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This was in the news earlier today

Politicians jostle to replace ailing Ekiti deputy gov

Politicians in the Action Congress of Nigeria in Ekiti State have allegedly begun an intense struggle to replace ailing Deputy Governor, Mrs. Funmi Olayinka.

The alleged plot was brought to the fore by the deputy governor’s family, which described as ‘callous’ the struggle by politicians to replace Olayinka, who applied for a sick leave to attend to her health some days ago.

An elder brother of the deputy governor, Chief Olusegun Famuwagun, said he was shocked when Governor Kayode Fayemi told him that some politicians had started lobbying to replace her.

Famuagun, who is a lawyer, said this while speaking with some journalists in Ado Ekiti on Thursday evening.

Famuagun said, “Her health matters to us than the office she is occupying. And to confirm our fears, for how many weeks has she been sick that they have started presenting another candidate to the governor? Governor Kayode Fayemi told me that some politicians had started struggling to replace her and you can quote me.

“We are all in this country. The wife of the President, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, was ill, she even said she died seven times, she survived it. It was the case with some state governors, so her case is not different. But I can assure you she will bounce back and those wishing her dead should stop playing God.”

He said that the Ewi of Ado Ekiti, Oba Rufus Adejugbe, was worried about her indisposition and had called on chiefs and elders of the town to pray for her quick recovery.

The Commissioner for Information, Mr. Tayo Ekundayo, had on Monday said that Olayinka applied for a sick leave.

The statement reads, “Ekiti State Government wishes to inform members of the public that the deputy governor of the state, Mrs. Funmilayo Olayinka, has taken leave to attend to issues relating to her health.

“We urge all well -meaning citizens of the state to remember her in their prayers.”

The deputy governor was rumoured to be in a coma last December and allegedly resigned her position. But this was swiftly denied by the state government.

She resumed her official duties although she did not say anything about her health.

http://www.punchng.com/news/politicians-jostle-to-replace-ailing-ekiti-deputy-gov/

There was a news some months ago that she resigned as deputy governor to attend to her health but Ekiti government claimed the news was false.

I hope this is a false news too.

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Dede1: http://www.llmap.org/languages/yor.html
http://www.ethnologue.com/language/YOR

http://books.google.com/books?id=El9BAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA17&lpg=PA17&dq=Yoruba&source=bl&ots=o_LZYI7mI3&sig=IDAEcSZagPZII_-f1ZhHzNyqFUg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=jKVNUeSDI4fm8QTGpYEI&ved=0CCcQ6AEwBTgo#
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/extracts-from-a-journal-of-a-visit-to-Yoruba-an-dahomi-thomas-b-freeman/1108462686
http://books.google.com/books?id=JjEFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA392&lpg=PA392&dq=Yoruba&source=bl&ots=rW1Zk2HEBf&sig=3U8TER7u2nkV4wcFwfoWRxRNEj0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=9qZNUYnhB4_-8ATHsoCwCw&ved=0CCgQ6AEwBThk#v=onepage&q=Yoruba&f=false
http://books.google.com/books?id=aZxAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA207&lpg=PA207&dq=Yoruba&source=bl&ots=HaMTvta1Je&sig=-g2_4TL0sPfku-PIMj7Rdwqa-lI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=sKdNUem6Gofc9QSV5IHgCg&ved=0CDAQ6AEwBzhu#v=onepage&q=Yoruba&f=false

Thank you. I will review your sources.

Andre Uweh: @OAM4J
Please end this impasse now. Yoruba, Yoruba Ibo etc are all wrong modern terms.
Encourage posters to type Yoruba and Igbo.

Ibo and Yooba are acceptable. If Yoruba is also valid for Yoruba, then we will accept it.

Dede1: @OAM4J

I seriously doubt if you are qualified to act as a moderator on any forum. You are a bigot and pathetically ill-informed one too. I could not fathom any other reason why you had to ban Dede1 for the use of words-Yoruba and Yooba except you are under undue pressure of tribalism and ignorance.

I am Igbo and shall remain so throughout my life on earth. I feel honored when I heard Awolowo say “I am Ijebu before Yoruba”. Nigeria is in a total mess today because certain ignoramuses forced different groups of people who had no business staying together into one country.

Please get some education and it is even cheap through Google. Yoruba or Yooba is alternative name of Yoruba and has been used in numerous texts even in Arabic. There was no intent of derogatory when Songhai Scholar used the word-Yoruba to describe certain ethnical group found in the acreage that later constituted into Nigeria.

I had not intentions to abuse you but you should realize that lack of knowledge of certain rules does not absolve you from punishment due to crass blunder. My quarrel lies with the person who introduced free-education-policy in western region of Nigeria. Again, you need to place your itching ban fingers on a leash. A weeklong ban of Dede1 can not and will never change a thing.

Ordinarily, I would have just banned you again for continuously typing Yoruba as Yoruba. But I want to give you this last benefit of doubt. I asked you before and I ask you again give me your sources from Google and other Language experts who refer to Yorubas from Nigeria as Yoruba or other variations while writing in English.

If I dont get a good response from you in 12hrs I will be left with no choice than to hide your post and consider another sanction against you.

Thanks.

Desola: sincerest condolences to the Igbos on this irreplaceable loss.

I commiserate with you all.

May his soul RIP.