by Adamu Aderinsola

“I have seen better breasts, TBOSS… If the same men see bigger assets, I mean, those interesting Ojiakor-like ones that look like papayas, pineapples and watermelons, they will not send private jets, they will deploy submarines and fighter jets! And that ‘s why you got N500k in the end, way back behind Bisola with her hard facial features”

Reuben Abati has just got himself in hot water over his extremely unconsidered opinion about the just concluded Big Brother Naija show. He not only got many of his basic facts wrong – like calling the 24 year old Efe Ejeba “23-year old Efe Michael Ejemba” and even more misyarns  than we can point out here.

There’s a possibility he thought he was going to cash in on the Big Brother trend by putting this thing out but he did not only forgot to do his research, he also forgot that there was a time he jumped on the “feminist trend” when Aisha Buhari created the good opportunity for every Tom, Dick and Harry to get their feminism act on.

[Read here: Reuben Abati has gone mad again but don’t be surprised]

On the 20th October last year, Dr Abati decided to do an in depth analysis of Mrs Aisha Buhari’s  BBC Hausa interview that caused quite a ruckus last year. In it, he was clearly against the denigration of women.

“Well, even if we were not privy to other details, she was publicly scorned when her husband sent a volcanic message from Germany that she should go back to her place in the “kitchen, the living room and the other room.” Feminists and critics of misogyny have protested over this, quite rightly too, at a time when women are leading countries and corporations, it is incorrect and insensitive to say that the best place for a First Lady is to be a cook, a living-room-soap opera-watching detainee and a bedroom object. But given the cultural circumstances involved, this may well be the future Aso Villa fate of First Lady Aisha Buhari. She could be marked out as an ambitious woman who wants to share power with her husband, and as a threat to her husband’s politics.”

And his feminist praises were not restricted to Aisha Buhari alone:

“Mrs Fati Abubakar was a dignified presence behind her husband, the same with Mrs Margaret Shonekan. President Olusegun Obasanjo had as First Lady, the very elegant and beautiful Stella Obasanjo who mobilized support and goodwill for her husband. Turai Yar’Adua, wife of the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua was also so devoted to her husband’s cause, she was declared the head of the Aso Rock cabal. No one doubted her determination to protect her husband’s interest during those critical moments. You all know Mrs Patience Jonathan. She was as First Lady, her husband’s most vocal supporter. This brought her at loggerheads with some sections of the public who objected to her prominence and controversial statements, but not once did she or the other First Ladies before her, criticize their husbands in public.”

So what else could we have done on a day like this but to pull out his receipts? Since it’s like he does not want to respect himself.

Roqeebah

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