'I am not here to bark at you' - Soyinka shades Obasanjo over attack on Obas

Wole Soyinka, a Nigerian Nobel Prize winner and literary giant in Africa, has been captured in a viral video shading Olusegun Obasanjo, the former President of Nigeria.

Obasanjo was recently criticised for his tongue-lashed on the traditional rulers in Oyo state when he asked them to stand up and sit down over their refusal to greet him when he arrived at the commissioning of some projects in the state.

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State invited former President Obasanjo to commission a project in the Iseyin area of the state, but the former president tongue-lashed the traditional rulers, ordering them to stand up and sit down because they refused to greet him on arrival.

In a video that was shared on X (formerly Twitter) by Ayekooto, Soyinka was seen reacting to the action of the former President when he said: "Our royal highnesses, I wish to assure you that I am not about to bark at you to stand up and sit down".

Some Nigerians have taken to the video's comment section to express their views. Oghomwen Eregie said the rivalry between Soyinka and Obasanjo would never end.

He said: "Kongi's beef with OBJ no go ever end". READ ALSO "Naira Marley built music empire with dubious funds", Dr Stephen Akintayo claims Asade Toba posited that Soyinka knows how to be satirical.

She said: "Prof sabi, throw Jabs." Ejegwa Michael Benjamin said someone must have some audacity to ask the traditional rulers to stand up and sit down. He said: "It takes a certain level of audacity to tell a traditional ruler to stand up or sit down."

"Who will settle the fight between Soyinka and OBJ?" Abolore Bello maintained that respect for traditional institutions is peculiar to Yoruba culture. He said: "Abi na.....as a yoruba man we dey always respect our Obas."