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The Nigerian literati on Twitter are currently divided as two bigwigs in the literary community go at each other on the micro-blogging platform, Igbere TV reports.

Igbere TV reports that BBC's Ruona Meyer, whose documentary "Sweet Sweet Codeine" received an Emmy Award, and internationally acclaimed writer Elnathan John, author of Born on a Tuesday, began dragging each other because of Elnathan's tweets calling out Nigerian writers for associating with Nigerian politicians even after they have arrested a writer for speaking truth to power.

Elnathan, while demanding for the release of government critic Dadiyata who was abducted from his home in Kaduna and is still missing, called out Kaduna state governor El-Rufai.

Elnathan pointed out that El-Rufai threatened to arrest people who write against him and his state, yet same El-Rufai hosted writers at a literary event in Kaduna and writers attended and didn't demand for the release of their colleague.

Well, Ruona apparently felt attacked by the tweets and she called out Elnathan then even went as far as bringing up his sexual history. She said he was in no place to call out Nigerian writers living in Nigeria when he is safely living in Germany.

She called him a hypocrite for accepting and celebrating his book, BoaT, being shortlisted by the NLNG, an "entity", she says, has been "directly accused of fraud and murder in the Niger Delta".

This quickly escalated to a full-blown Twitter war as Elnathan replied her.

The Nigerian literati have now taken sides, with some calling out Ruona for being homophobic by bringing up Elnathan's sexual choices to derail from the information he's trying to pass across. While some took Ruona's side and thanked her for pointing out Elnathan's "hypocrisy".

Below are some of the tweets on the matter;

http://igberetvnews.com/1005344/social-media-space-divided-as-two-international-bigwigs-fight-dirty/

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Intellectualism and activism is put on the backburner when political vultures extend a hand of fellowship to these writers to feast on the carcass of this country.

They are both guilty of the same crime.
The crime of "if government call me to chop, i go chop".
It is simply a case of the pot calling the kettle black.
When we all know they are both covered in soot.

when two elephants fight is the grass that suffer

we know they are doing this to gain popularity and relevance in Nigeria

All this yeye Twitter fight

Na them

ValCon888:
Intellectualism and activism is put on the backburner when political vultures extend a hand of fellowship to these writers to feast on the carcass of this country.

They are both guilty of the same crime.
The crime of "if government call me to chop, i go chop".
It is simply a case of the pot calling the kettle black.
When we all know they are both covered in sooth.

aptly said!

Really

Hunger never catch them na!

Them chop belleful, na why they get strength to fight...

All these attention seekers sef

Igbere tv Reports every where
What are they reporting self

Gradually zoo sure to collapse

Emmy nomination not Emmy award.

I see no reason why a petty fight on Twitter should make its way to Nairaland.

Oh well, anything is food for bloggers.

Abfinest007:
when two elephants fight is the grass that suffer

No be only grass na bush

Can you imagine what's taking the time and attention of our youths

They don NACK each other before !

Note my words

I like when intellectuals fight.
You will def have a thing or two to learn from their fight

scanty comments because it's not a lizzy anjorin and toyin abraham kind of face-off

Àwọn Twitter influencers!!








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Them don chop belleful na.

Elnathan GAY right kill you there. You were making sense not until I saw gay right Elnathan GAY right kill you there. You were making sense not until I saw gay right

Bloggers have change English from Internet on fire to this new English?

Ruona is pompous

Igbere tv go find better name

Where is dadiyata?

Who be this IgbereTv sef?

El Rufai'i sef

Dat elrufai is d shortman devil..

I hear is name for rubbish reasons.lboth locally and internationally.