Gumsu, one of the daughters of the late
maximum ruler, Gen. Sani Abacha, has taken to Twitter to snarl abuse at
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka.
She described the iconic writer as an
“empty professor”, accusing him of assuming the role of a critic in the
Nigerian polity because of financial gains.
Though the reason behind the Twitter
rant could not be ascertained as at the time of filing this report, her
earlier message in a tweet had stated, “Do the thing you fear the most.
If there’s one thing that will change your thoughts quicker than
anything else, it’s facing your fears.”
However, no sooner had she posted the
tweet than a barrage of criticisms started trailing her comment. The
first set of criticisms came from some of her fans on the social
network.
One Sal Adeleke, tweeting via @HAJMAJA,
said, “Look, if you bring in Soyinka, people might get offended and
start insulting your family. I wouldn’t like that to happen for a
reason. Please, don’t get involved in this game. It seems you have
transformed to something else since the release of Al-Mustapha. What’s
going on?’’
