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Mr. Ochereome Nnanna, Chairman Editorial Board of the Vanguard newspapers, has described the Yorubas as "sophisticated morons".

Nnanna made this assertion in his reply to a post on Facebook.

Areh Sunday, a journalist and an aide to Delta State Governor, while reacting to President Muhammadu Buhari's declaration of June 12 as Democracy day on Thursday had gone to his Facebook page to express his disappointment in Yorubas for falling for the antics of the government of the day.

He posted:
"I use to think the South-West was very sophisticated. I was wrong. They are the most gullible. They fall for every poisoned carrot dangled before them"

Reacting to the post, Nnanna wrote:
"Sophisticated morons, more like"

This comment would not have elicited any reaction from me but for the fact that it was coming from the Chairman of the editorial board of one of the reputable newspaper houses in the country. A man of his status is expected to conduct himself in a respectful and responsible manner consistent with his function as an opinion-molder in the society.

Each and every newspaper is incomplete without the editorial section. They (editorials) are believed to be the heart and soul of newspapers. They display the values and policies of a newspaper and influence policy decisions.

A member of editorial board is expected to be matured, experienced, intelligent and well-informed. He must rise above politics, tribal and religion partisanship. An editorial member should be able to explain all the aspect of any issue in relating with past events, presents scenario and future prospectus. This is not the case with Nnanna as seen in this circumstance.

If this is the opinion of the Chairman of the editorial board of a national newspaper about Yorubas therefore, one should not be surprised about the view and news policies of Vanguard newspapers about the race.

It is my hope that Vanguard newspapers will caution Nnanna and apologise to the Yorubas for the embarrassment he has caused them.

Wale OLAYANJU

So many people on this table this man is shaking ooo



Afonjas rushing to get on the bus to this thread in order to hammer the writer and the Op

see "painment" ;Dsee "painment"

Where are the Yoruba here to reply this thing!?

Wow! This MKO stuff really cut these guys deeper than I thought!

Coming from one of theirs who could for an educated and enlightened man, I am really taken aback by this overt display of unbridled hate and jealousy.

What a shame!

post=68308284:
Where are the Yoruba here to reply this thing!?

On biafran threads, talking lubbish

-OBJ betrayed Awo to grant Shagari the presidency.
-Abiola was betrayed by Yorubas to trade away his hard earned national mandate when Abacha bared his fangs.
-Oladipo Diya & co were condemned by their kits & kin even before Abacha unveiled his real intension in the phantom coup of 1995.
-OBJ betrayed Afeniferi even insulting them only to shamelessly come back to same people recently as the case of the chicken coming back to roost.
-Tinubu was being undermined by the like of Fashola,Fayemi,Amosu to consolidate their grip on power in the present government.
-Same race is telling Nigerians that Buhari who leagued with Abacha to deny Abiola his mandate & even killed Kudira is a hero because he actualized June-12?
So much for us as a nation.

omenka:
Wow! This Awo stuff really cut these guys deeper than I thought!

What a shame!

You mean Awo bottle of poison?

A real shame

Who take that intellectual lazy idiotic pig of Biafra serious.

Because of these idiotic pig I stop reading vanguard for the past ten year.
I was actually expecting this from these pig.
I knew he won't be able to sleep since the pronouncements.

Nnanna and his vanguard crew are fools..

Are Yorubas the ones stopping you fools from getting biafra? Useless nincompoops

DrGoodman:


On biafran threads, talking lubbish

.......and you think you are here making sense?!

SAY NO TO TRIBALISM!

post=68308456:

.......and you think you are here making sense?!

SAY NO TO TRIBALISM!

NO TO TRIBALISM

CanineOackal:
he is wrong. I think he should have said Yoruba Muslims are Sophisticated Morons.


Before you crucify him take time to check what the DG of NAN a Yoruba man said about Igbos

Check out what an Igbo leader of thought said about Igbos.

If an educated Igbo could be this bitter, I don't expect less from illiterate ones.

omenka:
Check out what an Igbo leader of thought said about Igbos.

And a Yoruba man said pooopooopoooo in a plastic bucket

omenka:
Wow! This Awo stuff really cut these guys deeper than I thought!

What a shame!

Where you Waka go?

Ochereome Nnanna, is already eating his words, guys check his Facebook page lol

DrGoodman:


NO TO TRIBALISM

GOOD BOY

mtcheeew, Rubbish.


See his face like Sophisticated slowpoke'.

Is it your carrot?


That someone head an information power house does not mean he has sense.


Even if we take his carrot does that guarantee we would vote for him?

Stupeed people full this country sef.

#Get that visa

Smh. Uwazuruike was right after all.

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Ochereome Nnanna



lmao @ ipob flattinoes somersaulting all over the place....

Saintsquare:
Ochereome Nnanna, is already eating his words, guys check his Facebook page lol

Too late for him. The itsekiri owner of Vanguard is a disciplined journalist who will not hesitate to fire that IPOB spy when the matter is brought to his attention.

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Ochereome Nnanna



lmao @ ipob Igbos somersaulting all overt the place....

Dayum! See as the morafocka ugly.

ok


I bet the uglyMagugly motherfucker is being roasted right now

Nnanna,is a big fool