“You cannot negotiate with a narcissistic megalomaniac who wants your head to be cut off and served to him on a silver platter.”
– Former Aviation minister and a member of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, Femi Fani-Kayode, warned against any negotiation with the factional national chairman of PDP, Ali Modu Sheriff. Court judgments secured by Mr. Sheriff have become the albatross against PDP which is yet unable to organise its national convention (Source: Premium Times)
“The PDP is definitely not going to die. The PDP is going to fight for its staying alive.”
– Jimi Agbaje, who is vying for the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, says of the crisis plaguing the party (Source: The Cable)
“For me, it is good night for the Peoples Democratic Party.”
– Former president, Olusegun Obasanjo said of the crisis rocking his former party, PDP (Source: Premium Times)
“I did not commit any offence. I named my beloved pet dog Buhari, who is my hero.”
– A trader, Joe Chinakwe, arrested in Ogun State for naming his dog Buhari, which the police said was offensive and capable of causing civil disturbance (Source: Vanguard)
“When you look at the bronze through the efforts of our players, it looks beautiful. When you look at it beyond that, it is tragic!”
– Japheth Omojuwa, a social media influencer, commenting on Nigerian football team winning the bronze medal in the 2016 Rio Olympic (Source: Twitter)
“It is not possible to Islamize Nigeria. If God had wanted, He would have created all (of us) Christians or all Muslims.”
– The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, dismissing the fear that Nigeria will be turned into an Islamic state (Source: The Nation)
“All of us must speak out; we must rise in unison; we must defeat this monster called domestic violence. Marriage is not a competition but to complement each other. We must all rise above emotions and know that impunity can never be tolerated again in our society.”
– Joe Okei-Odumakin, Convener, Women Arise for Change Initiative (Source: The Sun)
“This change will not become chain that will tie all of us down. Change for good takes time and we should just exercise a little bit more of patience.”
– Tunde Bakare, founder and pastor of the Later Rain Assembly, pleading with Nigerians to be patience with the President Muhammadu Buhari administration (Source: The Nation)
“I feel insulted as an indigene of Ondo State that I have to rush to Asiwaju Tinubu each time in Lagos in order to constitute leadership in our state.”
– Tunji Abayomi, APC governorship aspirant in Ondo State, criticizing the APC National Leader, Bola Tinubu, for allegedly trying to impose a governorship candidate for the party in Ondo (Source: The New Telegraph)
“I have participated in elections for decades for myself and others. Some have been won. Some lost. Never, however, have I asked a friend for support then condemned him or her for giving the very support I sought of them to another person. To do so is not to stand on principle but on bruised pride.”
– Bola Tinubu, the APC National Leader, in an open letter to Tunji Abayomi, APC governorship aspirant in Ondo State. Mr. Abayomi is accusing Mr. Tinubu of wanting to impose a candidate on the party (Source: Premium Times)
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