niceuzor:

jerrymania - The Oba of Benin have Spoken!!!!

Supported!!!

ajadrage:

Mr. Niceuzor, I have never been known to be confrontational in the nairaland space and I have come across a lot of annoying and downright offensive shit in here and I do my best to either keep quiet or just totally ignore because I do not want to be associated with petty bickerings and stuff like that. I believe we're all here to catch some fun and I do know that we each try to do our bit. But atimes there are issues that one cannot totally disregard and for the avoidance of a reoccurence, it is neccessary to clear the air on such issues.

The above quote by you I must say smacks of outright disrespect for the institution and sanctity of the monarchy in Benin. A legacy that has been in existence for over a thousand. Do not misconstrue this to mean that I am tribal or ethno inclined, far from it. All I am saying is that there should be a line drawn between fun, pun and tradition. I do not know the history of your contributions to nairaland, but please, could you kindly desist from toying with the name and institution of the Oba of Benin. What you might regard as fun touches a very raw nerve in the consciousness of a lot of people and though most might not see this and thus might say nothing about it, but I have seen this and I appeal to your good conscience to not let it repeat itself, for fun or otherwise.

I hope you will understand me and not take offence at this. We are Nigerians and Africans and we believe in the sanctity of tradition. I am quite sure you will not take kindly to someone making fun of your traditional institution/ruler.

Whatever contribution you make on this thread should be what should make someone want to come back