Oby Ezekwesili on Oba Akiolu’s Anti-Igbo Remarks: “His Words Stung”

Former Minister of Education and social activist, Oby Ezekwesili, has expressed her thoughts on Oba Akiolu‘s infamous threats against Igbo leaders.

Here is what she tweeted:

There’s NO WAY to trivialize Oba Akiolu’s credible threatening of his Igbo friends as a joke, please. That would be a JOKE TAKEN TOO FAR. 🙁

— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) April 7, 2015

My last tweet on the saga was hope that by today, REASON will prevail over STONEWALLING & that both the Oba & APC will assuage the WOUNDED. — Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) April 7, 2015

Somethings are better handled swiftly and EVERYTHING done to confront them head-on. That episode is one such thing. Don’t let it FESTER.

— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) April 7, 2015

This is exactly how WE kept moving on without tackling insurgency until it grew into the monster of today. ALWAYS RESOLVE ISSUES. Do it NOW. — Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) April 7, 2015

I am as proud to be Igbo as I am to be Nigerian. Born in Lagos–in fact in the domain of the Oba of Lagos. Those his words STUNG & still do.

— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) April 7, 2015

Lagos has been as good to the hugely emigrant Igbo as they have also been to Lagos. Why allow electoral cycles to blemish that relationship?

— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) April 7, 2015

 

Business friendly Policies that reward Entrepreneurship is KEY forThe Igbo. Any discerning Igbo mind will be PERSUADED by that &NOT THREATS.

— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) April 7, 2015

In STANDING for OUR #ChibokGirls, I have been insulted &maligned on ethnic grounds. But fellow compatriots, TRUTH&JUSTICE have no ETHNICITY. — Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) April 7, 2015

In multi plural environments, when things like this happen, individuals are placed on a Diversity Management program. LASG should design one — Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) April 7, 2015