Nigeria: The Way of the Eagle, the Lion and the King

opinion

Permit me to begin this week's column with a small aside. One of the things that I learnt from my late father, Chief Remilekun Fani-Kayode and my leader, President Olusegun Obasanjo, is that one must never respond to the ignorant, the uncouth, the uncultured, the unlettered, the unrefined and the accursed.

They also taught us never to join issues with the embittered, the obsessed, the scorned in love, the imbecilic, the foolish, the living-dead and those who are emotionally, psychologically and intellectually challenged. Rather than a response, such sad and sorry souls are deserving only of our prayers and our pity.

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