President Jonathan's Visit to OAU ends in Disaster, Booed and Called "Ole (Thief) along with Fayose - Eyewitness Report

Sodiq  Hassan  Soweto

Today, i did my part, i made my stand. Happy joining OAU students to show President Jonathan his government and poverty-inducing capitalist policies are not welcomed. He expected a rousing welcome,instead he was confronted with a protest. Fayose got perhaps the biggest embarrassment of his life today.He walked confidently to Ife students expecting to be applauded. I can't yet forget the look of shock on hisface as shout of Ole! Ole ! (Thief! Thief!) rented the air.Hastily his security details whisked him away. President Jonathan's convoy was delayed as students sat on the road chanting slogans. Clumsily one by one, the royal fathers made their way out not sure who next would be greeted with shout of "thief!"Those to be pitied (not sure if they even deserve itthough) were the hundreds of PDP supporters who had thronged the campus with different banners to welcome Jonathan. They looked dejected, their banners hanging around them. How could they start dancing as they planned with the hundreds of students chanting solidarity songs just beside them? At the end,as the helicopters lifted from the ground, i didnt see a single person waving the President goodbye. It was likegood riddance. If my guess is right, someone might soon be fired for fixing OAU on the President's itinery Despite attempts by a wing of the union leadership to sell-out, great Ife students have demonstrated how oppressors and exploiters should be treated. I would do it again anytime, any day.