I haven’t reblogged anyone in a long while, but I had to keep a record of this.
Like I said on Twitter, with Ayo’s response, this mass is ended. Let us all go in peace and serve the Lord.
Dear Sadiq Abacha,
I do not know you personally, but I admire your filial bravery—however misguided—in defending the honour of your father, the late General Sani Abacha. This in itself is not a problem; it is an obligation—in this cultural construct of ours—for children to rise to the defence of their parents, no matter what infamy or perfidy the said parent might have dabbled in.
The problem I have with your letter, however, arises from two issues: (i) your disparaging of Wole Soyinka, who—despite your referral to an anecdotal opinion that calls him as “a common writer”—is a great father figure, and a source of inspiration, to a fair number of us young Nigerians; and (ii) your attempt to revise Nigerian history and substitute our national experience with your personal opinions.
Therefore, it is necessary that we who are either Wole Soyinka’s “socio-political” children, or who are ordinary Nigerians…
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That is eh! Good reply! The guy gara school. He didn’t eat his school fees at all.
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As in nne, reply of life and destiny!!! The abacha kid is just silly. Did he really think no one would say anything?
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