Funnicator:
You people have started again?!

See them trying too hard to paint good, the very same Abiolo 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.

Anigreat:






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

Funnicator:
You people have started again?!

See them trying too hard to paint good, the very same Abiolo 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.

Funnicator:
You people have started again?!

See them trying too hard to paint good, the very same Abiolo 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.

obi4eze:
The man who rode on the tiger but ended up in the belly of the tiger.

naptu2:
Do you remember any of Chief M.K.O Abiola's other proverbs? Please post them here.

Alejoc:
. Milk Abiola..


Biro Abiola

Everything Abiola that year

PassingShot:

When upon his return from the brief exile following June 12 annulment, he was asked how he managed to escape without alerting anyone. His reply was:

A bird does not tell a fellow bird that stone is on its way.

naptu2:
Do you remember any of Chief M.K.O Abiola's other proverbs? Please post them here.

Anigreat:






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.

naptu2:
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)


2)

- MKO to Shonekan

3)


4)


5)


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7)


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9)


10)


11)


12)


13)


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).

IamaNigerianGuy:


"You do not tell a blind man the rain is falling."

It is notable that the 5th proverb on your list : "you cannot shave my head in my absence" was directed at Tony Anenih (SDP Chairman) and other elements of the SDP leadership who surrendered Abiolas mandate in 1993 and opened talks to the military junta while he was away from Nigeria.
I watched an interview Tony Anenih granted around that time where he stammered out an unconvincing explanation for his actions.
Just wanted to put this out there.

Abiolas great mistake was his unwillingness to use maximum force against the military. YarAdua and Soyika said as much on different occasions

Great post as usual Naptu2. Keep up the great work!

cosmos1440:
The Idiotic Pigs of Biafra/Buhari can criticize him from now till eternity.
But the etenal truth is that if not for MKO, your "political consciousness" would not have been awakened as it is today.
And more importantly, your hero, GEJ would not have become president of Nigeria if not for the legacy of June12.

Oyindidi:
Enough!!!!!! No be today him die

Anigreat:






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.

naptu2:
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)


2)

- MKO to Shonekan

3)


4)


5)


6)


7)


8 )
 

9)


10)


11)


12)


13)


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).

Funnicator:
You people have started again?!

See them trying too hard to paint good, the very same Abiolo 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.