Femi Adesina, the spokesperson of President Muhammadu Buhari, had congratulated Nigerians with Christmas via his Twitter account.
Adesina tweeted:
Merry Christmas to all, including the Wailing Wailers.
— Femi Adesina (@FemAdesina) December 25, 2015
The message of Buhari’s spokesman sparked fury and negative reactions among many of his supporters. The criticism that followed was so intense that Mr. Adesina trended on Twitter for most of the day. See some reactions below:
@steveamaza @FemAdesina Hahahahaha… He’s clueless and clearly can’t do his job right. SMH
— Bankole (@ThisIsBankole) December 25, 2015
@FemAdesina at this juncture, it’s safe to say, your stupidity and pettiness is beyond redemption.
— Thεό (@Shalomttheo) December 25, 2015
@FemAdesina Just typical of this #APC govt that you represent; petty, small-minded, negative, narrow-minded, sadistic, etc. Sad
— Omagbemi G. Kakayor (@GeorgeKakayor) December 25, 2015
@FemAdesina how can a presidential spokesperson make such a trivial and imature statement.?quite unfortunate
— jimi disu (@jimidisu) December 25, 2015
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However, Doyin Okupe, the senior special assistant on public affairs to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, of the who was initially thought to be deeply critical of Adesina and the incumbent government, rose in fierce defence of the presidential adviser.
Okupe via a post on his Facebook page stated that the comment was “totally harmless” and that the condemnation that trailed it was unnecessary.
He writes: “I am not an apologist of this administration neither am I a supporter.
The post by femi adesina this morning is totally harmless and does not deserve the vitriolic attack or condemnation that it seems to be getting.
“I have not spoken to Demi but I know he included ‘including the wailing wailers’ just as a form of anectedote that is not unusual with Writers.
“Many people on the social media network are too intemperate and over sensitive.
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They look out for faults and loopholes to bring down people in public offices. They also set up unrealistic and sometimes practically impossible moral grounds which they themselves cannot keep for public officers.
“I know for a fact that people like me are supposed to be the ‘wailing wailers’ and we are not angry neither do we feel insulted by this otherwise humorous Xmas greetings.
“On behalf of the wailers we salute Femi and thank him for this inconclusive Xmas felicitation.”
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