Obahiagbon revisits Osaze-Keshi feud

 

The Chief of Staff to Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, Patrick Obahiagbon, has revisited the feud between the Head Coach of the Super Eagles, Stephen Keshi, and a member of the national team based in England, Osaze Odemwingie.

In a message posted on Twitter on Tuesday, Obahiagbon, who describes himself as a verbal ‘contortionist’, called for a truce between the coach and the player, saying, “Keshi and Osaze need to bury the hatchet …”

Although the post could pass for a random and casual tweet, it did not go unnoticed by his numerous followers on Twitter.

One Abidemi responded to the post in a tweet, accusing Obahiagbon of being sentimental. He wrote, “I think you are in support of Osaze because he is from your state. Osaze’s time in the Super Eagles is gone, he barely starts in Cardiff.”

But Abidemi’s post didn’t go down well with some other followers of the former lawmaker who immediately hit back. One of them, known as Andrew, said, “Haba. Bidemi what has football got to do with location or tribe?”

Within a short time, what was meant to be just ‘another’ tweet opened up a debate on whether or not Osaze is still needed in the national team.

Adetunji argued against inviting the striker to the Super Eagles. He wrote, “Osaze has no business being in the Super Eagles. My grandma knows that it is IK Uche any day, any time.”

Subsequent tweets by Adetunji read, “If we have to bring Osaze into the team, then we should bring in the likes of Obafemi Martins, Seyi Olofinjana, Pius Ikedia, etc. Osaze’s time is gone.”

Surprisingly, as the debate raged, Obahiagbon, who appears to be an avid supporter of the Super Eagles, moved on to other subjects without further comments.

Over the weekend, he had managed to bamboozle his followers in his typical manner, while commenting on the controversial governorship election in Anambra State. He actually succeeded in leaving a follower named Gular confused after tweeting a message, which read, “I don’t know about you, but I find conventionality all too stifling…”

The fan simply asked, “Meaning what, sir?”

Obahiagbon keeps wowing his audience with tweets on the ASUU strike. The most notable is his take on Prof. Festus Iyayi’s death.

He had tweeted, “It is a lancinating loss of another stentorian voice…”

As expected, the message had ignited frenzied comments on Twitter. In response, one Ostatics remarked, “This grammar is enough to make ASUU call of the strike.”

Although respected in some quarters for his unusual command of high-sounding words, Obahiagbon was once severely criticised by his followers for making a minor grammatical error in a tweet posted in January.

However, he has kept on doing what he knows how to do best on Twitter — mesmerising his fans with jaw-breaking statements.

When he was recently attacked by a fan, who described his statement as ‘unnecessary English’, Obahiagbon subtly ridiculed his young follower saying, “Exactly when you have easier words like tbh, smh and lol.”

But one Oluwatosin challenged him, tweeting, “Sir, please speak what we will understand. Speaking and communicating are two different things.”

Obahiagbon enjoys a large following of undergraduates who delight in reading his tweets. In what could perfectly pass for the ‘marketing strategy of the year,’ hip hop artiste, Ice Prince has contracted the ‘crowd puller’ to be the host of his album concert, which takes place in Lagos this weekend.