Wole Soyinka who insulted Patience Jonathan by calling her a rather crude and rude name lacks moral authority to condemn pyrates over their song mocking Tinubu- Reno Omokri
Wole Soyinka who insulted Patience Jonathan by calling her a rather crude and rude name lacks moral authority to condemn pyrates over their song mocking Tinubu- Reno Omokri
Reno Omokri has said that Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, lacks the moral authority to condemn members of the National Association of Seadogs, otherwise called Pyrates Confraternity, for making a song mocking the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
In the video which has gone viral on social media, some members of the group dressed in red and white attire were heard chanting “Baba wey no well e dey shout emi lo kan (Baba that is sick is saying it’s his turn)”, and “hand dey shake (hand that shakes)”.
Reacting to the video in a statement on Monday August 8, Soyinka said he’s not part of the performance and is not in anyway connected to the feelings the remarks were intended to convey.
”I have listened to the lyrics of the chant intently and I am frankly appalled. I find it distasteful. I belong to a culture where we do not mock physical afflictions or disabilities. Very much the contrary.”
Reacting to Soyinka’s condemnation, Reno Omokri in a post shared on his IG page, said the Nobel laureate lacks the moral authority to condemn pyrates for their action when he has in the past mocked former First lady, Patience Jonathan. According to him, Soyinka had called Mrs. Jonathan a name he cannot repeat.
