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13 Famous Proverbs Of MKO Abiola by naptu2: 5:19pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
Chief M.K.O Abiola was a very charismatic speaker. His speeches and interviews were always entertaining and informative. I remember watching an event on LTV in which he spoke and performed for almost an hour. He pointed out someone in the audience and said that the person was his classmate in school. He said that he couldn’t afford a textbook, so he usually borrowed the man’s textbooks for the weekend. He said that he would memorise everything in the textbooks and that he often had higher grades than the man. He said that he had to form a music band, in order to fund his expenses in school and his band usually performed at events around Abeokuta. He later performed on stage with Sir Shina Peters (the event was televised on LTV c1991). There was another interview that he granted LTV in which he spoke for almost 30 minutes, explaining why he disbanded Abiola Babes Football Club. He said that the club did not receive the required support from the NFA. He gave an example of a time when Abiola Babes had to represent Nigeria in either Zaire or Equatorial Guinea (I can’t remember which) in the African Cup Winners Cup and yet the NFA insisted that the club must play its league match the next day. He described how he travelled to the country with the team. The match was not played in the capital and the host team did not make arrangements for Abiola Babes to travel to the town where the match was played, so he had to hire a bus to take the team to the town. They were attacked by armed robbers on the highway and he had to give the robbers dollars before they left. Then he had to drive the bus because the driver was in shock and couldn’t drive. They had a torrid time in that country and yet when they returned the NFA insisted that they had to play their domestic game or forfeit it. He then wondered why he was putting himself through all that trouble. Anyway, one of the most entertaining things about Chief Abiola’s speeches and interviews are the proverbs that he often used to spice his statements. Chief Abiola had so many proverbs in his head and he was able to create so many proverbs on the spot that a book of his proverbs was published after his death. Here are some of his proverbs that I can remember (I saved the best for last). 1) Anyone afraid of death cannot claim his father's title and once you have claimed your father's title, you have become the object of envy of all the members of the family, many of who will pray for your early demise to provide a vacancy for them. 2) He who allows the coconut to be broken on his head, will not live to eat part of it- MKO to Shonekan 3) You cannot clap with one hand. 4) The bigger the head, the bigger the headache. 5) You cannot shave a head in the absence of its owner and any such attempt is an exercise in futility 6) You do not have two sun rises in one day 7) Even if you change the name of honey, it will still be sweet. 8 ) Power is like a tiger, if you ride a tiger, you must be very careful when you get down, otherwise you find yourself inside the tiger's belly. 9) It should not take the extreme measure of killing a new born child just because the midwife is a bad woman. 10) Accept what God has given you and make the best use of it 11) If you go borrowing, you will go a sorrowing 12) No one can give you power. It is yours. Take it! 13) Former South African President, Dr. Nelson Mandela, on Saturday night in Abuja dedicated his Pan African Broadcast Heritage Award (PABHA) to the memory of the acclaimed winner of the annulled June 12, 1993 Presidential election Chief M.K.O. Abiola, whom he described as a great Nigerian. I strongly suspect that the “sworn enemy” that Mandela was referring to was Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi. Chief Buthelezi is the president of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and a major chief of the Zulu Nation. Nelson Mandela was (at that time) the vice president of the ANC (he later became the president) and a member of the Xhosa Nation. There was serious violence between supporters of the IFP and supporters of the ANC and between Zulus and Xhosas in the early 1990s (c1990-1993) after the collapse of Apartheid. Lots of people died in the clashes. Nigeria, which had invested a lot into the anti-Apartheid struggle, was very concerned about these black on black clashes and President Babangida sent Professor Wole Soyinka and later Chief M.K.O Abiola to make peace between both parties. Chief Buthelezi’s IFP later joined the ANC in a Government of National Unity and Chief Buthelezi was made a minister in Mandela’s government. I strongly suspect that this is one of the reasons that Mandela invited Abiola to his inauguration (Abiola’s presence angered Abacha). 37 Likes 11 Shares
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Re: 13 Famous Proverbs Of MKO Abiola by naptu2: 5:19pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
Do you remember any of Chief M.K.O Abiola's other proverbs? Please post them here. |
Re: 13 Famous Proverbs Of MKO Abiola by Anigreat: 5:22pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
![]() No matter how wide/big a vagina is, it cannot service itself, its the penis that will do justice to it, by slapping the swollen clitoris . Abiola 1994 Its only one foul smell i can endure, and that's the oozing smell from the vagina Abiola 1991, not proverb sha but a quote. most noted quote of all time. 21 Likes 1 Share |
Re: 13 Famous Proverbs Of MKO Abiola by Nobody: 5:28pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
You people have started again?! See them trying too hard to paint good, the very same Abiola who hobnobbed with his military friends and financially sponsored IBB coup. If you seek men to idolize, certainly not one who was so brash, immature, emotional, careless and childish to declare himself President without receiving an ordinary certificate of return from the National Electoral Council. If he were an honorable man, he would never let emotions take the best of him to declare himself President, as for me. He is never a role model and serves him right because he dined and laughed with the same military he sponsored, only to turn around and be betrayed. The Yorubas say "when eating with an enemy, use long spoon", can he be a wise leader as to be so careless, reckless and funding military coups? Certainly not. In the end, he was never a president of Federal Republic of Nigeria. #proudlyYoruba. 50 Likes 4 Shares |
Re: 13 Famous Proverbs Of MKO Abiola by gberra: 5:43pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
Someone is crying up there. You will need more tears on June12 of every year -truth burns 61 Likes 7 Shares |
Re: 13 Famous Proverbs Of MKO Abiola by gberra: 5:48pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
naptu2:God bless you baba. You are always my man here, God keep you. 8 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: 13 Famous Proverbs Of MKO Abiola by Ishilove: 6:24pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
naptu2:Yes darling. Here are two: He who can drink Alomo bitters without squeezing his face is capable of murder. A woman, who can use her teeth to tear goat meat soaked in pepper soup, without closing her eyes can kill her husband in his sleep 10 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: 13 Famous Proverbs Of MKO Abiola by Nobody: 7:15pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
Do not dine with the devil 1 Like |
Re: 13 Famous Proverbs Of MKO Abiola by obi4eze(m): 7:52pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
The man who rode on the tiger but ended up in the belly of the tiger. 6 Likes |
Re: 13 Famous Proverbs Of MKO Abiola by Alejoc(m): 7:52pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
MKO lives on! 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: 13 Famous Proverbs Of MKO Abiola by Nobody: 7:52pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
Medicine after death 6 Likes |
Re: 13 Famous Proverbs Of MKO Abiola by Oyindidi(f): 7:53pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
Enough!!!!!! No be today him die 3 Likes |
Re: 13 Famous Proverbs Of MKO Abiola by Alejoc(m): 7:53pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
. Milk Abiola.. Biro Abiola Everything Abiola that year 5 Likes 1 Share |
Re: 13 Famous Proverbs Of MKO Abiola by BlissB(f): 7:53pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
God!!!!.....this Abiola matter don do na ![]() 7 Likes |
Re: 13 Famous Proverbs Of MKO Abiola by moscobabs(m): 7:54pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
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Re: 13 Famous Proverbs Of MKO Abiola by Nobody: 7:54pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
Has Shonekon died or any bad thing befallen him? I'm just wondering about that Abiola's second proverb to Shonekon. ![]() 3 Likes |
Re: 13 Famous Proverbs Of MKO Abiola by LazyNairalander(m): 7:54pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
The president that never rule you mean ![]() Check signature 2 Likes |
Re: 13 Famous Proverbs Of MKO Abiola by Alejoc(m): 7:54pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
Una go hala my name one day o o ![]() 1 Like |
Re: 13 Famous Proverbs Of MKO Abiola by Beremx(f): 7:54pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
I dunno of anyone. But I know there were Abiola sugar, Abiola rice, Abiola bread etc 3 Likes |
Re: 13 Famous Proverbs Of MKO Abiola by Alejoc(m): 7:56pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
Where are all those Concord planes and his many famous cap? Concord newspaper nko This same fate lies in wait for many of us.... We will be so history soon! 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: 13 Famous Proverbs Of MKO Abiola by Follygunners: 7:57pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
Proverbs from a thief? BS! ![]() 2 Likes |
Re: 13 Famous Proverbs Of MKO Abiola by N0favors: 7:58pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
International Thief Thief 3 Likes |
Re: 13 Famous Proverbs Of MKO Abiola by babeosisi: 7:59pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
I can't understand the sudden obsession with this man. because of elections? Go and listen to Fela to learn about this man that has all of a sudden become a saint The same man that funded coups in Nigeria? enough already!!! sheesh!!! 10 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: 13 Famous Proverbs Of MKO Abiola by sonnie10: 7:59pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
Anigreat: No matter how much a mad man claims to be cured, he will never stop murmuring to himself Mko 2019 11 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: 13 Famous Proverbs Of MKO Abiola by Nobody: 7:59pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
I wonder how all these trash will be called proverbs. That means in actual sense Abiola is not a sage. 1 Like |
Re: 13 Famous Proverbs Of MKO Abiola by Krafty006: 8:01pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
mko........We make school bags, lunch packs , women fashion bags , Ankara bags, travelling bags , laptop bags etc 0-8-1-8-1-6-6-3-6-1-6 1 Like |
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