Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, the gubernatorial candidate of the Labour Party, made a derogatory remark on Twitter about Pastor Enoch Adeboye, a highly respected pastor and leader of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, in response to his compliment to El-Rufai during a visit. This tweet has generated widespread outrage and debates about the importance of respectful discourse in public conversations.

Although some supporters of the Labour Party have defended Rhodes, citing his right to free speech and claiming that his tweet was simply expressing his personal opinion, a significant number of people, particularly the elders, have condemned his language. They believe that insulting a revered public figure like Pastor Adeboye is unacceptable and disrespectful.

Furthermore, they see Rhodes' generalization of Yoruba people as those who are known to "lick ass" as a derogatory comment, that insults the entire Yoruba clan

Gbadebo's remark is not only harmful but also has the potential to escalate conflicts. It undermines the fundamental principles of civility, tolerance, and mutual respect, which are essential for a healthy and functional society. Making derogatory comments about someone with a differing opinion about others creates an atmosphere of hostility and division.
Moreover, as a Yoruba descendant, Gbadebo's comment is both condescending and disrespectful. It demonstrates that he lacks regard for others, which disqualifies him from being a suitable leader.

Notable elders in Lagos state have expressed their opinion that Gbadebo is not fit to be the governor of Lagos state due to his lack of respect. Therefore, Lagosians require a leader who can provide good governance, promote respectful discourse in public conversation, and work towards a society that values civility, tolerance, and mutual respect.

How on earth is this an insult .

Does this mean the classic Yoruba behaviour is bad?

How people left the first comment by Dr Ayo sogunle and are attacking the second comment from GRV is not making sense.

kettykin:
How on earth is this an insult

Is it a compliment?

Na lie e talk? Is this the best you can do? When they paid you to dig dirt on him.. Is this really the best you could do?

Even Pastor Adeboye will pick him ten times over to sanwo olu..

Sanwo olu beter come carry e son for warri..

Shey e dey follow Agbado master they run up and down since.. E eyes done clear.

I have nothing against the Rhodes Vivour kid but his anti Yoruba comments are very disturbing. I’ve seen some of his comments calling Yorubas “Afonja”. He really needs to come out and disavow some of his previous social media comments.

The response was not to Daddy G.O but to the other person, the OP need to go back to secondary school

seunmsg:
I have nothing against the Rhodes Vivour kid but his anti Yoruba comments are very disturbing. I’ve seen some of his comments calling Yorubas “Afonja”. He really needs to come out and disavow some of his previous social media comments.

He didn’t disavow, he doubled down. Lol! Have u seen the one he was praising ojukwu in an interview? Here’s the link:

https://mobile.twitter.com/DeeOneAyekooto/status/1632611148968206336


And here is the link to the vote GRV twitter spaces discussing how “igbos should take Lagos and chase all traditional rulers from power as they go to vote LP”

https://mobile.twitter.com/jeffphilips1/status/1632620579755896833

seunmsg:
I have nothing against the Rhodes Vivour kid but his anti Yoruba comments are very disturbing. I’ve seen some of his comments calling Yorubas “Afonja”. He really needs to come out and disavow some of his previous social media comments.

pastor adeboye does not represent us...a pastor that came out to support jihadi who has killed many christian is inviting insult..

leave vivor...focus on the post vivor reacted to. All these are adverts for vivor. This is why people will even vote for Vivor.

Dear Yoruba Christians, Vivor is fighting christian course boldly

Lagos dey enter ibo eyes, una go carry gun thief am las las. If chinedu enter make i bend.

Bunch of opportunists. Person wey be tribal bigot na him con dey form saint. Make he go do honorable for him community first, he lacks the experience to govern a state like lagos.

When they tell you experience don’t matter, ask yourself. Will you employ a CEO without experience to run your business?

"Don’t be deceived! There is no conflict between Yorubas and the Igbo. Both of us know that Peter Obi won the 2023 presidential election. We also know that the election in Lagos was not even close. Obi won by a landslide. It is not about ethnicity; it is about truth and integrity." - Femi Aribisala

Redeem members will reply him on Saturday

How the f*CK is this an insult?
OP u well so?

Kennyfancy:
The response was not to Daddy G.O but to the other person, the OP need to go back to secondary school

Does not matter
Was the "YORUBA BEHAVIOUR" being saluted or praised ?
My reading is that he is contemptuous of Yoruba

How is the font bolded?
Any proof that this is not another dumb photoshop work?

There is that one and the Biafra one

kettykin:
How on earth is this an insult

It's not. Don't mind them.

Finally it make front page, Gbadebo Chinedu is omo ale, product of night stand of an asewo woman from East with randy Rhodes Vivour , He will never come close to Alausa, he is also Biafra apologist, never, I don't want to sit at home on Monday morning

So, Christians shouldn't vote him? Several apc supporters here on NL had lashed out at Prof Osinbajo the moment he came out to run, calling him unprintable names, even linking him with RCCG. They've done worse in this election, even spiting pa Adebanjo, a well respected yorubaman. They saw the GRV's comment on twitter calling tinubu afonja and suddenly generalised it on the yoruba race. Meanwhile, they've called Pa Adebanjo all manner of names for supporting power rotation to the south east and then, they didn't see it as an insult on yourbas in spite of the sensitive position he's holding and how important the organisation is among us.

These guys are nothing but hypocrites. If you like, dig out all his pasts, it won't change anything in Saturday's election.

Which atrocities could be worse than calling a battalion to attack and kill unarmed civilians at lekki toll gate by a puppet who first denied it but later bowed to pressure by saying he acted on the instruction from above? Had his child been among the protesters, would he have tried that shiit?GRV never did anything close to this yet, they're trying to bring him down at all cost. If you like, come out in your usual ęgbęjoda t-shirt in different colours and besiege all lagos roads, it won't change anything. GRV is our own and we won't let him down in Lag, come Saturday at Alimosho. We don't know sanwoolu here. He did nothing here in the last 4 years. Alimosho must progress. God bless ambode who remembered us. They only remember us during campaigns. They know we have the largest population in lagos and Nigeria as a LG but always neglecting us. It won't be business as usual this time .

Firstly, no one knew GRV until elupeee people started hyping him after Obi's heartbreaking loss to them.
The energy elupeee people are wasting in Lagos Guber is enough to focus on east. When Tinubu was building political allies, he started from home by winning Lagos, spreading to Edo, Ogun, Oyo, Osun etc. Common sense should tell Igbos that the way they brag especially to Yorubas is uncalled for. This is the script they played in 2019 for Jimi Agbaje that made them start crying Oba said we can go n drown in the lagoon.
Now the unwarranted insult and hatred is on Sanwoolu.
These people didn't mobilize to have LP take over Anambra, Enugu, Abia, Ebonyi and Imo but are making noise on Internet for Lagos. Even Chinedu knows them no born him papa well to win cos he's politically a nobody and an empty politician that's banking on opportunistic Igbo votes carry me trabaye!
Any ambition built on pretense and aim of let's spoil their plans won't work. It's indeed a labour in vain.

seunmsg:
I have nothing against the Rhodes Vivour kid but his anti Yoruba comments are very disturbing. I’ve seen some of his comments calling Yorubas “Afonja”. He really needs to come out and disavow some of his previous social media comments.

Exactly my opinion. He's so stupid to make more mistakes than Jimi Agbaje in 2019.
The man sef get speech disorder!

kettykin:
How on earth is this an insult

It's an insult to subtly say his kinsmen are quick to associate with APC. Cos if that Pastor had visited Obi, he ll say otherwise.
Imagine him subtly dissing Pst. EA Adeboye, one of the most respected men if God in Nigeria. Gbadebo has become Gbadesonu!

Just imagine prophet Isaiah keeping mute or sitting on the fence while Christians are been murdered every day. Just imagine it.

First he used a tribal racial slur "Afonja" against his fellow Yoruba and now he called our spiritual Daddy accommodating behavior a classic Yoruba behavior.
We will respond on Saturday

We will bury them finally dis Saturday when sanwo is re elected

where is the insult?

seunmsg:
I have nothing against the Rhodes Vivour kid but his anti Yoruba comments are very disturbing. I’ve seen some of his comments calling Yorubas “Afonja”. He really needs to come out and disavow some of his previous social media comments.

what anti yoruba comments? it's is a detribilised yoruba man that knows how to correct a yoruba if he is wrong or being a bigot.


Same yorubas and urchins that insult obasanjo are complaining here.

brutustech:

Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, the gubernatorial candidate of the Labour Party, made a derogatory remark on Twitter about Pastor Enoch Adeboye, a highly respected pastor and leader of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, in response to his compliment to El-Rufai during a visit. This tweet has generated widespread outrage and debates about the importance of respectful discourse in public conversations.

Although some supporters of the Labour Party have defended Rhodes, citing his right to free speech and claiming that his tweet was simply expressing his personal opinion, a significant number of people, particularly the elders, have condemned his language. They believe that insulting a revered public figure like Pastor Adeboye is unacceptable and disrespectful.

Furthermore, they see Rhodes' generalization of Yoruba people as those who are known to "lick ass" as a derogatory comment, that insults the entire Yoruba clan

Gbadebo's remark is not only harmful but also has the potential to escalate conflicts. It undermines the fundamental principles of civility, tolerance, and mutual respect, which are essential for a healthy and functional society. Making derogatory comments about someone with a differing opinion about others creates an atmosphere of hostility and division.
Moreover, as a Yoruba descendant, Gbadebo's comment is both condescending and disrespectful. It demonstrates that he lacks regard for others, which disqualifies him from being a suitable leader.

Notable elders in Lagos state have expressed their opinion that Gbadebo is not fit to be the governor of Lagos state due to his lack of respect. Therefore, Lagosians require a leader who can provide good governance, promote respectful discourse in public conversation, and work towards a society that values civility, tolerance, and mutual respect.

Why is APC afraid of this guy?

Has adeboye not lied against and insulted people before

Looooooooolllllls, this guy thinks he's him sha.
Dear LP, you people should buy an 'Andrew Liver Salt' from any nearby store, sprinkle it in water, notice its reaction and grasp the reality in the likeness it has with your party.

Lols, this guy just wouldn't fly! Isn't is already just funny that LP accrued so many votes in Lagos in the presidential that they now live in an unfettered illusion that Lagos can fall in the hands of Chinedu Gbadebo?

These things don't work in Nigeria. Don't waste your hopes up too much. It's like asking Adesina Okoro Emeka to become a governor of Anambra after evidences of his public bigoted prejudice against the Igbos are everywhere. It won't just fly!

I just don't know what the Obi-dolts take the Yorubas for. These guys don't understand liberalism has limits! As liberal as they are, the Whites won't even take these things.

Keep digging

The tribal sentiment and propaganda no reach Una bring religious propaganda. That's the only thing APC urchins are good at.

I see jittery and fear in APC camp already

If Sanwolu was delivering dividends to lagosians, I don't see why he should be afraid of GRV to the extent of churning out attacks and threats to a " relatively unknown politician"

LP stands for better Nigeria. An end to ethnicity evil PDAPC politicians are using to divide and rule us.

This is a Yoruba guy contesting in Abia State and he is going to win come March 11th. Stop the ethnic profiling, if you worked, let your work speak for you.

I don't see the problem, everyone by right have an opinion. Or you APC pricks want to take away that too?. Who even come close to the insults BAT gave Nigerians even in their own states. You guys are just fvcking clowns and I wish death upon everyone that have a hand setting Nigeria backwards.

Die miserably

When a governor is actively disrespecting and killing Christians, you go to meet him and start saying he has a good heart. And northern Christians that know him better are complaining that El Rufai is not protecting them. Of course it's yoruba behaviour. Not wanting to confront. Playing safe. Not wanting to cause trouble.

I've always said it RCCG is one of the problems we have. They brought buhari and sold him to christians and haven't apologised for that calamity. If Osinbajo had won you'd have seen how they will campaign for him. Now you had the opportunity to chose obi who is a better alternative. At least consider the lives of christians members in the north so they are protected because only a Christianpresident can effectively fight boko haram or whatever the northern insecurity is all about. Instead you chose to keep quiet.