PROFESSOR KILA DISAGREES WITH NOBEL LAUREATE

Prof Anthony Kila, founder, Centre for Advanced Professional Studies, Lagos, has expressed disagreement with Prof Soyinka over his remark that Obidients are “most repulsive, off-putting concoctions” in the political arena.
Prof Kila, in a statement made available to Sundiata Post on Saturday, said Soyinka was wrong to have described Obidients in such a way, adding that there have been worse groups in Nigeria.
He said that though Obidients are partisan and intemperate he did not agree with Soyinka’s assertion.

Writing on his Twitter handle, he said Soyinka used propaganda tricks of Strawman and Red Herring to divert attention from the main issues by attacking Obidients.

His statement reads:

“COUNTERPOINT: Whenever there is a direct comparison between 2 parties and one is clearly superior to the other, 2 propaganda tricks you must never fall for are the Strawman and the Red Herring.

“Wole Soyinka’s latest comments are a masterclass in how to use these tricks to kneecap a movement.

“Instead of facing the actual issue, i.e. "the APC is a violent, racist, authoritarian entity that uses money and violence to distort democracy, and the Obidient movement is a direct pushback to that, a strawman is invoked" – ‘The new kids on the block don’t tolerate disagreement.’

"First of all, this Strawman is completely false – it was in fact the APC that deployed physical violence against those who wouldn’t vote for it."

“Despite winning millions of votes, there is NOT ONE recorded incident of electoral violence attributed to the Labour Party."

“Second, this Strawman cleverly misdirects the entire election conversation into a meaningless cul-de-sac where the violent incumbent party escapes scrutiny and misplaced attention is focused on a peaceful, organic opposition, thus ultimately wasting everyone’s time and attention."

“Third, rather than a direct comparison between the APC and the opposition, Soyinka’s Strawman instead invokes a false standard against the latter.

“A standard that was pulled entirely out of thin air and that he certainly has never lived by.

“Hypocrisy? Disingenuousness? Both?

“Fourth and perhaps most malicious of all, his completely unnecessary and unjustified use of the historically loaded term ‘Fascism’ is a dangerous Red Herring."

“Using a word which for much of the world, is analogous to invoking Adolph Hitler and Benito Mussolini, is deliberate."

“Soyinka is a Professor of English and a literary Nobel Prize winner. He of all people knows the historical and political context that the word “Fascism” exists in.

“He knows that whatever he says becomes an international headline. He is not some naive villager in Ogun State.

“He knows this word contains so much power that if someone or a group of people are described as “Fascist” repeatedly, it has the same effect as when someone is repeatedly described as “racist” or “misogynist” – it becomes an everlasting smear, with absolutely no burden of proof.

“With the deployment of this strategic Red Herring, the expectation is for the online and international conversation to shift away from the electoral violence, hardcore ethnoracialism and documented drug crimes of the incumbent party, and toward “Are Obidients fascists?”

“Thus, even if the attempted smear itself doesn’t stick, it would nonetheless have wasted several days or weeks worth of valuable time and attention.

“How to defeat these 2 favoured APC propaganda tools – the Stawman and the Red Herring – is to PUSH BACK WITH YOUR OWN NARRATIVE

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God bless you Sir.

Soyinka is one of the founding members of APC, so we are not surprised

Obidients change am for Soyinka

DMerciful:
Obidients change am for Soyinka

Sit there dey deceive urself, u no change anything for Soyinka

U dey mind that cult patron

Another pained idiot.

That prof is a cultist

The truth will prevail

Common sense isn't common even with those who ought to have it

Hehehe! APC is really filled with wicked satanic incarnates. They are like the proverbial ostrich that thinks its evil is invisible to the world.

Soyinka condemn the attack on non indigenous people in Lagos state during the election..

There is nothing tinubu's blood-stained dollars cannot buy in south west

I agree with his points. I don't see the sense in describing people who are simply protesting with words as facist when they are people protesting with their actions.

These 'vile' words by the Obidients can't pose more threat than the killings and torture perpetrated and supervised by the ruling party. It makes no sense for Kongi to use such terms.

Soyinka is becoming a curse to NIGERIA.
Soyinka is reputed to have taken a gun to news station to commit murder.
Soyinka is a founder of one of the most notorious cult groups in Nigeria.
Soyinka is among the face of rioters againsf Petrol subsidy removal in 2012. But since 2022 when Petrol prices skyrocketed and remained high till date, Soyinka never uttered any word till date.
Soyinka did not see anything wrong, when Criminals and known murderous group like APC, Agbero and their chairman (Oluomo) terrorised, threatened, maimed, suppressed and killed Igbos and other non-yoruba voters in Lagos.
Soyinka kept quiet when Endsars protesters were killed in Lagos in 2020.
Soyinka didn't rebuke Oba of Lagos when he threatened to throw igbos into the Lagoon if they fail to vote his candidate.
Soyinka didn't see anything wrong with Oba of Lagos refusing to meet Obi during the Presidential campaign.
Soyinka only found his voice against Obidients who has never killed anyone, neither threatened anyone nor hurt anyone before, during and after election, describing them with a notorious propaganda word of Fascism.


What manner of man is Wole Soyinka?

Prof Wole Soyinka is a bigot, a racist and dangerous man.

I like the intelligent respnse to Wole Shoyinka. Nigerians are not fools.

KILA YOU SAY? WE DON'T WANT KILLER.

slivertongue:
the APC is a violent, racist, authoritarian entity that uses money and violence to distort democracy,

God will help us kick oppressors and demagogues out of Nigeria politics. Nigeria go better true true.

Double face professor wants a debate. Let him find one of them village mama and debate with.

Wole Soyinka does not have a monopoly of words. See intelligent rebuttal by Professor Kila.