma Awolowo and her children have the right to fraternize with any group whatsoever? It's not like the people they're fraternizing with are Abokis. They are Yorubas too, but you have a problem with that because she's not associating with the ACN that has used the name of Awolowo for it's selfish gains. At times we wonder what you people want.

the same way she is free to fraternise with whosoever is the same way any other other yoruba man is free to decide if they want to be associated with her or not. besides she isnt Obafemi Awolowo himself, instead she is the wife of the late sage. As long as those people arent killers like i listed above i have no issues with it be it Igbo, Aboki, ACN, APGA, Laboour party etc. the majority of yorubas dont want anything to do with PDP so if Yeye Awolowo feels she will like to stick with them then so be it and let her face the consequence. it has nothing to do with dis-respecting Obafemi Awolowo. That is the path the wife has decided to take so she and her likes should also respect others decision also.

I for one and most likely many other yorubas will prefer she mixes with sincere Abokis than even traitors that are yorubas

Beaf:

This "love of Awo" is why ACN governors boycot Awo memorial services, speeches, lectures etc? Is it the same "love of Awo" that makes ACN members openly ridicule his name even here on NL?

The vast percentage of ACN members are no better than uncivilised NURTW types who insult Awo and feel neither fear nor shame when pointing their left hands at MKO's legacy.

Beaf:

This "love of Awo" is why ACN governors boycot Awo memorial services, speeches, lectures etc? Is it the same "love of Awo" that makes ACN members openly ridicule his name even here on NL?

The vast percentage of ACN members are no better than uncivilised NURTW types who insult Awo and feel neither fear nor shame when pointing their left hands at MKO's legacy.