NigerianEYE's Top 10 outrageous quotes of the year 2013

The year 2013 will be remembered as a very special and eventful year, from January 1st 2013 NigerianEYE provided millons of readers with daily news stories about everyday happenings in and around Nigeria.

 NigerianEYE has put together their Top 10 outrageous quotes of the year 2013 to give you a taste of all the amazing quotes from some individuals who provided news headliners which went on to trend for so many days, weeks and even months. 

Here is the list of the worst 10 quotes of the year 2013 in the descending order.


10) “I have passed the stage of being flattered,
 intimidated, threatened, frightened, induced
 or bought… Death is the end of all human beings and may it come when God wills it to come.”

Former president Olusegun Obasanjo said in his
controversial 18-page letter to president Jonathan, where he accused
Mr. Jonathan of accusing him of ineptitude and
of taking actions calculated at destroying Nigeria.
he also accused Mr president of massive corruption,bad governance, placing 1000 Nigerians on political watch list, training snipers and
other armed personnel secretly and clandestinely acquiring weapons to match for political purposes like Abacha and training them where Abacha trained his killers.






9) "Any academic staff who fails to resume on or before December 4, 2013 automatically ceases to be a staff of the institution and vice chancellors are also directed to advertise vacancies in their institutions."

This was stated by Nyesom Wike, the Education
minister, in the middle of the lingering ASUU
strike. Very pathetic and insensitive as this comment caused even more problems and deepened the crisis. Wike's press conference
during which he was screaming at the
microphone and yelling threats became an
instant visual manual for government officials on
how not to act in public.




8 ) "I was not a tribalist when I had a long-standing and intimate relationship with Miss Bianca Onoh, an Igbo lady…"

2013 would not have been complete without
Femi Fani Kayode, the former aviation minister made so many statements, and almost had something

 to say on every issue. Tops was his defence of the 

'Yoruba Nation' and the controversial deportation

of some Igbos by the Lagos State government.

However, he got more than he bargained for when

 in defending himself against tribalism attacks, 

bizarrely claimed to have had a sizzling relationship with Bianca Ojukwu, widow of
the late Biafran warlord. He was forced to recant
when she threatened to sue him for every penny.




7) "We have stolen billions of dollars, what
did you do? We steal because you never stoned us for it."

Governor Rotimi Amechi of Rivers state had a tough year battling many of his 'enemies' at the top, and many times he made some
provocative statements one after after another.
His latest one was dropped at a tribute event for
Nelson Mandela some weeks back, and it was
both an indictment on himself as it was on his
docile followers. In another country, somebody would be facing corruption charges because of the 'WE' connotation, but hey this is Nigeria, and not 'Another country'



6) "Come, sit on my laps and I will show you a level of grace you do not understand."

Many of us will remember these words, the name
 'Ese Walters' and the alleged COZA pastor scandal. According to Ese Walters, a repentant adulteress and misguided victim, senior Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo of the Commonwealth Of Zion Assembly (COZA) must have been using these cringe worthy lines to score with wide-eyed members of his female congregation. The most surprising part of this line is that it actually works. His sweet roll came to an end when she published her story revealing the pastor's many sexcapades. Pastor Fatoyinbo is yet to deny Walters' claims. And is yet to give that robust response.



5) "As the president, I don't know him (Abu Shekau) and don't know if he is dead oralive; you journalists will know more than us. You are the ones who talk to Boko Haram."

In a presidential media chat, Goodluck Ebele
Jonathan pronounced the words never to be
spoken by a country's chief security officer. In
denying the whereabouts (and maybe existence)
of Abu Shekau, Boko Haram's point man, Mr.
President took the war on terror 10 steps back.




4) "Yes, Patience Jonathan is my Jesus Christ!"

Now this would be funny if it wasn't so sad. And
true. Evans Bipi of the Rivers state house of
assembly was speaking from the bottom of his
heart when he declared dame Patience Jonathan
(aka mama Peace) his deity as she was
responsible for his political career so far.






3) "I cannot categorically tell you one now…the one we are going to make use of is going to be made known by my oga at the top…"

The year 2013 would have been a boring one, without
'My oga at the top' Mr Obafaiye Shem, the former Lagos state

commandant of the National Security and Civil
Defence Corps was asked a simple straight
forward question by the hosts of Channels TV's
daily breakfast show. "What is the website of the
NSCDC?" It became his undoing as he went on a
rambling routine that did not produce the answer
to the question but succeeded in shedding light
on the pathetic state of affairs of our public
institutions. He went on to become more popular
though after his reference to 'My oga at the top' to
confirm the answer. The social media exploded,
'My oga at the top' T-shirts were made, cups, shoes,
and even bottled water, Mr Shem became popular,
for negative reasons though, he was talked about for
many weeks. He was however suspended and transferred
to Oyo state, where he is said to be doing fine, without
any questions of the NSCDC website by the media :)




2) "We do not pray for accidents but it is inevitable… we do everything to ensure that we do not have accidents, but it is an act of God."

Stella Oduah was a woman under fire
the whole 2013.  The Aviation minister made the infamous

'Inevitable act of God' comment while addressing
journalists 3 days after 16 people lost their lives inthe Associated airlines crash that was ferrying the remains of Olusegun Agagu, a former aviation
minister. Of course, as it turned out, God had
nothing to do with this particular crash as the
Accident Investigation Bureau revealed that a
malfunctioning engine and a wrong call by the
pilot was most likely the cause.






1) "You are a widow… go and die"

Edo state governor, Comrade Adams
Oshiomhole became this year's face of
insensitivity when he was recorded on video,
yelling at a poor widow displaying her wares illegally by the roadside to go and die. He later turned from villain to superman when he
had tea with his victim and rewarded her
generously but still, that image lingers, and that for
me is one of the most outrageous quotes you
will ever hear from a state governor.

By Daramola Babalola

Now your pick, which of the quotes do you think was the most outrageous in the year 2013