Kingsley Moghalu, former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) reacts to the ongoing insult and social media cancelling of Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka by the Obidients group.

* Prof. Wole Soyinka had earlier criticise the
"do-or-die attitude and provocations” of Labour party Presidential/Vice presidential candidates and their supporters, adding that it is unacceptable that Datti-Ahmed Baba is trying to dictate to the supreme arbitier of the nation.

Kingslsy Moghalu:

Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka is a principled fighter for justice in our country and around the world. He is a phenomenon that unlettered and uncultured people may not fully understand in an age of lazy social media in which many don’t read or think deep.

His endorsement of my 2019 presidential candidacy in my short-lived but impactful foray into Nigerian electoral politics remains one of the greatest honors of my life. I view very dimly any criticism of him simply because he’s OBJECTIVE. He survived dictators. He will survive you

https://twitter.com/MoghaluKingsley/status/1643783541925322753?t=0opkMYBn12ddsHmL7fB8Iw&s=19

Kingsley Moghalu, former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has described Wole Soyinka, the Nobel laureate, as a principled fighter for justice.

Moghalu’s comments are in response to the criticism of Soyinka by supporters of the Labour Party (LP).

The revered author had said recent remarks by Datti Baba-Ahmed, vice-presidential candidate of the LP, contain “fascistic language”.

On March 22, in an interview with Channels TV, Datti said the country has no president-elect despite the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announcing Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the election.

The LP vice-presidential candidate said Tinubu would be leading an unconstitutional government if sworn into office because the APC candidate “has not met requirements of the law”.

The interview has elicited criticism from political stakeholders as well as a N5 million fine for the TV station.

Reacting in a chat with Arise TV on Wednesday, Soyinka said the remarks are a “kind of do-or-die attitude and provocation” that goes contrary to democratic disposition.
He added that the LP vice-presidential candidate tried to “dictate to the supreme arbiter of the nation”, adding that it was unacceptable.

In a subsequent statement, Soyinka said he warned Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the LP, that his supporters — dubbed ‘Obidients’ — may cost him the election.

Soyinka’s statement has earned him criticism and abuse from the ‘Obidients’, especially on social media platforms.

The Nobel laureate has remained atop the trending list on Twitter for almost 24 hours.

https://www.thecable.ng/moghalu-to-obidients-soyinka-a-fighter-for-justice-survived-dictators-he-will-survive-you/amp

I see the obedients now as bunch of pained losers... with no hope going forward. Fortunately for them the Internet and wailing is their only tool.

Obidients do not have brains.
They want to dictate for everyone, if you criticize Obi, you will be attacked.

Even Aisha Yesufu who totally surrendered the endSars protest to Obi and is far much important to Obi popularity than all of them put together could not escape their fangs

Peter obidaft can only be a visitor in aso rock, he can never sit there as president, never

They are now insulting this great man?
When will this people have sense

Obidients are a funny bunch. The only person they won't criticize is Obi himself. Their insults shouldn't move any sane person

Obi's popularity will fade out.

It's a matter of time.

Soyinka went for interview, to talk about only Datti

Everything that happened before the election, during the election and after the election, the only thing Baba soyinka found offensive is, Datti's interview.

That's pure hypocrite

wahala for who be Obiddioots on this nairaland

OBI is like MTN these days

Everywhere you go







No OBI
No NEWS

May the new administration favour us

lol it is now very clear why Nigeria is a mess. Our generation is currently fixing the mess.

ok

Where did Moghalu say 'Obidient'?



You can't blackmail people when you decide not to address your own HYPOCRISY!!

Bayo Onanuga, MC Olumo and FFK are Obidients?

abobote:
Soyinka went for interview, to talk about only Datti

How on earth did you come to that conclusion.

The same Soyinka that claim South East deserve the presidency in the same interview.

Yep. Couldn't have said it better myself.

It's a shame this people who call themselves Obidients, have become a plague to not only themselves, but social media users as well. Anybody who doesn't play to their narrative of half-truth, misinformation and fake news is deemed an enemy. To even make matters worse, they don't even listen to their messiah, Peter Obi, then again, you have to ask yourself what kind of a leader Peter Obi wants to be, when many of his followers don't even listen to him.

It's a really big shame. Asiwaju should implement that social media bill as soon as he is sworn in. The Nigerian internet space needs to be regulated with immediate effect, so many goofballs and nincompoop are using it with reckless abandon.

But ipob are one kind

How did they leave a whole Prof moghalu and went for atiku in 2019

Then left Prof imumolen and went for obi in 2023

And you are talking of competence when some one who is younger, competent and educated where turned down for a bigot

Yeye moghalu wan trend after so long in oblivion

Ok


If u get 1m, you're not using for now oh. I might give back with 2m once this business hit it

richmond500:
Obi's popularity will fade out.

It's a matter of time.

Keep dreaming...

Nothing last forever...

Obidiiiot hypocrisy has been exposed.
Obi the fraud is a tribal and religion bigot that rides on the emotions of his zombified followers 😂
All they know how to do is to insult and threaten people of different opinions or political views .
They will soon calm down when the court throw out his baseless petition 😂
The paper deserve to be in the trash can 😂

Obedients are the most stupid set of people you will ever come across on this planet earth. The moment you don't share the same opinion or view with them bayii, you are in for it, oloriburuku set of people, all the social media attacks won't do anything, they can keep barking. Sore losers 🤣🤣🤣🤣

People that looted our money is talking,

Anyone surprised?

They are often ill-mannered.

Awon Obidenses always insulting and attacking people up and down.....bunch of idiotas