SOYINKA IS A MAD OLD PROFESSOR (MOP) - CRITIQUE

It is laughable for Prof. Wole Soyinka; a well-respected Statesman to
demystify the grandeur of his personality on the basis of "standing on
the side of truth" one too many times, on utterly whimsical state of
affairs in Rivers state.
It is astonishing that such a man with seeming repute for knowledge
and wisdom in socio-political affairs of Nigeria can no longer
differentiate between personal attacks and elderly advice to our
nation state.
Personal attacks in the sense that in a frail where Patience ...
seems to
be one of too many male players in the Rivers state crisis, Prof.
Soyinka singled out the first lady to trash. Amaechi, who ordered the
violent maiming of another Honourable member is yet beratedby our
selective elder statesman "Wole Soyinka".
More so, as an elder statesman, his advice should have played a key
role towards uniting warring factions than dividing Nigerians who may
or may not have qualms with the utterances of the "Mad Old Professor
-MOP" (Tweet by Dictator's Daughter,July, 2013). Without remorse, the
MOP went ahead to reiterate his earlier statement which brought about
criticism of his perceived chauvinistic statement against the Girl
Child and the Nigerian Woman.
In the MOP's own words "People said I call her a domestic appendage,
what's the problem with that? What's the problem with Madam
Shepopotamus?The questions yet unanswered are: Who were Wole Soyinka's
wives? What were their experience as wives and mothers whilst being a
domestic appendage to the MOP. Why do they all share a common history
of being married and divorced to the "Mad Old Professor"?
The deliberate attempt by the MOP to do the cleaning of dirty politics
played through his demeaning conjectural use of words against the
first lady is very unbecoming of statesman.Indeed, the fickleness is
worrisome. In an already divided entity such as ours, where ethnicity,
religion and regions play a huge role in our political views, the MOP
has added a new twist of sexism and thoughtless fancy utterances in
order to satisfy his benefactors.
In my opinion, his lend voice so far, has been more entertaining than
making any positive impact on the society. The correlation between the
first lady's actions and her physical attributes are two different
issues but in the quest for buzzy headlines and less about being a
father to warring factions, the MOP has demonstrated that he cannot be
taken more seriously than the words associated to him. It takes a
He-popotamus to know a She-popotamus.