A living coward or hireling of the known Nigerian criminals operating in Malaysia stuck his neck out once again to defend his paymasters in a poorly written and distasteful piece on this highly revered platform.
A living coward or hireling of the known Nigerian criminals operating in Malaysia stuck his neck out once again to defend his paymasters in a poorly written and distasteful piece on this highly revered platform.
He could not identify himself for an obvious reason; he dreads being easily identified by the Malaysian security officers given the fact that he makes the list of the wanted criminals consistently and widely advertised for immediate arrest by the state. One would have treated his disgusting article as one of the usual ranting from a set of drowning personalities who are ardently struggling to hold on to something in a bid to mitigate or prevent an imminent disastrous end. However, it becomes imperative to set some records straight as he grossly distorted a whole lot of facts apparently to misinform, mis-educate and incite people against personalities of indisputably proven integrity in Nigeria and beyond.
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Our faceless writer conjures and writes “who the hell is Adebiyi Abudugana Adegboyega to refer to Head of Chancery,& Minister in charge of Trade and Investment Mrs. Gladys Modupeola Quist Adebiyi as “a dirty officer, woman who has no good character or attitude, very wicked to both the staffs and Nigerians residing here in Malaysia.” How else can one display a chronic stage of hallucination?! I read the piece our paid writer made reference to. I could not find any section where the personality of Ms Adebiyi was directly or indirectly attacked by the said author as alleged. While trying to report the ills in the Nigerian community in Malaysia and the gross inefficiency of the High Commission, which cannot be denied anyway, Abudugana tried to collect some comments of unknown and aggrieved Nigerians on a published article on the activities of Nigerian officers at the embassy. He observed in his collection that someone wrote this contested statement in his expression of his grievance on the frustration usually experienced at the High Commission. I have read and heard hundreds of such on this same woman at different fora. For the official and non-official attitudes of Nigerian officers at our various embassies, one might not but agree outright with these statements. I am sure we are all aware of the recent Nigerian High Commissioner’s brouhaha in Kenya.
The anonymous author further complains thus, “they are tarnishing the image of we Nigerians as a whole and also the Nigerian High Commission here in Malaysia. It’s so unfortunate that we Nigerians will always be the downfall (sic!) of ourselves because we never appreciate one another.” This is laughable! It would be extremely interesting and educating if our faceless author could come up with an operational definition of “tarnish” in the context which he has used it. Based on my informed knowledge, to “tarnish” in this context implies to “destroy” or “diminish” the image of Nigeria or Nigerians in a foreign country, Malaysia in this case. I will therefore make a quick check on the profile of the individuals who has been erroneously and mischievously alleged to be culpable in this “tarnishing” act.
Professor (Dr.) Suleyman Muyibi, apart from being a distinguished and senior professor officially recognized by the Malaysian government, has contributed immensely to the development of the Nigerian education sector. He has established and facilitated the establishment of different NGOs that directly and substantially intervene in our dying educational system without receiving a kobo from the Nigerian government. Besides, many Nigerian PhD holders and post-graduate students in the field of Engineering and other faculties will forever be grateful to him for taking them out of a dysfunctional university system back home and facilitating their smooth educational process in Malaysia.
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Professor Francis Achike, a brilliant and activist Nigerian professor, is a distinguished professor of medicine in the International Medical University in Malaysia. He has worked extensively with Prof. Muyibi and others in their ilk to champion the cause of development in Nigeria. They formed NIGRAPA before pioneering the establishment of NIDO-MY out of their undying passion to contribute something meaningful and substantial to Nigeria from their repertoire of vast knowledge. Prof. Achike was also participated in the recently staged National Conference conceived to chart a new course of development for Nigeria.
Adebiyi Jelili Abudugana, a fiery and radical personality with outright distaste for criminality in whatever form, has established a towering record for himself right from his days as student union president of the University of Lagos. He was also a foremost and unique youth activist that never explored or exploited his position for material benefits in Nigeria before he migrated a few years ago to Malaysia for the purpose of academic advancement. Ever since he stepped his feet on the Malaysian soil, he has never made life easy for the Nigerian criminals that once reigned high in Malaysia. He openly declared to these set of syndicates that their game was up. As a close confidant of his, I am much aware of the many battles he has fought and won in this direction. The former High Commissioner, Ambassador Anegbeh, I am sure will have to devote several pages of his memoir to comment on this uncompromising young man, while standing his grounds on the establishment of sanity and justice among Nigerians in Malaysia.
Personally, I think it is unbefitting or even belittling to drag issues with this worthless individual. The letter he responds to speaks volume about his personality. I implore my good audience to read the open letter directed to the office of the High Commissioner dated 24 May 2011 and the set of concerns raised therein to draw some conclusions on the personality of this useless writer and his ill-motivated agenda. I am sure you will all know who has paid the piper and dictating the tune from the background.
Thank you.
Hakeem Onapajo writes from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
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